As good as it gets striper bite

Dave Lilly said striper fishing in Raritan Bay couldn’t be any better this morning as they seemed to be celebrating his 70th birthday as well as Mother’s Day. Dave fished with Bryan Farmer for a steady wire line trolling bite with bunker spoons in the depths of Raritan Bay. There was nothing under 30 feet, but they couldn’t get a second line out in any deeper water, There was no surface activity or any bunker schools showing, but the fishfinder was full of bunkers toward bottom. Lilly noted that everyone seemed to be catching bass during a perfect calm morning. They released about 30 before a big racer bluefish crashed the party,

Jeff Merrill slept in at Brick Township before getting a call about the local bass bite being on . and ran out to release one big striper after another.

Grumpy’s Tackle in Seaside Park reports kayak anglers are doing great with large fluke up to a 24 12-inch, 5.85-pounder.

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Another great fishing day coming up as the forecast is for east winds at just 10 knots before switching to south in the afternoon.