The kettle ponds are fishing well for brown and rainbow trout, largemouth bass fishing continues to pick up steam, and anglers begin preparations for spring tautog season.
Stripers of all sizes bite well in the Canal, sea bass fishing is challenging while more fluke work into reports, and activity from schoolie bluefin tuna ramps up offshore.
Fresh schoolies feed on sand eels while big bass and bluefish chase squid in the rips, and fluke fishing improves amid a slower start to sea bass season.