Lilly boats almost 8 pound fluke
Though he had to fish through many big skates, Dave Lilly got into large fluke after days of poor fluking.
Some days tuna won’t hit
As Capt. John McMurray found out yesterday, there are days when those fish look hungry but won’t hit
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Jake Jordan is at Los Sueños Resort & Marina.
June 26, 2025 ·Herradura, Costa Rica ·
June 26, 2025 was a tough day for Bob and Scott today at their third and last day of “The Costa Rica Blue Marlin Fly Fishing School” aboard “Dragin Fly. More Blue Marlin were raised today than the first two days combined, 9 blue marlin and 2 sailfish were raised, they could only get 2 marlin and 1 sailfish to bite, unfortunately both marlin on 20 pound tippet were broken off and the sailfish that bit was caught.
The final score for the trip are:
17 raised, 6 bites, 2 caught …
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John McMurray is with NYCtuna.com/ONE MORE CAST CHARTERS and Tony Wan in Oceanside, NY.
Are You Experienced? · The Jimi Hendrix Experience ·
Some crazy good feeds today. I mean, the kind ya see from a mile away. But… SUPER spooky fish. Would go down when ya got fifty, even a hundred yards away sometimes. And even if they did stay up? Man, there were a couple a ragers we got a half-dozen casts into with NO eats! WTH? Sometime it just be that way. Whateva… We go the bite we needed. I guess the point is that they’re here, and here pretty good! NYCtuna.com/ONE MORE CAST CHARTERS
Tony
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Jake Jordan is at Los Sueños Resort & Marina.
June 26, 2025 ·Herradura, Costa Rica ·
June 26, 2025 was a tough day for Bob and Scott today at their third and last day of “The Costa Rica Blue Marlin Fly Fishing School” aboard “Dragin Fly. More Blue Marlin were raised today than the first two days combined, 9 blue marlin and 2 sailfish were raised, they could only get 2 marlin and 1 sailfish to bite, unfortunately both marlin on 20 pound tippet were broken off and the sailfish that bit was caught.
The final score for the trip are:
17 raised, 6 bites, 2 caught …
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John McMurray is with NYCtuna.com/ONE MORE CAST CHARTERS and Tony Wan in Oceanside, NY.
Are You Experienced? · The Jimi Hendrix Experience ·
Some crazy good feeds today. I mean, the kind ya see from a mile away. But… SUPER spooky fish. Would go down when ya got fifty, even a hundred yards away sometimes. And even if they did stay up? Man, there were a couple a ragers we got a half-dozen casts into with NO eats! WTH? Sometime it just be that way. Whateva… We go the bite we needed. I guess the point is that they’re here, and here pretty good! NYCtuna.com/ONE MORE CAST CHARTERS
Tony
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Jake Jordan shared a memory.
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Jake Jordan is at Los Sueños Resort & Marina.
June 26, 2025 ·Herradura, Costa Rica ·
June 26, 2025 was a tough day for Bob and Scott today at their third and last day of “The Costa Rica Blue Marlin Fly Fishing School” aboard “Dragin Fly. More Blue Marlin were raised today than the first two days combined, 9 blue marlin and 2 sailfish were raised, they could only get 2 marlin and 1 sailfish to bite, unfortunately both marlin on 20 pound tippet were broken off and the sailfish that bit was caught.
The final score for the trip are:
17 raised, 6 bites, 2 caught …
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John McMurray is with NYCtuna.com/ONE MORE CAST CHARTERS and Tony Wan in Oceanside, NY.
Are You Experienced? · The Jimi Hendrix Experience ·
Some crazy good feeds today. I mean, the kind ya see from a mile away. But… SUPER spooky fish. Would go down when ya got fifty, even a hundred yards away sometimes. And even if they did stay up? Man, there were a couple a ragers we got a half-dozen casts into with NO eats! WTH? Sometime it just be that way. Whateva… We go the bite we needed. I guess the point is that they’re here, and here pretty good! NYCtuna.com/ONE MORE CAST CHARTERS
Hot tuna bite continues
Mark DeBlasio of Blue Runner from Pint Pleasant reports “Back out with Bill McLaughlin and crew. Got on a good bite pretty quickly after setting out and stacked up the Yellowfin all afternoon. Just as the sun was going down had a big bite that we fought for almost 2 hrs on a 50 standup. Finally got a beautiful 90” class Bluefin boat side for the release. On the drift at night it was non stop Bluefin action with 50-55” class fish on bait and jig. Trolled a few more hours in the morning, releasing another 15 Yellowfin before wrapping it up. Over 30 Yellowfin and 20 Bluefin on the trip for this 3 man crew with majority released.
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Golden Eagle into small blues
There hasn’t been much news about bluefish so far, but the Golden Eagle from Belmarhas some good news as follows “The Golden Eagle is delivering excellent action with 1–3 lb blues, keeper sea bass, and some fluke, all on simple jig setups.
Recent Highlights
June 26, 2026: Blues were biting all around the boat, with long drifts up and off the edge of the hills producing quality shots. Rock piles yielded nice sea bass, and a few fluke were mixed in. The plain 2–3 oz diamond jig was the top producer for both species”
RIP Mike LevITT
The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) sadly reports the passing of the great Mike Levitt. “Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mike moved with his family to Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the age of eight. He graduated second in his class from Pennsylvania Military Prep School before attending Dickinson College. An early experience in his father’s real estate business sparked an entrepreneurial drive that would shape his life. Together with business partner Jack Soble, Mike built a real estate development company that eventually merged with US Homes, then the nation’s leading homebuilder. He went on to establish The Michaels Organization, which grew into the largest owner of affordable housing in the United States.
While building his business empire, Mike developed an equally profound passion for fishing. Long before Cairns, Australia, became recognized as one of the world’s premier destinations for giant black marlin, Mike was among the pioneering anglers who helped showcase the fishery’s potential, landing his first grander in October 1977. A champion of light-tackle angling, he earned 15 IGFA World Records, four of which still stand today, including his legendary 737-pound, 7-ounce black marlin caught on 20-pound line class tackle, recognized among Sport Fishing magazine’s Top 100 Saltwater Records of All Time.
In 1996, Mike was elected to the IGFA Board of Trustees and, in 2000, became the organization’s fourth Chairman. He spearheaded the “Into the 21st Century” campaign that led to the construction of the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum and World Fishing Headquarters in Dania Beach, Florida. Among his most visible and enduring gifts to the IGFA is “Sword Dance,” the iconic 24-foot stainless steel swordfish sculpture by Kent Ullberg that welcomes visitors to IGFA headquarters, commissioned and personally funded by Mike.
In 2012, his son Dennis established the Michael J. Levitt Scholarship Fund, which has since sent more than 300 young anglers to IGFA Fishing Camp.
Michael J. Levitt’s legacy will last forever
Offshore trolling holds up
Though the weather was a problem, Capt. mark DeBlasio reported another great trolling trip on his Blue Runner.
“BLUE RUNNER June 23-24
Back out for another overnighter .. got set out around 2:30pm and went 1 for 2 on Yellowfin pretty quick. Thought it would be game on but the fish had other plans. Very slow afternoon, seeing fish on sonar but they were not cooperative. Finally had a big bite around 5:30pm .. a nice 80” Giant Bluefin we released. Picked a few more Yellowfin before dark but it was pretty lackluster. Got set up on drift at dark and hung a jig in outrigger .. while setting out first bait outrigger comes down hard and we release another Giant Bluefin in the 80-85” class. Both Giants coming on 30 class reels. Shortly after, thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind came on so we basically went up sea : down sea the rest of the night .. in the AM things picked up a bit. First shot was Bluefins 43-49”, catching 4. Yellowfins got going after that and we ended up with 17 or so, keeping 9 and releasing the rest. In the midst of the yellowfins biting, we had 2 big bites and assumed Giant Bluefins again. Pulled one off and got other one on leader and was surprised to see a nice Bigeye. Despite preparing for a release we are able to get a gaff in the bigeye and land it. Fish went around 220 lbsBLUE RUNNER June 23-24
Back out for another overnighter .. got set out around 2:30pm and went 1 for 2 on Yellowfin pretty quick. Thought it would be game on but the fish had other plans. Very slow afternoon, seeing fish on sonar but they were not cooperative. Finally had a big bite around 5:30pm .. a nice 80” Giant Bluefin we released. Picked a few more Yellowfin before dark but it was pretty lackluster. Got set up on drift at dark and hung a jig in outrigger .. while setting out first bait outrigger comes down hard and we release another Giant Bluefin in the 80-85” class. Both Giants coming on 30 class reels. Shortly after, thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind came on so we basically went up sea : down sea the rest of the night .. in the AM things picked up a bit. First shot was Bluefins 43-49”, catching 4. Yellowfins got going after that and we ended up with 17 or so, keeping 9 and releasing the rest. In the midst of the yellowfins biting, we had 2 big bites and assumed Giant Bluefins again. Pulled one off and got other one on leader and was surprised to see a nice Bigeye. Despite preparing for a release we are able to get a gaff in the bigeye and land it. Fish went around 220 lbsBLUE RUNNER June 23-24
Back out for another overnighter .. got set out around 2:30pm and went 1 for 2 on Yellowfin pretty quick. Thought it would be game on but the fish had other plans. Very slow afternoon, seeing fish on sonar but they were not cooperative. Finally had a big bite around 5:30pm .. a nice 80” Giant Bluefin we released. Picked a few more Yellowfin before dark but it was pretty lackluster. Got set up on drift at dark and hung a jig in outrigger .. while setting out first bait outrigger comes down hard and we release another Giant Bluefin in the 80-85” class. Both Giants coming on 30 class reels. Shortly after, thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind came on so we basically went up sea : down sea the rest of the night .. in the AM things picked up a bit. First shot was Bluefins 43-49”, catching 4. Yellowfins got going after that and we ended up with 17 or so, keeping 9 and releasing the rest. In the midst of the yellowfins biting, we had 2 big bites and assumed Giant Bluefins again. Pulled one off and got other one on leader and was surprised to see a nice Bigeye. Despite preparing for a release we are able to get a gaff in the bigeye and land it. Fish went around 220 lbsBLUE RUNNER June 23-24
Back out for another overnighter .. got set out around 2:30pm and went 1 for 2 on Yellowfin pretty quick. Thought it would be game on but the fish had other plans. Very slow afternoon, seeing fish on sonar but they were not cooperative. Finally had a big bite around 5:30pm .. a nice 80” Giant Bluefin we released. Picked a few more Yellowfin before dark but it was pretty lackluster. Got set up on drift at dark and hung a jig in outrigger .. while setting out first bait outrigger comes down hard and we release another Giant Bluefin in the 80-85” class. Both Giants coming on 30 class reels. Shortly after, thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind came on so we basically went up sea : down sea the rest of the night .. in the AM things picked up a bit. First shot was Bluefins 43-49”, catching 4. Yellowfins got going after that and we ended up with 17 or so, keeping 9 and releasing the rest. In the midst of the yellowfins biting, we had 2 big bites and assumed Giant Bluefins again. Pulled one off and got other one on leader and was surprised to see a nice Bigeye. Despite preparing for a release we are able to get a gaff in the bigeye and land it. Fish went around 220 lbsBLUE RUNNER June 23-24
Back out for another overnighter .. got set out around 2:30pm and went 1 for 2 on Yellowfin pretty quick. Thought it would be game on but the fish had other plans. Very slow afternoon, seeing fish on sonar but they were not cooperative. Finally had a big bite around 5:30pm .. a nice 80” Giant Bluefin we released. Picked a few more Yellowfin before dark but it was pretty lackluster. Got set up on drift at dark and hung a jig in outrigger .. while setting out first bait outrigger comes down hard and we release another Giant Bluefin in the 80-85” class. Both Giants coming on 30 class reels. Shortly after, thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind came on so we basically went up sea : down sea the rest of the night .. in the AM things picked up a bit. First shot was Bluefins 43-49”, catching 4. Yellowfins got going after that and we ended up with 17 or so, keeping 9 and releasing the rest. In the midst of the yellowfins biting, we had 2 big bites and assumed Giant Bluefins again. Pulled one off and got other one on leader and was surprised to see a nice Bigeye. Despite preparing for a release we are able to get a gaff in the bigeye and land it. Fish went around 220 lbsBLUE RUNNER June 23-24
Back out for another overnighter .. got set out around 2:30pm and went 1 for 2 on Yellowfin pretty quick. Thought it would be game on but the fish had other plans. Very slow afternoon, seeing fish on sonar but they were not cooperative. Finally had a big bite around 5:30pm .. a nice 80” Giant Bluefin we released. Picked a few more Yellowfin before dark but it was pretty lackluster. Got set up on drift at dark and hung a jig in outrigger .. while setting out first bait outrigger comes down hard and we release another Giant Bluefin in the 80-85” class. Both Giants coming on 30 class reels. Shortly after, thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind came on so we basically went up sea : down sea the rest of the night .. in the AM things picked up a bit. First shot was Bluefins 43-49”, catching 4. Yellowfins got going after that and we ended up with 17 or so, keeping 9 and releasing the rest. In the midst of the yellowfins biting, we had 2 big bites and assumed Giant Bluefins again. Pulled one off and got other one on leader and was surprised to see a nice Bigeye. Despite preparing for a release we are able to get a gaff in the bigeye and land it. Fish went around 220 lbsBLUE RUNNER June 23-24
Back out for another overnighter .. got set out around 2:30pm and went 1 for 2 on Yellowfin pretty quick. Thought it would be game on but the fish had other plans. Very slow afternoon, seeing fish on sonar but they were not cooperative. Finally had a big bite around 5:30pm .. a nice 80” Giant Bluefin we released. Picked a few more Yellowfin before dark but it was pretty lackluster. Got set up on drift at dark and hung a jig in outrigger .. while setting out first bait outrigger comes down hard and we release another Giant Bluefin in the 80-85” class. Both Giants coming on 30 class reels. Shortly after, thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind came on so we basically went up sea : down sea the rest of the night .. in the AM things picked up a bit. First shot was Bluefins 43-49”, catching 4. Yellowfins got going after that and we ended up with 17 or so, keeping 9 and releasing the rest. In the midst of the yellowfins biting, we had 2 big bites and assumed Giant Bluefins again. Pulled one off and got other one on leader and was surprised to see a nice Bigeye. Despite preparing for a release we are able to get a gaff in the bigeye and land it. Fish went around 220 lbsBLUE RUNNER June 23-24
Back out for another overnighter .. got set out around 2:30pm and went 1 for 2 on Yellowfin pretty quick. Thought it would be game on but the fish had other plans. Very slow afternoon, seeing fish on sonar but they were not cooperative. Finally had a big bite around 5:30pm .. a nice 80” Giant Bluefin we released. Picked a few more Yellowfin before dark but it was pretty lackluster. Got set up on drift at dark and hung a jig in outrigger .. while setting out first bait outrigger comes down hard and we release another Giant Bluefin in the 80-85” class. Both Giants coming on 30 class reels. Shortly after, thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind came on so we basically went up sea : down sea the rest of the night .. in the AM things picked up a bit. First shot was Bluefins 43-49”, catching 4. Yellowfins got going after that and we ended up with 17 or so, keeping 9 and releasing the rest. In the midst of the yellowfins biting, we had 2 big bites and assumed Giant Bluefins again. Pulled one off and got other one on leader and was surprised to see a nice Bigeye. Despite preparing for a release we are able to get a gaff in the bigeye and land it. Fish went around 220 lbsBLUE RUNNER June 23-24
Back out for another overnighter .. got set out around 2:30pm and went 1 for 2 on Yellowfin pretty quick. Thought it would be game on but the fish had other plans. Very slow afternoon, seeing fish on sonar but they were not cooperative. Finally had a big bite around 5:30pm .. a nice 80” Giant Bluefin we released. Picked a few more Yellowfin before dark but it was pretty lackluster. Got set up on drift at dark and hung a jig in outrigger .. while setting out first bait outrigger comes down hard and we release another Giant Bluefin in the 80-85” class. Both Giants coming on 30 class reels. Shortly after, thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind came on so we basically went up sea : down sea the rest of the night .. in the AM things picked up a bit. First shot was Bluefins 43-49”, catching 4. Yellowfins got going after that and we ended up with 17 or so, keeping 9 and releasing the rest. In the midst of the yellowfins biting, we had 2 big bites and assumed Giant Bluefins again. Pulled one off and got other one on leader and was surprised to see a nice Bigeye. Despite preparing for a release we are able to get a gaff in the bigeye and land it. Fish went around 220 lbs
Variety bottom fishing
The Golden Eagle ffom Belmar reported not only a good pick of ling plus the targeted sea bass, but also even a cod while small blues also milled around on the surface.
North Jersey tuna holding up
Capt. Mark DeBlasio reports from Blue Runner as follows”
Capt. Mark reports from Blue Runner on the June 13-14 trip with yellowfin limits plus 1 for 3 on bigeyes while releasing all bluefins.
Better fluking on Fishermen
The Fishermmen from Atlatic Highlands had better fluking today as per”along with Mark and Jay with their three and then some. Jay also took the pool with a just under 3 pound fish.
Better short action also. Still not easy though as these guys worked it hard all day. Gulp worked the best. Weather looks great for Fathers day tomorrow, take dad fishing!! .
7:30-2:30pm Daily. Open Boat, No Reservations. Fare is $along with Mark and Jay with their three and then some. Jay also took the pool with a just under 3 pound fish.
Better short action also. Still not easy though as these guys worked it hard all day. Gulp worked the best. Weather looks great for Fathers day tomorrow, take dad fishing!! .
7:30-2:30pm Daily. Open Boat, No Reservations. Fare is $along with Mark and Jay with their three and then some. Jay also took the pool with a just under 3 pound fish.
Better short action also. Still not easy though as these guys worked it hard all day. Gulp worked the best. Weather looks great for Fathers day tomorrow, take dad fishing!! .
7:30-2:30pm Daily. Open Boat, No Reservations. Fare is $along with Mark and Jay with their three and then some. Jay also took the pool with a just under 3 pound fish.
Better short action also. Still not easy though as these guys worked it hard all day. Gulp worked the best. Weather looks great for Fathers day tomorrow, take dad fishing!! .
7:30-2:30pm Daily. Open Boat, No Reservations. Fare is $
I’m taking a Father’s Day break. Be baxk Monday.
Tight Lines 