Blackfishing in New Jersey on Charter Boat Karen Ann with Captain Vinnie Calabro of Karen Ann Charters. Scott Joe and the guys nail some nice togs. Combined, our captains Vinnie, Richie, and Eddie, have over a 100 years of experience fishing in the NY Bight. ’A day of fishing for you, a way of life for us.’
Karen Ann Charters Combined, our Captains Vinnie, Richie, and Eddie, have over a 100 years of experience fishing in the NY Bight. ’A day of fishing for you, a way of life for us.’ The waters of Jamaica bay, when the time and season are right hold trophy size fish; most notably striped bass. The bay in springtime is alive as bait moves into the bay and big fish forage on them. Here is where the Karen Ann begins to stalk its quarry.
Striped Bass Charters Our Striped Bass Charters are unlike any other charter you have experienced. Our preparations begin two hours before you arrive to the boat. We fish with live bait such as Bunker, Herring, and Mullet that we must catch before each trip. Consequently, a great deal of work is put into each of our charters making it a truly unique experience. Great catches of ’Trophy’ striped bass make all the effort well worth it. Our fishing isn’t just bassin....
The Karen Ann The KarenAnn is a custom built downeaster. Our boat has a huge cockpit designed for spacious angling, and a large livewell that allows baits to be kept healthy and ready for presentation. It’s sea kindly Beal’s island design allows for a comfortable days fishing. The Karen Ann On-The-fly is a 25ft Carolina Skiff with 200HP Honda 4 Stroke Outboard Engine. Enjoy the 40kt speed, stealth, and Stability of this flat bottom boat, and we’ve got two...
The Fishing
The Fishing. The bay in springtime is alive as bait moves into the bay and big fish forage on them. Here is where the Karen Ann begins to stalk its quarry. You will experience first hand what live-lining is all about. Herring, bunker, eels and other baitfish will be used to get you that fish for the wall, that’s what I like to call our meat and potatoes fishing, ’’big baits, big tide, big fish’’. However, live-lining isn’t our only forte, and diversity pays of
Purist light tackle buffs and fly-rodders now benefit from our knowledge. The back-bay holds many haunts for fish and our sleek new skiff gives speed and access to all these spots. Our new addition has all the goodies; live well, custom casting platform, and state of the art electronics all enabling you the angler to pursue your adversary, truly memorable fishing.
Our fishing isn’t limited to just bassin, as the seasons evolve so does our repertoire, we target all species, bottom dwellers
We target all species, bottom dwellers; tog, scup, fluke, all hit the deck as we fish year round. Offshore buffs can challenge their skills and stamina while fishing the deep for shark, tuna, mahi. We can promise you that we aboard the Karen Ann will work as hard as you to have an enjoyable day fishing. Blackfishing. As the fall approaches we begin our blackfish trips. Once again we catch most of our bait for this fishing. ’White’ crabs are a must for the latter part of the season
4/27/09. HEADED OUT WITH DR. ANDREW AND FRIENDS TODAY. TOTAL OF 11 KEEPERS IN THE UPPER TEENS. ALL FISH CAUGHT ON BAIT TODAY. 4/26/09 TWO BOATS OUT TODAY, EDDIE ON THE DOWNEASTER AND I ON THE LIGHT TACKLE SKIFF. MY GUYS STUCK WITH THE LIVE BAITS, NO FISH FOR THE SECOND MORNING IN A ROW. WE RESORTED TO TROLLING AND PICKED SOME FISH, MOSTLY SHORTS ONE KEEPER, EDDIE STARTED THE DAY WITH ARTIFICIALS AND HAD ACTION, TWO KEEPERS A DOZEN OR SO SMALLER FISH.
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