NJFishing Tuna Trip on the Gambler

[howarda780]

The NJ Fishing crew do it again.

We left the dock at 530 in some wind and a small heave. We arrived on the grounds of the Hudson around 11:00. After looking around for a while, Bobby decided to stop in the deep. As soon as we stopped we saw tons of tightly grouped squid.

We began to fish at 11:30 and our first bite was around 5:00. Then it all broke lose. From, 5:00-8:30-9 we had close to 35 fish on. The way they bit was a little strange. The would not slam the bait in a typical way.

In Pursuit Eric and Greg Swinicki jigged 90% of the time. Eric ended up with one of the long Fins. Greg only had one hit. The rest were all on sardines.

We ended up with 6-7 yellow fin up to 80lbs and 2 long fin that the largest was 70lbs.

The tuna were caught by: I'm missing someone?
Yellowfin tuna
Ahab, Scott Kiss
(2)YFT Muldune,
(2)YFT Pennsy Guy
(1) YFT, Kevin Pavone, a 70lb'er on 30lb gear. ( He was the missing person)

Long Fins
Jay Krause,
In Pursuit, Eric


After the morning bite seemed to tail off, Booby decided to pot hop for Mahi. I am guessing we put 25-30 nice mahi in the boat to finish off the day.

The Crew: Bobby and Keith, Kevin and Sean were excellent. Trying to keep everyone motivated through the "no bite night". We had (14) of the (23) standing up all night.

The Boat: The fastest, most comfortable and stabile platform that you could be on. Having the lights underneath the boat illuminate the water is great. The water was crystal clear and visability was at least 50'.

The Seas: We left in a small heave that was comfortable and we ended up coming home on a glossy sea that was beautiful. We saw the high surf back at the beach but we had beautiful weather the entire time.


Thanks again to Gerry for letting us run the trip off the web site and the crew of the Gambler that made this a great trip.

Pics will follwin in a few minutes.

[vinntastic]

Glad To See Guys Got Some Meat In The Boat..

[Bottom Dweller]

Good goin guys, nice catch. Sorry I missed out

[howarda780]

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[howarda780]

This is a pic of the 6-9' swells that we encountered on the trip.

[Fin Reaper]

Like the man said...outstanding boat, mates and captain!
Thanks be to all! I had a great time, great bunch of guys and
an absolutely beautiful night / day on the water...see you next
year!

[In Pursuit]

What a fun trip! A lot of laughs and a nice bite at 5 topped off by some mahi.

The Gambler is second to none for these trips, a clean comfortable and fast ride with a top notch crew. I have to give special props to sean the mate, who after i hooked a yellow and couldn't bring it all the way in due to a hellascious tangle, tried to hand line it in with his bare hands. He got it within 6 inches of a gaff shot when the line snapped. Nice try man!

As for the NJFishing crew, well, Most put in maximum effort and it paid off! A bunch of good guys who fish their asses off.

I'm off to do some vacuum sealing. Till next time....................:D

[JonDevin]

Good time with a great bunch of folks. I had one on in the initial shot. I was in the port stern and ahab was on in the starboard stern. Mine shot toward the starboard bow while ahab's went to port. I think mine caught the prop and pop went the weasel :( Ahab got his.

The mahi fishing was funny as hell with 24 peeps tossing weightless lines across each other. How we didn't weave a carpet, i'll never understand :eek:

When Bobby stopped halfway in, it was surreal. Here are some pics and a short video....

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5007600149_690ded1d5f_b_d.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5007604781_ecb8947127_b_d.jpg

Video: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23678595@N04/5008213028/in/set-72157624995705960/

More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23678595@N04/sets/72157624995705960

[Muldune]

Howie,
Thank you for puting this trip together.Had a blast,It was a pleasure fishing with such a great group of guys.
Capt Bob, Mates Kevin.Keith,and Sean of the Gambler are second to non.Landing 2 yellowfins is a great way to start the tuna season. Would have loved to see Jon Devin in his Kayack at one of those pots.LOL.

Tight Lines
Muldune

[Ahab123]

Great Trip, I cant wait to get back out there ! seeing 5 and 6
Tuna on at the same time made it seem like the old days ! Big
YFT's are tough fish and a lot of fun. It was great to see everyone,
great bunch of people ! its always good to fish with people who
know what they're doing. If you havent booked yet on the
GAMBLER ,get on it , the fishing will only get better in
October. Thanks Howie , Capt Bob, Kieth , Sean and Kevin
GREAT JOB.....still smilin .....:D

Ahab

[JonDevin]

I counted 7 kayak fishermen on the trip. That would've been one hell of a mothership trip. Great represenation boyz!

[fishingmortgageman]

Another fun trip with a great bunch of guys. Capt Bob told us before we left the dock that the bite has been between 5am-7am. Keith started getting people pumped up around 4:30am to fish hard. We were prepared and Muldune started things off with the first hook up. He showed his experience by weaving his way thru a crowed stern to the corner where he got the first fish on the boat. I thought that a jig bite would start up and I wanted to be clear of the masses but there were no fish on the jig at this time. I went back into the fray and hooked up only to lose the fish. There was a great flury of activity and all the mates did a great job handling the fish and tangles. The weather could not have been better and the group was a lot of laughs. Thank you Howie for the hard work of setting this up for the groups enjoyment.

[BOILERMAKER]

way to break the ice guys ,plan on being out there on weds

[Leif]

Glad to hear you guys got into them. It is tough waiting all night for a bite.
Looks like you had beautiful weather. Any Swords around??

Leif

[captbogan]

Thank you very much for taking the ride offshore with us, men. As always, great bunch of fishermen.

Glad you guys trusted me with the sea report.

We almost shang-hied Andy S who came to the dock to see us off.:p

I wish the bite would have lasted another 2 hours but I'm thankful for what we did catch. And the mahis helped put a few guys back at the rail.

Bummer losing mate Stan. He mashed his finger bad. Looks like he'll be off deck for a couple weeks.

Still plenty of openings on up coming trips.

Thank you Howie for putting the trip together.

[Billfish3]

Any chance you folks want to get on the trip scheduled for 9/28-9/29?? It looks like about twelve want to go now although half have not deposited yet, and we need some more to get this sushi party going.


Bill 203-545-2581

[tropics]

Thanks to all you guys on the trip, I had a great time enjoyed meeting you all. Capt. Bob and the Gambler crew big thanks to you's as always giving 110%. Caught my first Mahi, thanks to Keith pulled it out from behind the pot.:) :D

As for the ride in. wow what a storm.

[AndyS]

Looks like a fun time, I see NOAA got it right again !! :eek:

[captbogan]

Looks like a fun time, I see NOAA got it right again !! :eek:

So you saw the picts of the 12 ft seas, did ya?

Weather looks good for Weds night and plenty of new openings for the 28th (fri to sat)

[Pennsy Guy]

A super thank you to Howie for putting this trip together, a ton of work..Great meeting all the guys, now if I could only keep the names with the faces.. We had a blast and as Scott said, multible hookups make it look like the way it was...

As always, Capt Bob and his mates, Keith, Kevin and Sean are always top notch--the best-- and all are enthusiastic...Great boat, captain and crew...

Just finished vacuum sealing tuna...smoked the loin tails and bellys ...

have a few pix but having major problem downloading to computer but Howie and Jon got that covered...

NOAA was right on, AGAIN:p

Again, thanks to all..hope to see you guys next year, or before...

We gotta work on getting the yaks out there:D

[Pennsy Guy]

Bobby, see you Friday along with Muldune:D :D

[DreamGreen]

I like the fact u grabbed some mahi on the way in all ways nice to go home with a mixed bag and make use of some extra time when the bite dies! See ya the 30th

[captbogan]

Bobby, see you Friday along with Muldune:D :D


Thanks for the report, Chuck. See ya friday... and next week... and next week... and....

[Muldune]

I must have the invisable button pushed see you guys friday

[njboarder]

So you saw the picts of the 12 ft seas, did ya?

Weather looks good for Weds night and plenty of new openings for the 28th (fri to sat)


I'm a little confused. 28th is Tuesday, and Friday is the 24th. which is it?
I just can't get out of work during weekdays, and looking for a trip that starts on Friday evening, or Saturday.
Thanks !!

[Pennsy Guy]

njboarder...you can go to the Gambler's site and check the dates....this week it leaves on Friday (24th), next week on Saturday, then Friday, etc through Oct. 31..you'll see me and Muldune on all of 'em:D maybe catch you on one or more? Hope so...

Chucky

[captbogan]

I'm a little confused. 28th is Tuesday, and Friday is the 24th. which is it?
I just can't get out of work during weekdays, and looking for a trip that starts on Friday evening, or Saturday.
Thanks !!


I have a bad habit of not looking at the calender when I post. Weds, 22, putting together a last minute canyon trip --originally schdld as a sword trip. Lving at 6PM. 24 hours = $350. Still have plenty of room. Next trip going is Friday, but it is now booked.

Tuesday 28 was originally booked, but the charter backed out due to lack of funds. Now taking resv for it.