NJ/DE Bay Region Fishing Forecast – April 9, 2026

“I am haunted by waters,” is the very final line of Norman Maclean’s 1992 classic, A River Runs Through It; and if you can’t drive over a creek or culvert without craning your neck for a better look, then you and I suffer from the same affliction! We kick off this week’s video fishing forecast for the New Jersey, Delaware Bay edition with a look at trout fishing in our little section of America, from the Pennsy stream where Zane Gray learned to fish a fly on out to the freshly stocked New Jersey lakes, rivers, ponds and streams. We’re at the Reel Seat this week celebrating their 44th anniversary this week, not far from where the free opening day trout contest for kids is being held at Spring Lake. Fish on a few new stripers this week with dear old friends, and get the rundown on action up and down the Jersey Coast, torn from the digital pages of The Fisherman Magazine. The crew from Canyon Runner is back with their weekly offshore forecast and predictions, George has your freshwater report from the Poconos, and we look ahead to some upcoming events this month.