Lynette Polhamus and her husband CJ have owned many beautiful offshore sportfishing boats. However, today she caught her personal best bluefish, from land. She was using a hand-made popper and light spinning gear. The bluefish action in Cape May is providing some world-class light tackle action. Fly fisherman Jack had to break out the spinning…
New Jersey 2015 Striped Bass regulations in effect
New regulations are in effect for striped bass: one fish 28″ to less than 43″ AND one fish 43″ or greater. The Striped Bass Bonus Program (SBBP) closed on May 1 and will remain closed until September 1, 2015. When it reopens on September 1, the SBBP regulations will be one fish 24″ to less…
Big Bluefish bite continues in the Cape May sounds
Bluefish up to 18 LBS have been caught in the surf and back bays. It does not happen very often (understatement) that bluefish of this caliber, set up in the back bays . This is an excellent opportunity for light tackle and fly fishermen, to test the limits of their gear and skill. Weakfish, none…
Big Cape May Bluefish
Cj Polhamus shows his 12 pound slammer blue that he caught on light tackle today. CJ was a winner in the 2014 Fishermen Magazine coast-wide tournament (weakfish). He was scouting for weakfish when the big bluefish showed. He said, there was no bird play, but you could smell the bluefish. Striped Bass,big flounder and even…
Spring striped bass bite has been good, for a few.
Harald is one of the few. He has been very successful working the beaches and Jetties around Cape May co. this spring. He is showing a keeper size striped bass, that he released.
Spring Striped Bass caught in Cape May today
There is a pretty good Striped Bass bite going on. At least for the skill sharp fishermen. All of the stripers I know of, have been caught on lures. The beachfront and jetties around Cape May County are producing good numbers. The water temperature is moving into the 50’s in the back bays and the…
Bass Pro’s Grand Opening Atlantic City Store 4-15-2015
How refreshing and exciting to have a Bass Pro Shop in our region. Bass Pro is the world’s top fishing/outdoor outfitter, hands down. The store is a destination point in itself, with many attractions, like a 11,000 plus gallon fish aquarium. Tomorrow’s Grand opening will be attended by many people of interest, including New Jersey…
Stone Harbor Beach Access threatened ?
Custom bucktails are a fisherman’s must have lure
I caught well over 100 keeper flounder last season. All of them were caught using a very detailed constructed bucktail and rig. This makes a tremendous difference in a flounder’s response, when he sights the lure. Chip Gruff is a very successful salt water fisherman. He has won and placed in numerous tournaments. Summer flounder…
Weakfish on the Lobster House menu today
I was checking out at the seafood counter, when the chalkboard menu caught my eye,wild weakfish 9.95 LB.. Here is how the menu read to me, a completely incompetent, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Council weakfish board. In retrospect the ASMFC has made some horrendously bad weakfish management decisions over the years. Allowing a market for…