Today’s catch, time spent 1: 45 minutes
Cherry picking summer flounder
Author: kensdock
Big back bay Summer flounder
Jon’s 26″ back bay Summer flounder
I had Jon and Wayne out in the back waters of Cape May County, NJ today. Jon 16 flew in from Louisville KY to join his Pop Pop flounder fishing. We were hunting for big summer flounder today. Jon caught a tournament contender, a 26″ flounder. We may have been more excited about the big catch than Jon. I use a different style of fishing when targeting large back bay flounder ( 5 lbs and up). This flounder fishing trip will be memorable for all involved.
Weakfish bite continues
Ed Teise has caught many weakfish this spring. This 26″ weakfish is the first he has kept. He caught 7 weakfish today.
Alaskan Rainbow
Brian Pollock caught this rainbow trout Monday on the Kenai River. Estimated 10.08 pounds, 28″ length, 15″ girth. On an artificial leech.
Brian Pollock was fishing for weakfish earlier this spring in Cape May County, NJ, this week he is in Alaska fishing for Rainbow trout. Brian has fished many notable fishing destinations including Japan. Brian congratulations on catching the rainbow and fishing Alaska .
The guide is Matty Lewallen, Kenai River Drifters Lodge, Cooper River Landing, Alaska: http://www.drifterslodge.com/
(866) 524-5425. Matty’s cell number is (907) 382-6288, email: fishingwithmatty@gmail.com. He is on Facebook: matt.lewallen.5. He will get you fish and all you need is a plane ticket and rental car. It is about 100 miles from Anchorage along one of the most beautiful highways in the world. They have accommodations as well. Check out their website.
A June Monday on the water
A summer flounder fishermen’s wintertime daydream, that describes today. A blue sky, no humidity, no bugs, light wind and a good flounder bite . I fished for 2 hours and 20 minutes today. I caught 4 keeper flounder the biggest was 24″. The water temperature was 67 degrees. The conditions are excellent for back bay flounder fishing from Corson’s inlet down to Cape May Harbor.
Snakebite with keepers
Saturday’s four keepers. The largest fell .2 oz short of first place in the Beach and Boat Wildwood fishing tournament.
Wayne shows one of Saturday’s weakfish
Summer Flounder Limit Catch
The fishing conditions kept me at the helm of the skiff for most of the day’s trip. The water temperature dropped significantly the last couple days . With a water temperature swing, a flat barometer and a poor wind direction, it would have been a perfect day to skip fishing. I burned a lot of fuel and we went periods without any action at all. However, 2 hours and 45 minutes later, Wayne had his limit of summer flounder. Wayne travels in from Kentucky annually to fish the back bay waters for summer flounder. The new 18″ minimum size limit pushes reasonable to the maximum in our back bay waters . Regardless of the increased size of the flounder stock the majority of the large summer flounder are not found in our back bay waters or the Delaware Bay. The State of Delaware has a 16″ size limit and we fish the same bay. All things considered, 16″ is the appropriate size limit for flounder in Cape May County, NJ . The NJ Outdoor Alliance and the NJ federation of Sportsmen are prepared to fight to have Cape May County included in the Delaware region next season.
June saltwater fishing in Cape May County, NJ
One of today’s weakfish
The first ten days in June have lived up to their reputation. The first ten days historically are some of the best fishing days of the year. The weakfish bite has been the best in years. The average size is 4.5 to 7 pounds. The Drum fish bite this May was phenomenal, limit trips were common. The excellent Drum fishing is now continuing into June. The back bay summer flounder bite has been producing some limit catches. Mako shark fishing is on. During the South Jersey Shark tournament the sport fishing boat Relentless caught the heaviest Mako 338 pounds. Contestants boated 114 makos. 169 blue sharks, 21 threshers, 1 dusky and 13 brown sharks. Looks like one of the most action packed South Jersey shark tournaments, considering there was only 97 boats in the tournament. That tournament is one good reason to own a Jersey style offshore fishing boat. The fishing pressure is usually very light weekdays in June. Now is the time!
A moment of silence is experienced before the official weight is called.
Saltwater fly fishing for Summer flounder
Jack with a big summer flounder. He caught it with his flounder fly.
Jack was fishing in the back bay waters when this hard fighting summer flounder rose for his fly. Jack holds the Cape May County saltwater fly fishing record for speckled trout 8.5 pounds. Looks like he is also in the hunt for the summer flounder fly fishing record.
Bill with a nice size spring 2014 weakfish
Today’s Back bay summer flounder trip
The best area based on wind direction and resent reports was far from the spots I fished today. I did not have the time to fish the hot/correct location. However, after spending an hour and a half on the water, three keepers were flopping in the cooler. The fishing pressure was none existent . The water temperature was 65 degrees. Water clarity was good – fair. The special ingredient during this fishing trip was patience.
Ken's Dock 