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Saltwater Fishing Report: Fluke Fishing Heats Up Over Reefs

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Jim Ryan of Oaklyn, NJ with a nice flattie. Inshore reefs continue to keep anglers busy.

Fluke fishing finally gained some steam as near 10-pound flatties are inhabiting the Ocean City, Cape May and Wildwood reef sites. The backwaters are littered with small sea bass and bluefish to make a fine day out with the family bending rods. Hardcore anglers are targeting tuna at the Poormans and Washington canyons, while dolphin can be found anywhere from 5 to 80 miles out.

“Fishing this week continued to be good as flounder, sea bass, small blues, kingfish and the odd croaker were jumping on a variety of the usual baits of squid, clams and spearing,” said TC at Brennan Marine, Somers Point.

The inshore reef is were where the serious fluke and sea bass fishing was going down though. The crew of the “Lucky Star” plied the Great Egg Reef to pull up flounder to the 4.90 mark, courtesy of young Justin DeRosa, while Bob Whiteside and crew fished the Ocean City Reef to tangle with a ton of throwback fluke, with enough keepers to make a few meals. 

Offshore, it wasn’t just about the usual tuna and marlin. Dr. Jeff Polcer and son, Greg, fished the Wilmington Canyon and had a nice catch of dolphin to 14.75 pounds and pulled on a bunch of quality golden tilefish on the bottom. The team on the “Rock n Dirt” fished the middle Toms Canyon and landed one nice yellow fin tuna in the 50-pound class and broke off two more, along with releasing a 60-pound white marlin.

“Fluke fishing is still hoppin’ on the Cape May and Wildwood reefs,” declared Matt Slobodjian, Jims Bait and Tackle, Cape May. “As usual the fish are tight to structure so when you find them work that spot hard with short drifts. If you can’t find keepers there, plenty of fluke are still sitting at Delaware reef site No. 11 and the Old Grounds.”

Art Travis of Swarthmore, Pa., weighed in a 9.92-pound fluke from Cape May reef, while Patty Kennedy of Yardley, Pa., weighed in another big one of 8.99 pounds from that reef.

Tuna and marlin seem to be roving around the canyon waters. “The inshore tuna bite wasn't much this week a few fish were taken but there didn't seem to be any concentration of fish in any one spot,” Slabodjian said. “A few dolphin are starting to show up around the buoys to make a trip out guaranteed with fillets in the cooler.”

White marlin anglers are talking of plenty of fish, but most are on the small side. “A lot of boats were concentrating on an eddy in deeper waters around the 1000 fathom line of the Baltimore and Wilmington canyons,” Slobodjian said. “A few bigeye are still being caught in the notches and bights in the Wilmington and Baltimore canyons along with some yellowfin.”

If tuna is your game, get out before the crack of dawn and start trolling shallow and deep to find where they are biting. Once the clock strikes 10 a.m., the bite usually goes sour until the evening or night hours.


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