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BAY:
Back bay flounder
fishing remains
consistent with keepers
mixed among a growing
number of short fish.
Our regulars have been
using both the GULP!
baits and live minnows
to bring the flatfish to
the net this week.
However, with the waning
of the moon (full on
June 18), the striped
bass have resumed their
daily low-light feeding
rituals, delighting
anglers throwing both
topwater baits and
swimming plugs along
steep sodbanks behind
the Seven Mile Island.
SURF:
The real excitement has
been the resurgence of
large striped bass,
those in excess of
twenty pounds, caught by
anglers snagging live
bunkers or tossing the
omnipotent black Bomber
swimming plug around
Townsends Inlet
rockpiles in the morning
and evening.
Keep in mind that
smaller bass have also
been caught early and
late in the days along a
variety of beach
structure, whether in
holes, cuts or sandbars,
from the jetty south to
the high dunes.
For those more inclined
to make a day of it on
the jetty, with the
upwelling courtesy of
the summertime southwest
wind, the kingfish have
arrived! Bloodworms,
both real and
artificial, have enticed
these delicious critters
to bite this past week.
With the dredge in the
inlet, expect the water
to be churned up for the
next week or so, but a
combination of a
southeast sea breeze and
incoming water should
clean up the surf enough
for some fish to bite.
INSHORE:
It's SUMMERTIME, and
it's time to break out
the light-tackle
trolling gear. Spanish
mackerel, bonito and
tailor blues are
snapping outrigger clips
this week for anglers
trolling Clark Spoons,
feathers and daisy
chains of all kinds.
Don't forget the Gotcha
cedar plugs, as well.
OFFSHORE:
Towards the 20 Fathom
curve, bluefish, both
small and large, are
eating baits and lures
intended for bluefin
tuna, which arrived this
week with a warming of
the water.
If
you missed the mad-dog
troll bite in the
Wilmington and Spencer
this week, that water is
still around. Anglers
pulling spreader bars
and jets loaded the boat
with yellowfin tunas and
those with a more
traditional ballyhoo
spread saw some of the
finest early-season
billfishing in recent
memory. Ask our
offshore crowd about the
blue and white marlins
hooked and lost this
week in some of the
prettiest blue water to
be found.
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