Fishing near South Amboy in Middlesex County, NJ

3.43 Rating based on 7 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Other (Saltwater), Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Spot, Bluefish, Calico Bass(White Crappie)
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 72
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 50
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Raritan Bay near South Amboy

Raritan Bay

(45) Spot. Just bait but had fun catching them.
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Cheesequake Creek  near South Amboy

Cheesequake Creek

210 peanut bunker
1 short striper
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Raritan Bay near South Amboy

Raritan Bay

Great Beds
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Regular Fishing Hole near South Amboy

Regular Fishing Hole

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Regular Fishing Hole near South Amboy

Regular Fishing Hole

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Regular Fishing Hole near South Amboy

Regular Fishing Hole

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Top Fishing Spots near South Amboy

Raritan River
Raritan River

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Raritan Bay
Raritan Bay

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Raritan Bay
Raritan Bay

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Woodbridge Creek
Woodbridge Creek

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Raritan River
Raritan River

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Smith Creek
Smith Creek

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South Amboy Area Fish Species

Recent South Amboy Fishing Reports

Raritan Bay 10/06/12 Fishing Report Oct 07, 2012

Raritan Bay 10/06/12

Raritan Bay -

Fished the lighthouse and rock piles. Had no hits the drift was to fast and the wind was kicking up some white caps. Before going back to the marina I...

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Out on the new Boat Fishing Report Jun 19, 2013

Out on the new Boat

Raritain Bay -

First trip out in my Friends new boat for an overnight fishing trip.
Lots of Striper Action....

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Morgan Creek Fishing Report Aug 14, 2012

Morgan Creek

While waiting for the train bridge to go up. We used the cast net and caught 210 peanut bunker and (1) short striper....

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Raritan River Flounder Fishing Report Aug 07, 2008

Raritan River Flounder

Raritan River, south side of the Parkway bridge -

Fished on the south side of Parkway bridge in the channel and cought two 18 in flounders and five 14-17 in. shorties....

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Raritan Bay 07/11/12 Fishing Report Jul 12, 2012

Raritan Bay 07/11/12

Raritan Bay -

The boat is back! The official test ride proved to have no problems!
I fished with Wayne at Great Beds for a short time, before going back to the s...

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 cheesequake creek 8/30/12 Fishing Report Aug 30, 2012

cheesequake creek 8/30/12

cheesequake creek -

caught 1 crab and tons of baitfish ...

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Baits and Tackle used near South Amboy

Check Prices

  • Cast net
  • Killie/ Gulp combo
  • Killie & Squid Combo
    Killie & Gulp Combo
    Gulp & Squid
  • Yellow Gulp
    Spearing
    Fluke belly
  • Chummed the waters with old ground up bait.

    Peanut bunker
    Squid
    Killies
  • bunker chunks,clams
  • used live eels
  • used clam & frozen bunker
  • spearing
  • live killies

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Sand worms
  • clam
  • Chucks of spot
  • netted fresh bunk er live linening and using heads. lots of bluefish on cut, mostly bass on live.
  • BLACK WORMS
  • live clams
  • fresh clams, threw a couple lures.

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • The hula popper I was using looked like a frog the cup was red and the skirt of it was black

Lizard Check Prices

  • Strike King KVD Perfect Plastic Hawg in Green Pumpkinseed with coffee and salt scent/flavor

Crankbait Check Prices

  • craw fish thingy
  • Craw fish thingy

Bass Jig Check Prices

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • A white Booyah pond magic

Herring Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Just hook up a night crawler and get fishing
  • Drifted, floated worms

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Emergers, Duns, and Spinners

Grub Check Prices

  • real slow

Worm Check Prices

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • trout mag

Other Check Prices

  • Fresh Clams
  • clams and blood worms
  • Earth Worms Threaded through spider wire
  • peanut bunker live & motor oil worms
  • clams
  • bunker chunks
  • Corn
  • clam with clam string
  • clams with clam string

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