April 15, 2024 - 09:20:18
Down in Cape May, Nick at Hands Too Bait and Tackle said bass activity is maintaining at Reeds Beach, Fortescue and North Cape May as fish are generally averaging 24 to 35 inches and hitting bloods, clams and soft baits. Nick still awaits any reports of black drum, weakfish or bluefish.
April 15, 2024 - 09:20:11
Trout fishing took over center stage for anglers stopping in at Hands Too Bait and Tackle in Cape May this past week. Sources there told us fishing at Ponderlodge Lake was decent on opening day and continued to be good most of the week on spinners, spoons and Powerbait. Pickerel fishing also picked up in the cedar waters to the north we were told.
April 15, 2024 - 09:20:04
The deeper water wrecks are holding tog according to Nick with Hands Too Bait and Tackle. Several anglers were able to make it offshore this week and reported back that there is plenty of life on the wrecks, with Reef Site 11 especially productive. The Delaware Bay is dirty due to the wind and rain this week, but there are stripers being caught on the Jersey Side, and there are also rumors of some drum being taken on the Delaware side of the bay. The back bays continue to produce smaller stripers, mostly on soft plastics.
April 08, 2024 - 09:16:07
Ponderlodge Lake took on a lot of water from the rains this past week, said sources over at Hands Too Bait and Tackle in Cape May. Most of the shorelines at the lake were flooded and the dock had water on it, Trout were still caught even with the crazy conditions we were told and it was amusing to see fishermen standing on the pier in hip boots fishing.
April 08, 2024 - 09:16:07
Down in Cape May at Hands Too Bait and Tackle Nick said the Delaware Bayshore had more activity on stripers this week in the Reeds Beach and Fortescue areas. Clams and bloods both worked well to catch fish between 24 and 33 inches. Some local salts are trying for the first weakfish using bloods floated out next to the Cape May Jetty tips but no reports have come back yet.
April 08, 2024 - 09:16:00
Nick with Hands Too Bait and Tackle tells us that anglers didnt start tog fishing until Sunday due to the poor weather conditions. Instead, they fished the back bays of the barrier islands and along the Delaware Bay Shoreline for stripers. In the back bays, the stripers were being caught on both chunk baits fished in the deeper holes and on soft plastics fished along the sod banks. Along the Delaware Bay, most anglers opted for bloodworm baits, and these fish ranged in size from 30 to 45 inches.
