Kicking off this week’s video fishing forecast for the New Jersey, Delaware Bay region with a look under the lights at outback stripers on the prowl at night. Kick off the first part of this week’s forecast with a look at striped bass action at the Jersey Shore, from outback surprises to a county-by-county breakdown along the open beaches. Get an inside look at the May edition of The Fisherman out this week, with a deep dive into bluefin tuna in 2026 and the latest on black drum and bluefish. Ocean water temps are slowly creeping up, while the freshwater bite is also on the uptick as we get deeper and deeper into spring. Finally this week, we turn to the pros to get off the snide while waiting anxiously at the phone for word from the federal government on the status of state vs. federal regulations on fluke and sea bass. The countdown begins; we’re 11 days out from the start of New Jersey’s fluke season on May 4th, 22 days until the opening of black sea bass on May 15th, with just 7 full days of tautog fishing left for the month of April.
