Got a nice pic of my buddy Joe who was out during the cool evening and landed this really nice fish. It's really something when you think about these striped bass, they seem to be everywhere, and like the above, really nice fish. While the bass and rivers seem to be the places to go, they are starting to show up out front.
While the primary forge baits seem to be bunker and herring, smaller fodder like mummichogs and white baits, silversides and anchovies are around, and soon the worm hatch will be among us, which can be ultra frustrating when they are keyed in on smaller topwater worms.
Out west, this morning, although cold, the Delaware looked good but I found no takers. That 10 degree drop in temperatures, I think, may have them in a pause, and the river is still high at almost 35,000 cfs's, nearly double the norm, but it cleaning up quickly.