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Scott's Bait & Tackle Weekly Bulletin for Thursday, August 6, 1998

The place the Fluke were caught in the Great Bay this week was the area of the FishFactory and the 126 marker buoy. Anglers drifting the shallow water sandbars back into the deeper water in short drift patterns were more successful at putting Fluke in the fish box. The 117 marker buoy area on the bay side of Tuckers Island produced good catches

with the same short drifting technique as well as 'C' and 'D' buoys in Little Egg Inlet. The largest Fluke weighed in this week was a 7 pound 12 ounce 26 1/2" fish caught by Jim Norton of Mystic Island. This jumbo Fluke was caught on the ocean about one mile off of the red water tower on the Southern end of Long Beach Island. Jim's secret? Eight ounce

sinkers on Top & Bottom rigs baited with minnows.

Some good stories about both Fluke and Weakfish being caught in the Little Sheepshead Creek this week too. Most of the Fluke were caught drifting the ocean side of the bridge and the Weakfish have been caught in the holes on both sides of the bridge and off of the bridge. If you are a boater, quietly and slowly search the creek for pods of fish

on your fish finder and drop your favorite tackle on them.

Weakfish and 3/4 pounder Bluefish were reported close along the surf near Holgate to LBI, by anglers forced by the choppy ocean this week to fish closer to shore. Most werefishing with a top & bottom rig baited with squid &/or minnow. Weakfish activity in the bay is still reported as fair to good fishing, many hits being reported using plastic baits,

like Fin-s fish and white Culprit worms.

On Wednesday of this week, a 3 pound 4 oz Triggerfish was caught by Ted Danas near the Fish Factory on squid and minnow while he was fishing for Fluke. If you happen to catch a triggerfish, be aware that they are edible, with a nice white meat. However, filleting a Triggerfish is tricky, due to its tough skin. One pointer that helps make the job easier is to cut through the skin first from the inside out! Stab the fillet knife into the

back of the Triggerfish where you would normally start a cut and turn the knife blade out and cut through the heavy skin from the inside. Once the "hide" has been cut through, proceed to fillet the fish as normal. A couple of other Triggerfish were caught this week too. Anglers were fishing in the area of the Clam Stakes on the North West side of the Fish Factory in search of Kingfish and Blowfish and hooked in the feisty fighting

Triggerfish on clam bait while chumming with clam chum. A lack of Kingfish and Blowfish was made up with a quantity of little Sea Bass and short length Weakfish and the occasional Snapper Bluefish that made for an active fishing trip, but not a very productive fish box trip.

Jamie G. was kind enough to bring me in a Sea Robin to photograph for my fish identification page on the internet. This was the first time that I was able to try out this fish: it is excellent eating! You'd need at least a 9" fish or larger to get a pair of decent size finger fillets. I soaked the fillets five minutes per side in lemon juice, sprinkled them with margarine and Old Bay seasoning, then baked for about 15-20 minutes. Yum!--MizMo

Looks like the only damage we'll see from Alex is a little cloudy weather this weekend. NE - E winds this past week made it difficult to getting out there to fish, let alone finding the critters.

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ALEX ADVISORY NO. 26 FOR 5 PM AST SUN AUG 2 ALEX HAS DISSIPATED ... REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE SHOW THAT ALEX NO LONGER HAS A CLOSED LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION AND HAS DEGENERATED INTO A WEAK TROUGH A FEW HUNDRED MILES NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS ... ACCOMPANIED BY A FEW

SHOWERS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS.

THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON ALEX ... UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS.

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