April 15, 2024 - 09:20:11
Regular Dave of the Absecon Bay Sportsman said the bay sod banks are the place to be. Bloodworms are catching a lot of stripers at the usual spots off the Mullica River and Graveling Point areas. The bloods are also getting nipped by loads of big fat white perch. You can load a bucket up of the whiteys if you put in some time. Blackfish are hanging around the Absecon Inlet rocks, just move around to find the holes where they are hiding.
April 15, 2024 - 09:19:56
The spring tog fishery is pretty hot locally according to this weeks report from Capt. Dave with Absecon Bay Sportsmans Center. The jetties and sea wall along Absecon inlet are producing good numbers of keeper tog for shore based anglers. Boaters are also finding this same area to be very productive, especially on the days (which were most days this week) when it was impossible to get offshore. One marina customer came back from a short trip to the inlet with his limit of keeper tog, all caught on green crabs. Striper action was good in the bays and rivers on bloodworms and fresh clams, and on soft plastics again along the inlet. Up the Mullica River, the perch bite has been very good and Capt. Dave is stocking bloodworms and live grass shrimp to accommodate these perch anglers.
April 08, 2024 - 09:16:07
Dave at the Absecon Bay Sportsman in Absecon said you can throw a dart at any of the backwater locales and probably catch a bass on bloodworms right now. Pick a sod bank off the Mullica River or Graveling Point and launch away. He also noted that some of his customers have been running to the Delaware River to release some jumbo bass up to 44 inches on bloodworms if you want to make the ride. Tog fishing is also picking up along the back bay sodbanks and off the jetty rocks.
April 08, 2024 - 09:15:54
Poor weather conditions for most of the week, but plenty of fishing highlights as well according to Capt. Dave with Absecon Bay Sportsmans Center. First, a very impressive catch for Doug Keeping; a white perch that hit the 2-pound mark on the shop scale. Perch are being caught on bloodworms and grass shrimp up and down the river, and while a 2-pounder is basically a unicorn, there have been plenty of jumbos around the 1-pound mark being caught. Tog season opened this week, but the efforts put forth were a little flat due to the weather. Best tog action was from the local jetties on green crabs. As for stripers, they didnt mind the wind or the rain this week, in fact they cooperated nicely taking both bloodworms and Gulp Swimming Mullets in the back bays. As for specific spots, honey holes and spot burns, Capt. Dave was not shy about giving those up as well. He tells us to throw a dart at a map while blindfolded; if the dart hits water, you can probably catch a striper there. Thanks Dave.
