Fresh South Jersey Marina Fishing Reports

This past week, we had 6:00 PM trips with up to 20 Black Drum. Fish weighing up to 60 lbs! It has been an awesome bite and we are looking forward to more over the coming weeks!

The Sea Bass are chewing! Some angler limits and one boat limit this past week with calm conditoons- who could ask for better fishing????? We are offering four open boat trips, eight hour trips open boat on Thursdays and four hour or eight charters for 7 to up to 80 anglers.

Captain Mike reports a steady pick on Fluke and Sea Bass. More throwbacks are caught than keepers, but the keeper ratio is good. Other rarities for early in the season have included Triggerfish and Kingfish.

Captain John reports hit or miss fishing with good trips with up to 8 or 9 fish up to 65 lbs and other trips with nothing. That is drum fish. The Delaware Bay can be fickle place to fish at times. This spring fishery for Drumfish is a mainstay of Cape May, New Jersey and the fishing is pretty simple. Bottom fishing on the NJ side while anchored. We are fishing whole fresh clams on 50-60lb leader with 7/0 or 8/0 hooks. Both Circle hooks and J hooks work. This fishery continues through May at our 6:00 PM time and is open to the public.

Black Sea Bass season opens October 8, 2019. For these trips, the Gone Fishin’ will be heading 30-40 miles offshore to deep drop for these beauties. There is plenty of action and only complaint customers have is that their arms are sore for days following the trip. We will be targeting Sea Bass until the close of the season December 31st. Striped Bass (aka Stripers) season is open year round. However, with the extended indian summer, water temps don’t cool off until mid-November. We will be targeting stripers by either trolling in the ocean or chunking with bait in the Delaware Bay. Book your next trip for the opportunity to catch a fish of a life time! M