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Scott's Bait & Tackle Weekly Bulletin for Thursday, August 20, 1998

Many anglers can agree that last weekend was the best Fluke fishing since the Memorial Day holiday. Most of the Fluke were caught in the ocean to the North of Little Egg Inlet, in about fifty to sixty feet of water. Top and bottom rigs were the rig of choice and anglers that fished them with heavier weights--so that the rigs were fished straight up and down--caught more fish. That means stock the tackle box with 6 and 8 ounce sinkers. Randomly drifting the ocean bottom can produce one fish about every half an hour. Try to find a drop off, lump, wreck or bottom snag that holds Fluke and repetitively drift the area. Today, Thursday August 20, anglers had a tough morning due to rougher sea conditions, but after the wind and seas calmed down, many more Fluke were caught. I heard a lot of anglers talking about catching and releasing short Fluke, which means there was plenty of action on the ocean today. The best report came from the area of the WR2 buoy which is about three miles South East of the Little Egg Bell Buoy. That boat was drifting about 100 yards from the buoy and limited out with sixteen Fluke.

A report of good size Croakers from an angler fishing in 42 feet of water near the WR2 buoy is an indication that more good fishing might be on its way. Squid strips or clam strips on a smaller hook top and bottom rig would catch the Croakers just fine if you can find an area where they are hanging out. If you have wreck numbers in the same area, it may be well worth the trip. A Croaker looks like a Weakfish that had a head on collision with a brick wall. It is shaped like a White Perch, if that helps any.

Boat anglers have found Weakfish in the mouth of the Mullica River and at the 131 marker buoy in the past week. Purple was the color of the plastic worms that worked best in the mouth of the Mullica River and pearl white Culprit worms were the best choice for a worm color when fishing Grassy Channel and the 131 marker in the Inland waterway. The 131 marker area produced some big Weakfish last weekend. Soaking squid strips in shedder oil and including the thin strips on your jig hook as a scent wick will improve your fishing action. Shedder crab bait or regular blue claw crab parts soaked in the shedder

oil work too. The Redmen's Weakfish Classic is this Saturday so there will be plenty of anglers in pursuit large Weakfish. One angler found some nice Weakfish in the area of 120 marker and caught them by jigging metal ava jigs. Another report mentioned that back in the Brigantine Channel area, anglers were able to catch Weakfish by jigging metals too. If the Weakfish are up in the Channel, it is likely that Black Point in the Inland waterway near 163 marker could produce some Weakies before the boating traffic picks up.

Millions of three to five inch Sea Bass (10" min. to keep one) are in the Great Bay and surrounding areas. Most of them have been caught in the clam stakes on the North West side of the Fish Factory by anglers that have tried to chum for Kingfish and Blowfish. It has made it very difficult to keep a bait in the water long enough to find a Kingfish. One angler found a few Kingfish and Blowfish in the clam stakes in front of Graveling Point. It

may be worth a try to fish for Kingfish and Blowfish this weekend.

Oh, one more thing:

"Brown Sharks don't eat people." sea ya =)

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