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Scott's Bait & Tackle Weekly Bulletin for Thursday, July 2, 1998

Many anglers realize that the Fourth of July weekend is a very busy time to be on the bay and make an effort to leave the bay for the roominess of the ocean and lack of flies. It is only the beginning of July, so the greatest part of the Fluke population is still in the bay. Several anglers have already caught a few Fluke on the ocean and have reported the

lumps off Atlantic City and the Atomic lump to be the most productive. The best rig choice would be a mylar Top & Bottom rig baited with a squid strip and a minnow. Go to Local fishing information for a few Loran and GPS coordinates that should be in every fishermen's log.

Back in the Great Bay this morning, an angler in the Grassy Channel, just south of 134 marker buoy, put a whoopin' on the Fluke using lead head jigs baited with Squid & Minnow. I suspect that he was using the Shedder Oil on the Squid strips too. Windy conditions and varying water temperature in the Great Bay made fishing earlier in the week difficult. It was good to hear that the action pick up again.

Some anglers continue to pick away at Weakfish just outside of Big Creek. They start the drifts (wind/tide direction permitting) a couple hundred yards outside Big Creek and drift back toward Osborne Island/Pebble Beach area. A shad dart baited with a piece of Shedder Crab seems to be doing the trick. Bloodworms and Sandworms are also a

popular bait choice for Weakfish when Shedder crabs are running scarce. Small metal Hopkins type jigs with a single hook bucktail have been selling well to anglers who don't mind the effort of casting and retrieving.

Several reports of good catches of Brown Sharks in the evenings this week. Most of the sharks are in the 50 pound class and are around 5 foot long. Anchor the boat out in Grassy Channel or out near the inlet, but still in relatively shallow water and float out hunks of Mackerel bait. Chumming is not necessary but might give you an extra edge needed to catch a few. The sharks move into the bay to feed as the sun sets and the most

active fishing period is usually until around 11:00pm. A 5 foot long steel leader rig with a 9/0 hook is a good choice for a rig for these sharks.

Uh oh! All the kids are here for the holiday weekend and they want to catch something in the lagoons! The best thing to do is have those small box traps baited and ready to do a little crabbing. A minnow trap or umbrella net are also great entertainers as they can catch minnows, crabs, spearing, or shrimp. Other fish like snapper blues and spots are not big enough yet to be caught on hooks. You may see a few fish jumping in

the evenings; they are likely to be baby bunkers and herring. It is still a little early for the mullet. If you have a persistent and patient angler, it is possible to catch white perch, fluke, small stripers and weakfish in some of the lagoons. Give them the best bait possible: a shedder crab (these may be in short supply!) or a half-dozen bloodworms. Fish a size 4 Eagle Claw hook on the bottom, since all the fish that I mentioned are

bottom feeders.

Lots of people want to know "where are the Kingfish and the Blowfish?". Well, they are not really in Great Bay yet, although there were a few caught a few weeks back along the Graveling Point/Pebble Beach area. I have heard several reports of Kingfish being caught on the beach front in Absecon, and a few reports off of the jetties in Atlantic City.

The best fishing/catching of Kingfish and Blowfish is towards the end of August.

Hey, don't forget what's important this weekend! Do a check on your boat to make sure that you have all the necessary safety equipment. Double check the expiration date on your flares, and look at the status window on your fire extinguisher. Life jackets must be in good condition, not in any type of wrapper, and they must not be in a locked storage

container. Remember, one life jacket per person, and you should have the correct size available for any children on board.

Just a reminder: make sure you have enough ice with you when you go out! In this heat, any fish that you catch will spoil very quickly if not kept on ice properly. Our ice is kept in a separate freezer; it is safe for all of your picnic needs too!

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