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Scott's Fishing Bulletin
August 2, 1996

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Weakfish

Yup, the weakfish are still everywhere. The best quantities of fish are still being caught in the mouth of the Mullica River during the morning hours. The fishing in this area has seemed to slow down as the boating traffic picks up. There are plenty of weakfish around. Some anglers are fishing in the middle of the bay. It doesn't make any sense to me, but weakfish have been caught one mile out of Great Bay Marina toward 139 buoy, kinda in the middle of nowhere. Other weakfish are being caught in the deeper water areas of Grassy Channel. Small jig heads 1/8 & 1/4 ounce with purple worms with red tails are a good bet in Grassey. Be sure to soak the worms in shedder oil or tip the jig with a little shedder crab bait. The Mouth of Oyster and Motts Creek have been producing a little bit larger weakies on the outgoing tides.

Crabs

Good news for crabbers. A blue moon just passed on July 31. A blue moon is an occurrence of two full moons in one month. Crabs shed on full moons, which means that they get bigger. By talking to a few of the crabbers this week, I have learned that there is a very good quantity of crabs in the shedder stage. That means lots of crabs are about to get bigger!

Blowfish & Weakfish

I was hoping to get some good news about blowfish and kingfish in the bay this week, but the weather had most of the anglers staying at the dock and I did not received any report.

Sharks

There are still some lingering brown sharks in the bay for the evening fisherman in the Grassey Channel area. If you have any interest, grab some chum and some mackerel and head out into the bay about seven in the evening. The best time for sharking in the bay is after the sun has dropped behind the trees and it's still daylight until around ten at night. The sharks seem to feed best during this time period.

Fluke

It has been hard to figure the fluke out. They are feeding and then they are not. I believe that the fluctuating water temperature is making them a difficult fish to catch. The best fluke catching reports are from still in the bay. Most of the good catches of fluke are occurring in the area of the Fish Factory. The Pink marker ball in the clam stakes on the North West side of the Fish Factory has still been a good place to start a few drifts. Some anglers are drifting between the islands around the Factory and are coming up with fair catches(6 to 8 fish). The more aggressive fishermen are short drifting the sandbars from shallow water back into the deep water. Fluke like to wait in these areas for baitfish to be washed over to them by the tide.

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