Went out fishin today bite got bigger and better as the day wore on.

Water clarity: stained

Morning .. nothin tried everything to figure out where they were and what they wanted

Noon .. 18" 3lb LMB finally on Chatterbait

           caught some crappie for fun.. rapala ultralight minnow

Saw a follower on my chatterbait deep.. went with flukes jerked near bottom

2pm .. > 5 dinks 12-13" on Fluke (I dont bother weighing or measuring dinks)

3pm .. 16" 2.5 lb on Fluke (hook got em in one eye.. feel bad about this one)

           18" 3.5 lb on Fluke

4pm .. 19" 4 lb healthy fighter on Fluke

They were bitin but not hammerin'..

Behaving like an early Spring bite..maybe the aftermath of the storm still wearing off!

Best part was as I was leavin' pair of fishermen confirmed they had sighted a pair LMB close to 10lb in the lake with girth like a volleyball.

There is hope.. I'm not tossin' magnums in vain!

Hello, my parents live in Toms River and have fished the lakes in the Pine Barren from time to time. Where were you fishing.

Thats too far south i think.. I'm usually fishing Hopatcong, Spruce Run, Round valley and nearby area bodies of water.