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Summer flounder, many of them throwbacks, were banked from the surf at Higbee’s Beach, Sunset Beach and Cape May Point, said Jim from Budd’s Bait & Tackle, located in the Villas, and Budd’s Tackle Charter Services, sailing from Cape May. Most were hooked on minnows, but Gulps in chartreuse and pink worked well. Croakers and kingfish were beached at the same places, and snapper blues schooled the suds mostly at Alexander Avenue. Boaters reeled in flounder, mostly shorts, at the Cape May Rips, Bayshore Channel and 60-Foot Slough. Small weakfish, no keepers, occasionally bit at Bayshore Channel. Back-bay flounder fishing “was holding its own,” Jim said, and flounder and kingfish swam Hereford Inlet. Crabbing was great. Minnows are stocked, and shedder crabs are currently carried, but the supply was slowing down, so whether they are stocked daily can’t be guaranteed. All the frozen baits including bunker, mackerel, clams, whole squid, cleaned squid, boxes of small squid and more are available. The shop sells live crabs for eating. Current prices, depending on the market, are $10 per dozen or $20 for three dozen for No. 2’s and $20 per dozen or $36 for two dozen for No. 1’s. Bushels are available when enough are trapped, and talk with the shop for the market price. The current prices for cooked crabs are $23 per dozen or $42 for two dozen for No. 1’s and $13 per dozen or $29 for three dozen for No. 2’s. Raw steamer clams, called “specials,” a size between little neck and top neck, are $15.95 for 50.
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