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Delaware Bay Fishing Report For The Reel Life III

Captain Joe's 2008 Season Delaware Bay Fishing Report.

May 23, 2008

I got to start out the 2008 season with a "big thanks" to the Bay Point Marina Crew in Cedarville, NJ for hosting their Annual Spring Stripe Bass Tournament. It was a great time. Alot of hard work and respect for sportfishing goes into making the Bay Point Tourmaments a great time for all.

Date: May 18-19, 2008, The location: Bay Point, Cedarville, NJ

• Day One of Tour, saw alot of reel nice stripers caught. Note: The weather was not that bad.
• Then on Day Two, what a wonderful treat for my crew...Team Reel Life landed three nice Stripers,
  one at 36 pounds, another at 42 pounds, and swee..eet 47 pounder and I mean, Wow!

Our day's catch turned out to be the Spring Tournament's winning Stripers.

Thank you again Bay Point and all the great fish people we went up against.

Capt. Joe Musso

May 13, 2007

"Team Reel Life" wins 1st and 2nd place in the Atco Hookers/Longreach Spring Striper Tournament, 5/12/07. Captain Joe credits Anthony Visconti for boating the 36 ¾ and 31 ½ pound winners.

On May 19, look for the Reel Life III at Atlantic Highlands, NJ for the first stop of the Wal-Mart-FLW 2007 Striper Series, than on the 20th - a homecoming shot at the Baypoint Marina Spring Striper Tourament.

On the charter side of things, the north end of the bay is producing keeper striped bass and black drum, call 856-305-0395 for booking.

January 26, 2007

Like to thank the folks that came aboard my Reel Life III this past season. As I spend my winter days at home, the docks or deer stand, I think back of the great moments we had while fishing this year.

Here's a summmary of the top catches targeted aboard the Reel Life III.

• Biggest Spring Striper - 48 3/4 in. at 41 lbs.
• Biggest Drum Fish - 71 lbs.
• Biggest Fluke - 26 in. at 7 1/2 lbs.
• Biggest Bluefin Tuna - 150 lbs.
• Biggest Yellowfin Tuna - 44 lbs.
• Biggest Bluefish - 14 1/2 lbs.
• Biggest Sea Bass - 4.8 lbs.
• Biggest Fall Striper - 48 3/4 in. at 34 1/2 lbs.

December 2, 2006

Striper fishing seemed to fall off this season. Still. we're finding lots of undersized stripers and they're fun sport, too.

October 11, 2006

Finding plenty of Stripers in the Delaware Bay, all throwbacks, although the biggest was 24 inches...last outing.

Between charter bookings, we'll be warming up for our tournament schedule. You'll find us at Utsch's in Cape May, NJ - Oct. 26, 27. Slaughter Beach, DE - Oct 28. Bay Point, NJ - November 11 and 12.

August 18, 2006

Weakfish have picked up quite a bit, you can find them around Ben Davis Point, Six Buoy and in front of Fortescue. Lots of croakers and snapping blues for the party boat fishers.

Flounder has slacked of but if you get into deeper water like near the Wreak and Flounder Alley, you can still get them.

July 11, 2006

After the recent storm, flounder fishing as well as croaker has picked up in the Delaware Bay.

There has been very good fishing between the Miah Maul and Fourteen Foot. Nice 3, 4 and 5 pound flounder have been caught. Weakfish is still slow, very few caught.

Atlantic Ocean - Inshore, been fishing 20 miles outside of Cape May at the Old Grounds. Flounder is great, blues at top and Sea Bass have been tremendous.

June 4, 2006

Striper fishing in the Delaware Bay fell last week. We had one good trip, caught seven, and missed five. The next day we didn't catch any. Then four days after, we had one fish and two lost… a broken line and a bird's nest. Black Drum fishing is still pretty good in the Delaware Bay.

This week we are looking forward to competing in 26 th Annual South Jersey Shark Tournament, some offshore fishing plus Inshore flounder, weakfish and blue fish as well. We're on the way to Cape May, NJ for the summer. See you there.

May 13, 2006

Took Eddie's group of friends to 34 buoy, chunking with bunker for bait. Turned out a good day for striper fishing, netting three keepers and missing one. Joe caught a 44", 31 lb. striped bass. Go to photo gallery, image 12.

April 24, 2006

Captain Joe is preparing to defend his title as "King 'Till Spring" by entering the Bay Point Spring Tournament, Cedarville, NJ. Team Reel Life took 1st place in the Bay Point Fall Tournament - 2005. This year's first Spring Tournament is May 20 and 21.

Reel Life III - Fishing With An Attitude

The Captain adds if your up to his challenge you better get a hold of Bay Point Marina owners (856-447-9700) for details.

March 26, 2006

The Reel Life III is being fitted with a custom enclosure, bottom paint and decals. Expected launch date: April 15, 2006.