Bass and pickerel fishing is tough in the shallow ponds, trout take live and artificial baits on bottom rigs, and sea herring fishermen catch pollock to 32 inches in the Canal.
Stripers and gator blues feed on bunker and sand eels in the surf, Raritan Bay hosts a solid bass bite, and tog fishing is better around the jetties and inlets than the wrecks.
Fluke fishing slows in the surf as the storm approaches, albies and bonito are caught from beaches and jetties, and local rivers hold accessible fishing for stripers and cocktail blues.
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