Offshore Sea Bass Report & Giant Mako - big Jamaica Brielle

[bigjamaica]

Giant Sea Bass & Giant Mako Report

We only have one giant sea bass trips left for the season, sailing Monday night at 11:00PM.

Offshore Fishing has been good, to very good on our trips with the catch consisting of giant sea bass, jumbo porgies, blue fish, cod, pollock and even a giant 475+Lb Mako.

Recent pool winners were:
Peter Seabrook from Kings Park NY with a 6.5 Lb Sea Bass,
Mohammad Bhuiyan from Greenbelt, MD with a 6Lb Sea Bass
Enyin Chen from Brooklyn NY with a 7 lb Pollock
Nick Zaffarese from Clifton NJ with a 10 lb Pollock.

Joe Welsh from Hopatcong New Jersey not only caught his limit of giant sea bass but, also a 475 lb plus Mako!

Sea Bass season closes after December 31 but the big Jamaica will continue to sail during the winter.

COD SPECIALS
It looks like a good run of cod fish is developing in the 20 to 40 mile range from Brielle. There are several areas where cod are being caught are being caught on wrecks, rocks, and reefs. Hopefully, this will keep up, as this will be the first near-shore cod run we have had in a long time. The Big Jamaica will be running Cod Specials.
Keep an eye on our website, Facebook page, or call the office at 732-528-5014 for updates.

Giant Mako
We were fishing about 75 miles offshore today, catching sea bass. A number of lines were bitten off, which we assumed were blue fish. Joe Welsh is one of the best sea bass fishermen I've met, and also a regular on the Jamaica. Joe was fishing in his usual spot in the bow.
He was reeling in his line and had a small dogfish hooked. All of a sudden the giant Mako swam up and grabbed it.
Joe was fighting the fish until he walked about halfway down the boat when the mako came within gaffing range.
That's when the real battle began. Once the second and third gaff were sunk into the Mako it went berserk. By the time the tail rope was on the shark, three gaff hooks were straightened out, and two other gaff poles practically exploded!

In addition to good numbers of sea bass many people went home with mako steaks after this trip.

[Jigman13]

Holy crap! That's a monster!

[Duffman]

Holy $hit that’s a beast!!!!!

It inhaled a doggy on his cbass rig. So I’m guessing he fought and landed the mako on a mono hi lo rig? That’s absolutely incredible!!

[Ryelof]

So who won the pool?

[bigjamaica]

Haha, The Mako could not win because we did not have anyone tall enough to carry it around the boat on the balance scale.
Actually, the only fish eligible for the pool on the offshore wreck trips are cod, pollock, ling, hake, sea bass, and porgies

[AndyS]

Cool stuff !!

[Merle31483]

That's SICK!!!!!

[Brewlugger]

Awesome catch. Gotta give your mates props for hitting that green fish with a straight gaff, that takes some balls.

[Bent Rod]

Originally Posted by bigjamaica

Giant Sea Bass & Giant Mako Report

We only have one giant sea bass trips left for the season, sailing Monday night at 11:00PM.

Offshore Fishing has been good, to very good on our trips with the catch consisting of giant sea bass, jumbo porgies, blue fish, cod, pollock and even a giant 475+Lb Mako.

Recent pool winners were:
Peter Seabrook from Kings Park NY with a 6.5 Lb Sea Bass,
Mohammad Bhuiyan from Greenbelt, MD with a 6Lb Sea Bass
Enyin Chen from Brooklyn NY with a 7 lb Pollock
Nick Zaffarese from Clifton NJ with a 10 lb Pollock.

Joe Welsh from Hopatcong New Jersey not only caught his limit of giant sea bass but, also a 475 lb plus Mako!

Sea Bass season closes after December 31 but the big Jamaica will continue to sail during the winter.

COD SPECIALS
It looks like a good run of cod fish is developing in the 20 to 40 mile range from Brielle. There are several areas where cod are being caught are being caught on wrecks, rocks, and reefs. Hopefully, this will keep up, as this will be the first near-shore cod run we have had in a long time. The Big Jamaica will be running Cod Specials.
Keep an eye on our website, Facebook page, or call the office at 732-528-5014 for updates.

Giant Mako
We were fishing about 75 miles offshore today, catching sea bass. A number of lines were bitten off, which we assumed were blue fish. Joe Welsh is one of the best sea bass fishermen I've met, and also a regular on the Jamaica. Joe was fishing in his usual spot in the bow.
He was reeling in his line and had a small dogfish hooked. All of a sudden the giant Mako swam up and grabbed it.
Joe was fighting the fish until he walked about halfway down the boat when the mako came within gaffing range.
That's when the real battle began. Once the second and third gaff were sunk into the Mako it went berserk. By the time the tail rope was on the shark, three gaff hooks were straightened out, and two other gaff poles practically exploded!

In addition to good numbers of sea bass many people went home with mako steaks after this trip.

That's unbelievable , Great job !

[Grady2]

very nice captain and crew.thats the coolest thing about off shore you never no. hey howard i remember an old rifle took a mako back in the day ou t for tuna. maybe run in to you in florida again.happy new year year to all