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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.

82

Overall bite score

Scored 26 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled100
Pressure trendNOAAsteady74
Tide phaseNOAA70
SolunarComputedmoon 40% lit69
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed100
WindNOAA100
Cloud coverNOAA100
PrecipitationNOAA50

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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