Fishing report & conditions

Morning report 04/17/21: Good morning today’s high is going to be 54F. Manasquan inlet tides for today are as follows high tide 12:06am & 11:53pm, low tide 5:40am & 5:22pm. Sunrise 6:15am & sunset 7:37pm. Beach and boat conditions for today NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming W around 5 kt early this afternoon, then becoming SW late. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Swell mainly from the E with a dominant period of 10 seconds. Tonight W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Swell mainly from the E with a dominant period of 10 seconds. Anglers hitting the freshwater lakes and streams are doing very well with trout. Winter flounder fishing in the bay remains good with plenty of anglers landing some nice size flounder up to 18”. Striper bite remains good in the bay on bloodworms or sandworms. The canal and mantoloking bridge are also producing stripers at night or early morning. For anglers heading north the striper bite up at Raritan bay remains very good. Have a great day everyone tight lines