Late Stalker Charter Report from Friday - Jig & Chunk

[Chris Gatley]

Sorry for the delayed report.

I am just getting back from a guy's weekend. On Friday, I travelled to Cape May as one of my customers had an open slot for tuna with Stalker Charters. Then, we beat feet back home to meet my buddies for some canoeing and camping on the Delaware River on saturday and sunday. Lots of travel and tons of fun.

Tuna fishing was Great for our boat this past friday. Capt. Skip and Capt. Scott put us on the meat. We went 4 for 10 with bluefin at massey's. half the fish hits came on either 90 gram, 110 and 135 gram shimano butterfly jigs on 40 pound fluoro off 65 power pro. Hammered jigs, smith jigs and some otehr japanese jigs I had did not perform, probably because of their length but who knows why for certain. It seemd the 3-4 inch length jigs worked well for us. Larger Butterfly jigs, hammered jigs etc...took only one strike all day. the smaller, lighter jigs took 5 hits (and several bumps to no hookups) but that meant we lost battles due to 40 pound leader and MH rods needed to effectively work the lighter jigs. The other fish took sardines at various levels. We kept one fish below the 47 inch mark, one over 47 inch and released the other two over 47 inch but below the 73 mark. we also boxed 15 Mahi Mahi that were small. The fish we lost either broke off the 40 pound leader during the fight or got tangled with other fish being fought. Lighter leaders and small jigs worked well for me last year so we went with it again after our first light bite was over. There was a long lull in the action so we changed things up and It worked again this past friday, just like last year. For those that use the shimano butterfly jigs, we used the blue sardine color and the aji color with sardine being the best on this day. other colors did not get strikes. In all, A Fabuolous Day with Stalker Charters and the Guys at American Bar Products. On a side note: my friend Lou Grazioso weighed in a 170 pound slob on a butterfish - Big boy for sure. it was bigger than his mate.

[Anna Kathryn]

nice report, catch, & pics.....congrats !!!!!!!!

[striper2278]

What a fun trip! What a great group of guys! Chris I got you VM. Do me a huge favor! Tell Bill to give Jeremy a call when he is ready! (609)231-9611. I deleted that VM by accident yesterday...It's just easier to go right through him! Thanks to you and the whole for fishing with us!

[captainbadfinger]

Capt Chris,thanks for posting the great report and pics!
It was a real pleasure having You and Your guys aboard
You Guys are some Tuna Jiggin machines
Everyone on the trip worked hard for the bites that we had and it paid off in the end
It was great to have fine anglers on the boat not to mention the fine N.Jersey cuisine that Frank brought along
See You soon

[bass kid]

I want to say thank you to Capt. Skip and Capt. Scott. They put us on the fish and all of us had a great day. I hope we can do it again soon.

[louieeeeedrum]

great report guys so you guys are going out tonight huh

[FishOn2004]

Sounds like a good trip, Can't wait to try jigging!

[Chris Gatley]

No Problem. We all took some time off from jigging, especially me. I was sitting back and getting info/photos for two articles. plus, i enjoyed watching everyone else. your right - Frank's food was out of this world.

[striper2278]

No Problem. We all took some time off from jigging, especially me. I was sitting back and getting info/photos for two articles. plus, i enjoyed watching everyone else. your right - Frank's food was out of this world.

Chris, again thank you and everyone that fished with us on Friday! What a great day!

[Retainage]

Thanks for the detailed report

[joe kane]

great trips and also pictures. may be heading out at the end of the week.

[The real Clamman]

1st there was Team Hebrew National

Now it looks like it's Team Boars Head

Nice catch Guys !

[captainbadfinger]

1st there was Team Hebrew National

Now it looks like it's Team Boars Head

Nice catch Guys !

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