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Eight big summer flounder including 20-, 22- and 26-inchers were bagged Saturday at the Ditch near Miah Maull on the Buccaneer, Capt. Ralph said. So that was a good catch, and the anglers, a dad, mom and three kids, had a good time, Ralph said, and the weather was beautiful. The fish were the first the kids ever caught. The trip also tried flounder fishing on the Delaware side, but only shorts bit. Croakers had swum the bay but disappeared after last week’s storm.
Though croakers had schooled at the Anchorage two weekends ago, a trip returned to the area Thursday after the nor’easter, and the hardheads were gone, said Capt. Howard from the party boat Salt Talk. So trips on Friday through the weekend fished closer to Fortescue at the stakes and shipping channel, rounding up mixed bags of small weakfish, summer flounder, kingfish, spots, sea bass, small blues, and a few 4-foot sharks, probably sandbars, that were released. Three keeper flounder were in the mix Friday, and two were bagged on Saturday, and no keeper flounder showed up on Sunday, though plenty of throwbacks did. The bay in the mornings was 74 degrees, cooler than before, toward the end of the week, but was 78 degrees by Sunday. The clear, hot weather warmed the bay again after the storm. Open-boat trips are sailing daily when no charter is booked, and charters are available.
Small weakfish, spots and bluefish swam right off Fortescue, said Dave from Al’s Bait & Tackle. Anglers fishing from the Fortescue surf hooked blues on mackerel and spots on bloodworms. Summer flounder fishing actually wasn’t bad toward Miah Maull and the 19 buoy. Croakers were located in the southern bay. Plenty of white perch bit in Fortescue Creek and other creeks, and crabbing was good in the creeks and back waters. Minnows will be stocked through the last day of flounder season on Labor Day. Shedder crabs are on hand, but are starting to be difficult to obtain by this time of year. The full selection of frozen baits is in the freezer.
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