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2011 Fishing Report

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for 2011 Offshore Fishing Reports.

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Fishing Report


Week Ending December 17, 2011
  • The Starlight reports the fish have moved down the beach from the North, and fishing is improving daily.
Week Ending December 10, 2011
  • John Black, Wildwood Crest, NJ had a 26 pound Striper
  • Hank Lisotto, Wildwood Crest, NJ had a 25 pound Striper
  • Jake Sprague, Tabernacle, NJ caught a 20 pound Striper and a 16 pound Blue
    We had some nice Stripers on the weekend, with a few big blues mixed in.
Week Ending December 3, 2011
  • Larry Rossi, Malvern, PA had a 25 pound Striper and 9 big blues.
  • Tony Wilde, Edison, NJ had a 23 pound Striper.
Week Ending November 26, 2011
  • Brita Start, Staten Island, NY- Striper, 35 pounds
  • Jim Messina, Philadelphia, PA- Striper 30 pounds
  • Dan Matthews, Lansdale, PA- Striper- 29 pounds
    We are now running on Saturdays and Sundays for Stripers and Blues at 8:00am.
Week Ending November 19, 2011
  • John Beatty, Philadelphia, 27 pound Striper and 9 Big Blues
  • Jason Whitaker, Cape May Court House 2 Stripers to 24 pounds and 9 Big Blues
    We are seeing good action on the 8 hour striper trips
Week Ending November 12, 2011
  • Hank Lisotto, Wildwood Crest, NJ., limited with a Striper at 27 pounds
  • Scott Taylor, Ontario, Canada, 25 pound & 22 pound Striper
Week Ending November 5, 2011
  • Jim Martin, Saylorsburg caught 19 pound 5 oz Striper
  • Paul Butz, Stroudsburg, 18 pound & 17 pound Striper
    Windy Conditions limited these 8-hour trips, but we did get a couple in. We jigged up blues to 10 pounds and had a few stripers.
Week Ending October 29, 2011
  • Joe Laino, Philadelphia, won the pool with a big 5 pound triggerfish
  • Bob and Kathy Steinmetz, Havertown, worked together and filled a cooler with porgies, triggers and blues
Week Ending October 22, 2011
  • Spencer Spague, Villas, had 7 pound blue
  • Paul Fisher, Saylorsburg, 4 pound triggerfish
  • George Wiley, Baltimore, MD, had a cooler filled with triggers, porgies and croakers
    Catching plenty of croakers, blues as well as big porgies and triggers.
Week Ending October 15, 2011
  • Lexie Foglio, Blenheim, NJ had the week’s biggest triggerfish at 4 pound 9 oz
  • Kathy Budnick, Rio Grande, NJ had a triggerfish at 4 pounds
  • Tony Wilde, Edison, NJ had an 8 pound 9 oz blackfish
  • Bonnie Foglio, Blenheim, NJ had a fun day ending up with her cooler filled with triggers, porgies, and croakers
Week Ending October 11, 2011
  • Jim Welsh, Rio Grande, NJ, 6 pound Blue
  • Tom Jensen, Bushkill, PA, 3 pound Porgy
  • Ray and Jean Sussman, Pearl River, NY filled their cooler with a mix of porgies, croakers, blues, and kingfish
Week Ending October 1, 2011
  • Had Birchmeier, Cherry Hill, NJ, 4 pound Triggerfish
  • John Black, Wildwood Crest, NJ, 3 pound 9 ounce Triggerfish
  • John Lisa, Langhorne, PA, 8 pound Bluefish

    We are catching porgies, blues, croakers, and triggerfish- and lots of them!
Week Ending September 24, 2011
  • Tony Wilde, Edison, NJ, 4 pound 4 ounce Triggerfish
  • Isabelle Helfrich, Essex Junction, VT, 4 pound Triggerfish
  • James Scott, Pennsauken, NJ 3 pound 5 oz Porgy
  • Jim Welch, Rio Grande, NJ- had the biggest catch of the week with 12 Porgies, 2 Triggers, and 4 Blues

    We are bringing home a mix of porgies, blues, croakers, and triggerfish.
June 11, 2011
  • Rich Meyer Williamstown, NJ Limit of Tile to 15 pounds
  • Bao Su Philadelphia, PA, Limit of Tile to 25 pounds + 18 pound Snowy Grouper
  • Allen Ho Philadelphia, PA, Limit of Tile to 20 pounds
  • Mike Hondart Marlton, NJ, Limit of Tile to 30 pounds, “Pool Winner” 30 pound Golden Tile
  • Mike Murray Philadelphia, NJ Limit of Tile to 25 pounds

    Very good trip. Most anglers had limit of Tile, over 60 Golden Tile and 150 Blueline Tile. *Offshore trips will resume in September
June 5, 2011
  • Albert Jackson from Hempstead, NY was pool winner with 17 pound Blue Line Tile + 6 others and 12 seabass up to 5 pounds
  • Daniel Rekos from Burtonville, MD had his llimt of Tile to 15 pounds and 10 Seabass up to 5 pounds
  • Walt Steward & Randy Hoogerhyde from Tom's River had 20 Tiles to 15 pounds and 25 Seabass to 4.5 pounds
  • Tony White from Cape May, NJ had limit of Tile to 12 pounds and 15 Seabass to 4 pounds
  • Tony Mateu from Broomhall, PA had limit of Tile and 12 Seabass
    Good trip, most anglers had limit of Tile and 10 to 20 Seabass.
May22, 2011
  • Namu Cho from NY, NY was pool winner with a 45 pound Golden Tile
  • Larry Rossi of Malvern, PA had 4 Golden Tile to 25 pounds and 5 Blue Line Tile.
  • Had Birchmire from Cherry Hill, NJ had 3 Golden Tile to 35 pounds and 5 Blue Line Tile.
May 21, 2011
  • Sambong Park from Edison, NJ was high hook and pool winner with 8 Golden Tile to 40 pounds. He also had Blue Line Tile and Rose fish.
    Good trip with 19 people, 55 Golden Tile and over 100 Blue Line Tile were caught.
January 16, 2011
  • Pool Winner: Don Marks, Phila., with a 10.75 lb. blackfish
  • Runner Up: Morris Gore, Phila., with a 10.5 lb. cod
  • High Hook: Chris Meili, Egg Harbor Township, who ended up with 4 cod, 1 blackfish and 20 ling
    We made a 12-hour trip on Sunday, with good results... ended the day with 42 keeper cod, 18 nice blackfish and a couple hundred ling.

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