5/3/24 By The Masses

The Numbers of fish continue to increase this week. Bass are feeding aggressively on a variety of bait; bunker, silversides, squid, cinder worms and shrimp. Fish are being caught anywhere from schoolie size up to 40 inches.

Water temp is slowly warming drawing a bunch of bait along the coast. A few reports of bluefish this week, these reports should increase and some bigger size blues should move in. Tautog are also coming in to shallower areas feeding on crabs, clam, and sandworms.

There were a few worm hatches starting up in some of the very shallow coves of the salt ponds. Bass were present and feeding heavily. Squid masses haven't seemed to make their way into the beaches yet, but they should arrive soon possibly around the upcoming new moon.

In freshwater, trout fishing seems to be holding up pretty well and people have been catching some nice sized largemouth bass.