<b>Port Elizabeth</b>

A couple of striped bass were heard about that were boated from the bay off Reeds Beach, said Sharon from <b>The Girls Place Bait &Tackle</b>. Those were the only stripers bagged from the bay she knew about in the past week, and she contacted marinas to check. More stripers seemed to be boated on the ocean off South Jersey in past days than before. They were clocked off the Sea Isle City and Avalon area. Much of the southern migration still seemed to school off North Jersey. Maybe the bass that reached the ocean off South Jersey will swim into the bay before long.  East wind was predicted for a moment this week. Maybe that would push baitfish toward shore and be good for attracting stripers. Some better weather for boating was predicted for this week. Bait stocked includes fresh bunker, fresh, shucked clams, some fresh clams in the shell, bloodworms and green crabs. On Thanksgiving, the store will be open 5 to 9 a.m., maybe 10 a.m. at the latest. If anglers want to order bait, like for the weekend, they need to order by then. Bait boats expected to sail in the next day, but usually don’t sail on a holiday like Thanksgiving. The Girls Place, located on Route 47, just after Route 55 ends, carries a large supply of bait and tackle, and is the long, one-story, yellow building on the right. It’s on the way to the bay.

<b>Fortescue</b>

<b>Erica Leigh Charters</b> is supposed to fish for striped bass on the bay Friday, Capt. Tom said. Throwback and slot stripers were mostly landed from the bay when the boat last sailed for the bass. Anglers could bag a slot if they had a bonus tag.

<b>Money Island</b>

<b>***Update, Wednesday, 11/25:***</b> The season’s first migrating striped bass, a 16.7-pounder and a 15.1-pounder, were checked in Saturday from Cape May Rips at Lewes Harbor Marina, <b>Money Island Marina</b>’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MoneyIslandMarina" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> said. That’s at the mouth of Delaware Bay, and a report and photos were shared on the page, saying the fish were trolled at Overfalls Shoal on Mojos. Like Money Island’s page to follow the news.

<b>Avalon</b>

<b>Fins and Feathers Outfitters</b> is supposed to fish for striped bass Friday to Sunday, Capt. Jim said. Some of the anglers wanted to fish the Cape May Rips, at the mouth of the bay, for them. But striper fishing seemed to pick up on the local ocean in past days. Fins is also towing the duck- and goose-hunting boats to New Jersey this weekend. Guided hunting for the waterfowl will begin on Delaware Bay aboard soon. Anglers can even enjoy a combo of striper fishing and duck hunting on the bay over a series of days. Fins offers a variety of outdoor adventures, including saltwater fishing from Delaware Bay to back bays and the ocean. The waterfowl hunting takes place on Delaware Bay and in surrounding states, following the migrations. Jim’s been hunting ducks and bears in Pennsylvania recently. The duck hunting’s been fantastic, and three limits were bagged in 60 minutes on opening day of Pennsylvania’s duck season, and the ducks were definitely migrators. Cold weather could be used to shove the migration south, because lots of ducks still flew in Pennsylvania. Fins also offers salmon and steelhead fishing on upstate New York’s Salmon River and snowmobiling from Jim’s nearby lodge. Fly-fishing for trout on Pennsylvania’s streams like the Yellow Breeches is also available.

<b>Cape May</b>

Capt. George from the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> had expected to begin his season’s striped bass fishing on Delaware Bay. That’s where the fish were found first in recent autumns, and they were found in the ocean afterward. But striper fishing turned on along the ocean this weekend, and trips aboard headed there. Those were the season’s first striper trips on the boat. The angling lit up, becoming good, off Ocean City on Friday. The Heavy Hitter began fishing for them on Saturday, but seas were nasty, and the fleet found slow striper fishing that day. But the trip on the Heavy Hitter got lucky and bagged one. Seas calmed on Sunday, and a trip that day aboard bagged eight stripers, and others got off. The fish were 35 to 42 inches, and twice as many got off, because multiple were hooked at once. So the fishing was good, and all the fish were trolled aboard off Ocean City on the ocean. The boat will still fish for stripers on Delaware Bay, if the migration moves there. Trips for blackfish and sea bass are also fishing the ocean on the Heavy Hitter.

A few striped bass, not many, were eeled from Cape May Rips and bunker-chunked from Delaware Bay, said Nick from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b>. From the surf, a striper would be beached from the ocean, another at Cape May Point or a couple from Delaware Bay, but from no spot particularly. Ling bit in the surf.  Blackfishing sounded good along jetties, and not much was reported about boating for the tautog. Nick would assume the tog could be boated from the reefs. Nobody mentioned sea bass fishing. Fresh clams in the shell, fresh, shucked clams, fresh bunker, eels, green crabs and white leggers were stocked.

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