Madd Mantis News Today

Bass and pickerel fishing is tough in the shallow ponds, trout take live and artificial baits on bottom rigs, and sea herring fishermen catch pollock to 32 inches in the Canal.

Stripers and gator blues feed on bunker and sand eels in the surf, Raritan Bay hosts a solid bass bite, and tog fishing is better around the jetties and inlets than the wrecks.

A veteran surfcaster shares his wisdom for packing the plug bag to catch more, and bigger fall run stripers on peanut bunker.

Fluke fishing slows in the surf as the storm approaches, albies and bonito are caught from beaches and jetties, and local rivers hold accessible fishing for stripers and cocktail blues.

Tricky tuna fishing continues after July 4th, but fluke and stripers entertained the masses during the long holiday weekend.

Black Sea bass fishing has been great, fluke continue to bite around rivers, and stripers eat clams in the surf.

Last weekend’s lousy weather ruined a couple of days of fishing but the fishing has bounced back since the weather cleared.