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3 weeks ago | 
thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Jenni Ackerman |Tony DUrso
The Many faces of the modern day needlefish plug. The needlefish continues to confound surfcasters even after 40-plus years of proving their salt. Tim Coleman famously wrote an article in the 1980s about needlefish titled “The Stick With Hooks” and they still carry the heavy burden of that stigma today.
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1 month ago | 
thefisherman.com | Jenni Ackerman |Tony Salerno |Dave Pickering |Nick Honachefsky
The anticipation is everything when it comes to hunting gator blues from the surf!Once the spring run begins, I keep a watchful eye on my calendar and the other on my local waters. Because I know that on the switch of a tide, one of my favorite species will roll into town. The demons that mangle plugs, annihilate soft plastics, and maybe even chomp the occasional finger, the one and only bluefish.
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2 months ago | 
thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Jenni Ackerman
VIDEOStriper fishermen, the season you’ve been waiting for is here once again! And right on schedule the stripers are moving right in.in the west and moving east with the best reports coming from Raritan, Jamaica and the western North Shore harbors. Remember, the regulations this year are 1 fish per person from 28 to 31 inches. The season will also run until December 15th. On the tog, fishing is improving a lot for boats fishing the South Shore reefs and wrecks.
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2 months ago | 
thefisherman.com | Jim Hutchinson |Jenni Ackerman
NJ/DE Bay Region Fishing Forecast – April 10, 2025 April 10, 2025 by Jim Hutchinson, Jr.
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2 months ago | 
thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Jenni Ackerman
VIDEOTogging is beginning to pick up steam around the island. On the South Shore some of the headboats are seeing more productivity on wreck trips with mixed cod while up on the North Shore, a whopping 12-pounder came over the gunnel last week for a lucky angler! Some other scattered reports of tog in the 25 to 60-foot range also were reported from the Sound. Stripers are moving east on the island with fish to 33 inches making their way to the Northport area this week.
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2 months ago | 
thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Tony DUrso |Jenni Ackerman
Matching your surf rod to your casting style and personal preferences will foster consistency in your casting and catching. Never has there been a time in sportfishing when the average angler was more ‘gear obsessed’ than right now, and I don’t think that upward trend is going to flatten out any time soon.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Jenni Ackerman
VIDEOAnother round of trout stockings hit the island this week in lakes and river systems that were not stocked yet this year. Tune in for coverage and video of one of the stockings taking place. Even though the water temperatures around the island remain cold, stripers are beginning to feed in the back creeks and harbors. While these fish are on the smaller side, a report of a 32-pounder did surface in the city area last week.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Jenni Ackerman
Massachusetts kicked things up a few notches this week when they stocked some massive brown trout, weighing as much as 10 pounds, into select waters across the state; rumor has it that some broodstock brook trout are coming soon as well. We’ve seen a real smorgasbord of species this week ranging from kayak cod, to 40-inch stripers, to heavyweight largemouth bass.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
thefisherman.com | Jim Hutchinson |Jenni Ackerman
VIDEOA countdown to tautog, trout and summer flounder may be difficult when the host can’t actually keep count! Sorry Jim, it’s actually March 27th, but that’s just another day closer to blackfish reopening on Tuesday, April 1. Striped bass reports on the uptick in the back waters of New Jersey, and with air temps expected into the 60s and 70s this weekend we expect to see even bigger things on the striper grounds very soon.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Jenni Ackerman
VIDEOThe official start of spring begins today and no better way to kick it off than trout stockings in Long Island lakes, ponds and streams. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation will begin their annual stockings this week with rainbow and brown trout and will follow up in the coming weeks with supplemental stockings for anglers to enjoy.
