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The striper bite in Raritan Bay is red hot and the action is improving by the day in Barnegat Bay. Meanwhile, blackfishing has been surprisingly good offshore.

Big bass are being caught on plugs, swim shads and bloodworms in the bays and rivers, and charter boats prepare for the blackfish season opener on Saturday.

Tautog season is closed until April, but striped bass are already biting well in the back bays and rivers, and freshwater fishing has also been hot.

Keeper tautog bite in deep water and white perch feed in the back bays, while largemouth bass and crappie entertain anglers in the ponds.

There's decent tautog fishing around the wrecks, white perch fishing is good in the rivers and freshwater ponds fish well for pickerel and bass.

A few anglers are picking away at bass in the surf and tautog on the wrecks, but freshwater fishing is the hottest action available right now.

Tautog fishing is hit or miss, schoolie bass are active in the surf and crappie, bass and panfish are biting well in freshwater ponds.

A few surfcasters are quietly finding bass in the south Jersey surf, tog fishing is decent, and freshwater anglers enjoy trout and bass action.

The blackfish bite is decent but unreliable through wind and arctic temperatures, and a few striped bass linger in the bays before the season ends.

Good fishing for tautog and black sea bass keep boats running through the cold, and stripers actively feed in the surf when the sun is down.