Delaware bay stripper

The weekly Delaware Fishing Report offers information on when to fish, where to fish, which species are biting, and how to catch them. It is written by veteran Delaware angler Eric Burnley, Sr. Freshwater Fishing Ponds. Boat Registration. Delaware Bay It is still white perch and catfish from the Upper Bay, its tidal rivers and creeks.

We provide fishermen the best proven fishing locations for southern New Jersey inshore and Bay fishing. This file can also be opened with any computer with Google Earth installed! It is a much needed fishing tool for inshore, bay and beach fishermen with boats of all sizes, and fishermen of all skill levels in Delaware and New Jersey. Proven fishing spots are the best ones to own. Chunking for Stripers requires good fishing spots and the presence of Striped Bass and Bunker schools helps, too. These spots offer fishermen some of the best GPS locations where this is known to be productive. Trolling and drifting the channels around the Cape May Rips is a great technique for jigging with Bucktails and other types of casting jigs and vertical jigs.

Many striped bass are now spawned out and heading back into the lower bay area. Several anglers have been catching large striped bass or rockfish. The fish are skinnier and you can tell they have spawned already.

The Bay is fed by the Delaware River. Although, in most places the water in the mouth of the Bay is deep, at least 35 feet in the channel, there are places where shoals result in water only 3 feet deep at low tide. In these areas, the moving water during the tides creates rip currents. Striped bass hang out there preying on baitfish that are swept past, and that become disoriented by the turbulent water. These are the famous "Cape May Rips.