It’s the 17th day of April with 17 days to go before the summer flounder kickoff in New Jersey. But before you go running for the fluke gear, gear up for this week’s local action with the latest reports on striped bass, black drum and tautog, as reported by The Fisherman’s readers and weekly viewers. Jenni premieres a special tautog talk on Easter Sunday, while the trout stock report in New Jersey is bullish on monster rainbows as you’ll find in this week’s digital edition of The Fisherman, exclusively for subscribers! We also have our weekly freshwater rundown with our Pocono Outdoors Guy and peek inside our calendar of events, but the breaking news this week is that the Empire Wind 1 industrial offshore wind construction will NOT get underway off the NJ/NY coast on May 1. Details on the Government Accountability Office report release on Tuesday, and the late Wednesday afternoon decision by the Secretary of the Department of Interior calling for a pause on piledriving. The question is, will Empire strike back?
