Garden State Trout

Of course, have been flounder fishing but all keepers except one this year have had empty bellies.

The one had this in its stomach

Have done ok this year. Those 2 pics were from the spring. The one on the ground was of course released and was about 42”. Not too fat so maybe about 20lbs? The one
I kept was around 10lbs.

I I only knew one guy who was skilled enough with arcgis to do this, he actually put together some local Atlantic county maps ( I had a printout, this was in the early 00’s timeframe, ) but haven’t talked with him in years and I don’t think he has the interest in doing a project like this. Would be ...

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Thu Apr 09, 2026 4:31 pm

Stripers have started in the river, Toms.

It was wierd, stripers turned on from north all the way to Cape May. Will see how the season progresses.

Down here in south Jersey, it’s always a race at the ponds/lakes to outfish the cormorants LOL

While fishing for tog last year along some docks, a snorkeler came by and was able to retrieve one of our jigs that got hung up on rocks, he also steered us to a new hole we didn’t know about nearby. But we didn’t get any video LOL

Be a real bummer to hike in to our favorite hole and find him there

Looks like great footage (like rusty I didn’t watch the whole thing yet), thanks for sharing!

Did hear from a boat angler at last night club’s meeting that the perch fishing on the Mullica and tribs has been very good, but very tidal dependent and like I wrote: hit or miss. Can be fishing for hours with barely a nibble until the tide change and then be on them like gangbusters. Local bait (s...

Yes and there are spots up the Mullica and tribs as well Guys in my club fish all those areas by boat Some go all the way up to batsto / sweet water, by land and sea Off the great egg harbor river they go up the banks all the way up to mays landing, several spots by land Near my home I’ve caught in ...

Not too far but those aren’t Atlantic County

I don’t seem to get nearly the detailed response from chatGPT in Atlantic county, but I pretty much know where and how I’d try in the winter. Will give it a go if life ever slows down here enough.

Makes sense, even in Monmouth county streams, if we had a cool spring and moderate June into July, the Brookies would spread out and hold for a surprisingly long time. Not sure any held over throughout the entire summer except perhaps near the spring seeps in the Manasquan. A couple of guys talked a...

I don't exactly see how reducing the creel limit address the perception of shooting fish in a barrel when water is low, but hey, I guess it's something. We down here in dixie don't have to worry about that since the cormorants take most of the trout.

By "grind/mash" I'm assuming taking meat off the bone and then just smashing up the smoked flesh for the dip, correct?

Never tried smoking fish, interesting idea.

I have not, but a fellow fly angler from the South Jersey Coastal Fly Anglers was just down in Louisiana last week I believe brian@flyfisherfitness.com (fly fisher fitness more of a blog than a business if I recall, he’s a retired director (or manager?) from US Fish and Wildlife… good guy) Brian Bra...

I know and have tried a few, but not located any in numbers. During the winter, collecting bait (grass shrimp and or small minnow) then fishing for perch, is a great way to pass a day

Btw I never knew anyone fishing for white perch in MoCo, though I’d think they’d be in there somewhere.

I asked chatgpt where to find white perch in the winter in the Toms river-here is the response that tracks with what your club said about the salt/fresh water transition: White perch (Morone americana) are relatively hardy fish that can tolerate colder water, so in winter they tend to move to areas...

I found the most reliable spots are where creeks and rivers enter the bay. For the Toms, north or south shore, that would be the Huddy Park area and any stream that enters the Toms downstream of there, quite a few places to select from. Best bait is grass shrimp if you can find it; I use UL with sp...

I don’t know but interested to hear. We should definitely hear by the trout meeting