South New Jersey

Barnegat Bay and the barrier-island surf from Island Beach to Brigantine, Great Bay, Atlantic City and Cape May, and the Delaware Bay shore, the world's main black drum spawning ground. Inland, the Pine Barrens and South Jersey lakes offer lunker largemouth and cedar-water pickerel.

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LakeUnion LakeUnion Lake, in Millville, Cumberland County, is the largest lake in South Jersey at 898 acres, formed by damming the Mau…Pier/Access PointMantoloking Fishing PierThe Mantoloking Fishing Pier is a 160-foot leftover piece of the old Mantoloking Bridge, on the west side of the drawbri…BayDelaware BayDelaware Bay is New Jersey's largest estuary, where the Delaware River meets the Atlantic, and a spawning, nursery and m…LakeAlloway LakeAlloway Lake, in the village of Alloway in Salem County, is a winding, nearly mile-long lake of about 120 acres. After y…BayBarnegat BayBarnegat Bay is the long, shallow lagoon behind Island Beach and Long Beach Island, about 30 miles long and 1 to 4 miles…Fishing AreaBrigantine BeachBrigantine is the barrier island just north of Atlantic City, bookended by Brigantine (Wreck) Inlet to the north and Abs…LakeHarrisville PondHarrisville Pond is a tannin-stained Pine Barrens pond of about 50 to 60 acres in Wharton State Forest, along County Roa…Fishing AreaCape May Point and the RipsCape May Point sits at the mouth of Delaware Bay at the southern end of the Jersey Shore. Surfcasters work the beaches o…BayGreat Bay and the Mullica RiverGreat Bay is the open water at the mouth of the Mullica River, between Ocean and Atlantic counties about 10 miles north…LakeHammonton LakeHammonton Lake, a 75-acre lake in Hammonton, Atlantic County, is a good place to go have fun catching a variety of fish,…Fishing AreaIsland Beach State ParkIsland Beach State Park is 10 miles of largely undeveloped barrier island between Seaside Park and Barnegat Inlet, one o…LakeLake RivieraLake Riviera is a roughly 50-acre, tannin-stained lake in Brick Township's Lake Riviera Park, hidden in plain sight off…LakeMary Elmer LakeMary Elmer Lake is a small lake of about 20 acres in Bridgeton City Park, Cumberland County, and one of the older impoun…LakeParvin LakeParvin Lake, a 95-acre lake in Parvin State Park near Vineland, is one of New Jersey's Lunker Bass Lakes, managed under…LakePemberton LakePemberton Lake is a 45-acre former cranberry bog in NJ Fish and Wildlife's Pemberton Lake Wildlife Management Area, off…RiverToms RiverThe tidal Toms River empties into the west side of Barnegat Bay, and for anglers with cabin fever it's usually the first…LakeWells Mills LakeWells Mills Lake is a quiet 34-acre cedar-water lake in the heart of Wells Mills County Park, Ocean County's largest par…Fishing AreaAbsecon Inlet (Atlantic City)Absecon Inlet separates Atlantic City from Brigantine and drains a big back-bay marsh full of baitfish, fluke, snapper b…Fishing AreaHolgate (Long Beach Island)Holgate is the undeveloped southern tip of Long Beach Island, protected as the Holgate Unit of Edwin B. Forsythe Nationa…LakeLake ShenandoahLake Shenandoah is a 50-acre lake in Lake Shenandoah County Park in Lakewood, and a quiet local secret for largemouth, p…Pier/Access PointBarnegat Light JettyThe south jetty of Barnegat Inlet runs out from the northern tip of Long Beach Island inside Barnegat Lighthouse State P…

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Species in this region

Atlantic Croaker

Black Crappie

Black Drum

Black Sea Bass

Chain Pickerel

Channel Catfish

False Albacore (Little Tunny)

Northern Kingfish

Northern Puffer (Blowfish)

Scup (Porgy)

Sheepshead

Smallmouth Bass

Spot

Tautog (Blackfish)

White Crappie

White Perch

Winter Flounder

Yellow Perch

Striped Bass

Bluefish

Fluke (Summer Flounder)

Weakfish

Largemouth Bass

Rainbow Trout