We will be fishing for Striped Bass the weekend of 5/11. There will be two trips on Saturday, one departing at 7:30am and the other at 5pm. Sunday we will have one trip at 7:30am. Beginning on May 18th we will be fishing for fluke daily at 7:30am. Please look at our schedule for more info.

http://www.captainjohnsfishing.com/Schedule.html

Our schedule as of September 16th is Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from 7:30am to 2:30pm.

The pot is currently up to $520!! Anthony Rullo is in the lead with a 6 lb 8 oz fluke. Come on down and take The “Barker” down!

Steve Kerry took the lead in the July Flukemaster Poolwith a 6 lb 3 oz fluke.

Our only evening trip this week will be on Thursday, July 5th. We are charter the other nights this week. Please look at our schedule for more information before heading out on one of our evening trips.

SCHEDULE

Magic Hour fluking has been very good this season. We sail Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 5pm to 9pm. The fare is $40 for an adults and $25 for children 13 and under.

Location: Raritan Bay
Tide: High 1:42pm
Water Temp: 74.7°
Wind: NW 14 kts
Moon Phase: 29% Full

Conditions - We  will have incoming water for the whole trip. The is a decent NW wind that will push us against the tide. Not very good conditions, but we will work the problem. . . The past few days have been hit and miss. Yesterday we were clobbered by thunderstorms for the first hour of the day, and it took some time to get anything going. High hook was Bill Burnett with 4 keepers all caught using Spro/Gulp combo. Over the weekend we caught them for the first few hours of the day, then it was like a someone just turned out the lights. . . We will get set up here today and see how it goes!

First Drift – A good shot of fish to begin the day, however, only one keeper.

Second Drift – A few shorts and a couple keepers. Not good, but not bad either. This wind has come on now and is blowing 15 – 20 kts.

Third Drift – We are currently picking away at the fluke. The keeper ratio is not very favorable though. Running up to make another one.

Fourth Drift – Dried up. We are going to make a move to the west.

Fifth Drift – This isn’t working out anymore. Going to make one in the channel.

Sixth Drift – We found a little bit of fluke gold. Well, for 2012 it’s gold. . . We slugged away at the shorts and keepers up to 5 pounds.

Seventh Drift – Boom!!!!  As I was walking around with what was going to be the pool fish, Matthew Smith hit a walk off home run with a 5 1/2 pound fluke which took the money.

Considering the conditions, today was pretty good. We caught fish just about all day, and hit a little bit of gold at the end. Natural bait and Jigs both worked well today.

Check back tomorrow for more live updates.

Al Skowronski is the current leader in the May Flukemaster Pool with a 4lb 9oz  fluke.

We will begin our season on Wednesday the 25th for striped bass. Our schedule will be Wed, Thurs, Fri and Saturdays from 5pm to 10pm.

Bill Burns took an early lead in the September pool with a 6lb 4oz fluke caught on Saturday.

We will no longer be sailing in the evening. I would like to thank everyone who came out and make the night trips great!!

Anthony “Barker” Rullo is the current leader in the July Flukemaster with this 7 lb 4 oz fluke.

It was a long day with not so favorable conditions until the final 60 minutes of the trip when things began to heat up, and we had an hour of fluke power to end the day. High hook had 5 keepers, all caught on the final drift.

Chris Kwatkoski won the pool with this 6 pound fluke.

Ken Mclean took an early lead in the June Flukemaster Pool with this 5 pound fluke. The current pot for June is $250.00.

We will be sailing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings for fluke from 5pm to 9pm. Adult fare is $40, and children 13 and under is $25.

Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd and 4th of July’s fireworks trip. On the 3rd we sail to Red Bank and those tickets are $60 each. On the 4th we sail to New York Harbor for the Macy’s Fireworks. Those tickets are $70 each. Both trips are limited, so if you are interested, act now!

With 5 days left in the month of May Al Skowronski holds the lead with a 4lb 1oz fluke. The pot is now up to $100.00.

Danny McMenamy was Saturday’s pool winner.

Bill Venezia won the pool and is the current May leader in the Flukemaster Pool with this 3 lb 9 oz fluke.

Michael Rodriguez won the pool with this 4 pounder.

Robert Carroll won Sunday’s pool with this 4lb 9oz fluke.

Billy Gret won the first fluke pool of the season with this 4 pounder.

Everyone’s favorite fishing pastime is nearing. Fluke season opens this Saturday, and we will be sailing everyday from 7:30am to 2:30pm.

The 2011 Spring Schedule is set! Our first trip of the season will be on Friday, April 22nd from 5pm to 10pm for striped bass. Our schedule will be Wednesday thru Saturday evenings from 5pm to 10pm. Our daytime schedule will start with the opening of fluke season on May 7th. We are looking forward to seeing everyone and having a great year!

I would like to thank everyone for making 2010 a great year. We wish all a happy and healthy winter, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next spring. Thank you again!!

I have a couple a things that I will post over the next month or two. One being a video, and the other is an angler profile. One of our customers, John Lipari, kept track of the fish he caught, keeper/shorts, on all of his trips this season.

We are giving up on the fluke season and switching over to porgies and sea bass. Our schedule will be cut back to Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday’s. Wednesday we will be sailing from 7:30am to 4:00pm and on the weekends it will be from 7:30am to 2:30pm.

Congratulations to Alan Abramson for winning the August Flukemaster Pool which was $350.00.

Daytime 7:30am – 2:30pm
Adults – $60
Seniors – $57
Children – $35

Evening 5pm – 9pm
Adult & Senior – $40
Children – $25

Rod Rentals – $5
Rigs – $1
Sinkers – 10 cents an ounce

We are nearly half way through the month and Frank Grossman is leading the pool with a 4 lb 1 oz fluke. The pot is currently up to $380.00. If you are not in, get in before you catch something that is better than Frank’s fish because it is very beatable!