High Tide

The offshore fishing for the South Jersey Charter Fleet has been hot this past week. Cape Queen had a nice catch. A 131.5 lb. Bluefin Tuna and several Dolphin. Slammer had a Bluefin at about the same size. Hooked Up II had one a little larger, 160 lbs. Flounder fishing has picked up this week… Read more »

With a total purse of $161,620 available for prize money, 40 boats entered South Jersey Marina’s 8th Annual Tuna Tournament that was held this past week. The forecasted bad weather held off and during the three day event we saw 44 tuna weighed. There were many winners, but the top prizes went to: Moore Bills… Read more »

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… Read more »

The inshore fishing this week has really produced some nice catches for the South Jersey Marina Charter Fleet. Capt. Bittmann on the Top Shelf caught several flounder on Wednesday and has 10 of them on display in the attached photo. Capt. Lechner on the Slammer also caught 10 flounder that day. Sea bass continues to… Read more »

On Tuesday, 6/23 Capt. Bittmann took a family out to the reef for a six hour charter. After a few hours of bottom fishing that produced several flounder and 30 Sea Bass, they decided to troll for Bluefish. Within an hour they caught 28 Bluefish. Lots of action and lots of fun was had by… Read more »