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Darnell Freeman
Zone Writer · South Jersey Shore
Darnell Freeman taught high school science in Atlantic City for three decades, and he approaches the back bays the same way he ran his classroom — methodically, patiently, and with receipts. His sod-bank fluke program from Brigantine to Stone Harbor is the stuff of local legend, and he explains the why behind every bite.
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Atlantic City to Stone Harbor — Absecon and Great Egg inlets, the back bays, Ocean City surf, Townsends Inlet
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Spring tides build for the weekend push — fluke crowd the inlets as the back bay cooks
Warm bay water is shoving doormats out of the sod banks and into the channels, and Saturday's new moon tide should turn the outgoing into a conveyor belt.
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Fluke Push to the Inlets as Back Bay Water Runs Warm
New moon springs building toward a big outgoing flow — that's where the doormats and the bluefish are stacking this week.