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She also said that several short flounder are also coming over the rails, and Walter Leashefski one 2.10-pound keeper that took the pool She said that some sea bass and blues were also caught. The Reliable is sailing daily at 7:00 a.m. and our Headboat price is $40.00 for a 7 hour trip. We’re getting reports of the smallmouth action heating up everywhere. These coldwater bronzebacks seem to be taken in the northeast and the Mid-Atlantic states, with some smallmouths up to six pounds being caught.  Young Jeffrey Crawford holds a 6-pound smallmouth bass caught in NJ's Merrill Creek Reservoir Remember, when you fish for smallmouths, fish deep. Bronzebacks like cold water and will hit a variety of patterns, from leaches and small baitfish to larger herring, shiners and crankbaits. Continue reading Smoullmouth Action Heats Up Throughout The Country Shirley aboard the Reliable II said that Sunday morning started off with lots of Headboater enthusiasts who had one thing on their mind — winning the Reliable’s June Mega Monster Cash Pot Contest. The June Mega Monster Cash Pot had jumped to $149.00. Several flounder shorts were caught and a heartbreaking almost close legal flounder was caught by Fay Griffith, which was 18 1/4″ long and thrown back. Not a one croaker was caught or even seen. Finally, cries of “Fish On” broke the silence. Fay Griffith from Seaford, Delaware hooked into a big one. At first, she thought it was a skate, because it did not want to come off of the bottom. Continue reading Bower’s Beach Flounder Action Continues  Faye holds the current leader of the Monster Cash Jackpot Shirley aboard the Reliable out of Bowers Beach, Delaware recently told us about the boat’s “Mega Monster Cash Pot Contest” This is doing really well and everyone is so excited about it. The pool increases every day of the month, and is currently up to $160. The next monthly cash pot should be well over $200. Not bad for a day’s fishing. Continue reading Bowers Beach Big Flounder Pool Grows
Shirley Donovan of the Reliable II out of Bowers Beach, DE indicates that big flounder are coming from the Delaware Bay. Customer John holds a citation 7-pound flounder that he caught aboard the Reliable II. John is totally blind -great work John.  Now there's a nice 7-pound flounder caught aboard the Reliable II out of Bowers Beach, DE Many think of New York and think of the city, an urban metropolis where little, if any, outdoors activities take place. New York, however, is home to more than the hustle and bustle; it is home to some of the best outdoors activities that the East Coast has to offer. Continue reading Anglers Love New York Fishing On a productive day, you can land as many rockfish as you’d like in the Narrows. The average size of the stripers that live here varies from 15 to 25 inches on average, with some larger landings. As with any location, there are some monsters lurking in the Narrows; and on occasion, 45-inch stripers are seen being pulled from the fast running current here. Continue reading Catch Stripers at Kent Narrows By Greg Zaczek I guess it started with the last minute party boat trip and an over-zealous use of the snooze button. By the time I got down to the boat dock, the party boat was pulling away. My friends who had made the boat were alternately waving and shrugging their shoulders at me. There I was with a dozen bottom rigs and a pound of salted clams with nowhere to go. Continue reading Bulkhead Blackfish
Many of us cannot understand why controlling saltwater fish stocks is not as easy. Although the fish have an ocean full of water to navigate, they still have the same habits and stay in the same places, right? This is partially right. Some, if not most, fish have certain habits – go south when the cold weather comes, then back north when water temperatures warm. Continue reading Minimum Sizes Don’t Always Mean Overfishing |
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The croakers are here, just in time for the 4th of July weekend. The Reliable II out of Bowers Beach is fishing daily, and Shirley said that they are “slamming” the croakers.
Most anglers understand why there are minimum limits on fish, particularly in freshwater. Without these limits, the fish would be more susceptible to overfishing, reducing the number of the species and threatening their demise. State conservation departments, such as the New Jersey Division of Fish and Game and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, can control the numbers of freshwater fish. Controlling the numbers of saltwater fish, however, is not always as easy.
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