Which species to target 4/18-4/20

[Doug Vitale]

Originally Posted by Bent Rod

Hi all, my son (14 years old) has a thing for "checking off" different species fish that he has caught off his "list". With that I'm looking for a bit of advise on what would best to target this coming weekend and where ( just general location ) not looking to blow up anyone's spots, in fact i have done some scouting on the Raritan and Passaic rivers and i'm open to trying the Big D as well. Species he is looking to check off next are Pike, Musky, Striped Bass and Shad and we will be fishing from the shoreline.

I'm a big advocate of fishing from boats instead of the shore (other than trout fishing in streams). In boats you can cover so much more water and get to spots that you simply can't reach from land.

For muskellunge, try to rent a boat at Lake Hopatcong. Then again, you could go to the Delaware and kill two birds with one stone (shad and striped bass).