BODACIOUS SPORT FISHING

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Our first overnight tuna trip was blown out and the flounder fishing in
the bay is up and down. The 100 degree temp doesnt help us at all but if
we get a good drift the flounder do cooperate. Our 3 day tuna
extravaganza is sold out and our next one will be sept 9, 10 & 11. Our next open boat overnight tuna chunking trip will be Aug 11 leaving 10am, -12th returning 2pm.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

The flounder season is looking alot better than last week. Tim Stevens
and friends had the boat out saturday for a benefit for Scott Bevan who has more good friends than anyone I have ever met. The flounder bite was steady all day and the best man would prevail thru the end of the trip and that was Scott Bevan. He was top hook and also had the lunker pool. The benefit raised $2500 and everyone had alot of fun.

Scott is a first class guy who is backed by many good friends and family who are positive everything will end up on the positive side.

Pop Cheeseman hosted the 7th annual fathers day trip in the scortching
heat and the slow biting flatties. We finally ended up with the right
drift at the end of the day to put some keepers in the cooler. Drew stole the lunker pool from Bruce with the five minute warning and Papa Cheese owes Bruce $130 and a cold six pack for making us stay extra time. The heat index was closing in on 110 degrees and the boys suffered through the day without a problem.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

The drum bite is in full swing after the full moon on Thursday.  We have had double digit catches with most fish between 40-80lbs. Friday nights trip was real exciting with the Game Getters gun club from Rosehayn with action the whole night.  Bill Smith was on fire as he fought a huge drum for over a hour.  He asked for help several times but nobody would take his pole so he fought and fought for 1:15 minutes until we used the flounder net to catch his huge 23" 9-lb monster drum. The 30 pack he drank was bigger than the drum he caught.  Everybody caught fish except Frank Harris Jr. - he caught a really nice horseshoe crab.  Franky Manno Jr. won the pool and his dad had a nice bite but he was in the head holding the wrong pole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Open boat drum fishing Thursday nights leaving 5pm.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

The striper bite this week was hit or miss.  Some boats got em and some
didnt.  We only caught 2 on saturdays trip with George Sweeney and friends but still managed 4 trash cans full of empty beer cans.  When the captain cant find the fish that leaves more time alchol consumtion.  Sundays open boat trip was a little better with catching 4 stripers in the 30lb class. We're not catching as many fish right now but the ones we are getting are the big cows. The open boat drum fishing will start every thursday starting May 13th leaving the dock @ 5pm-11pm until the middle of June when the drum leave.  The only Thursday that will NOT be open boat is May 20th my baby girls 16th B-day.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

The striper fishing has definitely slow'd down but we're still getting
some good trips in.  Fridays crew was from Geosyntec consultants and we had action most of the day.  All the fish were nice fat fish between 33 and 37 inches with Chris Voci showing the guys how to do it with his limit by 9:30am.  The Millville Elks were on the boat Tuesday and had another good trip with George Carty showing the young guys how its
done.  George got his limit then started passing the pole off to his 47yr
old son Mike who couldnt catch em. Gary Cheeseman bought a $5 flee
market rod reel combo and lost the biggest fish of his life, but his
wife Debbie made sure they went home with some filets.  Next open boat striper/drum will be this Sunday the 25th leaving 7am-3pm.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Fished with O'Brian and Gere Friday and the fishing had slow'd a bit
from the recent trips but we still managed a handful of keepers and 4-5 shorts.

Saturday we left with Jimmy (midget) and friends for his 3rd outing of
the year and the fishing was right back to excellent.  The 1st 4 hours was fish on every 10 minutes w/ about 5-6 doubles through out the day.  These fish averaged 33-37 inches a little bigger than what we have been catching.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Thursday afternoon we sailed for a 5 hr trip and landed 16 keepers for
Wilgro heating & air with Keith coming back in 2010 w/ 4 nice bass up to 35".

Friday we had a limit catch for Jimmy (da midget) Gartmon and friends
with the lunker going over 36 inches.  Jimmy caught 3 and missed 3 so he couldn't bragg most of the day.  12 guys 24 fish came home 1 hr early.

Sat was Gary Putizzi and Uncle Babe catching both their limits and
Henbird Pettit won the lunker pool while slob Pettit caught a 30 pack.

Easter Sunday was total K aaazz with 50 fisherman and only 8 fish in the box.

Monday we left with an 8 girl charter and these girls kicked ass.  They
tallied 18 keepers up to 30lbs and about half a doz throw backs.

Fishing is at its best right nowwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

The striper fishing is as good as it gets right now.  Saturdays trip we tallied 16 keepers up to 34 inches and 25 throwbacks.  Sundays trip was totally AWESOME!!!!!!  15 anglers and 30 stripers up to 38inches and we were done fishing by 11:20am and on our way back to the dock!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

First trip of 2010 was calm seas, nice weather and a few fish.  The action was slow all day with a bite here and a bite there.  We ended up with a 29" and a 32" along with 3 shorts and about 6 other bites that were missed.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

The striper action continues to big good after the big NorEaster. We got out yesterday and today and had action all day. We have not seen the 40lb fish but the 32"- 38" are snapping just like the spring time. I think more fish have moved in w/ the storm and the fishing will only get better with the warmer days ahead. This has been the best fall in years and we still have available days with both the big boat and the little boat. Our average catch has been 8 keepers per trip up to 48lbs with some trips offering more action.We will be running into Dec so give us a call for some heated up action!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Gotta tell u about my best striper trip ever. Weds I took my 12 yr old daughter out of school @ noon so she could go out on her 1st striper trip with 5mph NW and clear skies. Ray Trainer was our guide with a very nice 25' Parker and we get to the fishing grounds at 1:30pm. At 1:45 a rod goes off and I show'd her how we let em run and set the hook and BINGO her 1st striper is on!!!!!! She starts off her striper career with a 38" bass. All rods back in the water and within 10 min another rod goes off and this time it was all up to Amanda. Ray and I watched with amazement as she did everything textbook perfect with letting him run and setting the hook and the fight was on. After 20 min we said holyS--T its a monster weighing in at 48" 44lbs!!!!! We sat  back and watched her catch and release 3 more 40" fish and then arrived back at the dock 4:15pm. ALSOME TRIP  Thanks Ray

Sunday, November 1, 2009

The striper action has come alive and all the fish we have seen are 25 lbs and up. Jimmy (Radio) Garton had his friends on the boat and we saw some nice fish. Larry won the lunker pool with a 42" 32-lber also his first striper ever. Sundays trip was one of a kind with the blueberry farmers from Hammonton enjoying action all day. Quito,TJ and Eddie all got their limits plus they each filled out their bonus tags on fish from 38" to Eddie's pool winning 44"er. Every Thursday is open boat 7am-3pm and I have a few openings for charters also.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Our first open boat tuna trip was very exciting. We try'd trolling and we tried anchor'd up without any sucess. After nothing was working we set up a drift with all the baits and jigs skimming off the bottom and within 2 hours we had 16 tuna hooked up. Tuna expert Penny Hill Jack was in his bunk the whole trip and his new jigging rod landed 2 tuna.

Saturdays trip with Bill Lang and friends started out good and ended up excellent. We caught flounder all day and everybody on the boat had action. The charter ended up with 29 keepers and about 150 throw backs.

The tuna season has started out pretty good and the flounder fishing is getting better and better.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The drum fishing has been very slow to say the least.They have not left the bay yet but they also are not eating.When they decide to eat they it will be the best bite of the year for about 3-5 days and they will be gone til next year.Next Weds June 17th will be the last open boat drum trip.Anyone that plans on coming should also bring a small pole for some night fishing for weakies.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

The drum fishing has turned on with the new moon and the fish are averaging 50-80 lbs. Its time to get ur lines wet. Open boat every weds @ 5pm.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The drum fishing has been excellent!! We have been averaging 16-23 fish a trip with the biggest so far weighing 65lbs. Most fish are 30-40lbs and these little fish are very agressive and alot of fun to catch. I have openings next week on the 11th, 12th and 14th for large groups on the big boat or small groups on our 23' center console available for day or evening trips. Come get em while its good!!!!

The opening of our striper fishing has been excellent!!!!!!! We have been averaging 40 fish the last 3 trips with 15-20 bring home fish on each trip. The boat is available Mon-Weds for large groups and also new this year we offer small groups on our 23' CHawk center console. The fishing is as good as it gets right now - come get em before they head up the rivers to spawn. The next open boat on the Bodacious will be Sunday the 26th.

Saturday, March 28, 2009
11:30:14 AM

Our seabass season is over and we will start off our striper season on April 10th and 11th with open boat stripers leaving from Port Norris at 7a.m.

Monday, January 26, 2009
08:49:45 AM

Our 2nd offshore seabass trip was nothing short of excellent!!!!!!! We had Bonanza Mike and the fortescure boys way out 60 miles to the east and they were coming over the rail 2 and 3 at a time. Dave (coach) Sharpless was high hook as he had his limit within couple hours. Billy Davis was hot on the diamond jigging and Jack Moore had the lunker pool with a 7lbr. We're going when ever the weather allows so give me a call 609-820-2019

Tuesday, January 06, 2009
11:13:31 AM

After some pretty extensive boat maintenace we are ready for some offshore seabass fishing.The boat is docked @ Miss Chris marina in Cape May NJ.We had our first trip on Sunday and there is plenty of fish on the rock pile.We did see alot of short bass but we also seen alot of nice 5-7lbrs.The aver fish is 3-5lbs and I only look for it to get better.This year I wont be setting to many dates because we get blowed out so much.If you would like to go give me a call and leave your name and #.I watch the offshore forcast everyday so when I see a nice weather window I start calling everyone on the list.If u cant make that trip I'll try you on the next one.We run 65 miles out so if the weathers not fit we wont sail!!!!!!!!!The seabass will run thru March so if u like to try it give me a call 609-820-2019 or e-mail Bodaciousnj.com

Thursday, January 01, 2009
11:46:08 AM

Well we justed rebuild both our 3406 Cats and we're ready to start fishing for jumbo seabass.Going to take the boat to CM on saturday and if the weather holds up we'll try to get out on Sunday Jan 4th.Boat leaves 4am-6pm 609-820-2019

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
08:22:28 AM

Weather gods attack us again but those who did go caught some nice bass up to 46lbs.Open boat on election day 7-3.

Monday, October 20, 2008
09:45:25 AM

Mother nature has gotten the best of us this month and we dont have alot to bragg about other than not burning any fuel.We're hoping for a great Striper season and looks like we might try a couple of open boats.We'll start off with Nov 4th (election day) with our first open boat leaving @ 7am.

Monday, September 08, 2008
07:23:04 PM

We got our port side tranyy rebuilt and have been down for a couple of weeks.We're all back together and the yellowfin have just started to show up for the night bite.Looks like some good temp brakes heading our way and my charter for thurs/fri has 2 openings if anyone is interested.Boat leaves Port Norris @ 9AM RETURNS on friday noon til 4pm.The wind is in our favor so should be a good trip!!My cell is 609-820-2019

Saturday, August 02, 2008
09:30:31 AM

Big bluefin have moved in and they have been ripping us a new ass!!!We landed our biggest of the year yesterday @ 72" and 205lbs.We released 5 more fish around 55"-60" fish and broke 4 more monsters off.These fish are all you want on stand up tackle and all you need is one big boy to make a good trip.Going offshore tomorrow in search of some yellowfin and tilefish.AMF

Thursday, July 24, 2008
08:43:04 PM

our tuna trip today was cancelled with the high seas so that leaves Aug 10,11th our next open boat overnight tuna chunking trip.Boat leaves 10am on the 10th and returns sometime midday on the 11th.I now have 6 spots available.

Monday, July 21, 2008
09:53:17 AM

Our 1st 3 day tuna trip scheduled for Aug 3,4,5 is filled up.The next open boat over night trip will be August 10,11 and our next 3 day trip will be August 24,25,26.

Monday, July 21, 2008
09:39:01 AM

We just wrapped up the Cape May tuna tournament with good weather all weekend and really good fishing.We caught tuna every day and we missed the money by 4 lbs.The bluefin bite is in full swing and it should continue for another month before we start targeting the yellowfin.We have room on the day trip jigging and chunking this thursday the 24th leaving @ 1am.

Saturday, July 12, 2008
10:34:01 AM

Yesterday we fished in the stakes off SW line and caught 60 flounder and only 9 went into the box.Alot of action just not alot of 18" fish. The tuna are biting pretty good with Ray Trainers group out for some bluefin Jigging!!!We went 8 for 10 on bluefin up to 90 lbs and 7 caught on jigs. We offering a 15hr chunking/jigging trip on July 24th leaving @ 1am.$300/person for 10 anglers. Our tuna extravaganza set for Aug 3,4,5 has 4 seats available.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008
11:02:34 PM

The tuna season is here and we're off to another good start.We ventured offshore with our first open boat trip this year and ended up with 4 tuna up to 90lbs and 7 mahi mahi up to 25lbs.

Sunday, June 22, 2008
08:10:24 PM

a big change in the flounder report from last week.We stuggled both days and only came up with a few keepers both days.The days are counting down until we go offshore!!!With the recent reports on tuna our first overnighter will be July 5,6 for tuna/Makos and maybe a few tilefish!!!!!!!!!Resv. are must and only taking 12 anglers.On July 3rd we'll be going to Cape may for a dinner/fireworks cruise and Resv.req.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
05:04:37 PM

The open boat for tomorrow is cancelled!!Dont have enough interested people to make a full trip and I dont want anybody driving down to the boat for nothing.Thanks for a great drum fish season for all who came aboard!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
07:21:53 AM

We're betting on the big bite before the drum leave happening on thursday 1 night after the full moon so this will be the last open boat for drum.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
07:18:06 AM

The flounder fishing over the weekend was fantastic.We caught 12 keepers sat and we caught 26 keepers on sunday.Our last open boat for drum is Thursday night leaving @ 4pm.

Monday, June 09, 2008
11:09:41 AM

Last night Steve Roberts and friends(Sunaco Oil) joined us out for a very enjoyable evening on the bay.Big Mike started us off with the first drum of the evening(thank god he caught this fish cuz we were all tired of hearing Bobs bullshit)and that sparked a good bite and everyone got down to buissness.They bit for about a hour or so and we went 6 for 12 with Ralph winning the lunker pool.As the night was dwindling and everyones ear was chew'd off from Bob Dumbham wolfing crap all night guess who's rod goes off at quitting time.Bob hooks into the biggest drum of the year,bigger than the new state record.The fish was so big he couldnt handle it,he fought with every muscle in his body for atleast 20 minutes just huffing and puffing and complaining and then disaster struck.Bob pulled to hard and snapped the line!!The rest of the night he blamed the mates knot.Would somebody please tell Bob that we tied a 8 gallon bucket to his rod and he never really had a fish.On the Bodacious we call it getting EVEN!!!!!!

Monday, June 09, 2008
10:51:48 AM

June 5th was Yank Marine out for a busy night drumming.Total count was 15 with TV Tilsner catching the lunker @ 70lbs.Caterpillar Chris drank the most beer. June 6th was Brian Stein with another good night with a final count of 14 in the boat and 20 fish hooked but not landed due to tackle failure.Nobody said the boys from Vineland weren,t cheap.Cant even afford new fishing line!!

Friday, June 06, 2008
07:48:21 AM

Last night we had Yank Marine out for a drum trip.Total was 15 drum with Mikey Tilsner winning the lunker with 68lbs.Next open boat is June 11th 5pm-11pm.Penny Hill Jack brought 12yr old Tyler so he could hook up about half the fish and pass the pole to the grown-ups so they could catch one!!!!!!Good job Tyler

Thursday, June 05, 2008
10:59:45 AM

Its still hot an heavy with the drum fish bite!We ran a open boat on Tuesday and ended up with 13 drum up to 60lbs.Last night we fished through 3 differnt storms and ended up with 19 drum and 12 break-offs.I advise everyone to check their tackle before coming down because some of these bigger fish are winning the battle due to tackle failure.Our next open boat will be weds June 11th @ 5pm-11pm.

Sunday, June 01, 2008
06:00:23 PM

It keeps getting better each week!!!!Tuesday with 34,Weds we had 15,Thursday we had 14,Friday we had 15 and Sat we ended up with 19.Most are 50-90lbs and on Weds we watch Nic Henry of Millville reel in the NEW STATE RECORD weighing in at 109lbs!!!Good job Nick.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
09:37:59 AM

We struggled a little on the holiday weekend with a tons of boats out but we made up for it last night.No boat traffic and we could fish where we wanted and it was ON!!We lost Billy Swift last year in a car accident and we had a fund raiser on the boat for his 9 yr old daughter.The fish bit as soon as we put the anchor in the mud and after 2 hours we had 34 drum fish up to 75lbs and a little over 1300$ raised for a college fund.My next open Boat is Tuesday June 3rd @ 5pm.

Sunday, May 25, 2008
09:58:17 AM

The past week has been pretty good fishing with double digits up to 80lbs until the holiday weekend arrived.Too many boats fishing this weekend and the charter boats are anticipating great fishing again after the holiday.

Monday, May 19, 2008
08:17:15 PM

Tom Swartz and friends joined us last night for another good trip.I not sure the exact count but I would quess we had 20 drum up to 70lbs and we probably broke off about 8 fish throughout the trip.Great bunch of guys that fished through out the early rain and never complained all night.When the fish bite good and you have a good bunch of guys it makes for the best job in the world!!!!!Hopefully we can stay on top of these fish and keep the rest of our charters happy.

Sunday, May 18, 2008
09:46:20 AM

Drum fishing is at its best with over 50 fish landed in the last 3 trips!!!!!

Sunday, May 18, 2008
09:46:18 AM

Drum fishing is at its best with over 50 fish landed in the last 3 trips!!!!!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
07:19:27 PM

Our drum fish season started out as follows Fri-Blown out Sat 4 drum Sun-blown out,Mon-Blown out and today Blown out.Mother nature has kept us at the dock for awhile but it looks good for the rest of the week.Next weeks open boat on Tues has 3 or 4 spots left as I'm waiting on a phone call with a head count.Looks like we'll get every day in the rest of the week so I'm looking forward to a good report next week.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008
07:42:18 PM

Well that didnt take long to fill the 1st open boat on Weds 14th so we'll try it again on Tuesday May 20th @ 5pm-11pm.The boat on the 14th is full so the next one is Tuesday May 20th. Sorry if I have caused any problems but I dont like to fish with anymore than 20 people.I like to keep the tangles to a minimum.Thanks again Capt Tim

Tuesday, May 06, 2008
07:22:02 PM

Sorry form the delay but we just got all the computer problems takin care of. The striper season has been very strange with good days and Bad days.The drum fish just show'd up last week and that has helped out alot.Last night the big ones started to bite on the new moon with the lunker going @ 70lbs.Our first open boat will be on Weds May 14th @ 5pm-11pm.Cost is $60/person and the boat will supply the bait.Any Q's call 609-820-2019

Saturday, December 22, 2007
08:31:34 AM

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all.We will be sailing out of No Bones bait and tackle in Wildwood this winter and our first open boat seabass trip will be on Jan 12th and Jan 15th.The boat leaves 4am and returns 6pm.All anglers must have resv.

Saturday, December 08, 2007
09:30:29 AM

Thanks to everyone from seabass fishing,stripers,drum,Tuna,flounder and wahoo for fishing aboard the Bodacious in 2007.My family and crew appreciate everyone who fished with us and hope to see everyone in 2008.We will be heading to Wildwood again this winter to start our year off with some offshore Jumbo seabass up to 8lbs.Tight lines and Happy Holidays!! Capt Tim

Wednesday, November 21, 2007
07:43:13 AM

After getting my ear bit off by several customers about updating my reports here they are.The striper season in october was non existence and a slow start in Nov.The last week or so has seen alot improvements with some nicer size bass.We've averaged 6-9 keepers up to 35lbs,6-20 bluefish averaging 10lbs and usually you can throw in 3-8 stripers about 26".We will be targeting bass until mid Dec. and then we will be moving to Wildwood for our offshore jumbo seabass trips Jan. thru March.

Monday, September 24, 2007
06:56:49 PM

We've been offshore a couple times a week and the tuna is going well.Last night we hit em from 9pm til 11:30pm when we had as many as four on at a time.All these yellowfin this year have been 60-100lbs and they been wrecking alot of our tackle.We had a 8 man charter and everyone fought 2-3 tuna before the mad dog blitz was over.We have 4 openings on Oct 4-5 and 4 openings on Oct 14-15 overnight tuna chunking trips.Must have resev.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
12:09:08 PM

The flounder fishing has come back in the bay in good numbers.Abbott Mech. had action all day on with 3 out of 10 keepers.All the guys were out fished by Tara with a broken arm with her 3lb pool winner. Souders Excavating went offshore on Sunday for alot of action.We got into some big bruiser bluefin early into the trip.Four hook-ups turned into 2 nice bluefin with the biggest weighing in at 160lbs.Then we headed offshore and ended the trip with 2 big bluefin,5 big yellowfin(70lbs),1 longfin,7 mahi mahi and 1 20lb gray tilefish.

Sunday, August 05, 2007
09:04:24 AM

The tuna fishing has been good on the inshore lumps for 60lb bluefin with a 100lbr thrown in the mix here and there.We just starterd to get some nice size croakers in the bay with a few weakies.The flounder continues to be hit or miss.Our first overnight open boat tuna trip on Aug 20-21 is sold out.The next open boat tuna will be in sept.

Saturday, July 28, 2007
12:58:04 PM

We went offshore twice this week and the tuna fishing is red hot.The 1st trip we had a red hot bite from 5am-8am and ended the morning with 13 tuna up to 75lbs.Yesterdays trip was similar with the final count at 11 tuna up to 80lbs.

Monday, July 23, 2007
04:48:27 PM

We went offshore thursday and friday in the mid-atlantic tuna tournament and found some good inshore action.We fished 50 miles out and we had fish all day.Mostly 50-60lb bluefin and nothing big enough to weigh in but the action was alot of fun.Our next open boat overnight tuna trip leaves Aug 20.We only sail with 12 anglers and its 1st come basis.

Thursday, July 12, 2007
07:23:25 AM

Looks like the tuna season is starting off pretty good. Went to the baltimore canyon where we seen some warm water with Jon Howard masonary and we went 12 for 14 on 50lb yellowfin on June 27th. One week later we went out on a day troll trip and tallied 8 for 12 on med size bluefin. On July 2 we strolled all the way down to the Washington canyon and trolled up 6 for 12 yellowfin with Pete and friends from the Harbour House resturant in PA. Our first overnight open boat will be July 24th-25th. Its time to head offshore!!!!

Friday, June 29, 2007
01:42:26 PM

The drum fish season is over with over all good statistics with 174 drum for 2007.Some nights were better than others and some nights they just didnt bite.Any time we break a 100 I feel its a good year. The flounder season has already had its ups and downs with the flatties biting all day to not biting at all.The good days have seen action all day with fish up to 8.8lbs.No sign of croakers yet but they should be showing up fast. The tuna season has been pretty good so far with 19 tuna on 2 trips so far.Nothing really big yet but some good action and some real good eating with yellowfin up to 70lbs. Our first open boat overnight tuna trip will take place on July 24-25 and the price is 350.00 for the first 12 anglers.

Sunday, May 06, 2007
06:40:34 AM

This past weekend was very disappointing. Seems like the stripers are in their spawn mode and the drum fish didnt want to eat last night. We marked alot of drum and it looks like there are plenty of them around ,just got to be there when they get ready to eat. My only open boat drum trip for May is weds night the 9th leaving 4pm-11pm.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007
05:15:58 AM

Last week the striper action was fast and furious.The fishing we have seen in over 5 years.40-50 stripers every trip.This past weekend was a different story.The bass slowed and we just picked at em.Sunday we ended up with 7 keepers and around 10 throw backs.Things should get better with the full moon coming this week and we will start Drum fishing next week.OPEN BOAT DRUM TRIP MAY 9th LEAVING 4pm-11pm.

Friday, March 23, 2007
07:02:21 AM

we got out yesterday and found some nice seabass up to 7lbs.The thoughts of the big boys leaving town was far from the truth as this was a good day for qauntity and qaulity.We ended up with around 400 bass from 3 to 7lbs.Looks like next thursday is fishable and that will be our last open boat.

Sunday, March 11, 2007
08:37:49 AM

We fished weds with the reeds beach gang with 20 degree temps and snow falling down on us all day.The seabass were very hungry and most guys got there limits.Phil Johnson,Howard Severance and Bobby Sheppard got their limits along with many others. Sat we headed off with Cedar Buck and double oaks gun clubs.Rob (slob) Pettit and Rusty Brown from cedar buck out fished the guys from double oaks.The experienced cedar buck guys finished with a total of 205 seabass to double oaks 125.Better luck next year for the double oaks gang.

Sunday, February 25, 2007
06:57:07 PM

Seabass,Seabass and More seabass is the best way to explain todays fishing.We went offshore with Popeyes marina and friends today and had 20 guys catch their limit in 4 hrs fishing.Jumbo bass up 6-7lbs + 20 guys =500 seabass amd 1000 filets.We got back to the dock at 3pm with 100% satifaction.If you want jumbo bass its definetly time!!!

Sunday, February 04, 2007
08:27:26 AM

The offshore winds are averaging 25-40kts mostly NW and therefore we have been tied to the dock the last few weeks.With a little luck the end of Feb and the month of march will be better.

Friday, January 26, 2007
09:28:24 AM

We got out wed with Jerry Sulolf and friends with a little more wind then the predicted 10-15.The drift stayed around 1kt all day which is good but the seabass didnt decide to eat until the afternoon.We had a slow pick all morning then started getting better in the afternoon.I stayed a hour extra to catch a few more to make up for the morning bite and it was the best fishing of the day.A little late for a great trip but it sure did help out topping off some coolers.The guys fished hard all day and they didnt stop trying until it was time to leave.

Monday, January 22, 2007
07:47:50 AM

We got out yesterday with Dave Atkinson and friends for a good day of jumbo seabass.Everyone caught fish from 3-8lbs even in some rough seas early in am.The afternoon the wind died out and the fishing was alot better.The fish are definetly getting bigger and I think it should only improve thruout the next two months.Thanks to Atkinson's Tavern(cape may courthouse) for bringing all the delicious food.

Saturday, January 13, 2007
07:27:53 AM

We left the dock @ 4am with Ecobound Co. and headed offshore 60 miles to the rock pile for some jumbo seabass action.The fish started right away and soon everybody was hooked up.We seen fish to 6lbs and also seen alot of shorts,dogfish,1 tilefish and 6 tog.One angler said he caught 9 sets of doubles,1 triple headed and 4 singles thru out the day.Squid and clams was the bait of choice.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006
08:25:42 AM

The seabass fishing has been pretty good.Our Jan 5th trip has been booked and the next open boat will be on Monday Jan 15th(Martin Luther day) sailing 4am.Must have resevations.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006
06:29:08 PM

Bodacious will be sailing out of Wildwood @No Bones Bait& Tackle starting Jan 1st.Our target is giant seabass,ling,cod and tile fish.These fish enter our waters about 60 miles offshore every winter and the possibilities of catching your limit of seabass(25) is very good.Reservations are required and we have rental rods available.The trip runs from 4am-6pm.These fish live in 225' of water so be ready for alot of reeling on seabass in the 4 to 8lb class.The first open boat is Jan 6th.We will be running open boat trips and charters.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006
09:28:04 PM

The bigger stripers have showed up and as usual your not going to catch 20 0r 30 in a trip.These big fish are alot of fun and those who catch them cant wait to come back.On the average trip we catch 6 stripers and on a good trip we'll catch 15.The biggest we have caught was 43lb @ 47".I have seen a couple 50lb'rs at the dock and it should keep getting better before its over.

Sunday, October 29, 2006
08:05:12 AM

Windy Windy Windy is this months report.We got in one trip this week on friday with the Obrian & Geare and we seen a few nicer size fish.We lost a few and put 5 nice keepers in the 40" range.Dave Toddest caught the biggest skate.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006
07:50:38 AM

The bite still goes on.We decided to go variety fishing on Monday-Tuesday overnighter.We took some local captains for our 2nd annual tuna trip and started off with some seabass.Only spent 1 hour on the seabass and managed a couple but most were short.Off to the wilmington for some tile fish and the 1st pole in the water(Shooter from NO SWEAT)was hooked up.John(INTRIQUE)was soon to follow with another then Marky(GONE FISHING)brung up another.All fish were caught on the bottom in 600' without electric reels.Then we slid over to the other side of the canyon and again 1st rod in Jimmy boop(MISS FORTESCUE)fish on,another tile.Billy(ANDREA)caught one more tile then we stared on the chunk for some tuna.Billy started us off within minutes with a nice 50# yellowfin and he never stopped till 1am.Final tally was 15 yellowfin,5 tile fish,12 big Mahi,1 sword and a small mako.Thanks to my good friends Creeper and shooter(NO SWEAT)Marky and Mark(GONE FISHING)Ray and Jimmy boop(MISS FORTESCUE)Jack and John(INTRIQUE)Billy(ANDREA)John(CRACK OF DAWN)JJ(UNREEL)for a great trip and a awesome time!

Wednesday, October 04, 2006
07:07:58 AM

Went to the spencer canyon with Don Lassaso and friends and ended up with 23 yellowfin and 15 mahi mahi.It was a 8 man charter so everyone caught a couple of tuna.

Sunday, October 01, 2006
06:41:17 PM

The tuna bite has been red hot and I was very dissapointed when I could only come up with 4 yellowfin for Tom Weiss and friends.We gave a honest effort but it just didnt happen. We went back for revenge today with much better results.Yellowfin 50-75lbs showed up and we went 18 for 25 on a allout frenzy at 4am.Live squid and diamond jigs gotter done.Next open boat will be Oct 23,24th.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006
06:50:16 AM

Sorry for the big delay on the reports but its been pretty hecktic lately. Last week Gene Nigro and friends from atlantic highlands went overnight and got into some alwesome tuna action.21 tuna was the final tally. Last night on a open boat trip we picked up where we left off.We picked up 2 on the troll before dark and then started chunking out in 200fathoms in the wilmington and all hell broke loose.From 8pm til 12:30am we had fish on all night and these were nice yellowfin 40#-70#.Total was 27 yellowfin and headed home 8 hours early.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006
08:15:54 PM

Thursday/Friday with Carl Picallo and friends we headed offshore for some tuna.We caught 5 yellowfin on the troll and picked 3 bluefin on the overnight chunk. Saturday Penn Jersey concrete joined us for some exciting weakie fishing.It started slow but got better as the day went on.8 of 10 guys got their limit and Buffalo head Pat Philips was high hook for the day. Monday we headed offshore to a local canyon for some overnight yellowfin action.Patience pay'd off again as we had a very slow night bite,but then at 4am all hell broke loose.The 1st yellowfin blitz of the year was on.Put your line in the water(live squid,butters,sardines and diamond jigs)and hold on!!!!Jake diblowski was relling em in and gaffing at the same time,Wayne Wright pulled in the biggest going at 75lbs .19 yellowfin an 4 mahi mahi .

Friday, August 04, 2006
08:01:58 AM

We went to the inside of the baltimore weds afternoon and started trolling.After a hour a half no bites,green water and not much sign of life so I decided to go south to our bluefin lump.We got into alot of squid when the sun went down and when the sun came up it was ON!We had tuna hooked up all over the boat,5 hooked at one time.We landed 8 and broke off about 10 others.So far thanks to the bluefin its been a good start for our 06 tuna season.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006
09:29:07 AM

the bluefin bite has been very good with fish up to 150lbs.We got 15 to the boat and broke off about 10 last friday morning.Went back tuesday for a day chunk trip and ended up with 2 bluefin and 1 yellowfin.

Sunday, July 09, 2006
05:27:11 PM

Things are looking up in the delaware bay.Today we had poles bending all day long.We started off with some weakies and king fish all on the small side but its good just to see the weakies again.We decided to drift for flounder the rest of the day and ended up with a good catch.Lots of fish alot small 15 to 16 inch fish but we picked 4 to 6 nice keepers on every drift including a 26 inch 6.65lb flounder by Peny Hill Jack.Thanks to Big Mike and Turf construction for chartering the bodacious.

Friday, June 23, 2006
05:05:09 AM

The first offshore tuna trip was a suceess with 12 small yellowfin one 125lb mako and we released a 11ft nurse shark.All the tuna were keepers just not the 200lb bigeyes we were looking for.The next open boat tuna trip will be July 27th leaving 4am and returning 28th 2pm.Cost is 350.00/person for 10 people.

Monday, June 19, 2006
04:36:08 AM

the flounder bite picked up over the weekend.Sunday with the millville elks onboard we managed 30 keepers and plenty of throw backs.Herb Johnson won the lunker pool and Gary Cheezeman Sr finished his 30 pack then bum'd a few for the ride in!!Our first overnight tuna trip is this weds.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
05:32:06 AM

Don Tomlin and friends from Highland anglers put together a mix of flounder and drum.The flounder bite was good but the keeper ratio was 10-1.The drum bite was red hot and the group ended up with 14 keepers up to 60lbs. Joe Franks and friends from delaware county all caught drum and a couple guys doubled up.The drum fishing keeps getting better each year. I have 2 openings for the tuna/mako combo next wedensday and plenty of room on July 3rd for Cape May dinner cruise and fireworks.

Friday, June 02, 2006
05:40:55 PM

Bill swift and Bill Peachy(average height of 4'6")brought some guys from work on tuesday for a hellava trip.We captured 10 drum up to 65lbs,broke 4 off(old line on costumers rods)let one puppy drum go free ,one angler ate 6 surf clams and another walked around naked half the night.Always a good trip when the locals are out on the BODACIOUS. Tom SEDEYN Jr. razzled up some interesting fellowas and went 8 for 10 on drum in the 50lb range.Slob Pettit drank only one 30 pack and Brian Walker was totally creamed.

Monday, May 29, 2006
06:52:54 AM

The past week was still good for the drum bite.The big drum are still around and should be good for another couple of weeks.The bite slowed a little over the holiday weekend but with all the boat traffic it should be back to normal this week. I heard some reports of a good tuna bite already and it wont be long before we'll be sailing out to the deep.We have open boat TUNA/MAKO on June 21st and 22nd.We head south for the big bluefin for a day chunk then troll east to Poormans canyon for a overnight Mako bite.Resv. are required.

Friday, May 19, 2006
06:05:08 AM

Outstanding is the word!Drum fish from 50-90lbs and lots of them.We caught a 52lb striper on Monday.Its my favorite time of the year to fish and it been red hot.Sunday 12 drum Monday 9 drum 1 bass Tues 14 drum thurs 16drum.The action is alsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, May 05, 2006
06:02:59 AM

It looks like the fish have moved over to the delaware side.Its a long ride but it seems to be more fish on that side.Open boat drum fishing on May 31 leaving at 4pm.60.00/person for bait and rental rod

Monday, May 01, 2006
03:35:21 AM

Fishing at its best this week.The spring combo of drum/striper is in full swing.Lot more drum than we have ever seen.Most fish are in the 20lb range but the big boys are soon to follow.Open boat this wedensday at 7am.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006
05:09:55 PM

!6 stripers up 28lbs and 9 drum up to 45lbs caught by John Howards Masonary.Lots of fish in the bay right now so come join us on weds for open boat at 7am.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006
06:00:21 PM

Open boat striper fishing every wedensday 7am-3pm with the last trip on May 3rd.

Sunday, March 05, 2006
05:15:25 PM

We're getting some fresh paint,fixing a few odds and ends and will be starting our season off on Friday April 14th with a open boat striper trip from 7am-3pm.Also Sat the 15th and Sunday the 17th will be open boat.The fare is 50.00/person and includes fresh surf clams and a rental rod.ome join us for the start of another good spring run on the stripers.

Saturday, October 22, 2005
07:37:55 AM

OPEN BOAT STRIPER FISHING EVERY MONDAY IN NOVEMBER SAILING 7AM-3PM.$50/PERSON INCLUDES BAIT AND RENTAL RODS.

Saturday, October 22, 2005
07:34:50 AM

We headed offshore to the spencer canyon for some tuna action thurs & friday.We only got 2 yellowfin and a sword while chunking and picked upa longfin on the troll in the am.30MPH NE winds made for a long ride home.Thanks goes out to a great group for hanging in their thru out the 6 hour ride.

Saturday, October 08, 2005
11:38:30 AM

Oct 1st we made the long run to the Washington canyon and put 12 yellowfin up to 70lbs in the box. Took some captn from fortescue on 3rd and we ended up with 7 yellowfin in the box.Ray from miss Fortescue started us off and ended up with a pair. OPEN BOAT TRIP ON 5TH produced some grat action.Tired of running south we headed to the wilmington for some steady action from 9pm til 2am.George Baker was back showing the boys how to catch the illusive tuna. There is a steady pick of small weakies in the bay and the striper action should get started in aweek or 2.

Monday, September 26, 2005
02:23:00 PM

THE TUNA SEASON IS STILL FAIRLY GOOD.I HAD JOE BALLS AND FRIENDS FROM HAMMONTON LAST WEEK FOR A COMBINED EFFORT OF 9 YELLOWFIN UP TO 75LBS.WE FISHED THE BALTIMORE CANYON AND LIVE SQUID WAS THE TICKET. ON THURSDAY GENE NIGRO AND FRIENDS STOP AT MASSEY'S FOR SOME GOOD MAHI MAHI ACTION UNDER THE WEED LINES.THEN WE MADE A DRIFT AND PICKED UP 2 BIG BLUEFINS BEFORE HEADING OFFSHORE TO THE BALTIMORE AND GOING 5 FOR 8 ON YELLOWFINS UP TO 70LBS. THE BAY HAS CROAKERS WEAKIES AND BLUEFISH.

Wednesday, August 31, 2005
01:08:03 PM

Had our first open boat Mon night and came home with 20 yellowfin and one small mako.3 guys on the boat limited out and most everyone landed atleast one.Next open boat is Oct. 5,6th.

Friday, August 26, 2005
12:00:58 PM

Last 2 tuna trips produced alot better results.Last weekend we went to the Wilmington and went 5 for 10 on longfin and yellowfin. tues night went to the Baltimore and had a good night bite all night long.we went 10 fo 16 on 50lb yellows.Live squid was the ticket. Some nice size weakies are starting to show up in the bay.

Sunday, June 26, 2005
03:04:26 PM

Flounder fishing this past week was so so.Alot of fish just too many throw backs.The croakers are here and we been breaking the day up with both species.Some weakies are in the area so we'll be spending some time on them too.TUNA are down off O.C. Maryland and should be here soon.I still have openings for July 14 for our first dinner cruise to Delaware.

Sunday, June 12, 2005
08:47:07 AM

Overall the last week the drum fishing was good.Tuesday we put 17 in te box from 50 to 80 lbs.Weds we got 2 and lost 3.Thurs we captured 8 and Friday another 5.Satuday night we got our first skunk and it looks like the drum are slowin up a bit. I think we'll get another shot at them this week and we have open boat Tuesday 14th @ 5pm.

Sunday, June 05, 2005
01:36:12 PM