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No Stripers Yet

Lewes Harbour Marina - 11/16/2015 12:00:00 AM

Blustery wind put a damper on fishing activity much of the week, but when boats did make it out, they found sea bass still cooperative in twenty fathoms. The Triple Wrecks and Del-Jersey Land produced decent numbers of fish for those willing to take the ride. Captain Brent's bassers on Katydid boated a boxful of blueheads Monday, returning with their limit of 150. They also had bluefish, and one lone flounder. Tog fishermen had fewer keepers from the Outer Wall, compared to previous weeks. However, Bay reef structure yielded more tautog recently. Sites 6 and 7 were fairly productive, but it seemed blackfish didn't bite the whole way through a tide. They would turn on for a short while, then slack off. Katydid worked the Brown Shoal Reefs Thursday, where Captain Brent's patrons put together a catch of 17 chunky tautog. Captain Pete's Sunday group on Top Fin took home 21 keeper tog. Dave Furio decked an 8.78 pound citation earner Sunday on Katydid. Dave Walker and Robert Karpovich captured their limit of ten tog Sunday while anchored up on Bay reef structure. Still no confirmed catches of keeper stripers at the mouth of Delaware Bay. The main mass of bass has been working slowly south along the New Jersey coast, and the right conditions could push them in at any time. Commercial fishermen reported masses of baitfish, terns and gannets 8 to 10 miles off Indian River, and said there were stripers and big blues feeding in the area, so some fish have already made it into our region, and more will hopefully pass through inside the three mile line soon.


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