Lost in the rod ‘n reel and turkey season craziness is that the three-day blast of hot weather has finally brought out, in force, all creatures great and small that are walking, creeping, crawling and flying in and over the woods, fields, swamps and salt marshes.
The trout season kicks off Saturday at 8 a.m., and the traditional “Opening Day” draws tens of thousands of eager anglers to stocked lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, streams and brooks from Sussex County to Cape May County.
The eagerly-awaited 2018 Saltwater Fishing Expo thunders in like a three-day rod ‘n reel tsunami tomorrow through Sunday at the New Jersey Convention & Expo Center.
When John Matt dragged in what proved to be a robust 48-pound striped bass into Surf City Bait & Tackle early in the afternoon of Wednesday, November 1, it pretty much signified the autumn north-to-south striper migration was underway in, uh, a big way!
The sea bass season re-opens this Sunday, and if catch ‘n toss ‘em action on the party and charter boats the past two to three weeks is an indication, it will be a rip-snorting rod bender.