May 30th, 2024 New Jersey/Delaware Bay Fishing Report with Jim Hutchinson, Jr.

Your post-holiday (Memorial Day) fishing report for the New Jersey, Delaware Bay region comes in pieces while experiencing the joys of modern day travel en route from Newark to Key West (and hopefully back again at some point). We kick off this week's video fishing forecast in delay number one with a look at weekend fluking in the back bays, with cod and sea bass on the inshore wrecks. Weakfish reports (5:55) are on the uptick at the Jersey Shore with shedder crab a good bet for a tiderunner; the first reported sheepshead (7:40) in South Jersey could have folks looking for fresh new crab baits. There's still a good run of striped bass (8:50) in the region with a big tournament coming up this weekend and some trophy catch and release tips with Chuck Many on Open Boat (12:10). Finally we take our seat (14:25) just in time for a nice, long rest on the runway with a report from the Poconos, and eventually, by the grace of God (16:32) we reach our destination in the Florida Keys this week with a Dream Boat and "CKC" status check. Wrap up the week back at the hotel with a New Jersey, Delaware tuna report (19:53), a look at the weekend events (23:15) for June 1-2, and a 4-minute rant on the latest industrial offshore wind news (25:10) in the Garden State. Oh, by the way, the very first reported double-digit doormat fluke of the 2024 season was checked in this week (29:18); congrats to Skip Lerman for a personal best 11-pound fluke caught aboard Capt. Frank's "Vitamin Sea" on the Raritan Bay on Wednesday. Yes sir, while the cat's away the doormats will play!

[@ericoelschlegel7623]

Have a safe trip Jim.

[@pete69696]

Bob stavalo is a great fluke guy. His you tube videos are always entertaining. Great guy

[@gabrielM1111]

SE winds for days wrecked the bite. It turned and so have bunker. Blues and striper bite front and back should be good now through the new moon

[@rightinsideleftistmiasma2975]

Key west!? U lucky dog!

[@John_Skinner_26]

Warm weather wrecked the striper bite 🤦‍♂️

[@domenicosalvatore1303]

Did for the beach, managed a 47 inch 43lber off the boat

[@John_Skinner_26]

@domenicosalvatore1303 just not the same type of fight for me, but the bug ones are almost always caught off boats, how deep was it?

[@domenicosalvatore1303]

@@John_Skinner_26 40-50, north jersey maybe a mile off. Eels. And no plainer too. Only one tho and no one else on the water hooked up too much

[@John_Skinner_26]

@domenicosalvatore1303 nice, everyone else must've been pissed 😂

[@gsauchelli]

We caught 17 yesterday on eels and boards and a few on plugs

[@wilmarbarrick3194]

Feel free to stay in the Keys if you're so inclined. Florida can use you down there.

[@thefishermanmagazine]

HA! Sorry Wilmar, I'll be back soon enough to bring you a few more updates on industrial offshore wind impacts on fisheries & our latest fishing news and information from around the Garden State. Florida, it seems, already has enough common conservation sense and sensibility. -JH

[@rightinsideleftistmiasma2975]

U at the airport!?

[@robertrickabaugh3304]

You should get rid of the Dream Boat Challenge and turn it into the Jenni Ackerman Dream Girl Challenge

[@robertrickabaugh3304]

Central Jersey does not exist