Early Season Overnight Special:

This trip offers the best chance to catch a really big deep Canyon Mako Shark and Swordfish while fishing at night. Last season there was a great early season Yellowfin Tuna bite in May, June and part of July and our early season overnight trips allow us to be on the tuna grounds at daybreak and late afternoon when tuna fishing is at its best plus it offers fishing when there is much less boat traffic. It is common knowledge that heavy boat traffic often sounds fish and curtails the bite but being in the Canyons right at false daybreak and late afternoon allows us to be fishing during the prime feeding time for tuna and other species. We also will be targeting Big Eye Tuna just prior to sundown and into the early evening when they bite the best.

The reduced rate for this trip is $4100 out to 80 miles.  When contacting us, be sure to mention the early season special!

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The Hooked Up II is a 55′ Carolina custom charter boat based out of Cape May, New Jersey (NJ).  She is one of the newest, fastest and most comfortable deluxe charter boats on the entire East Coast.  Carolina custom hulls are known for their world class rides without excessive pounding as well as being extremely dry boats in all kinds of sea conditions. The Hooked Up II has a huge cockpit to accommodate up to 6 anglers and crew comfortably.

Specializing in trophy Stripers and Black Drum inshore and all Tuna species, Wahoo and Mahi Mahi (Dolphin) Offshore, please be sure to check out the trips we off under “Pick Your Trip” in the menu to see all the trips we offer for the 2013 season as well as our rates.

For the 2013 season, we will be spending more time targeting Big Eye Tuna in the late afternoon into the early evening.  Big Eye Tuna often come up from the deeper colder water, where they spend most of their time,  to the warmer surface waters to feed and digest their food.  Our 24 and 30 hour overnight canyon trips allow us to do this plus target other species at night such as Yellowfin Tuna, Swordfish and large Mako Sharks.

Visit the about the boat page to learn about and see all the deluxe features that the boat offers.

Honesty, Integrity And Safety

We pride ourselves in doing our best to be honest with all of our customers about the current fishing conditions. We have cancelled many trips knowing there were no fish to be caught locally, saving our customers thousands of dollars. Not many charter boats will do this but we do not want to take your hard earned money if the fishing is poor. This is one of the reasons we have been in the charter business for over 25 years.

The Hooked Up II takes safety very seriously.  On April 18, 2013, the Hooked Up II and crew met the qualifications for the U. S. COAST GUARD UNINSPECTED PASSENGER VESSEL (UPV) VOLUNTARY SAFETY PROGRAM.  As determined by the inspection, the Hooked Up II received the highest rating obtainable from the U.S. Coast Guard for vessels carrying 6 or fewer passengers for hire after substantially exceeding all federal regulations for safety requirements including Safety Training Procedures and Safety Equipment on board.

This assures our customers that we have gone the extra mile to ensure the highest level of safety possible for a six pack charter boat and provides information to help each of you make an informed decision as to the level of safety you want when you charter a boat.

Remember, all charter boats are not created equal when it comes to safety…

More information regarding the U.S. Coast Guard Uninspected Passenger Vessle Voluntary Safety Program.