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  1. Artificial Reefs: Insurance for Future Fishing

    Text by Stephen Spagnuola | Published November 1st, 2009 in Environmental • Fishing • Off the Hook

    The Cape May Reef is man-made and is the largest artificial reef, at 4.5 square miles, and the oldest artificial reef site in New Jersey.

  2. Striper Season

    Text by Stephen Spagnuola | Published September 1st, 2009 in Fishing • Off the Hook

    Crisp west winds awake the Cape. Yes, fall is finally here! It’s the beginning of the season, for the most sought after fish – Striped Bass!

  3. Time for Variety

    Text by Stephen Spagnuola | Published August 1st, 2009 in Fishing • Off the Hook

    August – the month when summer is at its peak. This is none the less true for fishing in Cape May. The month of August brings forth the largest variety of fish species caused by the large numbers of bait fish both inshore and off shore….and as they say “the big fish eats the little fish.” August is a great time for tournament fishing as well, boasting one of the largest and richest tournaments in the world – the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 (MA-500).

  4. Fishing: More than just a hobby in Cape May

    Text by Jennifer Brownstone Kopp | Published September 1st, 2002 in Commercial Fishing • Fishing

    To call fishing a pastime, or hobby, is an understatement in Cape May . For many, it’s an entire life. Families live by the sea — their livelihood dependent on Mother Nature’s good will. Their lifestyles are different, reliant on weather, tides, seasons.

  5. Fisherman’s Wharf Tour Answers Some Fishy Questions

    Text by Cindy J. Kluger | Published May 1st, 2002 in Commercial Fishing • Fishing • Tours

    The Lobster House Dock is part of The Port of Cape May, one of three  commercial fishing docks in southern Jersey whose combined success make Cape May the second largest fishing port on the Eastern Coast of the United States.
    Fishing has been a major industry in this area since the 19th century, but it is [...]

  6. For the love of the game

    Text by Jenn Heinold | Published August 1st, 2000 in Fishing • Outdoors/Water

    The sport of fishing is one that includes both luck and talent. Fate plays a big hand, as does Mother Nature. Being in the right place at the right time and knowing how to hook the “big one” – well, that’s what it’s all about.
    As the daughter of a sport fisherman, I watched from afar, [...]

  7. Fishing Cape May

    Text by Jennifer Brownstone Kopp | Published June 1st, 2000 in Fishing • Recipes

    Yes, fishing fever is here. It’s more like a fishing frenzy in Cape May, a town with eleven commandments — thou shall fish rounding out the bunch. A place where being “seaworthy” is next to Godliness. An island uniquely placed where the Delaware Bay shakes hands with the Atlantic Ocean. PLUS – a recipe for Lemon Beurre Blanc

  8. Cape May’s Seafood Industry: Dangerously Delicious

    Text by Brad Murphy | Published May 1st, 2000 in Commercial Fishing • Fishing

    Cape May is the second busiest site for the off-loading of seafood ont he East Coast. Approximately 11-million pounds of seafood are off-loaded annually at Fisherman’s Wharf for distribution to points throughout the globe: 600,000 pounds of flounder, 120,000 pounds of lobster, 1.5 million pounds of sea scallops, and massive quantities of at least 18 other seafood varieties pass through the plant on its way to plates world-wide.