New Jersey & Delaware Bay - Northern New Jersey Fishing Reports

The onslaught of striped bass moving through northern coastal waters continued unabated as the month of November was slipping into the history books. To say this past fall’s striped bass run was one for the record books would not do justice to the fishing anglers enjoyed starting in mid-September and into the Thanksgiving week. It’s anybody’s guess as to how far into December the fishing will go, but every day we catch stripers will add to the legend of the year 2022. In my 60 logged years of logged fishing and 40-years of writing I have never seen anything like this year’s striper fishing and it isn’t over yet. There are still plenty of baitfish in northern waters and there will still be bass moving down the coast, so don’t pack those rods away yet. The nice thing is stripers are not the only fish anglers have to look forward to in December. Blackfishing is just starting to heat up and a few boats are already scheduling offshore bottom fishing trips for sea bass, ling, cod, porgies and other winter delights. Winter flounder fishing is building in Shark River and other areas as well.