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Monday, 31 May 2010 |
Hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather and their Memorial Day weekend . This was one of those weeks where we did more "fishing" than "catching", you couldn't say it was bad fishing but it just seemed off. The bay/inlet fishing at times continues to offer some great light tackle action while the ocean striper bite has been in a tail spin since last weekend. The thick bunker schools have some how evaporated overnight taking with them our trophy striped bass. Of course this can change overnight and only time will tell. Regular Jay Simmons started the week with his client Mark Hansen in hopes to repeat last weeks torrid trophy striper bass action . Searching for any signs of bunker proved only futile and trolling provided little reward as well. Moving back to the inlet/bay the guys found action with 2-5lbs blue with striped bass, blackfish and a nice preseason [ throw back ] 5lbs fluke making the mix. With the odds against us, new comer Tom Synder from Delaware hoped to change things around deciding to "go for it " even with the previous days bleak report [ ocean ]. Heading North we were able to locate sparse schools of bunker but snagging them was found to be difficult . Finally with nothing going on around the sparse school we headed back to the inlet to to go 0 for 2 with stripers on the bunker we had and only landing 1 bluefish before trips end. Regular Karl Steffan joined by son Karl jr. and new comer Don Longstreet had a slow start on the back bay but as the tide picked up momentum so did the bite. The guys had a solid bite with 2-3lbs blues and even a 30" striper to add to the box before we headed around back for some flats action. The guys had fish responding to the top water poppers but found it difficult to connect before trips end. I have June 18 and 24th available at this time for open or private charter . The seabass fishing is just getting under way and with cod still in the mix this is the best freezer packing fillets that on can hope for ! Sorry no pictures this week as I couldn't find my camera as one of my kids kicked it under my back seat of my truck . Karl Steffan jr. was good enough to down load a short video of Dad's battle on to my Face Book for those who are following our weekly video footage.
Best Regards,
Capt. Steve Purul
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Sunday, 23 May 2010 |
 This week we mixed it up between huge stripers to 49lbs and more back bay action.Regular Jay Simmons joined by his clients Carlton Bird and Scott Kindeness found a phenominal all day striper bite on live bunker under some of the best weather conditions ! It was a Battle Royale through out most of the day with at least 1 big striper hooked up . At times we couldn't even get our snag bunker back to the boat as it would be inhaled on the way in . Through out the day big 30-50lbs bass could be seen within just a few feet from boat wolfing down our snagged bunker or charging through the hapless schools of bunker [ way cool !!!]. Once the guys got their limit I joined the party to bag my own as well. We ended the stellar day putting an exclamation mark on a already great day by landing a huge 49lb striper ,the biggest striper of the year. Will this be this years Reel Fantasea Fishing Charters on board tourney winner ? Who knows , stay tuned. New comer John Magosin was joined by brother Steve and father Jack for a slower than normal back bay evening trip , the guys mived it up between top water and plastics for blues . Up at the inlet we saw smaller stripers free jumping on bait but found the conditions diffcult to hook up. As the sun dropped to the horizon the bite picked up tempo as the blues appeared to be slightly more active swirling on our top water poppers . Regulars Sean and Sandy Castle were joined by nephew Sam in hopes to encounter some more trophy striper action , we cover 50+ miles of ocean in heavy boat traffic to only find the stripers taking the day off digesting their "big binge eatathon " from the previous days. We did find a pretty solid bite back at the inlet with big blues to end the day. For those interested I am now adding video to our Face Book page [ go to Reel Fantasea Fishing Charters] of that weeks highlights. I'm not a video wiz by any means but some of the clips are pretty cool including seeing the big 49lber dumping our Penn 440 ssg 2x's of it's line before it's finally boated. Be sure to let me know what you think of the vidoes and if you have any techincal advise or ideas.Become a fan of the page to also get the latest on what's happening onboard Reel Fantasea Fishing Charters. I still have a couple of dates left in June for those interested in some of the best action found any where.
Best Regards,
Capt. Steve Purul
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Sunday, 16 May 2010 |
 Barnegat Bay continues to be fantastic fishing on light tackle for big blues and stripers on poppers. There is so many bluefish in Barnegat Bay right now it gives me pause to even think about rinsing my hands over the side of the boat [ I'm not kidding]. Thurday's Open Boat with Cy Collins , Ray Tringali and Tom Wilson with son James had solid action with bluefish and a few stripers all on poppers and plastics . Technique and skill was required for the striped bass as proven by regular Cy Collins landing the most bass with the bluefish seemingly crushing everything and anything. The Ryan Coleman Party enjoyed more the same action with Ryan again proving "The Touch" was needed to score with the stripers . The guys were doubled and tripled up through out the trip. We even had multiple 8-10lbs bluefish on the same plug ! Regular Joe Franke was out for the same hot action with big blues on artificials in various locations through out the bay until a thunderstorm chased us in early . The John Donahue party was out in hopes for some stripers but found only bluefish willing to play , the guys were quadrupled up at times on light spinning tackle until trips end !
Best Regards,
Capt. Steve Purul
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Saturday, 08 May 2010 |
 Barnegat Bay, inlet and surrounding waters continue to be a light tackle euthsists dream ! Earlier in the week strong Southerly winds had pushed our warmer inshore waters[ ocean ] to the East dropping the inlet waters temps to an observe low of 49 degrees possibly leading to our rejuvenated back bay striper bite by weeks end. Catches of Big Blues to 10lbs and stripers continued to entertain and down right wear out tackle and anglers on all trips this week . Light spinning tackle with poppers continue to be the tools of the trade as this has proven to be most effective and be so very visually exciting ! Regulars Jay Simmons and Ernie Rosenberg were joined by new comer Chris Simmons [ Jay's lil' bro] to experience fantastic action with big blues on poppers and bait . Double and triple headers were the rule through out the trip! Regular Peg Glenz was out for much of the same action with light spinning tackle and top water lures. At times Peg was fast into big blues on every cast ! Zzzzzz!!! Regular Karl Steffan was joined by Glenn Daehnke for more fun filled action with blues and stripers. At times schools of stripers could be observed attacking schools of bait just a few feet from the boat ! Karl took "Hot Rod" honors tallying 4 stripers [ 1 keeper] and 17 blues boated . Don't forget to join us on Face Book !
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Sunday, 02 May 2010 |
 Yet another week of fantastic non stop catching was had by all aboard the Reel Fantasea. Big slammer Barnegat blues, blackfish [ before season closure] and even a few stripers were the main cast of characters this week . Reel Fantasea started the week welcoming back regular and friend Joe Franke . With Joe fresh off the "D.L. it was time to get him back into some fast paced fishing. We started his 2010 fishing season with non stop action with arm wrenching big blues ,a limit of blackfish and even a keeper striper before the trips end.It was great to have him back and catching fish ! Iron Warrior and fishermen extraordinaire Jay Simmons was out for more of the same with non stop , fast paced action with big blues and another great blackfish bite . Jay single handedly caught over 25 @ 8,10lbs blues before switching gears and finding another solid blackfish bite before moving around back finishing on the flats with top water poppers . Village Harbor Fishing Club members Bill Dab ney, Billl Jann, Tony Mercuro , and Steve Cook were out for some more non stop fast paced action with the big blues as well as rounding out their catch with a solid black bite in the waning hours of the season closure. Ocean Air at Green Briar Fishing Club member Joe Kinlin joined by sons Joe jr. and Tom were out to experience some more phenomenal action from slammer blues on a 3hr evening trip.The guys were doubled up through out most of the trip with big slammer blues! The Steve Sweeny party was out for another solid bite with blues , blackfish and a couple of stripers with one hiting the ice and the other lost at boat side.
The season just keeps getting better and better !!
Best Regards,
Capt. Steve Purul
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