Hi folks, we will not be filming any more fishing shows in the foreseeable future as I am now focusing my attention on guiding full time. From here on out all daily reports can be found at www.mickeysfishing.com I will be leaving this website here for archival purposes but please re-set any bookmarks you have to the new website, Reports can also be found on our Facebook page (mickey's guide service) or by signing up on the mailing list at the new site. Do me a favor and drop me a line if you see this post. It has been our pleasure serving you and I hope to see you on the water.
-Mickey
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Wed, 27 Apr 2011
4/27 striped Bass Report--Great fishing
The Herring finally showed up in some real numbers today and Dante and I enjoyed some great fishing up in Trenton. Biggest fish looked to be just shy of 25 lbs. More pics and video later. It was nice not having spend all day trying to find the bait for once.
-Capt. Mickey
-Mickey
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Sat, 23 Apr 2011
Wow.
-Mickey
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Rainy Day Stripers
Just got off the river after a soggy morning with Mark and his 12 year old son Andrew who drove all the way from Ann Arbor to Striper fish with me. We worked our asses off to come up with 12 herring this morning but those 12 baits paid off with 7 fish coming to the net. Andrew did a better job at 12 years old than a lot of grown men I've had on my boat. I let him do everything, from the hook set to the end game. Fun day, take a kid fishing!
-Capt. Mickey
-Mickey
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Fri, 22 Apr 2011
4/22 Report--More nice Bass
Another solid night of fishing in Trenton for the good guys. This was just a recon trip for tomorrow morning's charter and tonight we found herring without much of a problem. After putting 12 herring in the pen in about 15 minutes we headed North and landed 5 of 7 fish in no time. Randy was high hook with this 20 lb. plus Bass.
-Capt. Mickey
-Mickey
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Thu, 21 Apr 2011
4/21 Bass
My first mate Randy and I have been detailing the Archangel the past 2 days in front of my house and we decided to treat ourselves to a fishing trip tonight in Trenton. As much time as we spend together on the water it is usually time spent putting other people on fish. We ended up landing some beautiful fish on both cut bait and live Herring which were almost impossible to find. I have river trips every day for the next 2 weeks and then we switch over to the ocean until December. Fishing is very good right now with Bass coming out of the river, the Bay, and the surf.
-Capt. Mickey
-Mickey
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Sun, 10 Apr 2011
Striped Bass in the River!
All I can say is “what a great time to be alive”. I got a call from Mike late this afternoon after watching Cole Hamels make quick work of the Atlanta Braves and we met at the Trenton boat ramp at 4pm. After catching 6 herring we decided to just go for it. Every herring equaled a Striper hookup and we were out of there not 90 minutes later. Dieter caught 92 (!) Shad in Lambertville today, so basically the fishing is wide open and on fire right now. Tomorrow I have the MTV crew on my boat and the hardest part right now is figuring where to take them and what to catch. Water temperature in Trenton was 47 today and we’re supposed to have an 80 degree day tomorrow. That should bust this even more wide open.
-Capt. Mickey
-Mickey
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Some Good Video
This was originally filmed as a pilot for the Versus Network last year in late April. This is a very good tutorial for anyone who wants to get into surfcasting here in New Jersey, which will be in full swing in just a few short weeks. There is nothing more gratifying than a succesful day of catching fish from the shore and spring offers some of the best fishing of the year. For three consecutive days Nick Honachefsky fished in the same spot and landed over a hundred fish. This was filemd entirely on the second day. On the third day we hosted a camera crew from The World Fishing Network and the fishing was just as good. Hopefully you veteran surfcasters will enjoy it as well, this is pretty much the full experience of fishing at Island Beach State Park in Seaside Park, NJ.
-Mickey
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Mon, 21 Mar 2011
Shad are on the move
Today was the first official day of Spring and we got some good intel that the Shad run was underway on the Delaware River. Dieter and I fished for 2 and a half hours and we had great and steady action with fish up to 5 lbs. The long winter of 2010/2011 is now officially over in my mind. Our boats are unwrapped and the fish are on the move. We made it, thank god.
-Mickey
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Wed, 02 Mar 2011
Bluefin tuna, Cape Hatteras, NC 2/11
We just got back from an amazing fishing trip for Bluefin tuna on the "Tuna Duck" out of Hatteras Inlet, NC. My good friend Nick Honachefsky was writing a cover story for Saltwater Sportsman Magazine on jigging and popping giant Tuna and I was lucky enough to get to tag along and fish as well. We had some very sharp anglers on the boat in Sami Ghandour and his partner Paul Chua who together own Saltywater Tackle Co. These guys have been involved in importing the top jigging tackle from Japan as this style of fishing has gained popularity. After witnessing it firsthand I think it's safe to predict that the days of fighting these fish on 130 wide reels are numbered. This is a fun and effective way to land these fish instead of just trolling around and watching someone fight a fish for hours in a fighting chair. We left the inlet at sunrise on saturday to be greeted with 8 foot seas that eventually subsided a little throughout the day. the good news is that we were on a 55 foot boat and it kept a lot of other smaller boats off the water, we pretty much had the tuna grounds all to ourselves. We had constant action with small Blackfin Tuna and False Albacore and we also managed to bring 5 Bluefin to the deck, all about 90-100 lbs. I had the first fish of the day at about 100 lbs and we finished the day going 5 for 8 on Bluefin and released all our fish. Sunday was a different story with beautiful weather and light seas and a lot of boats. We boated another 5 fish including 2 fish over 200 lbs. Sami managed to bring his 250 lb. beast to the deck in only 12 minutes on a 5 foot spinning rod matched with a Shimano Stella 20000. He is about my size and weighs probably 25 lbs. less, watching him put the boots to this beast of a fish was one of the more impressive rounds of angling I've ever witnessed and I learned a lot from this guy. hopefully we get to fish again together.
-Mickey
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Sat, 22 Jan 2011
The Offseason
This is the toughest time of the year for me, no fishing up this way without being creative, and freezing your ass off. 2010 was a breakout year all the way around and hopefully this year will be even better.
I have some news to report, all of it good news too. First of all, congratulations to one of my best friends and fishing partners Nick Honachefsky. If you pay attention to this website at all or have watched any of my fishing shows you'll know that Nick and I are like brothers. Nick is a full-time saltwater journalist and he recently landed a job as the new Managing Editor of Saltwater Sportsman magazine. That's equivalent to a sports beat writer landing a job as editor of Sports illustrated, pretty much as high as you can go. Secondly, I recently upgraded my Captain's License to a 100 Ton Masters license, this means I can run big boats with large parties now; this also of course means that I am looking at big boats in the 40-55' foot range. Most of my time these days is spent on the phone with brokers or looking at boats. This means that sometime in the next year or two keep an eye out for Archangel II.
This year looks like it will be busy with fishing and Ween touring. Hurry up Spring.
-Mickey
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Fri, 03 Dec 2010
Lou's Bass
Had Lou and Steve on the boat this morning for a brutally cold fishing trip. Within 5 minutes of setting out our first line Lou hooked up and landed a beautiful Bass. After 3 hours we had boated 3 Bass and then we all mutually decided to call it quits as we were freezing our god damned asses off. Nice fish Lou!
-Mickey
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Mon, 29 Nov 2010
Bass, Blues, and Cod!
One incredibly bizarre day of fishing that had it all--Big Bass, Big Blues, Whales (again), and a giant Cod (!) Today I had Scott and Bill on the Archangel and we saw and caught a little bit of everything. The highlight for sure though was when Bill laid into what I thought was a huge Striper, I was shocked as hell to see a MONSTER Cod come up into my net. This gorgeous fish took an Ava 17 jig with a bare trailer hook and is feeding many people tonight. Great day of fishing with about 10 Bass finding their way to the deck. I have decided to extend my season a couple more weeks due to the great fishing we've been experiencing. If you're interested please let me know as soon as possible, don't miss out on this great bite.
-Mickey
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Mon, 22 Nov 2010
Bass, Blues, Whales.
Today I had Mike Montrose and company on my boat and it was an interesting day on the water. The ocean was downright nasty with a hard wind cranking out of the southeast. The waves were stacked on top of one another and we couldn't really go any faster than 15 knots without getting pounded and soaked, which ended up happening anyway. The ocean wasn't any calmer tight to the beach and I was thinking about calling off the trip and trying another day. The guys were up for anything so I decided to stick it out and I'm glad that we did because we ended up putting a pretty nice catch together despite the conditions. The highlight of the day came when a gigantic whale (like the size of my house) surfaced about 20 feet off our bow and spouted. I almost had a heart attack, he just came out of nowhere and the boat suddenly looked pretty damn small. We had to fight through a lot of spiny dogfish today but we finished with a lot of gigantic bluefish and this nice
Bass that took Mike's AVA 47 jig.
-Mickey
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Thu, 18 Nov 2010
Big Ass Bass
After a couple of months of small baitfish today we found massive
schools of Bunker up and down the beach. Big bait means big fish and
today we had some beauties including this 35 lb. class Bass taken by
Ian. It seems to be getting better every day.
-Mickey
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