April 24, 2024 - 10:46:31
Phil at the Tackle Box in Hazlet reported that Sandy Hook got a good shot of stripers this weekend as the Rip held keeper class fish that hit NLBN plastics, metal lipped swimmers and clams. The Keansburg Pier was loaded with bass as well with clam baits scoring slot fish there. Way back at South Amboy bloodworms are working best to score stripers. A big 50-pound black drum was also caught along the Bayshore back there this week on clams.
April 24, 2024 - 10:46:25
“The weekend saw some fish trolled in the Reach,” said Phil over at the Tackle Box. Phil said that was a good sign since the drop in water temps seems to have turned off the artificial bite and made everything a bait bite. While worms and eels have been the top baits because due to erratic bunker supplies, it was also good to see a few bass were taken on swimmers along the lower bay beaches which have shallow water which is warmer. A few bass have also been caught on clams. Phil said it will be interesting to see if boat traffic, which has been light this spring, will pick up once the bass really turn on.
April 15, 2024 - 09:20:11
Phil at the Tackle Box in Hazlet said more slot bass were caught this week especially off the Keansburg Pier and off of Waterfront Park. Bloodworms fooled fish between 28 and 31 inches there, while the bayside of Sandy Hook had a paddletail shad bite going with shorty bass there also hitting NLBN shads.
April 15, 2024 - 09:19:42
There continues to be plenty of bass in the back waters areas of the Reach and anglers have been picking up fish on cut bunker, worms and shads when they have been able to fish, said Phil over at the Tackle Box. Phil told me this was one of the worst springs he has seen when it comes to the weather. By mid-April the striped bass fishing usually has broken open big time, but this year the weatherman simply wont cooperate, he said.
