Empire Fishing and Tackle

Dylan with Empire Fishing and Tackle tells us that the drum and stripers are “all over the place.” Some decent drum were caught in the bay on fresh clams, and anglers are finding stripers in the rivers, creeks and bay on both bloodworms and clam baits. In Tuckerton Bay, Dylan tells us that there are schools of blues moving around and while these fish are mostly under 5 pounds, there are some gators over 10 pounds mixed in. The tog season finale weekend was pretty spectacular, with one angler fishing a local jetty landing 40 tog on Saturday. Not much perch action reported, but that could be because many anglers have switched over to chasing stripers and drum.

The good striper bite continues according to reports out of Empire Fishing and Tackle. Fish are being taken in the Mullica River as well as in Great Bay on bloodworms and clam baits. Keeper size fish and above are being taken every day, the action is pretty hot right now. Those fishing with clams are also coming across some nice size drum in the bay. On the tog grounds, both inshore and offshore, the action was very good with limits of fish being reported to 6 pounds on green crabs.