New Jersey & Delaware Bay - Northern New Jersey Fishing Reports

Fishing along the northern coast offered anglers a nice variety of fish to catch right up until the Saturday morning nor’easter that lasted through the weekend. Needless to say the reopening of sea bass fishing on Friday put a lot of sinker bouncers on the water; it’s a shame the winds had to keep boats in port over the weekend. Bluefish roamed the bay and the inshore waters along with some albies and a few bonito. Striped bass fishing in New York Harbor and East River was good early in the week but strong currents make for some hard fishing later in the week. Stripers were also caught on Friday and Saturday from the Verrazano Bridge into Ambrose Channel. Weakfish provided some action in different areas of the bay and kingfish were caught along the lower side of the bay late in the week. Bluefin continue to give anglers some hook ups off the Rockaways and north of Sandy Hook. Surfcasters enjoyed a mix of blues, stripers and the occasional weakfish. In short there are plenty of fish around and we simply need Mother Nature to be a little kinder. I would say she needs to chill out, but I don’t want to give her any ideas this early in the fall.