Jersey Devil Marina

Wally with Jersey Devil Marina tells us that this storm pushed the perch further up the river and creeks while baitfish and stripers seem to be scattered throughout the river systems. Customers reported a few jumbo perch on live grass shrimp, bloodworms, and on 1/32-ounce jigheads with matching chartreuse grubs. Chartreuse was a popular color along with pink and white for anglers fishing soft plastics for stripers. The bridges, especially at night, have been seeing lots of baitfish, from tiny fish loosely described as resembling “rain bait” to some very large peanut bunker being crushed by schoolie stripers.

Other than some customers fishing the river for stripers and creeks for white perch, Wally at Jersey Devil Marina tells us there wasn’t much going on this week. Striper action was starting to improve in the lower river prior to the storm with anglers reporting fish to 30 inches on live eels. The upper river, and creeks, were producing white perch on bloodworms and live grass shrimp.