Striped bass fishing in Cape May County, NJ has been dependent upon our local striper population, so far this season. The conditions necessary for the migratory fish to show up , wind direction, water temperature and other factors, have not lined up yet and may not. Mother nature dictates the conditions, every year is unique.…
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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…
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…
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…
Today’s back bay summer flounder
Captain Gary remains zeroed in on the back bay flounder, his heaviest this morning was 6.5 pounds. A six pound flounder usually takes first place in the Grassy sound marina’s back bay flounder tournament. I caught two 20″ keeper back bay flounder today. I fished for 40 minutes. The water temperature at the top of…
Today’s back bay summer flounder trip
I made my first flounder trip today. The water was 55 – 59 degrees with a 5-10 NNE wind. Two hours of fishing produced 4 keeper flounder and 7 shorts. Planning on fishing for weakfish during both sides of the low tide later today. I am on a quest to catch weakfish from different spots…
Kensdock report: stripers and specs
Beautiful fall day, toped off with 17 stripers and one spec.. However, it looks like the speckled trout are not going to show in any numbers again this year. Only about 10 specs total have been caught to date, this season.George S.Cape MayCounty’s top spec fisherman has not caught a spec yet this year.…
Kensdock Report: Quick up date flounder/striper/offshore
Some nice keeper flounder have been caught in the back bay over the last few days. Ed Teise and Harold had 5 keepers on the last trip. I had one keeper on a short 30 minute trip. A few Kids on a rental boat had two keeper flounder yesterday. The fishermen that put the effort in {on the water…
Kensdock report: summer flounder update
This is the time of the year that most Cape May co. back bay flounder fishermen move on to the Delaware bay or Atlantic ocean summer flounder hot spots like reef 11 and the old grounds. I continue fishing the back bay for flounder all summer, only less frequently after July 15. There is always a couple of…
Kensdock report: Bass barn/Rfa
The Rfa is begging for money to finance their sea bass law suit. They are bashing large marine manufactures and other related business on the Bass Barn for not sending them money. In a nut shell, the RFA claims the science and data that the NMFS used to set the sea bass season is flawed, there for the recreational and commercial seas bass…