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Does anyone know what's the fishing scene like in the U.S. Northeast?
The Northeast is a mixture of freshwater fishing and saltwater fishing.
Freshwater fishing in the Northeast is similar to what Cheese Plate was saying for the Upper Midwest. Thousands of natural lakes stretch across the Northeast, as far south as northern New Jersey. Some of the most famous trout and fly fishing streams in America are in the Northeast, such as the famous Beaver Kill in the Catskills.
Saltwater fishing in the Northeast with its long coastline is pretty good I think. However, the Southern states probably have many more types of saltwater fish. Surf fishing is popular everywhere, even in New York City. Fishing boats leave to major fishing areas like the Hudson Canyon and off Montauk. There is a strong coastal maritime tradition, especially in New England but also on Long Island and down in Maryland.
Northeast seems to be a good mix of lakes/rivers/ocean, lots of variety. I would expect that it's, in general, more busy and perhaps more fished out than (say) a remote ND lake or Western stream, but I have very little experience (beyond upstate NY) fishing there.
Does anyone know what's the fishing scene like in the U.S. Northeast?
What kind of fishing do you do, are you interested in and what do you call the northeast.
Coastal can have some very good striped bass fishing in the rivers and surf as well as just off the beach. Flounder (they call them fluke there) fishing is really popular as well as bluefish and grey trout (weakfish [related to croakers and drum]). Offshore fishing in the true northeast is tuna. Bluefins ranging from schoolies to giants pushing 1000lbs as well as yellowfins and bigeyeys in the 125 to 300lb range. Offshore can also get you dolphin (mahi mahi-NOT flipper) white marlin, blue marlins and wahoo. If you include the "canyons off the Mid-Atlantic coast of S. Jersey, DE and MD you can have very good numbers of white marlins (double digit days in Aug/Sept), and dolphins. And it's not surprising if a blue marlin decides to make a showing as well to get the blood flowing!
The DE bay has a good run of black drum which can be popular out of Cape may, NJ or Lewes, DE.
Overall saltwater fishing without a boat or with a small boat, i think the rockfish (Striped Bass) is king with bluefish and Flounder being the next most popular.
Freshwater? Many ponds can have largemouth bass, though not as many of the jumbos as they have down south. There are also some good trout streams scattered around and smallmouth can be had in some of the cleaner rivers and reservoirs. If you include MD, the upper Potomac and the Susquehanna has some pretty good smallmouth fishing!
What kind of fishing do you do, are you interested in and what do you call the northeast.
Coastal can have some very good striped bass fishing in the rivers and surf as well as just off the beach. Flounder (they call them fluke there) fishing is really popular as well as bluefish and grey trout (weakfish [related to croakers and drum]). Offshore fishing in the true northeast is tuna. Bluefins ranging from schoolies to giants pushing 1000lbs as well as yellowfins and bigeyeys in the 125 to 300lb range. Offshore can also get you dolphin (mahi mahi-NOT flipper) white marlin, blue marlins and wahoo. If you include the "canyons off the Mid-Atlantic coast of S. Jersey, DE and MD you can have very good numbers of white marlins (double digit days in Aug/Sept), and dolphins. And it's not surprising if a blue marlin decides to make a showing as well to get the blood flowing!
The DE bay has a good run of black drum which can be popular out of Cape may, NJ or Lewes, DE.
Overall saltwater fishing without a boat or with a small boat, i think the rockfish (Striped Bass) is king with bluefish and Flounder being the next most popular.
Freshwater? Many ponds can have largemouth bass, though not as many of the jumbos as they have down south. There are also some good trout streams scattered around and smallmouth can be had in some of the cleaner rivers and reservoirs. If you include MD, the upper Potomac and the Susquehanna has some pretty good smallmouth fishing!
I generally like freshwater fishing more than saltwater fishing. And as far as the northeast U.S., Pennsylvania to Maine.
Missouri's conservation department maintains almost a thousand public hunting and fishing areas, with St.Louis and Kansas City metro areas having several dozen of them each..
Upstate new york has some wonderful freshwater fishing, I just went with my father and it is amazingly beautiful scenery up there
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