What’s Running?

Nick Maney is the charter agent for South Jersey Marina.

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    25 White Marlin releases in a day

    Text by | Published September 7th, 2010 in What's Running?

    Forget Earl. That was nothing! The real news out of Cape May right now is a marlin bite that’s nothing short of “World Class.” If you’ve ever wanted to experience this type of action, now is the time. A large fleet of boats is fishing out of Canyon Club Resort Marina during our “Marlin Month” [...]

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    The Offshore bite is on!

    Text by | Published August 30th, 2010 in What's Running?

    Multiple boats out of South Jersey Marina have been reporting fantastic hookups! Over the Top went 6 for 13 on Whites caught around the Baltimore area, Super Crew also releasing 6 Whites in the same area on Saturday. A little closer to home near the 30 Fathom Lump and the Elephant Trunk, the Nor’easter II [...]

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    MA500 in full swing

    Text by | Published August 18th, 2010 in What's Running?

    This year’s Mid-Atlantic $500,000 tournament is going on now over at South Jersey Marina. Stay up-to-date with all the action on the MA500 website http://www.midatlantic500000.com.

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    Is there any good fishing currently in Cape May?

    Text by | Published August 12th, 2010 in What's Running?

    Definitely, in the past couple of weeks, the charter vessels here have been bringing in all types of fish on the inshore trips; Wahoo, Dolphin, Spanish mackerel, Bluefish, Bonito, Fluke, even a needle gar or two have made their way to the scales. Many marina seasonal records have been broken in the last week. There [...]

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    Tuna!

    Text by | Published July 6th, 2010 in What's Running?

    Tuna? We’ve got the tuna, yellows, blues, even a big eye. Out of South Jersey Marina in the past couple of days we’ve had the Raging Bull, Hooked Up II and Foray, bringing in everything from a 20lb dolphin, to a 47lb yellow fin tuna. Heaviest catch in the past week was the 202lb Big [...]

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    Water temps rising!

    Text by | Published June 23rd, 2010 in What's Running?

    Fishing is heating up here in Cape May and so are the offshore water temps! Water temperatures from the South Poorman’s to the Washington are up to approximately 80 degrees creating a good fishing environment. Big Eye tuna have made their presence known, as well as white marlin, some blue marlin and dolphin. We’ve had [...]

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    Drum, Drum, Drum!

    Text by | Published June 2nd, 2010 in What's Running?

    Drum, Drum, Drum! The fish are here, where are the anglers? The water temps are in the high 50′s, the weather has become much more like summer, air temps are in the 60′s at night and 80′s in the day. The striper bite has slackened in the last week or so. But the Drum bite [...]

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    The drum are here!

    Text by | Published May 24th, 2010 in What's Running?

    Ladies and Gentleman, the DRUM ARE HERE. Multiple boats have gone out this week catching drum, not just the little ones we’ve had the big ones! The Cape Queen went out yesterday the 22nd and pulled in a few drum, one weighting in at 72lbs. going in on season record board. Also out on the [...]

  9. Offshore and Inshore, plus the MA500

    Text by | Published August 17th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The Charter Fleet at South Jersey Marina had some good catches both offshore and inshore. Big Game had 2 Wahoo ,1 Yellowfin and 2 Dolphin early in the week. Common Sense brought in 1 Yellowfin and 4 Dolphin plus released a White Marlin. Slammer had 2 Yellowfin in the 50 pound range and 1 Dolphin. [...]

  10. A Week for Blue Fin

    Text by | Published August 12th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The story of the week at South Jersey Marina was Capt. John Sowerby and his Charter Boat Hooked Up II. He went offshore to the Lobster Claw for Blue Fin Tuna on 5 separate trips. On every trip he caught one large Blue Fin with an average weight of 150 pounds. The heaviest weighed 159 [...]

  11. Hot time for offshore fishing

    Text by | Published August 3rd, 2009 in What's Running?

    The offshore fishing for the South Jersey Charter Fleet has been hot this past week. Cape Queen had a nice catch. A 131.5 lb. Bluefin Tuna and several Dolphin. Slammer had a Bluefin at about the same size. Hooked Up II had one a little larger, 160 lbs. Flounder fishing has picked up this week [...]

  12. 8th Annual Tuna Tournament Results

    Text by | Published July 21st, 2009 in What's Running?

    With a total purse of $161,620 available for prize money, 40 boats entered South Jersey Marina’s 8th Annual Tuna Tournament that was held this past week. The forecasted bad weather held off and during the three day event we saw 44 tuna weighed. There were many winners, but the top prizes went to: Moore Bills [...]

  13. Heaviest dolphin fish this year

    Text by | Published July 13th, 2009 in What's Running?

    Amanda Miller came to Cape May for vacation this week all the way from Queen Creek, Arizona and decided to join her family for an offshore fishing trip on Capt. John Sowerby’s charter boat Hooked Up II.  Since this group lives where there is no salt water, they were not sure what to expect from [...]

  14. Fluke & Dolphin Fish

    Text by | Published July 6th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The inshore fishing this week has really produced some nice catches for the South Jersey Marina Charter Fleet. Capt. Bittmann on the Top Shelf caught several flounder on Wednesday and has 10 of them on display in the attached photo. Capt. Lechner on the Slammer also caught 10 flounder that day. Sea bass continues to [...]

  15. Approach of the Tuna

    Text by | Published June 30th, 2009 in What's Running?

    On Tuesday, 6/23 Capt. Bittmann took a family out to the reef for a six hour charter. After a few hours of bottom fishing that produced several flounder and 30 Sea Bass, they decided to troll for Bluefish. Within an hour they caught 28 Bluefish. Lots of action and lots of fun was had by [...]

  16. Great weekend for fishing

    Text by | Published June 22nd, 2009 in What's Running?

    The charter boat Top Shelf took the Alberti group out for a six hour trip on Friday, 6-19. They caught fish from the time they got to the spot until lines-in; Flounder, Tautog, Sea Bass and Trigger Fish were the species caught. Ethan Smith (pictured right) and his family ventured out on the charter boat [...]

  17. 29th Annual Shark Tournament Results

    Text by | Published June 15th, 2009 in What's Running?

    South Jersey Marina held its 29th. Annual Shark Tournament on June 12 -13, 2009. There were 144 boats competing for a share of the total purse of $298,670. Predominately 3 species were brought to the scales: Thresher, Mako, and Blue Sharks. There were 39 fish weighed and the top winners are listed below: Heaviest Shark: [...]

  18. Sharks Off-Shore

    Text by | Published June 8th, 2009 in What's Running?

    When it’s June in Cape May, there are SHARKS in our off-shore waters. South Jersey Marina had the first Blue Shark weighed-in earlier this week. Nick Montzaris owner of the Bu-Buca brought in a 167 pounder. The angler was Harry Johnson of Fishing Creek, NJ. Speaking of shark, our 29th Annual Shark Tournament is scheduled [...]

  19. Black Drum – They're Keepers!

    Text by | Published June 1st, 2009 in What's Running?

    The Black Drumfish season continues to produce a good variety of keepers. The average size ranges between 45 and 75 pounds. The bite has been good at all hours of the day and night and promises to go on into most of June. On 5-25, Capt. Joe Pritchard on the Big Game had a family [...]

  20. Beat the Drum

    Text by | Published May 26th, 2009 in What's Running?

    The Charter Fleet at South Jersey Marina continued to “beat the Drum” this week. Many trips were made by several boats and a few of the highlights are noted below: On Wednesday, Capt. John Sowerby went out with a group on the Hooked Up II and got into them very well. The largest of the [...]