Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, the summer flounder season kicks off on Saturday!
New Jersey’s recreational fluke season will run from May 4 through September 25 with a three fish bag and 18-inch minimum size limit. The state sill once again have separate summer flounder regulations in two special management zones, one being a 17-inch minimum and three fish bag west of COLREGS on Delaware Bay, as well as a 16-inch minimum size and two per angler limit at Island Beach State Park for surfcasters.
The state of New York will open up marine waters to fluke fishing on Saturday, with a three fish bag limit and 19-inch minimum size from May 4 through August 1, at which point the size limit increases to 19-1/2 inches as of August 2 and running until October 15 (same three fish bag limit).
For Delaware anglers, summer flounder is open year-round; however, there’s a new “split season” for sorts in 2024, with a four fish bag limit and 16-inch size limit through May 31, and then changing to a four-fish bag at 17-1/2-inch size limit starting on June 1.
Catch ‘em up!
