On The Water

On The Water is a monthly magazine in the United States that focuses on fishing and boating, addressing both freshwater and saltwater subjects. Most of the content comes from freelance writers, who are often local anglers and charter-boat operators. The magazine is available in three different editions: one for New England, another for New York, and a third for New Jersey.

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Featured Lure: Squid Jigs

1 week ago | onthewater.com | Jimmy Fee

Squid jigging is an art form. If you doubt it, put yourself in the lineup at one of docks where calamari-crazed fishermen huddle in the droning hum of their generators and the alien-green gleam of their HydroGlow lights. Watch the regulars. They’ll be the ones intently staring at their rods, making precise upward sweeps, filling their buckets at a much faster pace than you.
Best Squid Run in Years in Southern New England

1 week ago | onthewater.com | Jimmy Fee

Anthony DeiCicchi and I were marveling at the number and variety of baitfish attracted to our light as we shone it over a mid-Cape dock. An hour before, we’d fired up the generator and aimed the light at the water and watched as more baitfish schooled beneath us with each passing minute. And then the squid showed. Dozens of them ghosted up from the bottom, and began darting into the light to snatch baitfish with their tentacles.
Light-Tackle Tactics for Stripers on Silversides

2 weeks ago | onthewater.com | Matt Haeffner

My first cast with a Rebel Jumpin’ Minnow was a poor, tumbling mess. Yet, somehow, it splashed down in the strike zone off the starboard side of the bow and “jumped” only when a schoolie striper tail-whacked it two feet into the air as if to say, “That’s not what we’re eating this morning, stupid.”It was the first weekend of May—a prime time to explore the many nooks and crannies of northern Buzzards Bay.
Angling Artist: Brian Connor

2 weeks ago | onthewater.com | Matt Haeffner

Like many surfcasters, Brian Connor has been doling out Benjamins to his favorite plug builders for years. However, the born-and-raised Long Islander is a craftsman himself. Rather than whittle away his spending money on custom-made striper baits, he instead turned to his own lathe to restock the plug bag in 2019. Since then, his hobby has blossomed into his profession, which led him to start Hamlet Woodcraft.
Striper Migration Map - April 18, 2025

3 weeks ago | onthewater.com | Jimmy Fee

The big news this week was the arrival of migratory schoolies in Rhode Island. The full moon tides brought big bass into the Raritan, and bunker are drawing stripers out along the South Shore of Long Island. The Striper Cup starts in two weeks! Sign up today, and you’ll receive a Striper Cup box loaded with stickers, discount codes, a Rapala lure, VMC Hooks, and a fresh, new Columbia PFG shirt featuring an awesome original striper design.
NOAA Cracks Down on Pier-Based Tuna Fishing - Pier Anglers Fight for Access

1 month ago | onthewater.com | Jimmy Fee

Last week’s wild bluefin blitz close to the beach in Nag’s Head, North Carolina, during which multiple tuna were hooked from the end of Jenette’s Pier, has attracted the attention of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which manages the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna fishery through the Highly Migratory Species Management Division.
Bluefin Tuna Caught from Pier and Kayaks in North Carolina

1 month ago | onthewater.com | Jimmy Fee

Aku Min and his kayak-caught bluefin from Nag’s Head, North Carolina, shared by Ocean’s East OBX on Instagram. Something wild was happening in the Outer Banks over the last week. Schools of bluefin tuna moved close enough to the beach to allow kayak anglers and pier anglers to present baits to them. One angler on Jenette’s Pier in Nag’s Head caught and released a bluefin while casting from the end of the pier.
Cape Cod Fishing Report- April 3, 2025

1 month ago | onthewater.com | Matt Haeffner

April is here, marking the start of spring tautog season throughout New England. The water is a bit chilly for early-spring togging, but our neighbors in Rhode Island are already picking away at some small fish in shallow water. Like striper fishing, the tog bite hits a sweet spot when water temperatures approach (or reach) 50 degrees.
Northern New Jersey Fishing Report- April 3, 2025

1 month ago | onthewater.com | John Oswald

You can’t hurry love.And, evidently, you can’t hurry striped bass. It’s like waiting for Christmas morning. You know it’s coming but there’s nothing you can do to rush it.Everyone is preaching patience but it’s hard to practice when it comes to spring stripers. The bait is in place, boats are marking fish and there’s a steady pick of bass on worms and plastic.The question is: when will it break open? We just have to wait until the bass are ready.
Try Seaworms for Spring Tautog Fishing

1 month ago | onthewater.com | Jimmy Fee

While pushing the lawnmower through its second tour of the yard for the spring, I was lost in thought, wondering which pond to fish following the requisite Saturday yardwork, when a splash of yellow caught my eye. There, directly in the path of the lawnmower, the first dandelion of spring stood above the green blades of grass. I stopped for a moment, pondered what it meant, and mowed it down while forming a new plan for the afternoon’s fishing.