Striped Bass around south Jersey: I have read VERY little about Stripers and Spring migration this year. I'll appreciate any and all insight you provide.

jkevin01l Loc: Mystic Islands, NJ

I have read VERY little about Stripers and Spring migration this year. I'll appreciate any and all insight you provide.

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

Starting to be caught by boaters in Raritan Bay.

Huntm22 Loc: Northern Utah. - West Haven

Welcome aboard jkevin. Check with local bait shops.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

I'm sitting on the beach on LBI typing this. Waters still cold,worm came in untouched so far. May head over to Graveling Point.

Huntm22 Loc: Northern Utah. - West Haven

Flytier wrote:

I'm sitting on the beach on LBI typing this. Waters still cold,worm came in untouched so far. May head over to Graveling Point.

Maybe need to wiggle your worm a little more!! LOL

emoshuns Loc: Brooklyn

USAF Major wrote:

Starting to be caught by boaters in Raritan Bay.

Doesn’t the season start 4/15?

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

emoshuns wrote:

Doesn’t the season start 4/15?

Maybe earlier on the NJ side. IDK for sure, boats I read about were NJ based. Reported by Al Ristori who does a blog called tight lines.

Leeg53 Loc: Allen,texas/ worc,mass

Article in paper about that subject today. It seems when water hits 50° it starts spawning. Fish will come in to rivers then. But I think its all catch and release. At that time. In Mass we wait for herring run. Stripers follow them up coast

emoshuns Loc: Brooklyn

USAF Major wrote:

Maybe earlier on the NJ side. IDK for sure, boats I read about were NJ based. Reported by Al Ristori who does a blog called tight lines.

Thanks Major (I’m USN enlisted btw)...
According to my research:
The season for stripers in NJ is March 1 through December 31. For recreational striper fishing in NJ, the regulations allow for one fish measuring between 28 and less than 43 inches and one fish 43 inches or greater.

CRKfish Loc: Southern New Jersey

Kevin you’re run the right spot being at mystic islands. There’s been a good amount of really nice resident/ holdover bass caught in your area, bay and river, to include keeper size fish. The main migration is beginning thought we are still in the very early stages. The recent warm weather is helping things and next week looks to be very nice as well, water temps are rising. A few cows have been caught in Delaware Bay and off shore,so they’re on their way. The inlets will be hot very soon with both stripers and blues.Get out there and fish. Don’t forget winter flounder are being caught in the bays also and tog comes in on April 1st. Get some green crabs and get out on the jetty for a mixed bag.

CRKfish Loc: Southern New Jersey

emoshuns wrote:

Thanks Major (I’m USN enlisted btw)...
According to my research:
The season for stripers in NJ is March 1 through December 31. For recreational striper fishing in NJ, the regulations allow for one fish measuring between 28 and less than 43 inches and one fish 43 inches or greater.

That’s 28-38 inches is the slot now. Tags can be purchased for one fish 24 inches. To 28.

CRKfish Loc: Southern New Jersey

emoshuns wrote:

Thanks Major (I’m USN enlisted btw)...
According to my research:
The season for stripers in NJ is March 1 through December 31. For recreational striper fishing in NJ, the regulations allow for one fish measuring between 28 and less than 43 inches and one fish 43 inches or greater.

Oh , and those season dates March 1 - December 31 is for back bays rivers and creeks. There is no closed season in the ocean from beach to the 3 mile line.

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

Think circle hooks are mandatory if you're targeting stripers with bait in the surf in NJ.

CRKfish Loc: Southern New Jersey

The Major is correct. In line aka (non offset) circle hooks only when fishing for striped bass with bait.

hankarkin Loc: Long Island new york

To my knowledge the date is April 15th. In the hudson river north of the Washington Bridge I believe it is April 1. According to Follow the Migration bass are moving into spawn areas now. There are some schoolies around and hold overs in back bays in jersey and western new york shores. Some schoolies have been marked at Democrat Point off of fire island. Hope this helps.