Northeast Offshore Fishing Report - July 30, 2015

New York/New Jersey

Jason from Fisherman’s Supply said the e deep-blue areas such as the 100 square have been on-fire for Bigeye tuna and Yellowfin tuna, as he describes, “it’s been red-hot.”

Jersey Hooker Outfitters reported there has been an outstanding night chunk tuna bite at the canyons, especially north of the Lindenkohl.

Dave Showell from Absecon Bay Sportsman reports of awesome Bigeye tuna action in the offshore canyons mainly Hudson, and the inshore bite near the 30 fathom line has had a mix of Yellowfin, Bluefin, and Mahi.

And to round out our Cape May county report is Matt from Jim’s Bait & Tackle who had Yellowfin at the 19 fathom lump on the chunk, and there are some big bluefish showing up out there.  There are still tuna being caught at the Hot Dog and Elephant trunk continues to have good numbers of Wahoo.  Reef site #11 had the best keeper fluke action compared to the other reef sites.  On a canyon note, north of the Lindy has had the best action on Tuna with both White and Blue Marlin showing.

The team at Tackle Direct in Egg Harbor reported outstanding offshore action on both the troll and the chunk.  Yellowfin, Bigeyes, and some white marlin were taken this past week with the Wilmington and Hudson being hot on these.

New England

Howard, at Galilee Bait and Tackle in Narragansett, reported that the bluefin tuna hunters are still finding some south of Block Island, but word is that they’re very scattered and getting tougher to come by.

Mike, at Watch Hill Outfitters in Westerly, reported a good bite of large mako sharks just short of Block Island, and school bluefin are still being found around Cox’s.

Offshore fishing off Cape Cod has been excellent. Captain Pete from Castaway Charters has been doing well in the canyons, catching white marlin, 50- to 60-pound tuna and tons of mahi-mahi.

Speaking of mahi, there have been a mess of them just south of the Dump. Fishermen are catching tons of 4- to 5-pound mahi in that area. Bluefin have also been biting well south of the Vineyard. Tuna are also popping up off Provincetown and east of Chatham. Trolling and casting plugs and jigs has been working on the bluefin.