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Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Denise Bonita - Harry Reese -
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Here we
are approaching the last days in August. The weather has been near
perfect for fishing, crabbing or just cruising around. If you haven't
had a chance to break away from your daily routine of work, chores around the
house and other less important activities, try to make some time for
yourself, family and friends to get out and enjoy a day on the water.
Before you know it fall will be here, the kids will be back in school and the
weather will turn cooler. And for all vacationers, there is much more
to do during the day than just going to the beach. Break up your
vacation with a day of fishing, crabbing or a ride around our back
bays. You'll be surprised at how much fun everyone will have! We
now have quite a variety of fish being caught - we saw our first kingfish and
have had reports of some small blues. Added to the flounder, sea bass
and sea robins, it makes for plenty of action. It's the perfect time to
bring the kids and introduce them to a wonderful pastime! Hope we see you before the season ends! |
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Here we
are almost into the middle of August and if you haven't had an opportunity to
take a fishing or crabbing trip you better do it
soon before summer ends and you are all back to school or work. Labor Day will
be here before you know it! Flounder fishing has improved a
little. We saw a few more keepers this past week than in previous
weeks. Crabbing as usual for this time of the year continues to improve.
With a little effort most boats are bringing back twenty to thirty crabs or
more. For the youngsters, there are a lot of small sea bass being
caught using a small hook and squid. Hope to see you soon! |
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Here we are into the first
week of August, and the weather, fishing and crabbing are as good as I have
seen them for this time of year. The flounder fishing is still high in
numbers, but not a lot of keepers are being caught, though we are still
seeing keepers brought in every day. Boats will catch anywhere from ten
to thirty fish in a four hour trip, and if they are lucky, they will have a
keeper or two in the mix. Again, minnows, gulp and spearing (in that
order) are the baits to use. Crabbing has been good to very good, especially
for this time of year. Boats are bringing in anywhere from two dozen to
four dozen crabs or more in a half day outing. The six and seven hour
trips will bring in higher numbers for their efforts. For every keeper
crab in your basket, you will probably release five to ten small ones, so
just imagine the action you and your family will have! The kids
certainly will not be bored. Surprisingly, stripers are still being
caught during the day using eels or chunking with clams or bunker.
Casting and retrieving poppers at dusk and dawn are is
also producing stripers. Kingfish are in the surf and have been caught
mostly on bloodworms and fish bites. Recent Catches Jake and Scott Grimes Kevin Windsor Joe Propio
and Family Thomas Dawson and Party
Mark Caldwell and Party
Tristan Fennimore Martin Fricko, John Pieraniozzi and
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Thursday, July 29, 2010 Crabs, crabs, crabs!
Crabbing has improved to where our boats are catching anywhere from fifteen
to twenty keeper crabs, with a high boat this week of sixty-five crabs.
If you have never taken your kids crabbing, now is the time to go.
There are two ways to crab, one is with handlines
and the other is with traps. We recommend handlines
because they are less expensive and more interactive and fun, however younger
children might be better off with traps. Some customers will bring
chicken along for bait, which is ok, but we recommend using bunker. If
you are using chicken, be sure to have at least one piece of bunker over at
all times, because it is an oily fish and helps to draw the crabs in to the
other baits. Remember, we are here for you to have a great time, so pay
attention to our instructions for the location and directions to the best
crabbing areas. Flounder fishing has remained about the same as it has
for the past several weeks, lots of action with some keepers mixed in.
The morning bite has been better than the afternoon bite and minnows are
still the most successful bait. |
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 We are now into our mid-summer season and my
fishing and crabbing report is going to sound like a broken record. Not
much has changed since last week - lots of action but not many keepers.
Within the last week, most of the keepers brought in have been caught within
30 yards either side of my dock. Small sea bass and sea robbins are also in the
mix. It's still a good time to spend a day on the water, but you'll
probably have to stop at the seafood market on the way home if you're
planning a flounder dinner! Crabbing is steadily improving as it should
be for this time of the year. My luckier and more serious crabbers are
bringing in twenty to thirty keepers in an outing. |
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Wednesday,
July 14, 2010 |
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Wednesday,
July 7, 2010 Recent Catches Luanne Burin James and Colin Nolan and Mark
Wood Michael Cassam
Walt and Paul Batog George Williams Devon Fehn
Danielle Moran |
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Wednesday,
June 30, 2010 The Strathmere Fishing and Environmental club held their
annual flounder tournament on Saturday, June 26th. 86 men, women and
children participated. A total of 101 lbs of flounder was weighed in
and there was another 25-30 lbs caught that were legal but not large enough
to be in contention for a trophy. Again, minnows seem to work best,
followed by gulp and squid. Crabbing continues to be okay for this time
of year. |
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Monday,
June 21, 2010 The major difference in this report
from last weeks is that the crabbing has improved substantially. Most boats are bringing back thirty to
forty crabs and even more for the serious crabbers. Flounder fishing has remained good to very
good. The water temperature has
stabilized into the high 60s to low 70s, which is normal for this time of
year. When the water temperature
remains steady, the fishing usually improves.
Minnows are still the hot bait for flounder. The Bean Brothers North Wildwood,
NJ 22-inch flounder Jack Brown Kevin Morris (6 years old) Frank Mellor and Party Fesser Party Nicky Gould, Amy Hagelstein
and Jared Nolan Wexler and Scherf
Party |
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Monday,
June 14, 2010 Fishing has remained steady most
days. We had a ten degree water
temperature drop early in the week, and that quieted down the action Tuesday
and Wednesday. By Thursday, the water
temperature was back to normal and fishing improved. Most boats are catching a keeper or two,
with some of the more seasoned anglers bringing home three or four. Everyone is having a lot of action on short
flounder. Small bluefish are still in
the area, but they are starting to dry up.
Blue claw crabs are beginning to show up with the warmer water, and
should turn on any day now. This past
week, minnows were the preferred bait for flounder, and the standard top and
bottom rig with feathered hooks worked well.
Bucktails in chartreuse or white with mylar were also a favorite. Remember, nine out of ten days, more fish
were be caught before noon than after.
Recent Catches Steve McGarvey
Matt Bean, Jr
(5 years old) North Wildwood, NJ 18-inch flounder Kevin Murphy Frank Jankowski Mark Allen Steve Gontrosky
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010 Fishing was a bit tougher this past weekend with some stronger winds
affecting the drift; however some large flounder were still caught. Top baits were a squid and minnow combo and
gulp in new penny shrimp and swimming mullet. As is typical, the most action was found
in the morning on the falling tide.
The big catch this week came from Mike Sammons of Mays Landing, NJ,
who brought in a four pound three ounce flounder. And while its a bit early for decent
crabbing, Justin Perry and Raymond OBrian decided to try it and brought in
18 crabs, out of 50 caught. Recent Catches Lou and Diane DeSpirito Chris and Ron Warmingham Anthony Frontera Anthony Attomare Plymouth Meeting, PA
21 ½-inch flounder Steven Burin Rob Kingston, Mike Schener, Paul Benz,
Don Croninger, Jason Egbert,
and Jeff Salukas Kyle Strouse (8 years old) Estelle
Manor, NJ First flounder, 18" Tom Morgan, Trish Gallagher and Tom Morgan, Jr Aston PA 2 keepers |
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Flounder season opened with a bang on Saturday, May 29th.
The weather was perfect all weekend long and that helped with the
catch. Most boats caught keeper flounder, with the high boat coming in
with seven keepers to 4 lbs 10 oz. The second highest boat brought home
six flounder to 3 ½ pounds. Several of our boats had three and four
flounder to take home. As usual, the morning bite was better than the
afternoon. Top baits were minnow, spearing, gulp in new penny shrimp
and swimming mullet in white and chartreuse. The keeper to throwback
ratio was between six and eight throwbacks per keeper. Small bluefish
and short stripers were also caught, as well as a few keeper stripers. Recent Catches Jim Kelly
Glenn Cunningham Rob & Alicia Kingston Wayne Greer, Tim & Jess (10 yrs
old) Harryman
Eddie Rysz
(10 yrs old)
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Sunday, May 16, 2010 We will be
opening for the season this year on Saturday, May 29th, which is
the start of the 2010 flounder season.
Size and creel limits remain the same as last year, 6 fish per day at
18 inches. |
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