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October 19, 2026 - 09:56:44

“Striped bass fishing continued to be very good since things settled down from the nor’easter,” said Capt. Fletcher Chayes of Two Rivers Charters. Of course, that was right before another nor’easter expected the week of October 19. Fletcher said the biggest problem has been the weekend weather, saying “It looks like the weather we had last season with a storm every weekend.” That said, the striped bass are here because folks have been catching them when the waters have been fishable. The two middle weeks in October the weekday weather was good as was the striper and sea bass fishing only to have a weekend storm shut things down, telling me that he is really looking forward to the fishing in November.

October 12, 2026 - 10:34:57

“It was a good week of fishing with striped and sea bass supplying the bulk of the fishing,” said Capt. Fletcher Chayes of Two Rivers Charters. Fletcher told me most of the striped bass fishing was on topwater plugs and were all trophy fish that were released. The sea bass fishing was a mix of shorts and some nice size keeper. Fletcher said he still has some October days, as well as dates in November open so give him a call if you want to get in on the fishing.

2 Bay Ave
Highlands, NJ 07732
phone: 732-539-8182
fax: 732-870-0918

Two Rivers Charters is a full-time New Jersey fishing charter business. Specialiizing in light tackle and fly fishing in Raritan Bay and the surrounding near-shore Atlantic waters. Owner, Capt. Fletcher Chayes is a master captain with over 40 years experience fishing local waters and has travelled all over the world in search of trophy gamefish. While his favorite method of fishing is livelining bunker for trophy striped bass, he regularly targets bluefish, albies, fluke, sea bass and blackfish when in season. Capt. Chayes encourages regular and new customers alike to call for available dates and rates but emphasizes that April, May and June are the prime months for landing bass over 50 pounds.