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Don’t Want to Work? Bang on the Drum
More black drum reports coming in through our weekly fishing reports at TheFisherman.com, as sod bank casters in the Great Bay, Absecon Bay area in particular have found some early boomers picking up their baits. Striped bass action is picking up along the open beaches, in ad-dition to the river hot spots which have been producing since the March 1 opener in the Garden State. Tautog action continues this month for boats heading out of ports in New Jersey and Del-aware, though jetty jocks continue to score from shore. We’re past the April moon and hoping for a warming trend in the next few days, though the fast-moving nor’easter earlier in the week could’ve been the trigger for an onslaught of saltwater action. Could the inlet invasion by those yellow-eyed devils begin this week? Someone has to be the first on the scene!
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April 25, 2022 - 10:38:40
When we get good weather, the fishing is great, but good weather has been hard to come by. The lingering effects of the Easter noreaster lasted until mid-week and then the wind laid out and the fish turned on. Tog were caught at the Outer Wall and in the ocean. Big rockfish showed up in the Upper Delaware Bay and black drum were caught out of the surf. Flounder were taken out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and shad were thick at Indian River Inlet. May should see really good fishing as the weather continues to improve and the water temperature increases. Black sea bass will open on May 15 and the summer flounder should move into the Back Bays. The first tuna will be caught inside the 30 Fathom Line and black drum action will hit its high mark in Delaware Bay.