LBI Fishing 1/16/10: Hi all, today was our last trip until spring. People have been scarce and fishing has slowed with falling water temps. We did manage to boat a few fish today with the pool winner being a 12 pound tog caught by Big Mouth Bob. We thank all of you for your patranage in the 2009 season and look forward to seeing everyone again in the spring. Capt Frank.

LBI Fishing 1/10/10: HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL, January 10, 2010. Well we finally got a weekend with sunshine but the cold temperatures had the marina packed with ice. It looks as though the weather is going to warm up by the end of the week which should hopefully melt the ice. We are going to try and sail next weekend weather permitting call me on Friday to check the schedule. (609)978-9951.

LBI Fishing 1/01/10: New Years day we sailed with a light crowd. The water temperature today was 41 degrees. Sea conditions were perfect! Our first stop was the best with plenty of life. Several guys had 3 keepers however, there was a lot of shorts caught as well. Whole crabs and shrimp seemed to have worked best. By 11:30 our bite slowed down so I tryed 2 other stops which did not produce much maybe 2 or 3 keepers. Pool winner today was Al from Lawrenceville NJ with a 4 lb tog. I cant believe we sailed two days in a row as we all know the weather has been terrible pretty much every weekend and through out the week. It looks like we are going to lose the first weekend of the new year due to gale force winds. What else is new! (lol!) Hopefully we will be at it again next weekend if the weather permits .

LBI Fishing 12/31/09: We sailed on Thursday New year eve with a pretty nice crowd on board. We had very poor conditions, water temperature was 39.5 degrees, with snow, sleet and rain most of the morning. There was a slight swell out of the south and no wind or current all day. It was next to impossible to keep the boat anchored. At about 1:15 we finally got a slight breeze which put an end to my frustration so we stayed out an extra hour. There was a fare amount of shorts caught but by the end of the day we had 14 keepers on board .

LBI Fishing 12/12/09: Saturday there was a pretty stiff wind out of the west with seas about 3 to 5 feet. Water temperature was 48 degrees and there was a hard current out of the south. Fishing was steady most of the day with a lot of life on the bottom however mostly shorts. Average catch today was 2 to 5 keepers per man. Big mouth Bob (aka Woo Woo) fished hard all day. He was going for the hat trick three pools in a row but was shut down by his best friend Al from Lawrenceville NJ with a 10 lb 9 oz tog. What a beauty.

LBI Fishing 11/29/09: Sunday we headed out with our usual suspects minus our main man Brant who was on a hunting trip with his family. The water temperature was 50 degrees and the wind was out of the south west. We fished 3 spots all day, the 2nd and the last were the best. The black fishing was pretty good with a steady bite all day. There were tons of shorts and plenty of keepers. Average catch was 2 to 5 fish each. Also we had several guys with limit catches. Once again BIG MOUTH BOB was on the prowl for the pool and by the end of the day he locked it up with a 5 lb tog. Thanks Capt Frank

LBI Fishing 11/26/09: Happy Thanksgiving Day Everyone! As we headed up the beach today we found plenty of bass and blues. We had a steady pick most of the morning. Everybody on the boat caught at least one keeper bass. Five fares plus myself had limits catches by 11 am we were on are way home with coolers full of fish! Over all it was a great day of fishing.

LBI Fishing 11/23/09: Sunday we fished 2 spots. It definitely was one of those days the current was ripping down the beach and there was a 20 + ne wind. You needed 12 to 14 oz to hold bottom. We caught mostly shorts and a few keepers in the first two spots so I decided to go to spot number three until I put the boat in gear and it did not go forward! In the process of trying to repair the problem the wind came on a little more and the port anchor had slipped. Luckily we were able to get both anchors up with the one engine. I didn’t have much of a choice so we headed towards the inlet on one engine hoping we would run in to some bass. By the time we hit the inlet I had repaired the problem so we were under full power once again. High hook today was 3 fish and the pool winner was Scott from Beach Haven NJ with a 4 pounder. As I said it was one of those days!

LBI Fishing 11/22/09: Saturday we headed up to the south reef the water temperature was 54 degrees and the wind was out of the nw about 10 mph. Our first and last stops were the best with a pick most of the day. By days end we had a couple of limits, some guys had 2 to 3 fish. It was a great day to be on the water. The pool winner today was BIG MOUTH BOB lol from Hamilton nj with a 6 pounder.

LBI Fishing 11/16/09: Opening day we headed out to the fishing grounds with our regular crew. The weather was great light winds out of the north and a south east swell. We fished one spot all day and limited out the entire boat accept one person. Most of the fish were between 2 and 4 lbs. Daren Grabo from Beach Haven NJ won the pool with a tog just over 4 lbs. I would not call it a mad dog bite but more like a steady pick all day. Just a reminder we are sailing Saturdays and Sunday at 7am.

LBI Fishing 11/08/09: Sunday we fished 4 spots. The water temperature was 58 degrees and there was a southerly swell. Today the fish were not aggressive at all you had to work hard to make up a catch. y the end of the day everybody had there one fish and several other keepers that were tossed back to fight another day. Pool winner today was John from north Jersey with a 5.5 lber.

LBI Fishing 11/07/09: Saturdays fishing was pretty good. We fished two spots all day and everyone caught multiple black fish. We also had some porgies and one trigger fish. Pool winner today was BAM BAM from Philadelphia with a 4 lber. Over all fishing was good all day.

LBI Fishing 11/05/09: Captain Frank reports tog fishing has been incredible over the last few weeks with a lot of fish over 5lbs and several in the double digits. Also a few porgies are still showing in the mix. Mostly catch and release on the tog every one seems to be having a good time cant wait for the season to open.

LBI Fishing 10/04/09: Sunday there was no wind or current. We started out the day drifting on the reef. There were a lot of large porgies caught with some sea bass and almost a boat limit of blackfish. Over all it was a pretty good day of fishing.

LBI Fishing 10/03/09: Saturday the fishing was very good we caught sea bass, blackfish, porgies and some croakers.

LBI Fishing 10/02/09: Friday we sailed with a private charter and fished two spots all day with plenty of sea bass the biggest one being 3.5 lbs caught by Gregory Ivancheck from Beach Haven. We also had porgies, triggerfish and blackfish.

LBI Fishing 9/20/09: Sunday we had no wind and no current. It was not the ideal day for anchoring conditions but we managed. We had a nice catch of blackfish, some keeper sea bass, porgies and croakers. High hook today was pizza Pete from Tuckerton NJ with about 20 fish. Pool winner was today was Diane from Manahawkin with a 5 lb flack fish.

LBI Fishing 9/19/09: Saturday was a little breezy in the morning but fishing was very good. We had a good catch of trigger fish, sea bass and some dinner plate porgies. Pool winner today was Bill from Beach Haven with a nice trigger fish.

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LBI Fishing 9/06/09: Sunday we had 20 plus kts north east wind all in all pretty tough conditions. I headed out to where we left off on Saturday found a hand full of fish but it was very hard to hold bottom. So we came inshore to 25 ft of water and found some blues, croakers and spike weakies.

LBI Fishing 9/05/09: Saturday we fished a couple of wrecks, and had some sea bass, a dozen triggers and some nice size porgies. On our way home we ran over a huge school of croakers and we made a drift. Fishing was great with double headers as hard as you can pull them in all different sizes. Over all it was another great day of fishing.

LBI Fishing 9/04/09: Friday as we headed out for the grand finale for fluke, we didn’t have to travel too far due to the high seas. We fished in 57 ft of water. There were a lot of fluke caught today with several people having 4 keepers each. A lot of anglers had 2 and some guys had 3 keepers, and of course, tons of shorts were also caught, along with some sea bass. It’s a crime that they close the season down when fluke fishing finally gets good. Hopefully next year we will get a longer season. Annual seasonal fluke pool was won by Tom Hook of Manahawkin.

Note from Tommy 9/04/09: Being an NFL Fan I figured at least for the season I will keep the sports widget up so after that long Sunday Wreckfishing trip you could check the scores while you read the fishing reports. Clicking on the teams will open a new window with a recap from CBS sports.

LBI Fishing 8/30/09: Sunday as we headed up the beach, we found that the water was pretty dirty inshore due the huge swell left over from tropical storm Danny. We made a few drifts in 35 ft of water caught a couple of shorts and some skates and left. We worked our way out to 70 feet found clean water and all quality fish. Scotty from beach haven won the pool with 2 nice fish the first one was 6,5 lber the second one was 7 lb 10 oz. Just a reminder on Friday September 4 we our doing a 8 hr fluke marathon for the last day of the fluke season so come on down and get your licks in the boat. We sail at 7 am. No reservations required.

LBI Fishing 8/16/09: Today we had a very good catch of fluke, pretty much the same conditions as yesterday water temperature was 79 degrees and no drift. High hook today was Mike Emers (aka wired 98) with 5 keepers and numerous shorts. Pool winner today was William Post from Florida with a 4.5lb fluke.

LBI Fishing 8/15/09: Saturday we fished a lot of spots with not much of a drift. The water temperature was 78 degrees. There was a lot of fluke caught but the keeper ratio was about 10 to 1. Pool winner for today was Pizza Pete from mystic island with a 5.5 pound sea bass what a whopper!

LBI Fishing 8/09/09: Hi All, Tommy here. Just heard from Captain Frank with a fishing report for the weekend. As for the fluke fishing, there were plenty of shorts with couple of keepers to go around. Some nice seabass have been showing to help fill the dinner plate. Captain Brant reports the bay fishing to be pretty good with some keeper flatties everyday. Pool winners this weekend were Scott from Beach Haven with a 3 pound fluke on Saturday and Jeff Salabritas from Marlton with a 3 3/4 pound fluke Sunday.

LBI Fishing 8/07/09: Friday the fluke fishing this week in the ocean was pretty good with plenty of fish caught a good mix of keepers and shorts. Water temperature was right around 73 degrees and looking nice and clean. Bay fishing was pretty good this week as well. It looks like the fluke are working their way out to the ocean. Also caught this week were several cocktail blues and a couple of croakers. It looks like the weather is going to be nice this weekend and right in to next week. It would be a good time to take a trip!

LBI Fishing 8/02/09: Saturday was a tough day we had a couple of sea bass and a handful of keeper fluke. Pool winner today was Darl Vanduler from Hamilton twp. NJ. With a 6.4lb fluke. Sunday on the other hand was very good we caught a lot of fish pretty much all day. High hook today was Mike Emers with 4 keeper fluke and the pool winner today was cheeseman John with a 4lb fluke.

LBI Fishing 7/19/09: The week of July 13, 2009 bay fishing has been inconsistent. Some days we catch some keepers, and other days we catch a lot of shorts, it all depends on conditions. The fluke seem to be biting best on the incoming tide this year. The cabbage and grass is always less with incoming tide as it is very important to have your bait clean. No grass makes a big difference on what we catch. On our ocean trips we have been catching some jumbo sea bass up to 4 lbs and fluke up to 6lbs. Saturday pool winner was Nina from Bordentown NJ.with a 6 lber. She also had a couple of sea bass over 2 lbs. Sunday conditions were poor most of the morning so we concentrated on sea bass and did catch several up to 3 lbs. About noon we finally got a breeze and the fluke started to bite. High hook today was Tom Hook from Manahawkin NJ.with 3 nice size fluke and a couple of sea bass. Pool winner today was the duke of fluke himself Ted Alves from Mount Holly N.J. With a 5 lb fluke.

LBI Fishing 7/05/09: Sunday there were not as many shorts and all the keepers we had today did not have to be measured! We also had sea bass up to 3.5 lbs pool fish today was a 5 lb fluke. The bay fishing trips most of the week we have been catching mostly shorts and some keepers a good amount of action for the kids. The big fish of the week was caught on Fridays trip it tipped the scale at 6 lbs what a nice fluke.

LBI Fishing 7/04/09: Saturday we fished on the reef most of the day. A fair amount of shorts were caught with some nice sea bass and some ling. Pool winner today was Wall Street Richey with a 2.5 lb fluke.

LBI Fishing 6/28/09: Saturday fluke fishing was very slow no wind all day. We fished the reef today and picked a couple of keeper fluke and some sea bass. Pool winner was Ted Alves from Burlington County N.J. with a 2lb fluke. Sundays forecast was the same as Saturday’s 5 to 10 knts, the day started out with 20 knts NE wind and ended the same way. We had to fish with 12 oz sinkers to hold bottom. We caught a lot of short fluke and some keeper sea bass. Pool winner today was Daren Garabo from Manahawkin NJ with a 2.2 lb fluke.

LBI Fishing 6/14/09: Sunday we tried fishing for fluke. The water temperature was 64 degrees and the wind was NE about 15 to 20 kts. We caught fish pretty much every drift, a fair amount of 17 inch fluke and some keepers were caught today. High hook was Tom Hook from Manahawkin NJ. Tom had 4 fluke over 19 inches the biggest being 8 lbs which sealed the deal for the pool.

LBI Fishing 6/13/09: Saturday sea bass fishing was pretty good a lot of fish caught today mostly shorts. By the end of the day we put together a catch of sea bass and some ling, we also had quite a few blackfish that were released. Pool winner today was Ed from Philadelphia, PA. With a 2lb sea bass

LBI Fishing 6/07/09: Sunday we set sail with a light crowd and mainly fished around the reef. We tried drifting for fluke but there were way too many sea bass around and could not kept a sand eel on long enough so we mainly fished for sea bass. We managed to scratch together a catch today pretty much everybody took home fish today including me. Pool winner today was Dave Agar from beach haven with a 2 lb sea bass.

LBI Fishing 6/06/09: Fishing was pretty good today we fished inshore and offshore it really did not matter plenty of life every where we went. Several of the guys had 7 or 8 seabass all quality fish. Lots of shorts and one cod was also caught today the water tempture was 59 degrees. We had a few doggies today not to bad. Pool winner today was Pete from Pennsylvania with a 2.5 seabass.

LBI Fishing 5/31/09: Saturday and Sundays seabass report: Two spectacular days to be on the water with a fair amount of catching going on. We tried both shallow and deep water and found a lot of life on the wrecks and reefs but you had to weed through the shorts to get a keeper. The ratio was 10 to 1. High hook on Saturday was Joe Muir from NJ Fishing and on Sunday it was Scott from Beach Haven NJ with all quality fish. Pool winner today with a 3lb seabass was Richard a young man about 9 or 10 years old I have to say he fished hard all day what a great kid.

Note From Tommy: Hi Everyone and Happy New Year! I have recently received calls from several clients regarding computer virus infections. It appears that with all the un employed computer geeks out there that some of them have got too much time on their hands and are using it for no good! My wife and my father have just recently been hit with the latest outbreak and let me tell you that removing these things has been a real test to my abilities. It seems that the bastards have been using root kits to take control of one's pc. Root kits install themselves at the kernel level of your operating system and subvert all detection by hiding running processes or masking them as legit. If you have one of these it most likely won't be visible in your task manager or virtually anywhere else! These things take over your network hardware to contact their maker and allow multiple trojans to enter your pc (they open a backdoor). You are then absolutely bombarded with everything from fake security alerts, ads, phishing attacks to pornography. Then here comes the tough part. Your antivirus program will key in on all the incoming trojans and malware alerting you of infections. You will then attempt to remove these only to restart your machine and have them all come back again and again and with new ones just about every restart. I have successfully defeated the Root Kit that installed on my dad's machine but on everyone elses including my wife's pc, I had to erase the hard drive and start fresh.

Root Kit viruses can add key loggers and steal your personal information. This is some very dangerous shit! They sometimes appear as if you have another user simultaneously operating your machine. I noticed with my dad's pc that internet explorer windows were popping up with completely different user setting that were not similar at all to what the registry had in HKEY Current User. I would also hear windows alert alarms with no visible alert boxes! All these gave clues to the root kits existance. I don't know exactly how these viruses were transmitted but it seems that with my wife and fathers incidents, they were simply on a familiar website and moused over an ad banner. They had know idea what hit them. If you do suspect your pc has been infected with one of these. Please take note of the date and time you first started seeing problems as this was key to removing viral components from my dad's PC.

Prevention is the best defense against these attacks. Shut off that useless windows firewall and install ZoneAlarm Free firewall. It takes some getting used to as it will ask you to allow or deny any outgoing internet connections when you first set it up but it is worth it. Just check the box that asks you if it should remember this decision for internet explorer, your anti virus software and email clients. Windows Firewall does not block outgoing connections (which rootkits use to contact their makers)I also recommend the following software for defense against these threats while maintaining a level of efficiency in your PC. Malwarebytes This program protects against a variety of trojans and other spyware threats. Avast Anti Virus Professional Edition A great antivirus program with a script blocker and root kit protection thats not a resource hog! For a more beefy version of ZoneAlarm you can get ZoneAlarm Pro 2009 With this you get Identity Theft Protection as well as Spyware Protection. For anyone needing further assistance with viruses and other computer problems you can contact me at tommype5@verizon.net Good Luck and Safe Browsing! ...Tommy