Schoolie stripers reach Martha's Vineyard, a wave of migratory bass follow bunker into Western Rhode Island, and 40-inch stripers file into the South Jersey surf.
Anglers around Cape catch 6-pound-plus largemouth bass, schoolies stripers arrive in the Vineyard surf, and tautog fishing slowly improves in and around Buzzards Bay.
Bass fishing continues to heat up through shifting conditions, short tog are caught in Buzzards Bay, and some ponds get their second and third rounds of stocked trout.
Tautog are chewing well around Buzzards Bay and the Elizabeth Islands, stripers feed in skinny water, and trout activity improves during the cold snap.