Fishing Boating

By MIKE SHEPHERD, For The Press

The water temperature dropped a few degrees offshore recently. It did not bother the giant sea bass at all.

By KELLY ASHE For The Press

The American Power Boat Association-Region 3 recognized longtime Press of Atlantic City sports reporter Guy Gargan as this year’s Tom Kelly Award winner.

By MIKE SHEPHERD, For The Press

"Double weird!"

By MIKE SHEPHERD, For The Press

The new winter black sea bass season opened Tuesday, and according to early reports, it sounds as though the fishing just could not get any better.

By MICHAEL SHEPHERD, For The Press

Yes, it is winter, and according to some recent reports, it is a most wonderful time of the year for fishing.

By MICHAEL SHEPHERD, For The Press

It was 11:30 a.m. Friday and Mike O'Neill had a charter fishing for tautog (also known as blackfish) 11 miles off Great Egg Inlet.

By MIKE SHEPHERD, For The Press

Good striped bass fishing is very consistent from Brigantine to Delaware Bay.

By MIKE SHEPHERD, For The Press

Mike Tabasso tied his pontoon partyboat up to his dock at Gardner's Basin in Atlantic City and left it there during the super storm of all-time last week and the subsequent northeaster of this week.

By MIKE SHEPHERD For the Press

"It would have been a good day fishing" for striped bass, Dave Showell said Friday with the cool, overcast weather.

By MIKE SHEPHERD, For The Press

The Press Fishing Contest wraps up with the 2012 winners appearing in a super display appearing in today's paper.

From Press staff reports

Area powerboat racers George Conover, Warren Brown and Tabatha Carr each finished in the top five both days at the Wildwoods New Jersey Governor’s Cup Hydrofest on Saturday and Sunday in Wildwood Crest.

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The first few days of the Atlantic County/Atlantic City Surf Fishing Derby did not get off to a white-hot start, but there were several nice kingfish weighed in.

By MIKE SHEPHERD, For The Press

• Spotlight

One week remains in The Press Fishing Contest, which coincides with the end of summer flounder season here in New Jersey. The contest and the flounder season are open through Friday, and closed as of 12:01 a.m. next Saturday.

By MIKE SHEPHERD For the Press

• Spotlight

It is a great time to be surf-fishing.

Mike Shepherd, For The Press

This touch of cool air is a welcome change from the stormy and humid conditions over the past week or so. It also gets a lot of local anglers anticipating fall fishing with, hopefully, striped bass, bluefish, kingfish and the rest of the cast.

From Press staff reports

Three New Jersey powerboat racers won their classes in windy conditions at day one of the Daniel J. Murphy Jr. Memorial Regatta on Saturday at Lake Lenape in Mays Landing.

From Press staff reports

Hydroplane powerboat racing returns to Lake Lenape in Mays Landing on Saturday and Sunday with the 23rd annual Daniel J. Murphy Jr. Memorial Regatta.

Mike Shepherd, For The Press

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A number of recent reports describe what seem to be some odd signs.

Mike Shepherd, For The Press

While a number of captains of sport-fishing craft are aiming for white marlin in the offshore canyons, Curt Riccardi at Offshore Enterprises in Atlantic City also is advising crews to pull up short of the deep and fish for the "inshore four" at 750 Square, 28-Mile Wreck and The Cigar.

Mike Shepherd, For The Press

Howard Sefton said we need to start calling our waters the "Atlantic-Caribbean" because of some of the interesting reports and consistent mid-70s water temperatures we have had around here.

Mike Shepherd, For The Press

• Spotlight

This weekend looks as if it is setting up nicely for boat captains to try a combination outside-inside plan of attack.

By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press

HONOLULU - A Hawaii tournament angler fought a 12-foot, half-ton marlin in the Pacific Ocean for more than four hours before she and her teammates got the monster fish out of the water - but she missed out on the glory and thousands of dollars in prize money.

From Press staff reports

Only one category saw a change in the leaderboard on the fourth day of the Middle-Atlantic $500,000 Marlin and Tuna Tournament on Thursday. Dave Anderson of Medford caught a 42-pound wahoo to take the lead in that category.

From Press staff reports

The third day of the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 Marlin and Tuna Tournament on Wednesday had 101 boats compete, and Adam Youschak of Wildwood moved into second place in the white marlin category with a catch of 70 pounds.