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As a prime area for fishing, people have been fishing in Cape May for hundreds of years. The Lenni Lenape tribe had a habit of fishing in this area during the summer. Commercial fishing became popular in Cape May in the 1600s and has continued to be a mainstay over the centuries. Cape May has ranked among the top 25 commercial fishing ports in the US. The waters are full of not just fish but also lobster and scallops. Because Cape May has beautiful beaches, surf fishing is also popular type of fishing here. Cape May fishing has a lot to offer.
Inshore fishing Cape May, Striped Bass is one of the most common type of fish caught. You could also Spotted Seatrout, Black Drum, Flounder, Red Drum, Sheepshead, and Weakfish (Gray Trout). Nearshore, there are lots of bottom fish like Black Sea Bass, Porgy, and Snapper. There are also good fishing for Pollock, Tautog, Cod, and Haddock.
Fishing offshore of Cape May you can find lots of Tuna. False Albacore and Yellowfin Tuna are the most popular, but lots of Bluefin Tuna are caught each year as well. Further out to the canyons, billfish such as Blue Marlin and White Marlin are common. Sword fishing is also good in the canyons, as well as Tilefish and Wreckfish.
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5 Fathom Bank 5/2/2017 10:57:18 AM - 5 Fathom Bank
Fenwick Shoal 5/1/2017 11:10:33 PM - Fenwick Shoal
Dredge Ohio 6/16/2016 9:48:05 PM - Dredge Ohio is a 70' long a hydraulic cutter head dredge. It was sunk in the Ocean City Reef complex on June 16, 2016. The Dredge was designed and built to be disassembled,
DWD1 8/14/2017 9:16:45 AM - Fishing spot
DWD-OG1 8/29/2017 5:59:41 AM -
William C Snow 5/2/2017 9:22:18 AM - 55' tug boat
DWD-OG 8/29/2017 5:54:37 AM -
DGS92-2 4/17/2012 9:40:15 AM -
DWD1 8/14/2017 9:16:29 AM - Fishing spot
dwd2 8/26/2017 6:50:43 AM -
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There is a 38.65% catch rate for Striped Bass, based on 3106 Striped Bass counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY STRIPED BASS COUNTS CHART
There is a 30.85% catch rate for Tautog, based on 2479 Tautog counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY TAUTOG COUNTS CHART
There is a 14.52% catch rate for Spiny Dogfish, based on 1167 Spiny Dogfish counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY SPINY DOGFISH COUNTS CHART
There is a 8.33% catch rate for Black Sea Bass, based on 669 Black Sea Bass counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY BLACK SEA BASS COUNTS CHART
There is a 2.25% catch rate for Pollock, based on 181 Pollock counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY POLLOCK COUNTS CHART
There is a 1.73% catch rate for White Perch, based on 139 White Perch counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY WHITE PERCH COUNTS CHART
There is a 1.01% catch rate for Oyster Toadfish, based on 81 Oyster Toadfish counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY OYSTER TOADFISH COUNTS CHART
There is a 0.9% catch rate for Atlantic Menhaden, based on 72 Atlantic Menhaden counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY ATLANTIC MENHADEN COUNTS CHART
There is a 0.44% catch rate for Flounder, based on 35 Flounder counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY FLOUNDER COUNTS CHART
There is a 0.4% catch rate for Cunner, based on 32 Cunner counted.
ENLARGE CAPE MAY CUNNER COUNTS CHART
*** PLEASE NOTE *** Please check local, state/province, and federal laws before fishing for any species found on this site. All data is based on historical data found for this area, and in some cases as far back as the year 1600.
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Yellowfin 7/7/2022 12:23:00 PM -
Stripers in the Grass 7/7/2022 12:20:00 PM -
More Stripers! 7/7/2022 12:19:00 PM -
Weakfish! 7/7/2022 12:18:00 PM -
Top Water Stripers 7/7/2022 12:18:00 PM - Popper fishing in shallow water!
Backbay Fluke 7/7/2022 12:17:00 PM - Summertime fun!
Backbay Stripers 7/7/2022 12:15:00 PM - The flats have been good for shallow water bass on the right tides!
Fun Fishing 6/1/2022 9:37:00 AM - Sometimes it's all about the sharks!
Backbay Striper Fishing 6/1/2022 9:35:00 AM - The Striper bite in the bay has been good!
Take your kids fishing! 6/1/2022 9:33:00 AM - Backbay fishing is fun for the whole family.
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