May is winding down, it's nearly Memorial Day, the beginning of our tourist season, or Shoobie time, as it is often referred to.  .It's also prime time fishing.  Fishing is good all over!  I've been hitting the back bays a lot from the bridges and sod banks.  Quite a few Stripers out there along with Blues.  Small plugs, and jigs are working well.  There are also Tog holding to the structure, but they are out of season now.  The Delaware Bay is starting to give up some nice Drum on our side finally.  I haven't targeted them yet by boat, but plan to soon.  The beaches and jetties along the Bay are also hot for Stripers and smaller Puppy Drum.  I've heard of Weakies starting up too.  Lots to choose from.  The ocean side is doing well too.  I've been hitting the beaches quite often and doing well.  I've landed 3 Drum so far, and many Stripers.  Most of the action is on Clam, with fresh being the best choice (though I've recently heard otherwise...).  There are also Kingfish and Blowfish in the surf, seems early, but I've seen them caught.
Flounder seems a bit slow.  I've tried for them half-heartedly and have only gotten shorts so far.  The wife has been on me, so I will be after them in the coming days.
On my most recent trip to the beach with John and Rich, we got into a quality Striper.  John had the hot hand on this night.  He landed a 34" and a 47" Striper, back to back, same rod.  Most of the action came from big Doggies.  Incoming tide was the best, all action stopped after the turn.  We used Clam and Bunker, with Clam out-producing the Bunker all night.  Some guys next to us landed two nice Stripers as well.  I had two single rigs, and a double rig out, and the double rig was the hot one for the evening.  The beach we were fishing has been a spot where I go hunting for seaglass with my girls.  They love finding the little frosted treasures.  So, out of habit, I usually search for them while fishing, and its become a bit of a superstition with me, if i find seaglass, I catch.  Now picture 3 grown men searching through sand for seaglass with headlamps at night, pretty comical.  The punchline; when John found a nice piece of seaglass, he landed a Striper, both times!  Guess who's superstitious now?  Rich got the showmanship award for the evening when his rod was pulled from his far to short sand spike and raced toward the suds.  He did a Superman dive and snagged the rod before it made it into the surf.  Great athleticism on his part!  Fun night all around, regardless of the abundance of Doggies.  They put up a nice fight when they are this big anyway, and a bent rod is always fun.
Hopefully the action continues and gets even better!
Tight lines!