A combination of recent bad weather along with some captains doing some out of state fishing on their own accounted for only a couple of reports for the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association this week.
Captains Brant Whittaker and Frank Camarda on the "Miss Beach Haven" had a light crowd Sunday with threatened weather reducing the anglers. They missed some excellent fishing. Sal Rosa of Manahawkin was high hook with 17 sea bass. His biggest fish, a 4-pound sea bass, was the pool winner.
On Saturday the conditions made for some difficult fishing conditions, but once the boat was able to anchor, the sea bass cooperated. Many blackfish were caught and released, and everyone managed to catch some keeper sea bass for dinner.
Captain Adam Nowalsky of the "Karen Ann II" had a wreck fishing trip on the final day of the spring blackfish season and found plenty of fish. His six-man party ended up with 75 blackfish although most of them were throwbacks.
Sea bass continue to show up in increasing numbers, and this day's party boated over a dozen with about half of them being keepers. The day's fishing produced two dozen fish in the cooler with some of the blackfish tipping the scales at 5-pounds.
On Sunday Captain Adam took out a party for a day of catch and release blackfish. The group caught close to 200 blackfish up to 5-pounds along with a dozen keeper sea bass.
With the weather expected to improve and a variety of fish including stripers, blues, and weakfish showing up, the BHCFA expects to be in full gear very shortly. Captain Adam reports the stripers are getting bigger, and the bluefish are 5-8 pounds in size.
Additional information on the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association can be found at www.fishbeachhaven.com
