Mia Page was fishing with her dad Bryan and sister Vienna alongside good friends this spring in Lenni, PA catching trout along the Chester Creek.Kayla Braccili clambered over the Chester Creek rocks with dad Eric and the Page family in the hunt for spring trout.James Kearney – James Kearney said he caught five striped bass in total on the Toms River during a rainy session earlier this spring, but this bloodworm-caught beauty was the biggest of the bunch.The Markowski and Tsoupros families had a great day aboard the Miss Liane out of Forked River with a limit catch and great memories.How was your opening day of trout season? Bj Nemeth didn’t let the obligatory opening day rains keep him from chasing rainbows, big ones at that!Antoine Thurston caught this 8-pound brown trout at West Branch Reservoir on a jig and minnow combo back in mid-April. Photo courtesy of Curtis Key.Bill Perry, Sr. of Shark River Hills with a 5-pound tautog taken aboard the Skylarker. Don’t forget, the one-fish blackfish limit is back in play in New Jersey as of August 1.Vincent Martella with a May days striper on the Raritan Bay, a 39-1/2-incher that he caught and released.“Like clockwork the gator blues are in the shallows cruising and destroying super spooks,” said Shawn Smith, noting how he was also able to get his 6-year-old nephew Eric in on the action, while his brother Dave had a few stripers in the mix as well.Tom Vernooy didn’t have to head down to the bay for boomers this spring, he caught this freshwater drum at the Bordentown boat ramp on the Delaware River while shad fishing. This 10-pounder took a quarter-ounce road runner jig.Shant (Shaunt) Zakarian fished with noted Delaware River guide Dieter Scheel in the New Hope/Lambertville and scored a few freshwater stripers.Omar Samuel caught this striper in the back of Raritan Bay in mid-April . This fish was 31 inches (safely released) caught on a 6-inch swim shad on the top of the incoming.“While fishing for weakfish along a jetty in Cape May County, I was surprised to encounter this striped bass,” said Jacob Lynch who suspects she was feeding on smaller weakies when hitting a 1/4-ounce Z-Man jighead rigged with a pink fluke.Dan Morgan of Bethlehem, PA was banging the drum at Island Beach State Park on May 17 using clam for bait in the morning surf.“The bass bite in Brigantine was on fire, anglers catching them left and right,” was the report we got this spring from Dillon DeGrace showing off a 35-incher caught on Riptide Bait & Tackle clam (aka, the Riptide Rotter).Brian McDonald hit this 7-pound, 14-ounce trout at Round Valley Reservoir in late May. Photo courtesy of Mike Roman of the Round Valley Trout Association.
