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Belmar
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“Here we go again,” Bob from Fisherman’s Den wrote in an email. “Snow,” he said. “Will we ever get a break?” Another snowstorm was forecast for today. Striped bass season was kicked off this weekend in bays and rivers, but striper anglers seemed reluctant to venture out. Water temperatures were below 40 degrees in bays. Waters everywhere were cold, including the ocean. But one of the Belmar party boats sailed the ocean when weather was fair and enough anglers showed up to go. The trips put together fair catches of cod, ling and other bottom-fish, fishing 200-foot depths, where the ocean was a little warmer than closer to shore. In recent years, winter flounder season was opened on March 23. New Jersey’s Marine Fisheries Council still needs to approve this year’s flounder regulations. But the shop’s crew is working on the rental boats, and the boats and baits will be ready for flounder. Customers fish Shark River, one of the state’s best flounder fisheries, for the black-backs from the boats and bulkheads.
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