In just 17 days New Jersey’s “outback” striped bass season reopens on March 1, so too will the winter flounder fishery. With temperatures this week finally up above the freezing mark along the Jersey Shore, perhaps we’ll start seeing more open water in the days ahead in the lead-up from white perch to flounder and stripers. After a quick rundown on conditions and upcoming sailing schedules, we run through this weekend’s seminar schedule in Edison for the NJ Boat Sale & Expo, as well as Surf Day and Hi-Mar. Learn where to get your free copy of The Fisherman Magazine and what you’ll find inside. We have more transom tips this week, leading into our regular freshwater report from the Poconos. Finally, the NJ Freshwater Fishing Digest for ’26 has been released with big changes to trout, plus the new acting-commissioner of NJDEP chooses a deputy, and the resident’s first beach buggy legislation is back in play in Trenton.