Charlie Langan

the Charter Coordinator for South Jersey Marina. To book a charter reservation, call 609-884-3800.

  1. Offshore and Inshore, plus the MA500

    Posted by Charlie Langan on August 17th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The Charter Fleet at South Jersey Marina had some good catches both offshore and inshore. Big Game had 2 Wahoo ,1 Yellowfin and 2 Dolphin early in the week. Common Sense brought in 1 Yellowfin and 4 Dolphin plus released a White Marlin. Slammer had 2 Yellowfin in the 50 pound range and 1 Dolphin. [...]

  2. A Week for Blue Fin

    Posted by Charlie Langan on August 12th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The story of the week at South Jersey Marina was Capt. John Sowerby and his Charter Boat Hooked Up II. He went offshore to the Lobster Claw for Blue Fin Tuna on 5 separate trips. On every trip he caught one large Blue Fin with an average weight of 150 pounds. The heaviest weighed [...]

  3. Hot time for offshore fishing

    Posted by Charlie Langan on August 3rd, 2009 in What's Running?

    The offshore fishing for the South Jersey Charter Fleet has been hot this past week.
    Cape Queen had a nice catch. A 131.5 lb. Bluefin Tuna and several Dolphin. Slammer had a Bluefin at about the same size. Hooked Up II had one a little larger, 160 lbs.
    Flounder fishing has picked up this week also. Cape [...]

  4. 8th Annual Tuna Tournament Results

    Posted by Charlie Langan on July 21st, 2009 in What's Running?

    With a total purse of $161,620 available for prize money, 40 boats entered South Jersey Marina’s 8th Annual Tuna Tournament that was held this past week. The forecasted bad weather held off and during the three day event we saw 44 tuna weighed. There were many winners, but the top prizes went to:
    Moore Bills [...]

  5. Heaviest dolphin fish this year

    Posted by Charlie Langan on July 13th, 2009 in What's Running?

    Amanda Miller came to Cape May for vacation this week all the way from Queen Creek, Arizona and decided to join her family for an offshore fishing trip on Capt. John Sowerby’s charter boat Hooked Up II.  Since this group lives where there is no salt water, they were not sure what to expect from [...]

  6. Fluke & Dolphin Fish

    Posted by Charlie Langan on July 6th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The inshore fishing this week has really produced some nice catches for the South Jersey Marina Charter Fleet. Capt. Bittmann on the Top Shelf caught several flounder on Wednesday and has 10 of them on display in the attached photo. Capt. Lechner on the Slammer also caught 10 flounder that day. Sea bass continues to [...]

  7. Approach of the Tuna

    Posted by Charlie Langan on June 30th, 2009 in What's Running?

    On Tuesday, 6/23 Capt. Bittmann took a family out to the reef for a six hour charter. After a few hours of bottom fishing that produced several flounder and 30 Sea Bass, they decided to troll for Bluefish. Within an hour they caught 28 Bluefish. Lots of action and lots of fun was had [...]

  8. Great weekend for fishing

    Posted by Charlie Langan on June 22nd, 2009 in What's Running?

    The charter boat Top Shelf took the Alberti group out for a six hour trip on Friday, 6-19. They caught fish from the time they got to the spot until lines-in; Flounder, Tautog, Sea Bass and Trigger Fish were the species caught. Ethan Smith (pictured right) and his family ventured out on the charter boat [...]

  9. 29th Annual Shark Tournament Results

    Posted by Charlie Langan on June 15th, 2009 in What's Running?

    South Jersey Marina held its 29th. Annual Shark Tournament on June 12 -13, 2009. There were 144 boats competing for a share of the total purse of $298,670. Predominately 3 species were brought to the scales: Thresher, Mako, and Blue Sharks. There were 39 fish weighed and the top winners are listed below:
    Heaviest Shark: Fat [...]

  10. Sharks Off-Shore

    Posted by Charlie Langan on June 8th, 2009 in What's Running?

    When it’s June in Cape May, there are SHARKS in our off-shore waters. South Jersey Marina had the first Blue Shark weighed-in earlier this week. Nick Montzaris owner of the Bu-Buca brought in a 167 pounder. The angler was Harry Johnson of Fishing Creek, NJ.
    Speaking of shark, our 29th Annual Shark Tournament is scheduled for [...]

  11. Black Drum – They’re Keepers!

    Posted by Charlie Langan on June 1st, 2009 in What's Running?

    The Black Drumfish season continues to produce a good variety of keepers. The average size ranges between 45 and 75 pounds. The bite has been good at all hours of the day and night and promises to go on into most of June.
    On 5-25, Capt. Joe Pritchard on the Big Game had a family charter [...]

  12. Beat the Drum

    Posted by Charlie Langan on May 26th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The Charter Fleet at South Jersey Marina continued to “beat the Drum” this week. Many trips were made by several boats and a few of the highlights are noted below:
    On Wednesday, Capt. John Sowerby went out with a group on the Hooked Up II and got into them very well. The largest of the catch [...]

  13. Water temperatures are warming up

    Posted by Charlie Langan on May 18th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The water temperature in the Bay has finally started to warm up. We have reports of 62 degree water. The Drum fishing has really turned on and the following were two noteworthy reports I received:
    Joe Pritchard on the “Big Game” went out on Wednesday last week and brought 8 Drum to the boat. They were [...]

  14. Striper, Drum Seasons Underway

    Posted by Charlie Langan on April 13th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The Charter Fleet at South Jersey Marina is all de-winterized, fired up and ready to go. The Striper and Drum seasons are underway and the trips this week have produced good results. On Thursday April 9th., Big Game brought in 2 Keeper Stripers. The next day, Common Sense and Big Game went out again. This [...]

  15. The Stripers Are Here

    Posted by Charlie Langan on November 3rd, 2008 in What's Running?

    THE STRIPERS ARE HERE !!! The American Striper Association ran their annual Fall Tournament, hosted by South Jersey Marina. There were 47 boats entered and many, many fish were caught and many were also released during the event. Each boat was only allowed to weigh two of their heaviest qualifying fish. The winning boat, “Oh [...]