Fishing

Kicking off the winter “show season” for anglers and boaters, is the Eighth Annual Wildwood Fishing and Boating Expo being held at the gorgeous Wildwoods Convention Center.

There are so many great spots in New Jersey to wet a line and spend a day fishing, but one South Jersey spot is considered the best in the entire state.

The fifth turn of the calendar page is prime time for the Garden State’s inshore and back bay/tidal river fishing fraternity, and the first round of a grand double shot goes off Saturday with the opening of the fluke (summer flounder) season.

It was around the second month in October that reports started filtering in about the booms, blasts, and blitzes occurring around the seemingly infinite schools of bunkers slowly moving down the coast.

This is our prime time to wet wade the NJ rivers that harbor that tawny, vertical barred, scarlet-eyed ultra-light tackle terror: the smallmouth bass.

The New Jersey Conservation Officers Association says its officers were responsible for catching several people following an illegal fishing complaint.

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The April portion of the split seasons concludes Sunday, April 30, and while the first week was spotty, as expected, the second week showed rapid improvement to the point where four fish limits were being dropped in coolers and buckets with smile-wide regularity.

One of the largest saltwater fishing tackle shows along the east coast is going full throttle at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison this weekend.

The touchy weather hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm for the early season back bay and tidal river striper pursuit.