Sheepshead lead off our report headlines this week in the New Jersey, Delaware Bay regional fishing forecast, with Memorial Day weekend reports from Cape May County waters proving it’s time to tip those crab jigs! We run the beaches from Cape May to Sandy Hook, but it’s there in Monmouth County where jumbo stripers and personal bests are converging in the NY Bight, just in time for next Friday’s Manhattan Cup and for all The Fisherman subscribers looking to make a splash in the Coastal Kayak Clash. Black sea bass remains in play along the Jersey Coast, and it’s a wide-open category in our Dream Boat Fishing Challenge (hint, hint). Jenni Ackerman celebrates 100 episodes of Open Boat, the Pocono Outdoors Guy has your freshwater report, and we take a look at the offshore and inshore weather conditions for the weekend ahead as new state record golden tilefish is reported out of Delaware.
