Great Bay, NJ

Bay spanning Atlantic/Ocean counties, New Jersey. Protected estuary near Atlantic City. Excellent light tackle fishing for stripers, blues, and fluke. Vast marshlands with tidal channels.

Overall bite score

Scored 26 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempStation reading52

Pressure trendNOAAsteady60

Tide phaseNOAA100

SolunarComputedmoon 45% lit44

Recent stockingState data50

Time of dayComputed50

WindNOAA70

Cloud coverNOAA100

PrecipitationNOAA70

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for tidal water. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

4 tracked species in Great Bay, with the months each fishes best.

Bluefishcommon · best Jun-Sep

Striped Basscommon · best May-Jun, Oct-Nov

Summer Flounder (Fluke)common · best Jun-Sep

Weakfishpresent · best Jun-Aug

Water facts

TypeBay

CountyAtlantic/Ocean

StateNew Jersey

WaterSaltwater, tidal

NOAA station8534720

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR. Multiple launches in Tuckerton and Mystic Islands.

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