Rack n Fin

The black sea bass is perhaps the most popular inshore gamefish along the Garden State’s inshore, and during November and December, mid-range and offshore, waters.

The eagerly anticipated Striped Bass Bonus Tag program gets underway this Sunday and runs through December 31.

Some drum, as in black drum, beating has been going on in sections of Great Bay for the past couple of weeks, and for sure it’s great to see this annual mid-April through mid-May run get rolling.

The new regs include a whopping 149-day season that extends through September 27, pretty much three weeks longer than during previous years.

For flounder (fluke). Yeah, there’s been a steady striper bite on paddle tails and blood worms, but with the summer flounder May 2 opener looming, attentions in the southern New Jersey bays will be focusing on the delectable flatfish. T...

Sixteen days remaining in the 30-day April tog season, and wouldn’t you know it: a shortage of green crabs is happening as the chew is getting fierce.

For the first time in New Jersey fluke fishing history, there will be a slot limit.

The statewide trout season kicks off at 8 am Saturday, and all indications point to a bountiful Opening Day...and beyond.

Running through Saturday, April 30, the early spring blackfish season is underway.

It’s virtual, and it will start at 5 pm next Thursday, April 7.

The back bay and tidal river striped bass bite is getting stronger by the day. However, there is another bass bite percolating in South Jersey, this being the largemouth kind.

When discussing the twice and thrice a week leaps at the pump with charter and party boat captains as well as mid-range and offshore anglers, the specter of the fuel price factor loomed large.