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…
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9-14-09 Kensdock fishing report
I went on a short fishing/scouting trip today I hit a couple of striper spots for a few cast each.I found Small stripers in most spots. Still to much boat traffic for day time striper fishing. I checked the inlet and found a blitz in progress. I always give beach fishermen the courtesy of not running…
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…
Kensdock 9-3-09 Alaskan fishermen post on Sarah Palin
WHAT A FISHERMAN SAID ABOUT SARAH PALIN By Dewie Whetsell, Alaskan Fisherman As posted in comments on Greta’s article referencing the MOVEON ad about Sarah Palin The last 45 of my 66 years I’ve spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska. I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last…
Kensdock Fishing report ASMFC no action taken on flounder overage
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Takes No Action Regarding Projected Recreational Overages Washington, DC – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and, Black Sea Bass Management Board (Board) met via a web-based conference call yesterday and decided to take no action regarding potential overage in the 2009 recreational fisheries for black sea…
8-30-09 8:15 pm Kensdock fishing report
I was out flounder fishing today and yesterday just short trips about an hour a trip. I was fishing the top side of the tide. Yesterday the water visibility was excellent. I was fishing in 23 feet of water and I could clearly see may bucktail as it danced a cross the bottom. I would say visibility…
8-22-09 Kensdock weakfish news
The following is a news release from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission: Weakfish Biomass at All-Time Low ASMFC Weakfish Board Initiates Addendum to Address Stock Decline In its report to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Weakfish Management Board, an independent panel of scientists endorsed the 2009 weakfish stock assessment for management use. The…
8-19-09 Kensdock todays ASMFC weakfish meeting,update 8:55 pm
Take time to read the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries weakfish management board meeting minutes. http://www.asmfc.org Here is quote from And, finally, I would just like to say, as I said before, no matter what happens with the peer review in June the board needs to remember that weakfish is in a depleted condition,…
8-15-09 8:36 Kensdock fishing report
Snakebit is the word of the week from my dock. I was out for two hours today in the back bay flounder fishing and I did not catch a keeper or a through back flounder. I fished an area that I have caught limits of flounder in the past at this time of the year. The…