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7-11-09 Kensdock fishing report

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The winner of grassy sound marina flounder tournament was Rick Burke and crew.Their  combined weight of three flounder was 9.12. They also won the flounder Calcutta with a 5.85 flounder.We fished grassy sound flounder tournament today. We caught 7 keepers, are total weight for three flounder was 7.89 Justin added a nice striper to our catch. I also saw an 8 pound flounder caught today. July back bay  flounder fishing does not get any better. Dr. Gary had 2 keepers today, Ed Teise had 3, Bob Lasco caught 4 keepers to 25″.They were not tournament fishing today. The water temperature was 69.8 degrees today and very clean. Great tournament!! The grassy sound flounder tournament is hands down the number one back bay tournament in cape may co..window boxes 012window boxes 009window boxes 014
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7-10-09 Kensdock fishing report

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Today the flounder bite continued to be red hot in the Delaware Bay! I just spoke with a vacationer that spent all day on a local party boat. He said, the party boat had about 50 people fishing and they only caught two   keeper flounder combined all day! Very few party boat captains are good fishermen. Very few charter boat captains catch fish! Do yourself a favor take the time to seek out the boats that consistently catch fish. The guys that are dialed in are limiting out on flounder and calling in sick to work!  I can think of two charter captains that produce keeper flounder. Stalker charters and Adam bomb. I have seen the fish that they have recently caught.. There is a big difference from seeing fish and fish stories. I am preparing my gear for grassy sound flounder tournament tomorrow. It should be competitive as long as everyone plays fair. Sterling harbors’ duke of fluke tournament is tomorrow also. It looks like the weather is going to be good. I am sure there will be a record number of flounder weighed in at the duke of fluke this year. If your fishing the Delaware Bay head north.
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7-8-09 Kensdock fishing report 8:30pm

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Today the water temperature was 79.4 degrees at my dock. I have not been out fishing this week due to family obligations. I will be scouting the next few day in preparation for grassy sound flounder tournament. The Delaware bay has been producing many limit catches of flounder, mostly from the Fortescue area. The ocean reefs and the old grounds are holding some big fluke. I have noticed the guys using the bucktail rigs are consistently catching their  limit of flounder. The crew of  bayhoud returned with 60 keeper flounder from the Delaware bay yesterday. A nice 9.5 pound 32″ flounder was caught by Med in the cold spring inlet AKA Cape May. I am anxiously waiting for the bluefin to set up on the local lumps.flounder 072
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7-5-09 Kensdock fishing report { Staying Active}

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George Spaulding caught a 5.5 flounder today. He is an avid angler with unparalleled local fishing knowledge. George’s dad manned a coast guard tower in Stone Harbor long before all the million dollar beach homes were built. From the tower he could see the red drum, stripers and trout enter Hereford inlet in the fall and the black drum in the spring. I admire George and his wife  for the passion they have retained for fishing and the outdoors. I have seen many of my friends lose the passion, whether it was for fishing, hunting, surfing, travel, golf, or mountain climbing. 
 
Around 4:30 am on a very cold December morning in 1977, six hunters from Cape May county had just arrived at Stokes State forest in Sussex County, New Jersey. Bob,Larry,Tony,Nick,Greg, and myself had traveled all night in a small pick up to make it in time for first light. Greg was slow getting ready so he traveled in the bed of the pick up, a very cold ride to say the least. It was 21 degrees and snowing! We parked the truck, grabbed our gear and at a low whisper, planned to meet back at the truck at 11 am.  We  spread out on the ridge, all of us jockeying for the best position. At about 9:00 I heard a shot close by. At 10:30 everybody was back at the truck shivering and all asking the same question, “Who shot?” .   We heard a rustling of the leaves and there was silence as everybody stopped talking. Moments later an old guy with a muzzle loader rifle appears from the woods. Muzzle loaders were a rare sight in 1977 during shot gun season. The old guy asked “Can you boys help me drag my deer up the mountain?”  We dragged the the six point buck up the mountain and were excited about doing it!  As we closed the tail gate on the old dairy farm truck, a conversation ensued that was burned into my memory. He said, “My name is Bill  andI have been hunting here all my life. I am 88 years old. I am the last one from my hunting crew to make it to deer camp. I asked Bill why his friends stopped hunting and he replied “They lost the passion one by one. Half of them lost it by the time they were 40. If you do not make time for what you love to do,  you will lose it! When you get to my age if you do not have something you love to do, you wind up drooling on yourself in a nursing home.”  As he closed the door to his pick up he hollered, “Keep the passion boys, keep the passion!”  Obviously, like everybody I have family and job responsibilities, but so far in my life I have made time for what I love. I can tell you I still do not sleep the night before an offshore tuna trip or the first day of a November bow hunt. On that cold December morning in 1977, all six of us were avid fishermen and hunters. In 2009, only Larry and myself continue to do so. 
Do yourself a favor, if you fish, get off the couch and grab your fishing gear and go fishing! If you surf, turn off the computer and hit the beach! Whatever you had a passion for in the past, make the time for it today!
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7-2-09 Kensdock fishing report 10:00pm

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window boxes 005window boxes 006We left the dock about 4:30 pm. I noticed right a way that the water temperature dropped to 67.1 degrees. The water was very clean. It was hard to tell it was July 2 by the boat traffic and fishing pressure in the area. I have never seen it so quite on the water in July. We spent a few hours fishing the back bay and caught five keeper flounder. Dr. Gary was at it again this morning and caught two keeper flounder one of them weighted 6.5 pounds. Grass sound Marina is holding a back bay flounder tournament July 11,2009. The tournament is set up for small boats but  the fun and competition  is on a grand scale.Sterling harbor is also holding a flounder tournament on July 11. In this tournament any size boat can partcipate.
 
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7-1-09 Kensdock fishing report 8:30 pm

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window boxesI have a few reports from back bay fishermen. Dr. Gary caught his second weakfish of the season and one keeper flounder before being chased off the water by a thunderstorm. Ed T. had one keeper flounder before the storm. I headed out about 5:00 pm I had two keeper flounder in 2 hours of fishing along with many through backs. 
Note: If you fish or swim around herferd inlet  keep your awareness up,it can be dangerous. keep a close eye on your kids. Do not rely on the life guards.Do not take rental boats or rent one anywhere near the inlet. Some very avid local fisherman have drowned in herferd inlet.  Many rental boats have been swamped. Many swimmers have drowned. Many boaters have drowned. 
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6-30-09 Kensdock report 6:45 pm

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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 fish. A few reports from those that fished the back bay early this morning. ED T caught 4 keepers to 4.1 pound, Dr. Gary had two keepers, CJ P. caught one keeper it weighted 4 pounds. Wally Bachman fished yesterday he had over 50 throw backs and one keeper. George and crew on the Cutty Caught a 125 pound Mako today. He said that was his last shark trip for the season. Tuna time!  The Ocean flounder bite continues to be red hot.

 
 
 
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6-29-09 kensdock fishing report 9:00 pm

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I had time for a quick boat ride today. I stopped at a flounder spot in the back bay for a minute and  I `caught one keeper flounder. The water temperature has 74.5. The water was super clean. I am planning on spending more time fishing tomorrow. I should have more of a report.
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6-27-09 Kensdock fishing report 7:00pm

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flounder 085Beautiful day on the water no bugs, not to hot and very light boat traffic in the area I was fishing. I did encounter a conservation officer patrolling the area in a boat  for the first time. I have been fishing and duck hunting the area my entire life. We have all seen the guy that keeps all the flounder he catches regardless of size and bag limit. That person was not fishing in this area today. There was just a few boats and everybody was law abiding.I have a couple of reports, Ed T caught two keeper flounder Dr.Gary had two also, they fished from 5:30 am to 9:30 am. I fished from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm I caught 3 keeper flounder.The time of year when limits of flounder can be caught in the back bay in a few hours is now past.If you are looking for your limit of keeper flounder it is now time to head for the old grounds or any offshore structure. Myself, when I head offshore it is for big game.I will continue to poke around the back bay  for flounder all season. The water temperature was 70 degrees on the top of the tide. The water was very clean.
Cape May Ray is concerned about the lack of bait fish and oyster crackers in Cape May co..  Ray, I have not seen any bait fish in my area. The minnows are usually here by March. This is the first year in a life time, that the minnows are completely absent from my area. The oyster crackers aka Tot fish  are being sold to the Asian market. This has been going on for a few years. The poaching is the problem. If you have the fish they have the cash! This is one reason we need a NJ salt water license! NO license no money.No money no studies and not enough law enforcement to make a difference. How much pressure can minnows and crabs take before the population drops out. Anybody can buy a commercial bait license.WE have minnow pots in every creek in the State. We have crab pots every so many feet in the back bay in the spring. Is this the problem? Ray thinks that heavy malathion spraying for mosquitoes is killing our back bays from the bottom up. NJ is one of the few States that it is legal to use this pestiside. I sure hope he is wrong. I sure enjoy life without mosquitoes.  We will never know what  the problem  is without the money from a NJ salt water license!! Please do not misconstrue, NJ conservation officers do an outstanding job !, the problem is they are way under staffed. flounder 086
I just got a report of keeper stripers floating on top of the water in the back bay of Stone Harbor.One was dead and the other was alive, it was brown on one side and very lethargic. It had just enough energy to stay under water.  I hope this is not related to the bait problem.  Note:
Cape May Ray is a fishing guide that is passionate about fishing and the marine envirorment. He also catches fish. 

 

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6-26-09 Kensdock fishing report 7:00pm

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flounder 081I left my dock at 11:30 am today to flounder fish for a  couple of hours. The bite was slow but I did manage to catch four keeper flounder, Ed T and Harold caught 4 keepers, Cj had 5 keepers yesterday and one today. Wally Bachman had seven keepers yesterday. I was glad I was not fishing a tournament today as I dropped my biggest flounder over board as I was measuring it.

The hooked up II was south of the Poorman’s yesterday and found the yellowfin bite red hot. They had over 50 tuna hit their spread.