Gambler Fishing, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ

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Jan 31st 2012

On Saturday the Gambler searched further offshore hunting for bigger cod. Caught just a few nicer ones up to 10lbs and a 12lb pollock but it is still not ready out there. Managed to find a good catch of ling and some smaller cod up to 8lbs on Sunday.

Jan 18 2012

We were not out today due to the high winds and rough seas. On Monday, we had a good catch of ling and a few cod. Bill Bryne of Toms River caught about 2-dozen ling, an 8lb purple hake and a 6lb cod. Weather permitting, we'll be fishing everyday.

Jan 12th 2012

Good amount of ling, large to small, on every trip so far. Cod numbers get better each trip as the water gets colder. Pete from Stroudsburg PA caught about 10 cod on wednesday and about 20 ling. No big cod yet, pool winners have been up to 8lbs. The bigger cod should be here any day.

Jan 2nd 2012

The Gambler was out for stripers on Saturday but did not find too much. We'll be trying for striped bass through Friday. They may just pop up again. Starting on Saturday, the 7th, we'll begin our winter wreck fishing. See schedule above.

Dec 27th

Just spoke to Capt Mike who has the Gambler out fishing for stripped bass today. By 10:00 AM they had caught a dozen or more stripers. Only a couple of them so far were keepers but they have another 4 hours of hunting to go. Still, for this time of year the water is still warm and it's good action. I can't see any reason why we wouldn't be fishing for stripers into the 1st or even second week of January. After that, we'll be making some cod trips.

Dec 22

Good day of bassin' again today. Started south of our inlet where we had been catching but the life was not there. Took a cruise north and found birds and readings from Spring Lake to Longbranch.

The action was a lot more erratic than it has been but we caught bass on just about every drift.

Saw bluefin tuna on top today, caught 3 blues and a fluke that hit a jig. Water is still 50F!

Some guys had 2 keepers, most had one and everyone had short action.

We'll be out tomorrow Sat, same hours

Dec, 9th

Hadn't been out fishing for a couple days but we made it off today and the Stripers turned on with a vengence. Within the 1st 20 minutes of the 1st drift, the boat landed at least 10 keeper bass plus some blues and short bass. It was good fishing all day. The weekend looks nice,

Dec, 6th

Not out today due to the weather. Monday was still okay fishing, with a few keeper striped bass, some short fish and some bluefish. We should get another good shot of stripers before Christmas.

Nov, 28th

On Friday, the Gambler had good striper fishing. Despite the boat traffic, the action held up till around noon and we had a nice catch of bass up to 20lbs, along with a few shorts and blues.

Good action the last couple days, despite all the wind. The bite seemed to slow down after noon time but still a good amount of keeper bass along with big blues. Yesterday, Josh Shaw of Wayne, NJ, won the pool with a 23lber. This morning we had a drift that caught stripers and blues that lasted 2 hours! Fishing got to be kind of tough in the afternoon because the wind and sea picked up pretty hard out of the south. There is a lot of bait-fish around and I predict that this is going to be a great striper season.

Very good striper action today. Many keepers with some big blues and a few short fish.

The fish are feeding on sand eels so A-47s have been working well, with or without tails. Dave Mork caught a couple big bass on a white croc too.

Jigging near the bottom did NOT catch fish. You need to cast, let it hit the bottom and retrieve medium speed all the way home.

Don't let the NW wind keep you home on Friday --we've had some of our best bass catches in hard NW wind. Fishing just a mile or so off the beach, it doesn't even get rough in a hard Northwester. The weather looks good right thru Sunday. Raining? Bring your rain slickers and lets go!

Just returned from back-to-back Canyon trips. Both were very good. Saturday's trip limited-out on yellowfin. Also caught mahi and skippys. Trip that returned last night landed about 50 yellowfin, most around 30lbs up to 65lbs. A 50lb longfin was taken. Hightlight of the trip was a 13+ foot swordfish --estimated at over 450lbs.

There is still room for tomorrow night's trip, as of noon time today. Weather looks ok. Call 732-295-7569 to reserve.

have not been able to make our trips this week,do to heavy winds and rough seas. The water offshore still looks good, should be plenty of tuna in it. Just need a break in the weather. Still some spots left on our last few trips of October.

Just came back from a trip last night. Fished the Spencer canyon. Plenty of tuna at that canyon but it was hard to get them to bite. Lots of boat traffic hurt the fishing. Did catch some tuna but not what were hoping for. Water was beautiful. A lot of good water still moving down the banks. Canyon fishing should be good through the month.

Our 24hr Sat-Sun trip was good. Longfin, yellowfin, swordfish, mahi and tilefish were taken. As long as the weather holds, this will be a very good canyon season. Don't miss it.

Just came back from a very exciting 48-hour canyon trip! There were few breaks in the action from the time we got to the tuna grounds til the time we left. On the first night/day of the excursion, we drifted for miles catching longfin tuna in the 25-50lb range, yellowfin tuna in the 30-60lb range, some mahi mahi, tilefish and a swordfish. Fish were taken on both bait and jigs. Midway through our second day the action slowed up, and as we were riding towards another location, we stopped near some flotsam and had some very good mahi mahi action. The mahi ranged for 4-20lbs. The entire boat was hooked up on these colorful acrobats and we caught them for a solid 2 hours before we moved on. By the time we settled up on the anchor at our new location, the wind and seas came on strong - making for difficult conditions as the tide was against the wind. But within the 1st hour and a half, Chuck Eaton landed a big yellowfin and it was "game on" again. We had a steady catch throughout the night of longfin, yellowfin, and another swordfish. The wind and the seas lightened before the morning and around 4AM, we had a flurry of action that lasted until about 6AM. It was a great trip - everyone on board caught lots of fish and all went home with a tired smile on their face.

During the trip we also saw several different species of whales, porpoise and various sea birds.

Plenty of action everywhere we fished this morning but not a lot of keepers. Still catching taylor blues and sea robins too. Our "Nite Wreckin'" trip, this past Sunday, was pretty good with some big ling and mixed sized cod. Only 9 more days left to the fluke season. Don't miss it --it'll be a long winter.

Since the storm, we have been catching a lot of fish on our 1/2 day trips --not a lot of keepers but plenty of action. Besides fluke, we have been catching mixed sized sea bass (up to 3lbs), taylor blues, small weakfish, jacks, lizard fish, sea robins, sundials, sand sharks, squirrel hake and skates. Pool winners most trips are between 3 and 6 lbs.

Our night trips for blues and wreckin' were slow this week but it should bounce back soon. We'll be fishing for fluke right up to thru the 25th.

Lately, there has been a lot of action in shallower water both North and South of our inlet but just a few keepers in the mix. And when we fish off the beach in deeper water, we are catching some nice sized fluke and big sea bass but the action is not as fast. So most days we are mixing it up by doing some off and some in.

It sounds like the bluefishing has been off lately, but we'll see what happens when we check out some old areas this Friday and Saturday nights.

We'll be looking at some different grounds for our "Nite Wreckin'" trips tonight and Sunday night. This past Sunday's night wreck trip was slow for ling and cod but we took a good amount of squid again.

Overall, the fluke fishing has been decent. As long as the wind is not too strong or too light, we've been catching fish. Seems like a lot more fluke around than last year. A good percentage of the fluke are keeper size and the pool winner most trips have been 5 or 6 lbs. We are also seeing some sea bass, small blues and ling on some of our fluke drifts.

Our "Nite Wreckin'" trip this past Sunday was poor because the wind came on strong and it turned into a rough night. They did catch a few cod and ling, though.

The night blue trip this past Saturday was good. Plenty of 8 to 10 lb blues around.

The fluke fishing has been a little tough the last couple days --either too much drift or not enough. The next few days look like better conditions, though.

Our "Nite Wreckin'" trips have been good. This past Sunday there were a good amount of big ling taken, along with some sea bass and a few cod.

Our night bluefish trip was slow this past weekend. I guess we're into the July doldrums for blues. It should pick up again within a few days.

Some big fluke reeled in our the weekend --quite a few 4 and 5 lbers and a 7.0 lber is currently leading the July Monthly derby. Picking at some sea bass on some fluke drifts too.

Our bluefish trip on Saturday night was a little slow. We caught some 8 to 10lb blues but it could've been better.

Last couple days were slower but bounced back today with nice fluke action. Quite a few keepers, some over 4lbs including an 8lb 3oz fluke taken by Anthony Liscio of Brick. Some keeper sea bass starting to show up on our fluke drifts too.

Getting baited up and ready for our "Nite Wreckin'" trip, which will leave tonight at 7:30. Been catching big ling, mixed sized cod up to 10lbs and squid on these trips.

Tomorrow and Saturday night are blue trips and our next "Nite Wreckin'" trip will leave this Sunday.

Fluke fishing action is holding up. It's been a good season since the start. Higher percentage of keepers lately too. A few sea bass starting to show up.

This is our last weekend for night stripers. Starting July 1st, the Gambler will switch over to night blues on the same nights: Friday and Saturday, 7:;30 till 12:30.

Our last two "Nite Wreckin'" trips were good. Catching some big ling, cod, a few sea bass and --lots of squid! We're catching squid on squid jigs just below the surface, under the Gambler's powerful, built- in hull lights. The amount of sea life drawn in by those lights is incredible --something you gotta see for yourself. One angler on last night's trip landed over 70 squid --6 to 12 inches long. Good calamari.

Lots of fluke coming over the rails this past week --good steady action. Often, it seems we go through 10 or even 20 "short" fluke to get a keeper but high hooks on most trips are 3 or 4 keepers up to 4 or 5 lbs. Catching lots of other species on our fluke drifts too: Small blues, sea bass, sea robins, sand sharks, skates and sun dials in the mix. With all the action, our 1/2 day trip is a good one to bring the kids and grand kids on. Our mates are great at helping any novice catch fish and have fun.

Our "Nite Wreckin" trip last night had a pretty good start. We caught a decent amount of ling, along with a few sea bass and cod.

Our fluke fishing this weekend was good. Plenty of action. Many throw-back size fluke but also some big ones --up to 8lbs-- in the mix. Not too many sea bass seen yet. We are also catching more sundials than I've seen in a while, along with some small sand sharks and sea robins. Rocko Catalano and his son Jon landed 6 keepers up to 4lbs on the morning trip yesterday. Ed Moore took an 8lber on Saturday and there was another, almost 8lbs caught by 9 YO Ean,from Allentown, NJ.

Our night striper trips have caught some very big bass, up to 40lbs, but they are tricky to catch. They are around but they are smart --I guess that's how they got so big.

Very good fishing on big blues and stripers today --near to home. Fish grabbed anything that was cast to them. A little troublesome to get through the blues to catch bass but everyone had at least one keeper striper and most had two. The stripers were up to 32lbs and the blues ranged from 5 to 15lbs.

The Gambler made her first trip for stripers this Friday and we had a great trip. Non-stop action on big bass. Almost all keepers, big fish up to 25lbs. 2 bluefish were caught also. The Gambler ran far to the North but our speed got us there quickly. The bass were hitting big croc spoons retrieved medium speed.

We ran out the very next day, looking for a repeat, but it was like somebody shut off the switch. Tried many different spots but had no action at all! That's fishing, I guess.The Gambler is out right now, Monday morning, just left the dock with capt Mike at the helm. --A whole new day, a whole new ball game.

Not great big numbers or great big fish --but still decent fishing with cod, some really nice ling and a few keeper blackfish hoisted over the rails.

Friday was a bit choppy but not rough. We had a small group so I fished myself. I landed 4 keeper cod (up to 10lbs) and 2 big ling, plus released 4 short cod.

Machinest Steve caught 4 keeper cod, a blackfish and several big ling.

Steve Kim was out with his boys and they took home 5 or 6 cod plus some ling.

The cod action will hold up through the month and I think the ling bite will keep getting better.

The winds look favorable for the next few days.

Decent cod action today. Mixed sizes to 12lbs. We caught a few jumbo ling and keeper blackfish too.

Sunday's Cod trip was a lot like last Sunday's trip. It started out good, with a fair number of keeper cod, some shorts and some ling. As the day progressed the bit slowed up. Mike Malpas and his brother Tim had 12 keeper cod and 6 ling between them. Next window forour cod trip looks like Thursday.

Our last cod trip was this past Sunday. It was a good start. The 1st hour was best. We had a good shot of keeper cod, along with some shorts and nice sized ling.

Our first Tuesday Taugin trip sailed out yesterday with 18 guys. We caught about 10 keeper blackfish and 30some short blacks.

The weather looks good for this Friday, Sat and Sunday. The current will have slacked up and I think we'll have some good cod fishing. It'll be a whole new ball game --come on out.

Cod fishing has been slow the last few trips due to a stronger than usual current. We have caught a few cod on all the wrecks we've hit but but not real good lately. By the mid to end of this week the current should slack up and the cod should start biting again.

The Gambler had a fair catch of cod, with some nicer sized fish, up to 20+ lbs. A few ling and pollock were landed too.

This weekend's cod trip was slow. We caught a few cod and a few ling but the bite was sluggish.

Our cod fishing was a bit sluggish on Weds but bounced back nicely on Thursday. Thursday's trip produced some big cod, including several over 20lbs. A pair of big pollock came over the rails too, up to 28lbs, caught on vike type jigs.

The Gambler had decent action on her 50 to 75 mile offshore wreck trip yesterday. Cod (up to 25lbs), pollock (up to 20lbs) and ling up to 4 lbs were boated. The weather held up till it was time to go home (got bounced around a little on our trip back. I will keep an eye on the weather and post trips accordingly a few days ahead.

We had a slow trip on Saturday but pretty good fishing on Sunday. It looks like we have a good window on Friday, the 4th. The boat will leave at 3AM (show up time suggested 2AM) The Gambler will run to wrecks further offshore --50 to 75 miles. Fare is $150 --no resv needed. Targeting cod, pollock, ling and hake in depths of 150 to 200 ft. Looks like great weather --just show up and fill the cooler!

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