Tackle Direct News Today

White perch fishing has been good around the rivers and excitement builds for the backwater striper season opener on March 1.

Tautog action is spotty for the few boats getting out, and white perch are caught in the back bays and rivers as anglers await the start of backwater striper season.

White perch feed in the rivers, blackfishing is a slow pick, and the freshwater ponds are giving up pickerel, crappie and largemouth bass.

Headboats sneak out for blackfish and cod when conditions permit, while other anglers pursue white perch, crappie and freshwater bass.

There's spotty action for brown and rainbow trout in the kettle lakes, and bass and pickerel take suspending jerkbaits and finesse soft plastics in the ponds.

Staying true to the theme of last week's report, weather windows remained tight this week as Hurricane Idalia fizzled out on her way up the coast. Now we're experiencing the swell from Hurricane Franklin, which, combined with strong tides on the backside of August's super blue moon, is churning up the seas of the northeast.

In a unanimous vote Wednesday evening, the Egg Harbor City Council rejected a plan to redevelop the city's historic lake park.

In a unanimous vote Wednesday evening, the Egg Harbor City Council rejected a plan to redevelop the city's historic lake park.