Shore Catch Guide Service

After the fantastic trip with Lou from Stripermania this weekend Capt Gene headed back down to Cape May this time to meet up with Capt John Sowerby of Caveman Sportfishing. John is a true pro and one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. He is always sharing his vast knowledge of catching giant bluefin with anglers across the country and John and his team know how to catch big bluefin. Period. 

Gene was able to join Paul from JPR Custom Rods and a few other great guys from the Bass Barn in order to take some photos and start a story for an upcoming spring 2009 article. The plan was to troll in the early AM to hook a few HOGS then spend the rest of the day testing out some of Paul’s custom jigging tackle. Within the first hour Capt John put the guys on a VERY big fish that unfortunaly chaffed through the leader and was never seen. The crew rebounded quickly and made a turn to release a smaller fish in the 90 lb class, then boated another 54 inch fish. All in all it was a great day with a first class sport fishing crew. Here are a few shots:

Capt Gene headed south down to Cape May to fish with friends Capt. Lou Grazioso, Matt, and Mike on the Lou’s STRIPER MANIA. They left the dock at 3:45 AM and within minutes of the first spot they were lOCKED UP on 100 lb class Bluefin.

ALL the fish were in the 80 to 100lb + range. It was an awesome with a lot of laughs and it was great to finally get out and fish with Matt and Lou. These guys work very hard and put us on the MEAT. The highlight of the day was a double header with 2 fish over 100 lbs/ Lou quickly went off the anchor and on the drift  - less than an hour later both fish were landed / released. If anyone is interested in getting out on this amazing action please give Capt. Lou a call. The fish were all caught on Shimano Butterfly Jigs, 10 oz Hammered Diamond Jigs, and Sardines. No where on the east coast can you experience a daytime chunk / jig bite like this the one. Here are some shots from the day.

GREAT DAY!!

Capt. David took Eric and sons out this morning. They slammed Gator Blues. Landed a very big Fluke, two Bass and some small Sea Bass.

 After a  tough day yesterday catching big brown sharks and gator blues Capt David took J and M out for some hot Pajama action. We had to be discrete with photos and names because their bosses wouldn’t like the reason for not going to work today. It was well worth it!! Lots of bass and multiple hook-ups.

Capt Kevin reports: After deciding not to go down the beach for stripers because of the conditions, we stayed inside and targeted the fluke. I had the Paul Guiomai group out today for some very good “Flattie” action. The guys did put together  a real nice catch of keepers to 4 lbs even with over 40 throw backs, over 15 were just a ¼” short of being legal. 7” chartreuse and alewife colored Bass Kandies with a squid strip and the Gulp Shrimp with a squid strip were again the hot baits for the fluke today.

Capt David reports: Kevin and son Daniel joined Capt David this morning. They had a bass bite early and then got covered up by gator blues. Action from start to finish. Young Daniel, 11 had excellent fishing skills and looks to be catching cows for many years to come. Thanks for an enjoyable morning. I’m sorry I left my camera in the tuna bag and didn’t get photos of the fish. I’ll have tomorrow for sure.

Even though the stripers are still chewing, it is time for TUNA. Capt Gene and mate David made the seconmd trip to “the edge” this season today with Carl and Tony. The guys left the dock at 1:30 AM and had an great ride out with flats calm seas. There was a fast bite early in the morning and the guys managed to get a few nice ones. The yelowfin tuna ate a custom green machine that Capt David made, 9 Inch Canyon Runner Rainbow Spreader Bars, and Reel Seat Mini Rainbow  Machine bars. They stuck it out until 4:30 in ther afternoon then came back to the barn on the new Cape Horn 31 Offshore at a nice cruising speed of 37 knots!

We will be running every week now to the canyons for day trolls and also specializing in Marlin on the Fly. We have only a few more dates left open so please call now if you are interested.

That’s right, here is 8 yr old Peter who was on board with Capt Jim today and with his dad Pete from Rudy’s Game Birds and Peter did a great job catching big fish all morning. After a little coaching from his dad who he is seasoned striper fisherman Peter was able to let the live baits run, set up, drive the hook home, fight the fish,

and get ’em to the boat, all by himself! He did a great job and broke the 30 lb mark with this big bass above. Lots of big blues too. Great job today guys it was a blast!.

We also had some amazing sites with dolphin crashing and blasting bunker.

Peter and Jack joined Capt. David for another mid-summer classic in the Pajama party. Big one’s into the 40 LB class.!

Day 2 for Ron Krisco and his pal Jim. They guys headed out again out of Squan on the Cape Horn 31, this time for the evening bite. It took a while to get enough bunker as the bait was in deep water today and challenging to net. After they loaded the weels they headed back to the same area as yesterday and instantly were covered up by 10 to 15 lb blues. This went on for an hour and then Ron put out a live bait and the bass came to the surface instantly. From that point on the bass took over and it was all out like yesterday. Bass were clearing the water pounding on the baits. No playing or chasing, when they came up all you could see was a BIG bucket mouth and then a HUGE tail smacking the surface. Both the guys had fish over 40 lbs, with Ron taking his personal best at 46 lbs!!!

It is tough to beleive that we are having such amazing bass fishing right now but this is no surprize as last year we saw the same action in mid and late July. The guys had enough just before dark and said it was again the best fishing trip they have even been on. Thanks for a great time Ron and Jim!!! Looking forward to seeing you again for next years Spring Run!

Today could have been one of the best days of the year for us with BIG stripers. It simply does not get any better. Ron Krisco and his pal Jim came in from PA to fish on the 31 Cape Horn out of Manasquan. The guys left at 5 AM and got on a nice pod of bunker - after filling the well with over 80 fresh livies they headed out to the spot and within minutes of the first drop they had multriple large bass crashing the bunker on the surface literally fighting for the baits. This went on for hours and as quick as you could get a live bunker in the water, that is how fast the fish were pouncing on it!!  Ron has had some amazing trips with us but this one tops em all. He landed his 4th fish over 40 lbs with Shore Catch this season and additionally Jim also got int the 40 lb club with a nice 44lber!!! Just before the guys ran out of bait they cried uncle and left the fish stacked under the boat like cord wood. Not another boat in sight. Must have put over 40 fish in the boat all between 18 and 44 lbs.

Thanks for a great day Ron & Jim! You guys wil remember this for the rest of your lives!!

JULY 8

Capt. David took Jamie Borenious and crew out this morning. They had some bass early and then it turned into a feeding frenzy of Gator blues. Too many to count. Thanks for a fun day.

JULY 7

Capt. David took Ted and crew out this morning and man was the bite red hot. Fish up to 42 LB multiple hook ups and even had a quad of cows with  all fish landed for a picture and release. Nice work! Got to love the Pea soup fog!