What is in season right now?

I’m hearing a lot of reports from the East Coast that fishing has been wonderful this year. The rough currents and tropical storms have churned up lots of food and cooler water where these fish thrive! What better time for a fishing charter could you imagine?

Fishing Summer Flounder (Fluke)
Fishing for the Summer Flounder or Fluke has a good fishing range in the Western Atlantic from Nova Scotia down the coast past New Jersey to Florida, and possibly further south where the Summer Flounder may mix and if caught be confused with its close relative the Southern Flounder. You will notice the Southern Flounder when caught will lack the eye-like spots of the Summer flounder. Both are a fun fight and are great for a fishing trip out at sea.

Fishing Bluefish (including “snappers”)
When fishing Bluefish, please know it is a moderately proportioned fish, with a broad, forked tail and very fun to catch. The spiny first dorsal fin is normally folded back in a groove, as are its pectoral fins, meaning it’s a fast fish and a good fight. Coloration is a grayish blue-green dorsally (where it gets the name Bluefish), fading to white on the lower sides and belly. Its single row of teeth in each jaw are uniform in size, knife-edged and sharp so steel leaders and gloves are preferred when landing the larger Blues. Bluefish commonly range in size from seven inch (18 cm) “snappers” to much larger, sometimes weighing as much as 40 pounds (18 kg), though fish heavier than twenty pounds (9 kg) are exceptional you may see some in the great fishing conditions recently.

Fishing Weakfish
The weakfish is a marine fish of the drum family Sciaenidae and sometimes called Sea Trout.
The head and back of this fish are dark brown in color with a greenish tinge. The sides have a faint silvery hue with dusky specks, and the belly is white. The origin of its name is based on the weakness of the mouth muscles, which often cause a hook to tear free, allowing the fish to escape. The weakfish grows to 3 feet in length and 19 pounds in weight. It is found along the eastern coast of North America from Nova Scotia, Canada down the coast past New York and New Jersey to northern Florida, where it is fished both commercially and recreationally.
In the mid-Atlantic states, the fish is sometimes referred to by the name Sea Trout, though it is not related to the fishes properly called Trout, which are in the family Salmonidae. In New England it is also known as the Squeteague.
The weakfish is the state fish of Delaware.

Atlantic Cod
Haddock
Pollock
Striped Bass
Red Drum
Spanish Mackerel