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Some better-sized weakfish were pulled from the oyster beds at the stakes, and croakers were tiny, like 3 to 5 inches, and few that were larger than 10 inches came from waters off Reeds Beach and north, said Rusty from Captain Tate’s Bait & Tackle. But much bigger ones supposedly came from around Brandywine and off Cape May. A little of everything actually bit, and Rusty took a trip that hooked weaks, croakers, spots, a couple of blues and flounder. Boaters in deeper waters like 25 or 30 feet toward Miah Maull got into a resurgence of keeper flounder on Sunday. Gus Maloney from Philly was on them, landing six keepers to 22 inches and releasing probably 20 that were 17 inches, an inch short of keeper size. The Old Grounds and Reef 11 in the ocean put out healthy flounder catches when conditions created productive drifting conditions. Otherwise ocean fishing was pretty slow, and tog were about the only decent-sized fish snapping. But Cape May and Wildwood reefs held small flounder, small sea bass and small weakfish. Small weakfish, short fish, were also thick along the ocean front from Avalon to Cape May. Farther from shore, bluefin tuna fishing was fair, and some continued to get nailed toward the Lobster Claw, and all were big, 100 pounds and larger. John Thomspon on the Rockin’ Robin went something like 3 for 7 on bluefins Saturday, keeping a 125-pounder. But the fishing was hit or miss for others, and anglers had to end up on top of the tuna, and chunking for them was most common. Farther from shore yellowfin tuna were scattered and small at the canyons, a strange year for the fishing so far, and last year the bite was on fire at this time. Only a few were chunked at night, and boaters trolled for the fish to cover ground, hooking a handful at Lindenkohl and Spencer canyons and part of the Wilmington. Waters were an even temperature everywhere, lacking fish-attracting temp breaks, and something was needed to change the fishing, like different wind directions or a storm. But September is traditionally a month when canyon fishing produces, and things will probably turn around. Shedder crabs are stocked, even if the supply was somewhat sketchy, and other baits, both for bay and offshore fishing, are well stocked.
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