R.I.P. Capt. Joe Galluccio

Party boat historian Mel Deak passed along the sad news that Capt. Joe Galluccio (1938-2023) passed away on July 6 in Florida. Joe was best known as skipper of the Sea King from Belmar, but also sailed from other Metropolitan ports and out of Stuart, Fl, with the Island Princess.

I caused a bit of confusion this morning when entering that info on my blog for later use as it somehow posted with just the R,I.P. and my name — as if I was writing my own obit. When informed about that, I added a correcting blog to clarify the situation.

The Raritan Bay Anglers Club Charity Fluke Tournament on Saturday turned out to be a close call as Manny Prado weighed a 5.9-pounder that nipped the 5.85-pound entry by Robby Romano. Mike Brunner was third at 5.10 pounds.

NYC Capt. John McMurray reports tuna fishing has been great one day and tough the next, but his son and friends were able to get in on some “manageable” yellowfins this week.

It’s looking good for tomorrow with west winds at just 5-10 knots before going to south 10-15 in the afternoon.

The Big Mohawk from Belmar noted that fluking was tougher today with only a few limits.

Vinny D’Anton has had surface action with his Chug Bug the last two mornings in the Monmouth County surf along with small blues and an occasional bigger one. The only negative is that the bass have had red marks on them that weren’t present on schoolies caught earlier in the summer. To top off this morning, Vinny finally got a keeper fluke on Gulp — and it was a 21-incher.