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Cape May / Delaware Bay

Capt. Kate Brennan
Capt. Kate Brennan
Zone Writer
Capt. Kate Brennan is second-generation Cape May charter royalty — her father ran the rips for forty years and she's run them for twenty more. From the May black drum thump in Delaware Bay to fall stripers stacked in the rips off the Point, Kate calls it straight, including the days you should stay home and tie leaders.
Cape May / Delaware Bay

New moon springs load the Rips while Delaware Bay simmers and weakfish stay ghosts

Fluke are sliding out of a warm bay into the inlets right on schedule — the drum run's long gone, and the weakfish still won't show.

Capt. Kate BrennanJul 10, 2026
Cape May / Delaware Bay

New moon springs build in the Rips as fluke push to the inlets and weakfish stay a no-show

Hereford Inlet and the Cape May Canal are carrying the fluke load while the back bay cooks and the drum run fades into memory.

Capt. Kate BrennanJul 8, 2026