Tampa VII
Spring 2006 SEASON OPEN BOAT & CHARTER INFO PAGE
STARTING 1ST
WEEK IN MAY 2006 , IT'S
SPRING TIME
STRIPER SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!
On Open Boat
dates have NOT been setup yet. However e mail me your Screen name .I will E -mail
you the dates .
The Labor Day weekend traditionally signals the end of some things, and
the beginnings of others.....Summer "ends", Fall "begins.....Vacation "ends", School "begins".....and most importantly, FALL FISHING BEGINS
off our coast. For all of you Tampa VII regulars, you KNOW this is the best time of the
year to wet a line; schools of hungry blues, weaks, and stripers can
show up at almost any moment between now and Thanksgiving along our beaches as they travel south for the winter. The many varieties of
tuna will make their presence felt just slightly more offshore; I mean, this
is THE time to get your freezers filled with filets for the winter! With that in mind, I've put together some info for you regarding the
types of charters & open Boat Dates we specialize in for the next three months. As always,
if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me and lets see what we can put together for you........
INSHORE TUNA INFORMATION "WHAT TO
EXPECT!!!!!!
Typically, this fishery develops in mid-September, and can run as late
as November....new regulations have eased up what has been a VERY tightly regulated season, and it's now possible to actually make one of
these trips worthwhile when the fish are biting! Bluefin are the most highly sought-after tuna on the planet, and these fish pass through our
mudhole and 20+ mile wreck & lumps areas during the fall. Fish can range anywhere from 20 pounds
to 50 pounds and several hundred pounds fish caught each fall run.. This past August saw some fast and furious action with these fish when very clear
waters showed up at our in-shore waters, and I'm looking for an extended repeat very shortly.......trips can be a combination of trolling and
chunking, depending on what the fish are hitting on, and generally these are much longer trips than our typical inshore bottom or bluefish trips.
The Tampa VII may leave the dock at 5:00am or sooner if there is an early morning bite, and very often we
don't get back before 3:00pm.....all tackle and bait is provided with charters
(this may require much heavier gear on occasion, but 40/50 lbs outfit will be
good. and the Tampa is ready for you with the best equipment
on the market), and we definitely would like to limit the number of people on the
boat to 20 passengers . NMSF can close the season down at anytime. Please contact me
for Bluefin Regs along ideas and
suggestions regarding this type of trip. As an aside, we also very often get into
"other" tunas such as skipjack, and false albacore, as well as the tasty bonito
and Mahi Mahi . These are light tackle demons, who can put a hurt in your wrists
and arms with their blazing runs and 15 minute fights around the boat....every year is different, but usually SOME kind of action is
available. Please note: Lower boat traffic usually results in better
catches......
10 hour Inshore
Mudhole Tuna Charter Rates
October Weekdays $1200.00 for
12 passengers
October Weekends $1500.00 for 15
$75.00 each additional passengers : Includes all bait
,tackle ,rods & Reels
Inshore 10 HOUR Open Boat Tuna Dates sailing at 5:00 am
sharp
AS OF 02/04 NO OPEN DATES TRIP HAVE BEEN SETUP YET. IF YOU LIKE E
MAIL ME AND I WILL PLACE YOUR N AME ON MY LIST AND I WIL E MAIL YOU WHEN THEY
ARE SET.
Cost is $75.00 to $90.00 per person includes bait "
Reservation are required" LIMITED TO 20 PASSENGERS
STRIPED BASS DAYTIME JIGGING, AND EVENING EELING TRIPS
Anyone who had a chance to experience the Fall fisheries with me these
past two years has been in for a treat on many occasions. Daytime trips get under way as soon as the Fall migration begins. Some
days its only a matter of turning North or South outside of the inlet and looking for birds working over the bait schools. Stripers to 30
pounds.... weakfish to 8 pounds or more...and of course the ever-present
alligator blues up to 18 pounds can all attack your jigs at the same time, and quite often multiple species are caught on the same
charter 2001 striped bass regulations ARE ONE FISH OVER 24 INCHES BUT UNDER
27.99 INCHES & ONE FISH OVER 28 INCHES.
Contact me for details and pricing.
ABOUT CHARTER RATES
Evening trips are usually very consistent for stripers. We leave the
dock at varying hours depending on tides (you have to pick an evening; we set the time of the trip), and we supply live eels,
worms AND BUNKER. Last year saw many trips "limiting out" on stripers in only a few hours, but once
again, this can be tricky depending on tides. We sail north and hit AREAS LIKE the
SHREWBURY ROCKS, between THE CHANNELS, Sandy Hook region and wherever NECESSARY, I
TRY TO stay away from the fleets to find my own schools of fish....... As always...if you cant get a complete group together, please contact me
.you don't have to worry about filling the boat with passengers;
that's MY job
our 8
HOUR open boat SPRI9NG STRIPED BASS schedule,
open boat dates will be posted in sept 03
e mail capt gene for dates
a TIP FOR THE MATES IS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE RATES
i WILL BE ADDING MORE TRIPS AS i GET
FEEDBACK FROM YOU!!!!
So come on down and get your lines wet!
Capt. Gene
PLEASE CAll 1 888-31-tampa or e-mail CaptainGene to
make reservations
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