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WhereWhere cancan II getget it?it? If fishing is your sport, Cumberland County is a “fisherman’s paradise”. The Delaware bayshore and its tributaries are Cumberland County home to numerous marinas and boat rental businesses. In addition, there are public boat ramps on each of the County’s two Board of Chosen Freeholders rivers and also at Union Lake and Menantico Ponds. Surf fishing is prevalent all along the Delaware Bay and Cumberland CumberlandCumberland CountyCounty County provides plenty of shoreline to accommodate the sport. Beaches at Fortescue, Gandy’s Beach and Thompson’s Beach Douglas M. Rainear, Freeholder Director are among the fishing hot spots on the Bay. Freshwater anglers are not forgotten in Cumberland County. Both the Cohansey Bruce T. Peterson, Deputy Director and the Maurice Rivers as well as Union Lake in Millville and Menantico Ponds in Maurice River Township, provide their share of Dr. Mary L. Gruccio Hancocks Harbor & Hancock Harbor great fishing experiences. Louis N. Magazzu Anchor Marina River Rd. Leesburg 785-9899 455-2610 Bait Box Restaurant Rd. Greenwich Perhaps fishing is not high on James A. Rocco Jane Y. Christy Fisherman’s Higbee’s Marina, Downe Ave. your agenda of preferred activities, Andy’s Marina Matt’s Landing 785-0101 447-4157 & Luncheonette Fortescue but seafood is one of your favorite Jeffrey M. Trout Beaver Dam Boat Old Beaver Dam Rd. New Jersey Ave. meals. Cumberland County has a 447-3633 Hook, Line & Sinker 447-4212 Rental & Crabbing Newport Fortescue number of seafood markets where Cumberland County Agriculture Development Board Berry’s Driftwood Husted-Bateman seafood is available to Matt’s Landing 785-2293 Husted’s Landing 451-6195 Marina Rd. Fairton grace your dinner table. David Sheppard, Chairman Paradise King’s Wharf & Shell Pile, Explore and Discover! Boat World Marina River Rd. Leesburg 785-9878 785-2424 Your Key to SEAFOOD MARKETS Richard Stratton, Vice Chairman Marina Port Norris Fred Van Meter, Treasurer Borkowski’s Triangle Delaware Ave. Bivalve, clams oysters scallops crabs fish other types AA GuideGuide toto Marinas,Marinas, SeafoodSeafood 447-3671 Longreach Marina 785-1818 Raymond Graiff, Secretary Marina Fortescue Port Norris 13 Washington St. Albert Johnson Dill’s Seafood 451-1932 Markets,Markets, andand FishingFishing HotHot SpotsSpots Bridgeton NJ Dr. Ernie Zirkle Cox’s Penny Hill Dorchester 785-0100 Money Island Marina Money Island 447-4974 Gigi’s Seafood 851 N. Pearl St. 455-4780 Lenny Rera, Soil Conservation District Bridgeton NJ Dividing Creek Marina south side of 553 Delaware Ave. Market Dr. Wesley Kline, Agriculture Agent 785-2828 Myers’ Marina 447-3103 5 Hilltop Drive & Boat Rentals Dividing Creek Fortescue 451-0215 Jeffrey Trout, Freeholder Liaison Weber’s Seafood Bridgeton NJ Public Rd. Robert Brewer, Planning Director 1811 N, Delsea Dr. Double “A” Marina 447-3014 Popeye’s Marina Matt’s Landing 785-2331 794-883 Matthew Pisarski, Senior Planner Fortescue Little Dad’s Vineland NJ Kenneth Browne, Design & Graphics Dividing Creek next Port Norris Marina Shell Pile, 38 Fortescue Rd. Downe By The Creek 785-0008 785-1205 Jenkin’s Seafood 447-4991 to Restaurant & Restaurant Port Norris Newport NJ This brochure was partially funded by a grant from King’s Crab 1 Shellpile Plaza Fortescue Pavillion New Jersey Ave. Bivalve, 785-2424 of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture 447-3479 Sail Loft Marina 785-9704 Ranch Port Norris NJ Marina Fortescue Port Norris and by the Cumberland County Tourism Advisory Council. Bivalve Packing 6957 Bivalve Ave. 115 River Rd. Newport Landing 785-0270 Four Star Marina 785-1273 Sun Dog Marina 447-3992 Co Port Norris NJ For More Information call 1(866) 866-MORE Leesburg Rd., Newport 114 Matts Landing Rd. www.state.nj.us/agriculture/rural/seafood south end Spring Garden Spring Garden Rd. Haase’s Seafood Heislerville NJ 785-7001 Gandy’s Beach 447-3002 825-5334 Gandy’s Beach Marina Port Elizabeth 3531 Rt. 47, Bailey’s Seafood 825-2621 south side of 553 Port Elizabeth, NJ Greenwich Boatworks Pier Rd. Greenwich 451-7777 Wildlife Boat Rentals 785-1010 Prepared under the direction Dividing Creek 3524 S. Delsea Dr. of the Cumberland County Ocean Fresh Vineland, NJ 825-6473 Board of Chosen Freeholders Haase’s Marina Matt’s Landing 785-7001 Ike’s Famous 5064 Rt.49 by the Department of 825-2722 Planning and Development CrabCakes Millville NJ Fishing Hot Spots Marinas in Cumberland County CumberlandCumberland CountyCounty NewNew JerseyJersey 1. Union Lake Wildlife Management Area 1. Anchor Marina 2. Menantico Ponds Wildlife Mgt. Area 2. Andy’s Marina 3. Beaver Dam Boat Rental & Crabbing 3. Sunset & Mary Elmer Lakes 4. Berry’s Driftwood Marina
5. Boat World Marina 4 Cohansey River (Bridgeton Boat Launch) 6. Borkowski’s Triangle Marina 4 7. Cox’s Penny Hill 4 5. Maurice River (Fowser Road Boat Launch) 8. Dividing Creek Marina & Boat Rentals 6. Fortescue 9. Double “A” Marina 10. Downe By The Creek 7. Port Norris 11. Fortescue Pavillion Marina 12. Four Star Marina 8. Davis Mill Pond 13. Gandy’s Beach
14. Greenwich Boatworks 9. Clark’s Pond 3 15. Haase’s Marina 3 16. Hancock’s Harbor & Bait Box Restaurant 2 10 10. Shaw’s Mill Pond 17. Higbee’s Marina, Tackle & Luncheonette 1 8 11. Maurice River Causeway Boat Launch 18. Hook, Line, & Sinker 19. Husted’s Landing 1 4 12. East Point Boat Launch 20. King’s Wharf Marina 21. Longreach Marina 9 22. Money Island Marina 5 23. Myers’ Marina 14 Striped Bass 24. Popeye’s Marina 16 The striped bass, also known in New Jersey as 25. Port Norris Marina & Restaurant striper, rockfish, and “Jersey Gold”, has been one of 26. Sail Loft Marina 2 the most sought-after commercial and recreational finfish in the Delaware Bay since the 1600’s. The 27. Sundog Marina 19 coastal habitat of the striper reaches from the St. Lawrence River in Canada to the St. Johns River in 28. Spring Garden Marina Florida. 29. Wildlife Boat Rentals D Striped bass may appear to be light green, olive, steel blue, brown or black. They earn their e 28 nameto reach by the100 sevenlbs. and or eightnearly bands 5 ft. in that length) mark their l 10 sides, extending from the gills to the tail. Mature 9 stripers are known for their size (they’ve been known a and being w formidable fighters. The striped bass will hit on many 27 11 lures including metal squid plugs, spinners, spoons a and jigs. Shedder crabs, clams, bloodworms, 5 shrimp, mullet and live bunker are all used for bait Blue Crabs r 22 fishing. Anglers find that the best time for stripers to Native to New Jersey waters, blue crabs have e 3 bite is at dawn, dusk and throughout the night. long been considered one of the most delectable B 10 7 marine creatures on the eastern seaboard. Blue a 8 Crabs are enjoyed in both the hard or soft shell y 13 stages. “Shedders” or “Peelers”are really blue crabs 29 5 that have recently shed their hard shells as part of the growth process. Soft shell crabs are a shore tradition 6 7 12 and considered a delicacy by seafood lovers. 1 Blue crabs spend the winter hibernating in deep 9 6 1 waters and move into our warm, shallow waters in the 17 20,25 2,4 Bluefish spring and summer. They prefer muddy, soft bottoms Weakfish where they can dig burrows and hide when they’re 6,11, 7 Bluefish are one of the most popular sport fish A member of the Drumfish family, but different 15,24 shedding. Seasoned crabbers should know the differ- 8 in the waters of New Jersey. They have few rivals from Croakers and Red and Black Drums. The 18,23 8 ence between females (sooks) and males (jimmies). when it comes to ferocity in the ocean. With their Weakfish gets its name from the weak flesh around 21,26 Females have a broad apron pattern on the bottom of razor sharp teeth, these feisty fish are renowned for the mouth that tears easily when hooked. Their bod- their feeding frenzies. According to fish folklore, a their shells and bright red claw tips. Males have a ies are silver in color with the top portion being dark 12 school of bluefish swam into Barnegat Inlet in 1870, rocket or lighthouse pattern on the bottom of their olive green spattered with dark blotches that form terrorizing millions of bushels of menhaden, until shells. Recreationally and commercially, the blue wavy lines. every stream, inlet and even surrounding meadows crab is one of the shore’s most popular summer Weakfish are tertiary consumers within the were teeming with the frantic fish. catches. Bay ecosystem, and Fortescue, New Jersey in Bluefish range anywhere from 2 to 25 pounds. Not only is the crab meat very rich and sweet Cumberland County is known as “The Weakfish In spring and summer, they migrate from southern to tasting, it’s low in calories and provides excellent high Capital of the World”. Seafood Markets northern waters to spawn. In the fall, the migration Weakies are famous for their white, lean, finely quality protein, vitamins, and minerals. Most of the 1. Dill’s Seafood Market reverses. Small, young bluefish called snappers have textured flesh and are considered an excellent food meat from the blue crab comes from the body. In 2. Gigi’s Crabs & Seafood Market a somewhat different taste than their elders and are fish. season, blue crabs are plentiful and you can pur- 3. Weber’s Seafood excellent pan-fried. chase them live in the shell, steamed in the shell, or 4. Little Dad’s Bluefish meat is dark with a distinctive taste as fresh, frozen, or pasteurized meat. Be sure to 5. Jenkin’s Seafood that’s soft textured and rich in oil. Large adult blue- keep the meat chilled until you use it. 6. King’s Crab Ranch fish have a higher oil content which can be cut by 7. Bivalve Packing Co. broiling or grilling them over a charcoal fire. Bluefish 8. Haase’s Seafood are also excellent for salads. Smoked bluefish pate, 9. Bailey’s Seafood a real taste treat, is appearing more and more as a pricey appetizer on many restaurant menus. 10. Ocean Fresh