Cape May Fishing Charters
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Cape May • 27 ft • 4 persons
Captain Mac is operated by Capt. Joe McNamee. At the age of 19, Joe got his first captain's license and since then, he has been mastering his cast and exploring the waters from Cape May to Brigantine, gaining the necessary knowledge with over 40 years experience operating party and charter boats.
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trips fromUS $600
Cape May • 30 ft • 6 persons
Hook N Cook Sport Charter Fishing runs angling trips out of Cape May and strives for making your day!
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trips fromUS $650
Cape May • 44 ft • 6 persons
Come join the captain and crew of Gone Fishin’ Sport Fishing Charters and let them help you make lasting memories with family and friends on your next fishing adventure.
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trips fromUS $750
Wildwood Crest • 35 ft • 6 persons
Prime Time II Sport Fishing is at your service! Meet your guide, Capt. "We went out for a “Date” trip to celebrate 40 years of being fishing partners!" — Sharon,
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trips fromUS $700
Cape May • 25 ft • 4 persons
If fishing in Cape May is on your bucket list, look no further than JP Charters. "Had a great time on captain John’s charter. We chose the 8 hour bottom fishing trip." — John, NY
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trips fromUS $500
Cape May • 34 ft • 6 persons
Make some memories in Cape May and go fishing with UnReel Sportfishing.
"Excellent day out and fun for my sons. Great boat and gear. John knew where to go and also how target the three different species." — John, PA
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trips fromUS $750
Cape May • 21 ft • 4 persons
If you're in the market for a day to remember, look no further than No Expectations Fishing.
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trips fromUS $300
Cape May • 25 ft • 4 persons
Based out of Cape May, Low Key Charters is your ticket to a memorable time on the water.
"We are 4 tourists coming from Denmark and wanted to try fishing in the states." — Emil, New Jersey
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trips fromUS $600
Cape May • 50 ft • 6 persons
Book your next trip with Allison’s Nightmare Sportfishing and find out what keeps anglers coming back to Cape May for more.
trips fromUS $850
Wildwood • 30 ft • 6 persons
Join Tara Anne Sport Fishing for an exclusive adventure and get ready to load the captain’s boat with lots of fish! "Our first ocean fishing outing didn’t disappoint! Came back with our limit of Bluefish (5/man) and 1 Spanish Mackerel." — Daniel, IL
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Fishing in Cape May
Cape May is so well placed for awesome angling it’s a wonder the area isn’t more famous. Cape May fishing charters can explore sheltered sounds less than a mile from town or head through Cape May inlet to the deep, open waters of the Atlantic. Turn the other way on your way out of the marina, and you cut through Cape May Canal straight into the awesome shallows of Delaware Bay.
Cape May marks the meeting of northern and southern species, and anything from Black Drum and Spotted Seatrout to Blackfish and Weakfish can be caught here in big numbers, alongside a whole load of Striped Bass. Don’t spend your whole time in the bay, though. Monster Bluefin, Yellowfin, and Bigeye Tuna wait offshore. Head out far enough, and you can also find White and even Blue Marlin. There’s no end to the awesome hookups Cape May fishing has in store for you!
Your first choice is simple: bay or bluewater. Cape May’s Atlantic coastline isn’t usually fished as the inshore action is so good elsewhere. If you head out past the Inlet, you will be traveling 20, 60, or even 100 miles offshore in search of big game pelagics. Stick to be bay, and you will be fishing shoals and bars for inshore gamefish. These are a few of the spots you might visit.
If the five-mile cruise through Cape May Canal is just too much for you, head to Jarvis Sound to enjoy great inshore fishing a stone’s throw from town. The local creeks and mud flats are highly tidal, but when the fishing’s hot a range of gamefish show up here, drawn by the big schools of bait.
The Brandywine Shoals are one of the best spots in Delaware Bay for Weakfish. You can also catch some decent Bluefish here, and there are plenty of deeper wrecks around for bottom fish like Seabass and Tautog.
The mouth of Delaware Bay is hands down the best place for landing Striped Bass. A series of sandbars create rips all along the entrance to the bay, which are ideal hunting grounds for hungry Stripers.
Want to set your hooks into something a little bigger? Head out to Five Fathoms Bank and battle a variety of Sharks. This is also a great spot for trophy Bluefish, and you can even find Tuna here during the heat of summer.
Cape May charter boats don’t mess about when it comes to the bluewaters. The best deep sea fishing Cape May has access to is 80+ miles out at the canyons, and that’s exactly where you’ll be going if you want Marlin, Tuna, and other big game A-listers. Wilmington, Poor Man’s, and Baltimore Canyons are the most popular, out on the continental shelf.
Cape May charter guides use a range of techniques to get you pulling in big fish. Weakfish are caught by casting jigs baited with shredder crab or plastic worms. Black Drum are usually targeted using clams on heavy bottom rigs. Fishing at night is the best way of bringing in the biggest fish, with monsters well over 100 pounds being pulled out of Delaware Bay in the past.
Stripers are taken in a few ways around Cape May. You can drift baits over the rips at the mouth of the bay, or head further inshore to chunk for them with Menhaden. Drifting is a more reliable way of filling the icebox, but Bunker chunking routinely brings in the biggest fish of the season. Diamond jigging can be effective for both Stripers and Bluefish, but is best in federal waters where you can’t keep your catch,
Cape May Tuna fishing charters mainly troll around the canyons and other bluewater spots. You can also have a lot of fun throwing jigs or poppers for Tuna. Sharks are caught the same way the world over: get the water nice and bloody, then throw in baits on big circle hooks and heavy wire leaders.
You don’t need a fishing license aboard New Jersey charter boats. Fishing from shore or from a pier may require a permit, depending on the body of water you’re fishing.
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