Hurricane Irene

I was going to post pictures of the aftermath of the hurricane. Luckily, there is nothing to post. Things should settle down quickly because of the beautiful post hurricane weather we will be having and fishing should quickly resume.

Captain Joe Hughes
IGFA Certified
Jersey Cape Guide Service
www.CaptainJoeHughes.com
609-827-3442

Hurricane Irene

I chose to get out of dodge since it appears the hurricane is headed our way. Pulled all the boats and trailered my skiff to PA. Funny thing is I think I'm getting more rain here than in Sea Isle. I hope I overreacted. We will see.

Captain Joe Hughes
IGFA Certified
Jersey Cape Guide Service
www.CaptainJoeHughes.com
609-827-3442

Mid Atlantic White Marlin

A short video from today.

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2F7kGlJ_90&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Captain Joe Hughes
IGFA Certified
Jersey Cape Guide Service
www.CaptainJoeHughes.com
609-827-3442

Mid Atlantic $500000

Fishing this week in the Mid Atlantic $500000 tournament on the Wild Oats. Fished today and went two for two on white marlin. Neither big enough to bring to the scales. Beautiful water today. Video to follow.

Captain Joe Hughes
IGFA Certified
Jersey Cape Guide Service
www.CaptainJoeHughes.com
609-827-3442

Waterspouts and Mahi

Fished offshore yesterday with Lindsey C and crew for the ladies tournament. We caught a bunch of mahi but no billfish came our way. We had to dodge several waterspouts that lingered around the squall lines.

First Saltwater Fish

Fished with Rich D and family in the bay on Thursday. We had fun catching sea bass and fluke. The picture is of Brenna and her first salt water fish.

Cod, Pollick, Sea Bass, Ling, and Mahi

Fished with Dusty and crew today. We slid offshore to do a little deep water wreck fishing. We had a great time and caught keeper cod, sea bass, ling, and mahi. We also released some small pollock. Now that's a mixed bag.

Sharks

Fished with Rich D and crew yesterday. Had a great time sharking. We brought about a dozen to the boat up to around fifty pounds. All brown and dusky sharks.

Flyrod Blues

Fished Thursday with Chase K. Chase was flyfishing and we found some nice action with bluefish to three pounds and small amberjacks. Great time.

Sharking Pictures

From earlier this week. The dusky is close to 100 pounds.

Luc's First Tuna

Fished with Jay, Dave, Sean, Mike, and Luc. Luc caught his first yellowfin tuna. It was a nice 60 plus pound fish. He reeled it in with Dad's help. We also missed a white marlin. Would have liked to have seen more fish but it was a fun day.

Blacktip

Fished yesterday with Bob R and crew. We went sharking. Things were slow and we caught one brown shark and this nice blacktip shark. We also broke off a big dusky.

Mahi Swarm

Went offshore with George H yesterday. We fished the Wilmington canyon. We had a disappointing start and missed three white marlin in the first fifteen minutes as we were putting out the spread. Things turned around and we got covered up with mahi. At one point we had a mahi on all six rods and we only had three people! We brought all six to the boat. None were less than ten pounds and the biggest was close to 30 pounds. As soon as I put the rods back in the water three more went off. Later in the day we got covered up again and brought four more to the boat along with another nice bull that was around 30 pounds. Lots of fun.

Sharks Return

Fished Monday with Tom M and crew for sharks. The bite had gotten a little funny but the fish returned and bit well for us. We ended up releasing several brown and dusky sharks. We had three big ones that weighed 80, 90, and 100 pounds respectively.

White Marlin

Fished offshore today with Jay, Dave, and John. Went to the Baltimore canyon and fished for billfish. Dave caught and released his first white marlin. Somebody's going for a swim...

Afternoon in the Bay

Fished yesterday afternoon with Al and Chris in the bay. Unfortunately, fishing was a little slow but we caught some fluke and had a great time.

Captain Joe Hughes
IGFA Certified
Jersey Cape Guide Service
www.CaptainJoeHughes.com
609-827-3442

Back Bay

Fished with John J and family yesterday. We caught some fluke and seabass in the bay.

Flounder on the Bay

Fished with Bill and Eric today. The strong tides made the fluke bite tough early on but it greatly improved when the tide slowed. We also had a swipe or two by stripers but failed to connect. We ended up catching several short fluke and had a good time.

Captain Joe Hughes
IGFA Certified
Jersey Cape Guide Service
www.CaptainJoeHughes.com
609-827-3442

Night Stripers

Fished with John S last night. We flyfished for bass in the dark. Despite hearing and seeing a lot of fish we only brought one to the boat. It was a nice fish though.

Fluke and Seabass

Fished with Paul W and crew. We split our time between the bay and the ocean catching sea bass and fluke.

Mahi and Sea Bass

Fished with John M yesterday. We had limited time but wanted to catch a quick fish or two. After a short ride in the ocean we caught a few small mahi and some keeper sea bass. We also had short fluke as well. Dinner is served.