April 29, 2021
Connor Thompson from Grumpy’s Bait and Tackle in Seaside Park got this big blue in the local surf on Wednesday.
Big bluefish are back on the menu.
The long and lean racer blues showed up in Raritan Bay, the Shark and Manasquan rivers and in the surf starting on Tuesday. Add these tackle busters to the plentiful striped bass in the bays and rivers and good freshwater fishing and you’ve got a solid spring fishery.
Northern New Jersey Fishing Report
Rick Hebert at
Tackle World in Rochelle Park said the trout fishing remains good in the streams in his neck of the woods including the Flat Brook and Pequest. The largemouth fishing is decent in lakes and ponds and will only improve as the water warms. He’s still getting positive reports on Raritan Bay stripers up to 25 pounds on plugs and bloodworms along the Bayshore beaches.