Stripers not fully cooperating with beach fishermen yet: Have fished a couple of back Bay locations in the Shrewsbury and Neversink river and have not yet gotten any bass. Went out...

JamieG Loc: new Jersey-sandy hook, raritan bay

Have fished a couple of back Bay locations in the Shrewsbury and Neversink river and have not yet gotten any bass. Went out yesterday on charter boat and fished back of Raritan Bay very successfully, But all fish seem to be staged away from the beaches. 6 guys on boat had approximately 50 bass And about 75% of them were keepers the other 25% were all slot fish. Fish fished with 5 inch white or green paddle tails on on 3 oz jig heads. 100% feeding on bottom.

Papa Jack Loc: Indianapolis

Very cool thanks for the pictures

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

JamieG wrote:

Have fished a couple of back Bay locations in the Shrewsbury and Neversink river and have not yet gotten any bass. Went out yesterday on charter boat and fished back of Raritan Bay very successfully, But all fish seem to be staged away from the beaches. 6 guys on boat had approximately 50 bass And about 75% of them were keepers the other 25% were all slot fish. Fish fished with 5 inch white or green paddle tails on on 3 oz jig heads. 100% feeding on bottom.

Awesome!!

Jeremy Loc: America

JamieG wrote:

Have fished a couple of back Bay locations in the Shrewsbury and Neversink river and have not yet gotten any bass. Went out yesterday on charter boat and fished back of Raritan Bay very successfully, But all fish seem to be staged away from the beaches. 6 guys on boat had approximately 50 bass And about 75% of them were keepers the other 25% were all slot fish. Fish fished with 5 inch white or green paddle tails on on 3 oz jig heads. 100% feeding on bottom.

shaq

Head north in the back bays they are having huge success

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Great report.

JerseyJake Loc: New Jersey

Thanks for the report. I hope to get my kayak in near the Amboys this weekend. I went down there last week, but it was too windy.

CRKfish Loc: Southern New Jersey

JamieG wrote:

Have fished a couple of back Bay locations in the Shrewsbury and Neversink river and have not yet gotten any bass. Went out yesterday on charter boat and fished back of Raritan Bay very successfully, But all fish seem to be staged away from the beaches. 6 guys on boat had approximately 50 bass And about 75% of them were keepers the other 25% were all slot fish. Fish fished with 5 inch white or green paddle tails on on 3 oz jig heads. 100% feeding on bottom.

Great info! thanks for the report. Action is sure to start picking up in the upcoming month. This is going to be a great year!

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

Boats are starting to anchor up south of the Highlands bridge. DK if any success yet.

JamieG Loc: new Jersey-sandy hook, raritan bay

A lot of the kayakers were fishing further back in by the railroad bridge. They have been back there for about 2 weeks already and from what I understand they have been successful.

shaq

USAF Major wrote:

Boats are starting to anchor up south of the Highlands bridge. DK if any success yet.

Boats going in the water Tuesday Major. I'll be in touch

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

USAF Major wrote:

Boats are starting to anchor up south of the Highlands bridge. DK if any success yet.

Wish I had a boat to anchor there! Once things get cooking I'll come down to the beach there.

JerseyJake Loc: New Jersey

JerseyJake wrote:

Thanks for the report. I hope to get my kayak in near the Amboys this weekend. I went down there last week, but it was too windy.

Well, so much for fishing this weekend.... Thunderstorms and wind to almost 30 mph. Looks like it will be windy through at least next Friday. Maybe some day I will get to go fishing again. Perhaps I will have to take a day off of work. On top of that, my water pump is leaking and needs to be replaced before I venture that far.

ronmoll Loc: Central New Jersey

Great time to be in a kayak. Got another keeper last night after sunset. 34 inches…..

JamieG Loc: new Jersey-sandy hook, raritan bay

Hey Ron Moll, Nice catch, I can already see those thick white fillets baking in the oven. I hope your kayak is well lit for fishing after sunset, My experience in the Raritan Bay has been lots of boat traffic that don't carefully watch where they're going. Good luck, Be careful out there. I am going out again this Tuesday, Will post results