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Fishing report 5-13-09 Stripers

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The striper bite is really On!  More stripers have been caught from the beaches of Cape May in the last two weeks than all of last fall.  I have tried fishing in the back bay, I have not had a hit! I am a little hard headed sometimes, I refuse to use bait. If you want to catch head to Cape May beaches and bring clam.

 

 

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5-10-09 up date

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The flounder are stacked up in all of the back bay areas of Cape May county. I saw a couple of weakfish caught at Cape May point yesterday.The Drum are so thick the party boats are catching. My boat has been down for a few weeks. Thanks to Tonys’ Marine in Cape May I am back in the water. I hope to start fishing full tilt this week.

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4-29-09 Cape May co. NJ fishing report

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The back bays are full of large flounder here in Cape May co. NJ.. The season does not start until May 23 I hope a few stick around for opening day. Stripers mostly shorts 20-26″ are hitting every tide, mostly at night under the lights. I see a few weakfish have been caught. I have had trouble with my engine, so I have not been to my early weakfish spots. The wind is out of the North East today so I am sure the weakfish are not hitting to today. I hope to get this boat fixed in time for the next good tide.

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Fishing report 4-18-09 Summer Flounder caught

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I went out before dark striper fishing. I walked a  mile down and across the marsh and the sand dunes. IT was a  very pretty day blue skies and the sounds of all the summer birds that have arrived made for a nice walk. The water was clear blue and on the cold side. I did not see any bait at all.I stayed anyway  and enjoyed the last of the evening. I did see on the bass barn that Bucktail Willie caught his first flounder. He had 6 nice summer flounder. So they have arrived.

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First summer flounder? 4-15-09

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I have been looking at the upcoming weather this week  IT looks like we should have some descent weather the next few days. I look for the first flounder or weakfish to be caught by Sunday. Remember only reports with pictures count when it comes to the first fish of the season. Some tackle shops like to count  here- say reports  when it comes to the first weakie or flounder, do not buy it. Check out the picture of  the  summer flounder. I caught,  all from the Back Bays of Cape May co. last May.ody-pics-0254
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4-12-09 Spring fishing up date

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All I had to do was take a quick look at the water and I could tell it was not a day to fish in my area. The wind will not stop. The water is full of grass, due to the fact that this time of the year all the old marsh grass is pushed into the water as the new grass starts to grow. I did catch some large eels in one of my pots along with some very small blue claw crabs. So, I continue to wait for the right conditions to get back to the hunt for my  first big striper and the first weakfish of the season.

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Spring striper update 4-9-09

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3-30-09Ed Tiese called to brag , he caught two stripers today 26″ and 24″. Making him by far high hook on stripers from the beach and sod banks of Cape May co. NJ.  He fishes strickley lures.

A lot of activity today around the back bays of Cape May co.NJ. the commercial crabbers have made their first set of the season for blue claw crabs. For a foggy Thursday in April there was more than a few boats put in the water today. Nice to see all the spring action. I put my boat in the water today. I will be  fishing just about ever fishable day from now until December. I will post reports with pictures and some video clips through out the season. The stripers should come on strong this week. I look for the door mate flounder to show up soon. I talked to some commercial fishermen they told me first hand of the giant flounder they have been catching 10 – 15lbs. They tell me the flounder are staging up to move inshore. When flounder start to get spots it is a sure sign they are moving towards the beach. Note: all the giant flounder that where caught by the guys I was speaking with went back over board alive. We will have to stay sharp if we are going to catch any tide runner weakfish, the last couple of years they have showed up in late April and where gone by the second week in May.
  27860022 by Ken's Dock. 
 
4-9-09 I headed out about an hour before dark, I bee lined for my number one striper spot, usually the stripers show here first and stay all through summer and fall. The water was full of grass to the point it was unfishable with lures.I may have been able to catch with bait I just do not get into clam and chum striper fishing. My real passion for late April is tide runner weakfish. I spent the reminder of day light checking my favorite weakfish spots looking for any changes to the bottom and sod banks. The water temperature will have to jump up to at least 55 degrees at the bottom of the tide before the first weakfish will feed. All we need is three days of sunny 65 degree days to hit the mark.

278600084-9-09 Nick with a few back bay weakies. They where caught in early May in Cape May co,NJ.

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Spring striper run 3-27-09

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Ed Teise called today He had a bang up night a couple of days back with 50 quality short Stripers. He also had one keeper 34 inch. I was hoping to tag a long  tonight but with this wind direction Ed will not fish for stripers. As soon as we get the right wind I will drop everything  and head out. Ed Teise is one of Cape May county NJs’ top fishermen He has won more striper,weakfish and speckled trout tournaments than anyone alive in Cape May co., NJ. He caught all the stripers from the ocean side of the garden state parkway. The 2009 spring striper bite is on. Note:If you are thinking of fishing for spring stripers in Cape May Co. NJ , make sure the wind will be out of the north,NW or West this pertains to the ocean side.  Stripers can be caught from the Delaware bay on all wind directions. The way to catch in the Delaware Bay in the spring is on bait, clam, bunker and blood worms. A    good spot for the Delaware Bay spring stripers is Reeds beach at high tide.
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Early Cape May co. Summer flounder

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  We all have our favorite flounder rig be it, salted herring, squid and minnes, bucktail or top and bottom rig ect.. Then you have the slow lift or the fast jig. I almost forgot the drag the least productive. Always  keep your bait moving up and down when flounder fishing. The most critical part of flounder fishing like all fishing  is your location. Even the drag method will catch if you are in the right spot. So here is a early season flounder fishing tip, Ludlum bay in Cape May Co.  will hold large numbers of flounder, big flounder, long before the flounder find there way into the surrounding sounds of Cape May county that also includes the Delaware bay. If you decide to fish before the opening day catch and release of coarse, be honest. I am not the only one that knows of this early season super hot spot State conservation officers are well aware of it.
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Gulp lures

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For what ever it is worth, When the gulp first came out I killed the flounder on them. Later that year I was fishing for specs with six other fishermen. I was fishing with what I thought was the greatest fishing lure of all times the gulp. Well I never caught a spec the first day, every one else had at least two. Ok, I got snake bit. Like a dummy for one week I would not take that gulp off . The only specs I seen that week were caught by some one close to me. I put on a regular pink plastic lure and later I was cleaning 4 specs. My son and I were in the middle of a large school of Stripers, I had on a gulp paddle tail he had on a plain rubber shad he out fished me 5-1. I think the action of the gulp just is not good enough stripers or sea trout.