
The Hemingwayesque tale of Young Man and the Sea leads off our weekly report in the New Jersey, Delaware Bay region this week, albeit at the end of this week’s segment. Before we break down the hoax that broke the internet, turn the page on July and tear open the freshly minted pages of the August edition of The Fisherman. A couple of fluke tournaments going on this week, and with surfcasters reporting fluke in the suds on jerk baits we’ll dive into that topic at Island Beach in Jenni Ackerman’s Open Boat. We’ve had multiple reports of cobia here at the Jersey Shore this season, but we highlight a pair of these big, aggressive fish this week as more and more of these torpedoes are being spotted cruising around bait schools; just remember the regs, one per vessel and a 37-inch minimum size. A pending tilefish record on the offshore grounds with updates on award-winning new deep drop gear, with product tips on snaring squid while waiting with baited hooks in hopes of lightning striking twice at Seaside Lump. George has your freshwater report from the Poconos before we rip the lid off the “fake news” debate and break down the timeline on the Nantucket sleigh-ride at Flynn’s Knoll. It’s the latest hoax to break on social media, but what else has been broken in the process, and why should we as anglers care?