May 11, 2026 - 10:32:54
The word from Rick over at Tackle World was continued good trout fishing in the northern stream despite falling water levels. The state will continue to stock trout in some streams until Memorial Day. He also mentioned some good bass and crappie fishing in the local small ponds and lakes.
May 11, 2026 - 10:32:45
The word from Rick over at Tackle World was also good striped bass fishing this past week. He said reports coming into the shop from Raritan Bay and Newark Bay told of a good mix of keepers, slots and trophy bass being caught on just about everything anglers threw at them. He too said the fluke fishing also started to pick up in the rivers and off the bulkheads on the outgoing water this past week. In addition he mentioned that a good number of bottom fishermen have been stopping in at the shop to pick up sea bass gear for the approaching sea bass season.
May 04, 2026 - 10:28:49
“Most lakes and ponds are seeing bass on the spawning beds with anglers playing catch and release with some nice largemouth on Jug Heads,” said Rick over at Tackle World. Rick also told us northern streams are in better shape thanks to the midweek rains and some better trout catches were reported from Wednesday on.
May 04, 2026 - 10:28:42
“It was a good week of striped bass fishing with bass all over the bay,” cited Rick over at Tackle World. Trolling mojos along casting SP Minnows and glide baits and fishing cut bunker are taking the bulk of the bass. Rick also said things are looking good for the opening up of the fluke fishing on Monday. “Because of the difference in water temps between the deeper water in the bay and the shallow water areas it looks like most of the fishing will be in the shallows on the top of the outgoing tide,” Rick said.