Fishing

Brigantine Fishing Starts Strong for Summer 2020

Brigantine surfcasting was hot. Striped bass, around the south end Brigantine jetty. Using bunker. Fish were in the 30 to 35 inch range. Summer flounder season in Brigantine starting off with some nice catches. Plenty of action even with imperfect weather. Capt. Andy Grossman and RipTide Bait and Tackle keeping

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2019 Flounder Fishing Update. Offshore Wind Turbines.

Listen: Audio clips from SHEP ON FISHING. WOND Radio. Dec. 22, 2018. Mid-Atlantic approved slot option on fluke, aka summer flounder. BUT….Bill Shillingford, aka Bucktail Willie says that could be a problem. It might have an impact on the # of fishing days. Modern Fish Act was recently passed by

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Summer 2019 Flounder Regulations and Size Limit Discussion.

Listen to clips from the latest ‘Shep on Fishing’ radio show. WOND Radio. 12.15.2018 Hear the recreational fishing update concerning summer flounder. Special guest is Adam Nowalski, an advocate for recreational fishermen at the ASMFC, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and MAFMC, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Difficult to enact so-called ‘slot

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Flounder Stock Plentiful In Brigantine, Atlantic City, Margate.

Reports from the recent ‘Shep on Fishing’ WOND radio show of Dec. 8, 2018: the Summer flounder stock is plentiful and looking fine. Too bad you can’t easily catch a keeper. Recreation harvest estimate…. based on OLD estimates. New data is available, but not being used… yet. Guest: Jeff Brust of

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Stripers Heat Up Offshore in Brigantine As Surf Fishing Lags

Andy Grossman from RipTide Bait and Tackle in Brigantine reports a school of stripers just moved into Brigantine waters. About 2 miles offshore of Brigantine’s North End. A nice 25 lb striper was caught by Danica Zgalich, while fishing with her father, Paul. Stripers not so active in the surf. That’s

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Army Corp Dredging. Fishing Decline, Clogged Back Bays.

Local Jersey coast fisherman are growing increasingly more angry at the Army Corps of Engineers and the NJ DEP. Dredging and dune building by these 2 agencies is killing fishing and marine life, they claim. Anglers made their feelings known on the recent ‘Shep on Fishing’ radio show. ‘Horrifying. What

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Bucktail Willie Talks 2019 Flounder Season Regulations in South Jersey

We talk Jersey shore flounder & fluke fishing with Bill Shillingford, aka ‘Bucktail Willie’. Bucktail is heard weekly on ‘Shep on Fishing’, every Saturday morning at 7a on WOND radio. Robin Scott of Ray Scotts Dock in Margate is also featured on this popular fishing show. Shillingford is a member of

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2019 Flounder Regulations & Drag Island Fishing Access From Somers Point

Fishing access points. There are less and less of them each year. Very few spots to drop a line in the back bays of South Jersey. We can thank over-development along the waterfronts for that. Ever heard of Drag Island? It’s in the channel between Somers Point and Upper Twp.

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2018 Brigantine Elks Fall Striper Tournament Rules

These are the 2018 Brigantine Elks #2428 Fall Striper Tournament Rules and Regulations. The weigh station will be Riptide Bait and Tackle, 1201 West Brigantine Ave Brigantine NJ 08203 All fish must be weighed in during normal business hours. There will be no boundaries but you must leave from Absecon

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Brigantine Bakery & Fishing Tackle? Love Me Some Stocks Poundcake.

Listen to clips from ‘Shep on Fishing’ Radio Show from Oct 27, 2018 on WOND 1400am. Program featured Andy Grossman from Riptide Bait & Tackle in Brigantine, Bucktail Willie (Bill Shillingford) and Robin Scott of Margate. LISTEN > Gulp Nemesis working well as fake bait in Brigantine. Kingfish still around,

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