A lot has happened already in this holiday shortened final week of May, as The Fisherman’s Jim Hutchinson tries to keep up on this week’s action at home while stuck in the air travel abyss yet again. Fluking in the back bays and salty rivers heated up over the Memorial Day weekend, though the season’s first double-digit doormat (11 pounds) caps off the week’s report which also includes a look at mako sharks, bluefin and yellowfin, Dream Boat weakfish and cod mixed with sea bass catches. There was plenty of handwringing over the lack of bunker this spring, but some bunker-busting striper action could be on-hand in time for Saturday’s Hi-Mar! We have Open Boat tips on trophy catch and release striper fishing, our weekly report from the Poconos, and tournament updates from both the Dream Boat Fishing Challenge and Coastal Kayak Clash. Finally, on the ground in the Florida Keys we wrap up the weekly report with a look at the weekend events for June 1-2, and a 4-minute rant on the latest industrial offshore wind news in the Garden State!
