Cape May Fishing Report 06/04/2011

I finally caught a keeper sized Fluke on Saturday. All I caught were shorts last year. I caught this one east of Buoy 19 in the vast Delaware Bay. The water temperature was about 67.4 degrees. It was a beautiful day on the water. The keeper was almost 22 inches long, they need to be 18 inches to be legal this year. Besides the keeper I also caught 4 shorts, 2 skates and small shark. Capt. Dave from the Tiramisu went out early on Sunday morning and I thnk he got a keeper too, at least he sent me a text message with a pic of a nice flounder.

It's hard to believe but this is the 7th season that I've been fishing on Offshore Bites. I had the boat in the slip on May 7th this year. I went fishing for Stripers and Drum on May 21st but didn't have any luck that day. When I was fishing for stripers I was trolling with one of my new umbrella rigs I bought at the boat show back in February.

Cape May Fishing Report July 4th, 2008

“Offshore Bites” stayed in the entire holiday weekend, because I had to get some stuff done for work. However Capt. Randy and Jim took “Just One More” out on July 4th up the bay towards the Sixty Foot Slough. Capt. Dave, Chuck and Buddy also headed out and up the bay. Capt. Randy got his first keeper fluke of the season. I don’t think Capt. Dave and Crew caught any keepers, and they explored the bay a little bit more.

Jan 25 2007, Shakespeare buys Penn

From the NewsObserver.com
Shakespeare Fishing Tackle has acquired the Penn Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Co., according to a news release from Shakespeare, the Columbia, S.C.-based fishing-gear manufacturer.
Founded in 1932, Philadelphia-based Penn is the market leader in saltwater trolling and spinning reels and saltwater rods.

Among the company's products are the Penn International, Senators, GT and GTO trolling reels, as well as Slammer and Spinfisher SSM and SSG spinning reels.

"For 75 years, Penn products have been the gold standard for offshore, inshore and surf fishing," said Scott Hogsett, the president of Shakespeare, which is owned by K2 Inc. "... The Penn name is one of the greatest brands in fishing but has lacked the resources to grow and develop markets.

"Our volume and economies of scale will allow us to reinvest in the brand and grow market share."