September 28, 2026 - 10:41:37
Water conditions on most northern streams benefited from the rains and are in prime shape for the fall stocking which is only a few weeks away, said Rick over at Tackle World. While a lot of people did not fish on the big reservoirs this week because of the wind, Rick said those that did found some good bass, trout and panfishing on Round Valley, Splitrock, Monksville, and other big waters.
September 28, 2026 - 10:41:21
The report we got from Rick over at Tackle World echoed most of the other reports we got on this past week’s fishing. He too said the weather was a real bummer and very few reports came his way. He told me is hoping for a good tuna bite once things settle down. While bottom fishing will take a little longer pick up, once it does it will be nice being able to take some fish home for the table with a 10-fish sea bass bag limit. Lastly he said the migratory stripers had stared move and the local fish were also on the move and the striped bass fishing could start up any time.
September 21, 2026 - 10:33:08
The month of September was an up and down month due to weather according to Rick over at Tackle World. October is traditionally one of the best months of the season, so look for some decent largemouth and smallmouth in the reservoirs and some good crappie fishing in the small ponds and lakes.
September 21, 2026 - 10:32:46
“Fluke fishing came to a close with plenty of short and some nice keeper in the surf and ocean,” said Rick over at Tackle World. Mixed size blues with bonito and albies mixed in were caught along the inshore waters with some real slammers being taken at the wind turbines. He added that spearing and rainfish started moving out of the bay and along the beaches south of Sandy Hook in late September. Rick ended his report by saying a lot of bottom fishermen were stopping at the store to pick up jigs for when the sea bass limit goes up on October 1.