Tackle World

Over at Tackle World Rick said as the month of December was beginning to wane striped bass fishing was all but over, while offshore sea bass remains very good and blackfishing is good and getting better. Look for these fisheries to get better with the sea bass and tog moving into deeper water and January progresses weather permitting. Tautog and porgy action will remain open in January, even as black sea bass goes on winter hiatus.

“Striped bass fishing was up and down this past week, more than likely due to the passing full moon,” said Rick over at Tackle World; He said the week started off with some decent catches in the rips off Sandy Hook, but the fish thinned out by mid-week. Blackfishing has been decent; however shorts are still dominating the catches along with occasional big whitechins to 10-plus pounds. Offshore sea bass fishing continues to be very good with some porgies, ling and an occasional cod mixed in. On the freshwater scene most lakes in the northern portion of the state have skim ice on them and while some trout are being caught in the winter stocked lakes and ponds, northern streams remain very low.