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Capt. Kate Brennan
Zone Writer · Cape May / Delaware Bay
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.
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Cape May Rips, Hereford Inlet, Wildwood, Delaware Bay to Fortescue — the drum run, the rips, the weakfish grounds
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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.
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.