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Striped bass are active in the backwater marshes, and anglers pick away at blue catfish in Bay tribs while others see increased activity from yellow perch and largemouth bass.
Tautog fishing is a tough pick out front, decent striper fishing continues in the lower Bay, and pickerel and panfish are chewing in the rivers.
Tautog fishing over the reefs is decent when conditions allow, DNR continues to stock trout, and trophy stripers are taken on jigs in the Bay.
Pickerel get picky with 30-degree water temps, striped bass hang tight to bottom in 30 to 70 feet, and tautog fishing is decent for keepers with plenty of short life.
Striped bass are tight to bottom and taking soft-plastic jigs, meanwhile the rivers are giving up pickerel, perch, fallfish and catfish.