The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission was formed by the 15 Atlantic coastal states in 1942 for the promotion and protectionNovember 5, 2009 (202) 289-6400 ASMFC Weakfish Board Adopts Addendum IV in Response to Depleted Stock Status Newport, Rhode Island – The Commission’s Weakfish Management Board approved measures to reduce exploitation by over 50…
Tag: Cape May fishing
10-24-09 Kensdock fishing report
Giant blues and stripers just off the beach yesterday. The Blues were on top of the stripers making it difficult to reach the stripers.When CJ returned from fishing his arms were dragging on the dock from exhaustion.I spotted a lot of bait along with a large school of stripers entering the inlet at dusk yesterday.I headed out today…
10-21-09 Kensdock Fishing report {NJ speckled sea trout}
I headed north today in search of speckled trout. The water temperature was 55 degrees. the wind was west at about 5. After four hours of casting I landed the first speckled trout of the season. I hope this is a sign fishing is going to pick up in the next week. The same guys continue…
10-17-09 Kensdock fishing report
The North East storm has slowed the fishing down pretty good. The tides have been the highest since the mothers day north easter a couple of years ago. . Days of north east wind coupled with the new moon tide may bring the highest tide we have seen in years during tomorrow mornings high tide.…
10-14-09 kensdock report
A group of hard core fishermen have been fishing the beaches,sod banks and the ocean drive bridges of Cape May county hard! We are hunting for the first speckled trout, No luck so far in spite of excellent conditions.The last couple of days some nice keeper stripers have been caught the biggest 36″ caught from…
Weakfish hearing
I attended the ASMFC weakfish hearing in Toms River last night. The asmfc offered 4 options.You can view them all at the asmfc site. The only option that offers a real chance for the weakfish to recover is option 4 Harvest moratorium. The commercial fishermen’s rep was fine with option 4 moratorium. Mostly all the recreational…
9-30-09 Kensdock report 8:30 pm
I fished the last two hours of the incoming tide today. The water temperature is still on the warm side at 70.9 degrees the water was not as clear as I expected it to be. I caught three blue fish and one small striper.I did not catch the fish I was hunting for.It was a beautiful…
9-15-09 Kensdock fishing report
I headed right to a favorite fishing spot just outside of the breakers of the treacherous Herferd inlet today. I found a big dredging operation in the way. Sitting just about on top of my fishing area was the enormous great lakes dredge. The wind was North west but the water is still to warm for…
8-12-09 Kensdock fishing report
The wind has been blowing North east for days. Mid September is transition time for fishing in Cape May co. NJ. We wait for the cool north west weather fronts to move through Cape May County. The North West wind is what creates great fishing conditions. The first day of the north east blow blue fish…
Kensdock report 9-8-09 Cape May County fall Stripers
It may feel like fall with the cool north east ocean breeze blowing but Cape May county fishermen’s fall season arrives with the north west wind. The more often the wind blows north west the better the fall fishing will be. It has been over ten years since we were locked into a great north west…