Mid-December and the reports are slow but the photos prove there’s plenty of good fishing around. Call your favorite captain or charter before heading out. Many have limited schedules these frosty days.
Matt McGaffney Team Over Pour Sport-fishing tells me that the Delaware Bay chunk bite is still on but slowing while Cape May Rips are heating up, and they sent the pictures to prove it.
For fly anglers, Captain Ray reports some frustration since Sandy. Anglers using live bait fish and bunker chunking are catching fish, but with the waters still like chocolate milk it is impossible for stripers to even see a fly. Normally this is a great time of the year for catching stripers on the fly but since the storm it has been nothing near normal. Water has started cleaning up a bit and Ray is hopeful that he might get a last minute shot on the fly before the end of the season.
News: Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Rebuild Seminar, Dec. 19, 8 am-1 pm, Brick Township Municipal Courtroom, 401 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick, NJ 08723. Up-to-date information about how to navigate the recovery process for your business, municipality, or home and how to be better prepared in the future
Parking available, light refreshments will be served. This event is free but registration is required. Contact Helen@littoralsociety.org
The Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series 2013 Tour, Jan. 5, Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino, AC, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. George Poveromo, host of Poveromo’s World of Saltwater Fishing and Editor-At-Large for Salt Water Sportsman and Gary Caputi, Field Editor for Salt Water Sportsman. Joining them will be local captains: Captain Adam Crouthamel, Cape May-area authority with Adam Bomb Sport Fishing; Captain Tom Daffin, tuna and canyon pro with Fishin’ Fever Sportfishing; Nick Honachefsky, Normandy Beach-based authority on fluke and blackfish, and fishing the back-bays; Crazy Alberto Knie, striped bass authority; Captain John Sowerby, Cape May-based authority on tuna, swordfish and Makos, Hooked Up II; Captain Dan Schafer, Stone Harbor-based light-tackle striped bass and back bay pro with Insomniac Charters; Captain Dave DeGennaro, over 35 years fishing the back-bays and offshore waters from Barnegat Bay, aboard the Hi Flier; and Capt. Sam Rescigno, bottom and wreck-fishing veteran.
Kid’s Seminar, noon-1p.m. In addition to their seminar, the kids will participate in a meet-and-greet with George Poveromo, have chances to win special door prizes, enjoy a free lunch and have their names entered into a drawing to win a Florida fishing trip. Note: One child, 15 years and younger, per paying adult, no charge.
Seminar Series $ 55 covers six hours of instruction, textbook, and lots of extras, plus chances to win thousands of dollars worth of door prizes. Register at 800-448-7360, or www.nationalseminarseries.com
Ocean City Arts Center will host an exhibition of new paintings depicting Ocean City Fishing Club’s pier and clubhouse as the first event to mark the Fishing Club’s 100th Anniversary. The exhibit will run throughout January with a Meet the Artists Jan.11, 7 – 8:30 pm. (www.oceancityartscenter.org)
Keep sending your reports and pictures to cmiller@cmcherald.com. All pictures submitted are posted online at www.capemaycountyherald.com.
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