Ed Smola caught a 12-pound cod aboard the Paramount on July 24 marathon. Be sure to check our regulations summary as Atlantic cod limits have changed in 2023.Chuck Quaile emailed on August 15 to say “My son and I caught this 23-inch fluke in Turtle Creek on a squid style bucktail in 7 feet of water.”Century’s Rob Crossley got into the Seaside Lumps action this summer flatlining a squid at sundown just as the wolf pack arrived.Ryan Sullick from South Jersey Yak Fishing hit the fiberglass deck aboard his buddy Pat’s boat for a personal best sheepshead, 14.4 pounds released to fight another day.On the first day fishing from his new Jet Ski, Jesse Behler caught a 23-1/2-inch summer flounder about 3 miles off the coast of Indian River at Bethany Beach, DE.Kevin Maffei took his son Tommy “pot hopping” mahi about 16 to 20 miles outside of Absecon Inlet on August 19, the last trip before Tommy’s return to college.Cheryl Adler shows off a keeper black sea bass caught aboard Capt. Steve Spinelli’s Skylarker out of Belmar.Daniel Gray said cousin Lexi Miller traveled from Baltimore to the Jersey Shore to enjoy some late season summer flounder action. “Judson and Milly, to her right, were in town from Pataskala Ohio and have never seen anything like it,” Daniel added.Phil Tompkins with a good sheepshead from a jetty taken over the Labor Day weekend. Photo courtesy of Adam Aguiar.Eryk Lewandowski found some hickory shad in late summer, and among the hickories swam a few good stripers including this keeper.Anthony P with the first striper weigh-in of the Riptide Derby on October 10, a 28-1/4-inch, 7-1/2-pounder caught on a jighead with rubber shad at the Brigantine Jetty on Absecon Inlet.Jeff Brick of Haddonfield with a smallmouth taken at Blue Marsh Lake over the summer on a spinner.“Got this Tuesday after watching your video with Darren Dorris at the Nomad booth a bunch of times before heading out,” said Jim Quinn on August 23, crediting The Fisherman’s YouTube video and Nomad DTX 200 for snaring this South Jersey wahoo.Adam Klapko caught and released this 50-inch striper back in June while aboard his buddy Tim’s maiden voyage with the new Bayliner Trophy on the Raritan Bay. The beast of a bass fell for a mojo.While fishing for kings in the Stone Harbor surf this summer, Manny Butera caught this nice weakfish on a kingfish rig at low tide.
