Higbee's Bait and Tackle

The Delaware Bay has been giving up plenty of keeper flounder this week according to Higbee’s Bait and Tackle. Several customers found a boat limit of fish to 22 inches while fishing minnows, spearing and squid strips. The party boats are seeing some decent catches of flounder while also having a mix of croaker’s, spots and blues, and recently black drum to 20 pounds. Anglers report more blues and weakfish in the mix than in past weeks. Lastly, for anyone crabbing, all the local creeks have been producing dozens of meaty jumbo size crabs.

The EP Tower was the hotspot in the Delaware Bay this week according to reports from Cliff at Higbee’s Bait and Tackle. Private boaters, party boats and the charter fleet all had exceptional action in the bay with croakers, bluefish, weakfish, tog, triggers, spot and the occasional blowfish. It was the flounder action that really accelerated this week with multiple boaters reporting limits of keeper flounder to 22 inches, while the party boats saw pool winners to 25 inches.