The weather will not give us a break this fall. North East wind and rain! Just about the time the water clears the wind turns North east and it start to rain. When the condition have been at lest fair, keeper stripers have been caught from Avalon and Stone harbor beaches. Just a few…
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11-5-09 Kensdock report ASMFC weakfish board adopts addendum IV
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…
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…
8-4-09 Kensdock fishing report
Tim this is a very tough time of the season to catch keeper flounder in the back bay after about July 15 in our area the bite slows. The only area that has produced keeper flounder in the last couple of days is in and around Hereferds and Townsends Inlet. I would try fishing between Wildwood…
7-17-09 Kensdock report {weakfish meeting} 2:00 pm
I urge everyone to demand that the management board give the weakfish population a chance to rebuild .The only way this can be achieved is by closing the harvest to commercial fishing totally for two years and closing the recreational harvest during the spawning season. If there is anyway possibly please attend this meeting. Best,Ken…
6-17-09 11:00 pm Kensdock fishing report
As we traveled across the bay the NE wind was throwing salt water on Jonathan and Wayne. I promised them that at the end of the ride we would be fishing in an area that historically holds large fluke. The window of the bite at this spot is very short maybe twenty minutes. There was…
6-15-09 Kensdock fishing report 11:00 pm
Flounder fishing in the back bay was on tap today. We fished about two hours today. We did more hunting than fishing today as I was looking for a new hot spot. The new flounder hot spot was not located. I did manage to catch four keeper flounder more than enough for Elise’s fish tacos. Dr. Gary caught…
6-14-09 11:00 pm Kensdock fishing report
The area I have been flounder fishing since opening day is becoming fished out. I only had a couple of keepers today.In Cape May county,NJ the flounder move into the back bays starting in March. The number of flounder in any one hole or area of the back bay is limited. Once I fish an…
5-13-09 fishing update Cape May Co., NJ
I headed out today in search of Mr. weakfish. The wind was right and the water temperature was 55 degrees. No weakies. My son was out earlier in the morning striper fishing (in a secret spot of course) and caught two keepers, 30″ and 32″. I did catch a nice flounder on a rubber bait. The flounder was so…