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Scott's Fishing Bulletin
March 29, 1996

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Who Said Winter Was Over?

It's not my fault, I know I said last week "at least it's not snowing" but that didn't last! Gladly for us here in south Jersey, our sleet turned to rain! Another week of cold weather did not bring up our water temperature which is hovering around 43 degrees. The magic number for water temperature is 45 degrees; that's when we see an increase in our fishing activity.

Winter Flounder

I left you hanging on the Winter Flounder possibilities last week and feel I should fill you in on what happened or didn't happen. The Tuckerton Bay fishing along East Sedge and Middle Sedge Islands did not produce a fish. The weather conditions were right, the tide was right but the water temperature still has those bay fish shut off. There were a couple of flounder caught by land based fishermen at the 6th street bulkhead in Ship Bottom and there were a few flounders being caught off the route 9 bridge in Forked River. The water temperature at the route 9 bridge is a little warmer due to the out-flow of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant. Winter flounders are caught off the bridge even in the early cold days of March.

Tide Chart

The tides for Little Egg Inlet this week are: 
                         low                  high
Friday    Mar. 29th  10:00am 10:09pm     3:16am 3:59pm
Saturday  Mar. 30th  10:47am 10:58pm     4:13am 4:52pm
Sunday    Mar. 31th  11:30am 11:45pm     5:05am 5:39pm
Monday    April 1st    --    12:13pm     5:51am 6:20pm
Tuesday   April 2nd  12:31am 12:54pm     6:33am 6:58pm
Wednesday April 3rd   1:16am  1:34pm     7:12am 7:35pm
Thursday  April 4th   1:59am  2:13pm     7:50am 8:12pm
Note: There is no slack low tide on Monday morning. It changes 13 minutes to late, which puts it in the afternoon(pm) slot! That's what that -- (Dash) means on those tide charts. I hope not to waste all this space each week with tidal information and get a tide chart posted separately each month on adifferent page.

Striper Update

The quantity of keeper stripers off Graveling Point is now TWO. Yea, I know, not to much to get excited about, but at least there were two fish dinners. The first striper was Ed Varga's on March 22, 13lbs, 33". The Second keeper was caught by John Campbell, 17lbs 6oz, 33". Both fish were caught on bloodworms. We have heard of some really good spurts of short stripers, 18-24" range being caught. The quiet times still outweigh the busy times. We have also had some reports of some Mullica River stripers being caught. The fishermen have not been to specific as to where. In the past, the best spot to try fishing has been Clarks Landing which is off Clarks Landing Road, in Egg Harbor City; a little North West of Port Republic. This is the first area that produces fish on lures. A rebel J2002s which is jointed and black and gold is the best producer. The colors of the lure match a lot of the bait fish stained by the cedar water.

I will continue to ramble on about Stripers because that's what's hot in March. There were some striper rumors from the Delaware river. Its the same kind of thing over there as it is here...mostly shorts. Hopefully, as the fishing gets better I can provide a little more specifics. There were also some short stripers caught on Long Beach Island on clams, kinda up by the Barnegat Light House...again sorry about the lack of specifics.

Looking Ahead to Tuna

Hey!!! In 1996 you need a tuna permit. If you already have a Atlantic Bluefin Tuna permit, you're already covered. Now, to catch and keep any tuna you need to get this free Atlantic Tuna permit. You can stop by the store and pick one up, send a self addressed-stamped envelope and we will mail you one, or call:(508) 281 9305. I recommend that you call the National Marine Fisheries Service and try to get a regulation sheet with the current sizes and permitted catch quantities as well as open seasons.

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