28.8 pound dolphin fish

Amanda Miller came to Cape May for vacation this week all the way from Queen Creek, Arizona and decided to join her family for an offshore fishing trip on Capt. John Sowerby’s charter boat Hooked Up II.  Since this group lives where there is no salt water, they were not sure what to expect from an offshore fishing trip. They were quite successful: after releasing a few undersized Bluefin tuna, they landed a 78- and 40-pound keeper. But the catch of their day was a 28.8-pound Dolphin. It was the heaviest Dolphin caught this year at South Jersey Marina. The family was overwhelmed with the size and the amount of food these three fish provided.

Capt. Pritchard and his Big Game charter boat also went offshore on Saturday 7/11 and landed six 10-15 pound Dolphin and a 48 pound Bluefin tuna.

Inshore fishing has also been very productive this week. Capt. Pritchard  had the Beards family charter to South Shoal on a 6 hour trip on his Big Game and trolled up 35-40 Bluefish before switching to bottom fishing and then caught several Flounder.

Capt. Bill Bittmann had a group out on his charter boat Top Shelf and over the Cape May reef they caught 41 Trigger fish and several Blue fish…quite a haul.