NJ weekly summary 7-27

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Tournaments

Mike Desimon from Portland ,Maine won the Point Pleasant Elks Fluke Tournament power boat division with a 9.1 lb fluke. Second place went to Charlie Parker of Oceanport,,NJ. John Miller won the Kayak division, which was catch, photograph and release. with a 19.5 inch fluke.

This coming weekend is The Beach Haven Tuna and Marlin Club White Marlin Invitational.

Fluke

16 pound fluke was caught in Ambrose Channel near NYC by Bobby Salgado of Edison,NJ.Larger fluke seem to appearing along the coast as fish move into the ocean and the inshore lumps and reefs. Many fish are stiill being caught in the bays and inlets. there seem to be more shorts than legal fish. I talk to a lot of fisherman and hean anything from 10 to 1 to 100-1 keeper to throwback ratio. Party boats in Beach haven are reporting a load of fluke in the inlet and the ocean although the throwbacksare the bulk of the catch.

Scott's tackle in Mystic reports that several large fluke were taken from Tuckerton Bay including a 7.4 lb fluke by Peg Glenz. Those fish were caught on minnows. Fluking in Barnegat Bay has also been goodat Double Creek, BI and BB buoys. The inlets to the bay are becoming the hottest spots.

In Ocean City area fluke are heavy from Anchorage point to the Longport toll bridge using Gulp and minnows. Fishing in the inlet is also improving.

Jersey Coast Bait and Tackle in Brick reports larger fluke being taken from t.he Axel carlson reef, many in the 3 to 6 lb range. These fish are being caught on larger baits than the normal

In Cape May fish are being caught at the Old Grounds. Matt at Jim's bait and tackle suggests short drifts as the fish are staying close to the structure Fish are also being caught in the delware Bay at Cross Ledge light and reef Site 11. Mike Reed of Rockledge,Pa weighed in an 6 lb 4 oz flounder at Sterling Bait and Tackle in Wildwood. the back bays behind Wildwood are full of fluke but they are mostly short fish.



Surf.

All along NJ there are reports of good fluke fishing on the beached during the day. At LBI and a little north a lot of sharks are being caught on the beaches at night using bunker.

Kingfish are spread all along the coast. Fish bite and blood worms seem to work the best. In many cases the fish are just beyond the breakers.Kingfish are dominating the catch south of LBI.

Bluefish

Bluefishing has died off in the last week or two. Big Jamaica feom Brielle reported that they finallygot back into good bluefishing 14 miles SE off Brielle with a great trip Monday where almost every one caught their limit.



Bluefin

In North jersey bluefin are coming from the Glory Hole by trolling Mahi jets, spreader bars and ballyhoo.Most reports of bluefin in South Jersey have been at the Cigar, 19 fathom lump and Elephant's trunk areas.

Canyons

Brennan Marine in Somers Point reports that the Cummings family on the Bonnie Lee boated 16 yellowfin in the 50-60 lb range, at the Tom's Canyon Ballyhoo, spreader bars and green machines seem to get the job done. Canyon Runner Charters from Point Pleasant reported great catches of yellowfin, , 69 between 2 boats, in the Hudson Canyon. they ended up keeping about 14 per boat and tagged and released the rest. they also released another large blue marlin (the 4th in 10 days) estimated to be about 400 lbs,Monday they were in the Hudson again and did well on yellowfin along with a wahoo and a 160lb swordfish. Most were caught at night and they feel that a little south of the Hudson is the right place to go next.The Wilmington Canyon seems quiet except for reports of some white marlin.

The Baltimore Canyon was hot at the start of the week but the bite has cooled down considerably.