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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: Kensdock Flounder rig

This time of the year is great for tying your spring flounder rigs. I caught over one hundred keeper flounder last year  and thousands of keepers over the years. I caught all of them on a rig I tie myself. Paying attention to detail is imperative. The bucktails and other lures you buy at tackle…

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…

8-11-09 Kensdock fishing report 8:06 pm

If you heard someone hollering about 1:00 this afternoon it was me. I reached into a bushel to pick up a blue claw crab with tongs,some how the blue claw caught me by the finger with his claw and crunched it  until it bleed. The bite has been located at the inshore ocean structure. Trigger fish,…

7-31-09 Kensdock fishing report

Today I hit a couple of spots in the back bay that can produce some big flounder this time of the year. Unfortunately I caught the skunk for the first time this season. The water visibility was good about 6ft.. The water temperature was 67.3. Today pretty much raps up my flounder season. I may…

7-28-09 Kensdock Weakfish meeting/ answers RFA and Charter ass. President Tony Bogan

                                  I have been bashed by JHutchinson of the RFA and Tony Bogon of the Charter boat ass. for urging people and their members to speak for them self’s by sending comments to the ASMFC asking for a closure  of  commercial fishing for weakfish and a closure of recreational fishing during the spawn.  Here…

6-30-09 Kensdock report 6:45 pm

At this time the US coast Guard is trying to resuscitate a 28 year old black female in a yellow bathing suit. Earlier they were doing the same to a five year old. The two were swimming in the Herferd inlet area. Today it was blowing to hard in the afternoon for me to flounder…