November 02, 2026 - 10:29:25
Down in Cape May at Hands Too Bait and Tackle Will said the jetties were holding some consistent bass on live eels. Kingfish are still hanging around off Poverty Beach and the Point on bloodworms. Blackfish are feeding well off the rockpiles with green crabs as the prime baits.
November 02, 2026 - 10:29:22
Trout was definitely the name of the game for anglers stopping in at Hands Too Bait and Tackle in Cape May. Anglers fishing Ponderlodge Lake have been catching trout in the lake since it was stocked last week, we were told. In addition we were told that Ponderlodge and Magnolia lakes are giving up some nice catches of bass and perch on live shiners and jig-swimbait combinations.
November 02, 2026 - 10:29:19
Will at Hands Too Bait and Tackle provided this week’s report and tells us that the inshore tog action has been really good this week. The North Wildwood rocks and the Cold Spring Jetty both produced plenty of action and keeper size fish on green crabs. Anglers who managed to get out to the wrecks and reef sites found some nice tog there too, as well as sea bass and porgies. Some tuna action has been reported from the Sea Isle Ridge and lumps, but the bite has been inconsistent. Will says that the best bite this week came from the back bays and inlet with some migratory stripers joining the resident fish. Anglers scored fish to 49 inches this past week on whole squids, live eels and paddle tails fished during the outgoing tides.
October 26, 2026 - 10:14:49
Down at Hands Too Bait and Tackle in Cape May Will said the white perch bite really materialized in the Tuckahoe River. Bluefish of 1 to 2 pounds were caught off the Point, and a couple stripers were hanging in the inlets during the blow. A few bass were also hooked up in the Delaware River and off the Ferry Jetty beaches. Togging has been solid with some Sheepshead still being reported around North Wildwood seawall.
October 26, 2026 - 10:14:46
The big news this past week over at Hands Too Bait and Tackle in Cape May was the trout stocking over at Ponderlodge Lake on Thursday. Sources told us the fishing has been very good and some nice trout are being pulled from the lake along with occasional bass and catfish. The trout started hitting as soon as they were put in the water we were told.
October 26, 2026 - 10:14:43
I spoke with Nick Dutton over at Hands Too Bait and Tackle and the said things were still rough on the ocean but were starting to calm down when I spoke with him. He told us anglers had started to fish the rock piles at the inlets and the pilings around the bridges for tog. So far only scattered reports of fish being caught were heard. However he too mentioned the back bay stripers and said a few anglers were picking up some bass on plugs, eels and bunker. Usually when we have a storm it pushes the local bass and other fish to the west side of the bay along the sod banks and they are usually one of the first places to wake up once the storm starts calming down. As of this report we have not seen any migratory bass along the ocean front and hopefully we will see that soon as the full moon approaches, he said.
