Happy St Patrick's Day
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
May you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold
And at the end of your rainbows, may you find a pot of gold.
Please forgive our appearance.
We are getting ready for something big
Back Bays Are Open And The Bass Are Back
And they are biting
T-Minus One Day
Who is ready?
Four More Days
And at least someone is happy about it.
Big Rocks and a Grand Reopening
And some new stuff too
Happy Winter Solstice
The fish seem to have forgotten it's winter.
Thank You For a Great Saltwater Expo
Some good fishing happening too.
Edison Saltwater Fishing Expo (Booth 249)
And the bloodworm bite is heating up.
Back Bay Report
Bass are here, winter flounder are hiding, and Ray is having a bad week.
2024 Fluke Regulations are set.
Porgy regs too. Oh, and there are striped bass around.
The Striped Bass Are Here
And a look into the mind of Ray...
Happy Leap Day!
Although, this day "delayed" the start of inshore striped bass opening, so how happy could it be?
Three Days Until the Backwaters Open
But who's counting?
Upcoming Events
We have a few events coming up...
A Busy Slow Season
Its wearing our poor old Ray...
Winter Sale Tomorrow
Get Your Scabellys!
Happy Snow Day!
Please stay warm. And for fun, play our "Which one is Ray?" game included inside...
Upcoming Seminars
And an early closing.
Still Stripers In The Surf
And some changes in the shop
Post Storm Report
Also technically a pre-storm report.
Still Some Fish Around
Plus new lures and an angry dwarf
Happy New Year from Grumpys Tackle!
Welcome to 2024!
Post Christmas Report
Plus Ray and Scott "Twinning"
Merry Christmas From Grumpys Tackle
Have a safe and healthy holiday!
Bass On The Move and Lots of Stuff Arrived
Ray and Scott were busy unpacking things..
Backwater Striped Bass and New Stuff
And a public service announcement...
The striped bass bite has started
Plus new lower costs to ship stuff. Especially rods...
One More Day
NJ Inshore Striped Bass and Winter Flounder starts tomorrow (3/1)
Big Rocks And Scabellys
And a fishing report...
Not Over...
Plus Sale News...
First Report of 2023
Some new stuff, and still some fish around.
Last Report of 2022
We here at Grumpys hope all of you have a safe, healthy and prosperous New year.
And a Ray - Year In Review
Baby It's Cold Outside
Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Boxing Day!
Have a Very Merry Christmas From Grumpys
And a Bassy New Year.
Free Seminars and Happy St Patricks Day
(You know there is a picture of Ray as a Leprechaun in this report...)
An Important Meeting Coming Up, Followed By A Fishing Report
And an "apology" to Ray.
The Bay Is Alive With The Sounds of Fish Feeding
If you are waiting for a sign to go fishing, here's your sign...
A Good Start
Overall we have had a good start to the back bay fishing season.
They Are Here
We would say they are back, but it is likely they never really left...
Opening Day Is Tomorrow
I don't know about the rest of you, but that felt like a tough two months...
Four More Days. Four. More. Days.
FOUR! MORE! DAYS!
T Minus 15 days…
Are you ready for the spring Striped Bass and Flounder openers?
Shop News – Then Fish News
Because believe it or not, there is still fish news.
Incredibly, it’s definitely not over.
Our latest snowstorm didn’t hurt anything.
Mostly Shop Updates……… Mostly…
I hope you read that in the voice of Newt from Aliens...
Maybe its over now. Maybe not?
We'll know more soon...
Are We Sure This is Late December?
The fish are acting like it is November...
Thanks For Supporting Our Grumpy Santa Event! Oh, and fish...
And other shenanigans.
Its still not quite over.
Shop News, Fishing Reports, more "Excited Ray", and a Blackcloud Cameo
The shop has been buzzing lately. We have had a few new shipments come in. We got a restock of the Penn Battle III DX reels. These are very nice...
Oh Boy, a mid-week fishing report...
We have been putting up fishing / shop status reports once a week for the past couple of months, with the idea that we will post more often when we...
Happy Valentine's Day , and Your Two Week Warning
Valentines Day is over, so you can now concentrate on your true passion. It is only two weeks until the back bays open for striped bass in New Jer...
Winter fishing and WINTER SALE!
There is not really much to report in terms of fishing. There still might be a micro-bass or two in the surf to be caught, but no one seems to be ...
Slower fishing, but still there.... And Scabellys!
The fishing has slowed down, but there are still small striped bass in the surf for those who are trying. Mornings seem better, but we have been h...
Striped Bass are Still Here
We got some reports on Wednesday of fish being caught along the beach in Seaside Park and out on Island Beach State Park. It's not the action we h...
