New Jersey Striped Bass Fishing Report

Delaware Bay tog and bunker-chunking stripers hold steady

Striped Bass: fresh bunker chunks, or bucktails and paddletails

The NOAA CO-OPS station 8537121 read 57.7°F this morning, a comfortable range for tautog and the stripers still working the bay. Per The Fisherman's Southern NJ column, Higbee's is hearing mostly about tog scattered throughout Delaware Bay. The lighthouses and deeper structure have been productive, and green crabs are taking fish up to 18 inches. The same column notes a few anglers chunking fresh bunker from Pierces Point to Egg Island found stripers. They weren't huge but were respectable. The DE/MD/Chesapeake column relays Smith's Bait Shop reports of stripers at Ship John Light on bucktails and paddletails. Smaller stripers and white perch are coming out of the tidal creeks and rivers on bloodworms.

Water temp in this report

58°F

Tide in this report

High tide near 12:07 PM, low near 6:56 PM local time today

Bunker-fed stripers keep the Raritan fall run alive

Striped Bass: bunker chunks or live bunker; glide baits and pencil poppers around bait schools

Water at NOAA CO-OPS station 8531680 read 57.2°F at 7:30 AM, still mild enough to hold bait and keep the fall striper run going. Capt Ron's Atlantic Highlands NJ reported on Veterans Day that the boat found life right away on shads. After a lull through the tide change, the fish fed steadily while the bait bounced around. The shop logged a few keepers and oversized bass, with the best day's high hook landing five fish. The shop also described a Monday bite on the end and change of tide, with fish up to 38 pounds and bait doing the work. Its advice has been consistent: bring a snag and a bait rig.

The Fisherman's NJ/DE Bay Region forecast describes jumbo striped bass blitzing on adult bunker along the beaches and for the boat fleet, with pencils, glide baits and sand eel imitations all in the mix. On The Water's Northern New Jersey report for November 12 calls the striper bite spottier this week, especially for surfcasters. It adds that tautog are an option when the bass slow down. Charter captains writing for The Fisherman, Northern NJ describe an up and down week. Some days the fish sat just outside the inlet and fed hard, and when the wind swung west the bite turned picky.

Water temp in this report

57°F

Tide in this report

High tide near 9:52 AM and low near 4:25 PM local time today.

Striper run lingers off the Jersey Shore after a storm reset

Striped Bass: jointed glide baits and metal-lipped swimmers, working the tide change

Water temperature at the Atlantic City CO-OPS station read 59°F early today, a workable fall number for the striped bass run along the Jersey Shore. Fishermans HQ LBI reported that the run kicked into gear once November arrived, with big striped bass and outstanding fishing in the first week of the month before a stormy Friday last week slowed things down. On Veterans Day, Capt Ron's Atlantic Highlands NJ found life right away and landed keepers and bigger fish, though the captain noted it was not easy fishing with so many boats working the same water. OTW Northern New Jersey describes this week's striper action as spottier, especially for surfcasters, which fits a post-storm reset rather than the end of the season.

Water temp in this report

59°F

Tide in this report

Atlantic City high near 9:33 AM, Cape May high near 10:45 AM (predicted, local time)