Absecon Bay Sportsman Center fishing report 8-02-10

[Saltwater Fishing]

August 1, 2010

Another month has started and only five weeks of flounder season remain for 2010.

Incredibly the number of keepers in the back bay has stayed about the same level as the first couple months, but the number of fat eating sized "SHORTS" has continued to grow. This week I had a very interesting meeting and interviews with Tim Glomb of the World Fishing Network when we shot several short segments to run on the station in several slots. There will be "My Home Town" about Absecon and the Greater Atlantic City Area, "How To" segments on Flounder and Crabs. We even made a short trip thru the bay to get some shots of fishing under the shadows of the casinos with regular charter customer David Morris. We fished the deep water with most of the fleet for a short time and had some shorts, sea robins and a couple sand sharks which made some good footage for the family fishing day we are trying to attract. Then on the way home we made one last stop in Steelman's Thorofare almost out into Absecon Bay and Dave hooked into a beauty that weighed in at 6.1 pounds and will be made famous on the TV.

There have been more good catches and you can see them on the latest pictures page. And Speaking of Big fish there is a new Daily Tournament running on the internet. BigFishNJ.com is basically giving you a chance to enter a daily pool with all the other anglers. It all starts up later this month and you have to sign up to play. It will start out with a free tournament for Flounder and Bluefish. After the initial freebee there will be a fee to enter the species and day you wish to fish. It seems simple enough and very interesting so I did sign up as a weigh station. If you want to spice up your fishing day this may be a good thing and you may win some money. Jump over to the web site for complete details and if you do enter stop by the shop for a weigh in.

One last note on the "Tijereta" in Guatemala. Capt Dennis and the mechanic tore down the heat exchanger and it looks like they found the source of our overheating problem. There was corrosion and clogged tubes, but they are just waiting for a couple parts then Dennis hopes to have it back in the water by the 15th of this month and running like a rabbit. Everything is looking great for the start of the high fishing season. I'm sure I will be getting lots of interested anglers down on the Sailfish Grounds so if you are even thinking that this would be a good thing please contact me and we'll go over the details.


Absecon Bay Sportsman Center
81 Natalie Terrace
Absecon, NJ
(609) 484-0409
Website www.abseconbay.com
Email go-fish@abseconbay.com