Ken McDermott, Chip Gruff and Steve Wonder Jim and Debbie Moors have created a Cape May County, NJ tradition with their annual Back bay flounder tournament. If you are a sport fisherman you should make time for this annual event. This year, due to the record…
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Kensdock report: Back bay flounder update
I was out yesterday for a short time flounder fishing in the back bay.The first spot I stopped at the short flounder were staked up. A gentleman and his two sons had been fishing the spot for two hours they had 34 throw backs and two nice keepers. I moved on to a summertime favorite…
The Fishery Conservation Transition Act (FCTA)
Recently, legislation named the Fishery Conservation Transition Act (FCTA) was introduced in Washington DC by United States Senator Bill Nelson that will ensure the conservation intent of the Magnusson Stevens fishery conservation and management act {MSA} is upheld, while providing the funding and orders to upgrade the science and data collection to state of the art. FCTA…
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…
Kensdock report: Flounder Tournament update
Grassy Sound marina is holding their annual flounder tournament today also today is Sterling Harbor’s duke of fluke tournament. We started out this morning to fish the Grassy sound tournament unfortunately the steering cable broke ending the day seconds after leaving the dock. The grassy sound tournament is strictly back bay fishing. The heaviest combined weight…
Kensdock report: Back bay flounder update
I was tied up this weekend, I only had a short window to fish. I was out for about an hour today, I managed one keeper flounder and three that were just short. The water temperature was 75 degrees,the water clarity was an 8. Note: No fisherman in sight only wave runners and…
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…
Kensdock report: Flounder update/ weakfish
There is a school of large flounder {6-7 pound fish} in the back bay areas of Cape May co. the school has been moving around from Avalon to Cape May. I have been unlucky by showing up after the bite. I have seen the fish unfortunately for me they have been in someone else’s cooler.When you limit out…
Kensdock Report: Short back bay flounder trip
Just returned from the back waters we fished about 5 minutes before being chased by the thunderstorm. We did manage two keepers before running home at full throttle, just about making it to the dock before the rain. The water temperature was 61 degrees, clarity was a 4 with ten representing the clearest water.
Kensdock report: Tuesday flounder update
The windy conditions made fishing the best back bay flounder areas out of the question today.Wayne did manage to catch two nice keeper flounder today. Wayne and Jon experienced some great flounder action during the week. The water temperature was 63 degrees on the top of the tide.The water clarity was a 9 in the area we…