April 1, 2021
Carmine Tango with a beautiful bass taken on a Red Fin this week, posted by the Tackle Box.
The fishing right now is no joke. Stripers galore from Barnegat to the Raritan, winter flounder fishing picked up, trout and tog season opened today, (April 1), and fishermen are out in force.
Tom at Giglio’s reported that fishing in Raritan Bay is on fire right now. He said some fishermen are catching fish after fish, with 15- to 25-pounders in the mix. Plugs are working well for fishermen from shore, especially plastic swimmers, like the Daiwa Salt Pro Minnow and Yo-Zuri Mag Darter, and clams and bloodworms are catching as well.
Nothing like a few days of warm weather to get things going.
A couple of sunny days lit up the bass bite in the Toms River and Barnegat Bay and even brought a few keeper flounder out of the mud in the Shark River.
Stripers are also hitting along the Raritan Bay beaches on bloodworms and small plugs.
There’s been better action in freshwater as well as panfish, pickerel and largemouth bass are being caught in local ponds and lakes.
Capt. Phil Sciortino at the Tackle Box in Hazlet said short and keeper bass have been caught on blood and sandworms in Leonardo, South Amboy, Cliffwood Beach and Union Beach.