Beach Haven Captains Catch Fish Around Storms

The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association continued to find decent fishing despite storms and rough seas from the various tropical storms and hurricanes passing off the coast. It appears the strong fishing will run well into the fall. The "Miss Beach Haven" with Captains Brant Whittaker and Frank Camarda braved the inlet swells last Saturday with a full load of anglers to find a beautiful day on the ocean. Mate Sal Rosa reports there were large numbers of fish coming over the rails with quite a few keepers mixed in with the fish that were too short. In addition to the fat sea bass, there were quite a few blackfish boated. John Cheeseman was the pool winner with a large blackfish. It was a different story for the "Miss Beach Haven" on Sunday as the captains saw the swells were even larger and decided to cancel the day's fishing. Captain Carl Sheppard on the "Star Fish" had five days of excellent fishing before the waves from Hurricane Igor arrived. He reports the black sea bass are back in force after their spawning, and one day his party boated over 100 fish with a good percentage of them keepers. They also caught quite a few doormat fluke which had to be returned to the water. To make the trips even more interesting they ran into some amberjack and a little later some scattered false albacore. The false albacore seemed to like silver lures and old fashioned feathers. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).