Finding the time to target summer weakfish, between the best flounder bite in years and striped bass fishing, is the hard part for me. When I have targeted weakfish, I have been successful most of the time. The tip of the day is the summer weakfish are here for sure. The summer weakfish are…
Tag: Delaware Bay
Snakebite with keepers
First light weakfish bite
The early rise was tough but quickly forgotten. The sun peeked from the crystal blue atlantic. The outgoing tide formed an eddy in front of me. Moments later I felt the distinct thump of a weakfish hit. Great way to start the day! Flounder fishing on tap this afternoon. Update to follow.
Hot back bay summer flounder bite today
The key today was the right bait (artificial) , and the presentation. I found the flounder in very shallow water. I reached the bag limit in less than one hour. Captain Gary on the double touch also limited out today fishing in deeper back bay water. Today was an excellent day…
Kensdock Report: Watch Jimmy Fee and Chris Megan catch spring weakfish
There was at least one nice tide runner weakfish caught today in a back bay area of Cape May County. A few nice summer flounder were caught and released in grassy sound today also. There was also some weakfish caught by perch fishermen in their fyke nets in Atlantic County today. There was one confirmed…
The amazing Weakfish come back, On The Water Magazine May issue
What is unbelievably refreshing is how resilient the weakfish have proved to be. Considering in 2009 Dr. Jamie Geiger of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, suggested that the weakfish stock may have fallen to such lows that managers might wish to consider invoking the provisions of the Endangered Species Act as one of the management…
Kensdock Report: NJ Delaware Bay artificial reef
The NJ DEP, NJ F&G, NJ Federation of Sportsmen’s clubs, NJ Outdoor Alliance and the JCAA have been closing in on approval for New Jersey’s first artificial reef site in the Delaware Bay. While the exact site has not been chosen, conditions needed for approval favor the lower bay. This Delaware Bay reef site has the…
Kensdock flounder fishing report: Stay home
Here is June 2012 flounder fishing report, worst June flounder fishing in my lifetime…. My Son and I did have one limit day, on Memorial weekend. At this point, most fishermen are catching zero keeper flounder and maybe two shorts after an entire day of flounder fishing.
Kensdock Report: MID WINTER UPDATE
Mid winter update: The 2012 NJ flounder season will be liberalized via a longer season, shorter keeper size or a combination of the two. The reason, NJ fishermen underfished the 2011 flounder quota. I am not surprised at all, considering NJ only had about 250,000 saltwater anglers register in 2011, 2011 was the first year…
Kensdock Report:Quick flounder fishing update
For those flounder fishermen that possess the ability to find keeper flounder the back bay areas are still producing keeper fluke. Wally Bockman caught 5 keeper flounder from the back bay yesterday. Although far from the 39 keepers him and his crew boated last week from the waters of the Delaware Bay, 5 keepers is an…