New Jersey’s backbays offer the first chance at early-season fishing, with striped bass and white perch as the main targets. Despite cold March waters and a tough bite, the challenge is what makes it exciting. In this video, I make the most of my catch and cook a white perch into a tasty quesadilla.
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Gear mentioned in this video:
Rod and Reel
Fish Heads Inshore Rod: https://tinyurl.com/y68s6kwa
Penn Battle DX 5000 Reel: https://tinyurl.com/bdfwrcpp
Penn Battle DX 3000 Reel: https://tinyurl.com/nha7nadj
The Tsunami Trophy 2 Rod: https://tinyurl.com/y6uawzxp (In the video I show an old MH Tsunami Airwave rated for 5/8-3oz, here is a comparable rod more readily available that works great in the back bay.)
Hi/Lo Rig Materials:
Baitholder Circle Hooks: https://tinyurl.com/2d5z66z7
30lb Line: https://tinyurl.com/42z66cc5
Barrel Swivels: https://tinyurl.com/5cy7567x
Beads: https://tinyurl.com/23ppcuwv
Baits:
Freeze Dried Bloodworms: https://tinyurl.com/emue6wzp
FishBites Bloodworms: https://tinyurl.com/3pjkujac
Gulp Bloodworms: https://tinyurl.com/ykefr5uv
Great lures for spring-time back bays:
NLBN 3” Paddle Tail: https://tinyurl.com/2bjv5kkf
NLBN 3” Jig Head: https://tinyurl.com/mrxkrc39
Magic Tail Jig Head: https://tinyurl.com/2uxjen2k
Kettle Creek Paddle Tail: https://tinyurl.com/362kkktr
Tsunami Swim Shad: https://tinyurl.com/3hutwup4
Yozuri Mag Minnow: https://tinyurl.com/2caeby75
Daiwa SP Minnow: https://tinyurl.com/6d3zrh92
Rapala X-Rap: https://tinyurl.com/n788b7u6
Tsunami IPOP Popper: https://tinyurl.com/5erzd4mm
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:29 Welcome Back & Fishing Goals for the Trip
1:45 Getting to the Back Bay Spot
2:34 How to Use Bloodworms for Striped Bass and Perch
4:30 Sabiki Rigs for White Perch
5:19 Fishing for White Perch
9:25 Fishing Day 2
10:52 What Tide is Best for Back Bay Fishing In The Spring?
12:40 White Perch Quesadilla: How to Cook Fish Quesadilla
14:52 Outro
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– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCUT1jhCL0w
– Early Season Striper and Perch Fishing
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– Some Fall Run Fishing
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Im just waiting for the stripers to hit the raritan
the seasoning while in the air fryer is diabolical but im' gonna let it slide because of the bowl and basket/shoprite love
Glad your back at it!!!! Keep those lines tight Sam!!
Where’s this location at?
love it! Great to see a fellow NJ fisherman
Hey Sam do you think that they would be active in an inlet as well as striper
trespassing for stripers is allowed in the state of NJ
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First vid of yours I’ve seen. This is just what the dr called in for me today
Will a night crawler worms work ?
10:16 gave me lone wanderer vibes
Just watching this makes me wanna try something new! Amazing quality and awesome video as always
Another awesome video Sam! I’ve been skunked so far in the early season, but hopefully picking up soon. I don’t know how good you are with cleaning fish, but I think you’d make an awesome tutorial on how to do it! Thanks for the best fishing content in Jersey!
Keep posting got to get you to 10k subs by next month
Yes Sam!!! Welcome back. Dude you definitely did sone serious upgrades in the off season! Drone, external mic. This video was absolutely awesome. With the fog and everything it looked amazing. Super high quality content as always and the hard work definitely comes through man!
Also perchadilla looked great! I’ve never had perch before
Thats a good start. I got skunked on the 1st. Hopefully ill be out Sunday, last weekend was a bust but went to the fishing expo and that was fun
Here's a trick, use spawn net and bait wrap thread for those blood worms. They last forever in those bait sacs.
Could you use artificial bait for white perch?
How are you gonna catch anything you started the day off wrong with your steering wheel on the wrong side of your car lol
Great video man. Definitely high quality. Thanks
Great to see Sam is back. Heading down from Pa to the OCNJ area this weekend to do some back bay fishing. Still learning the in's and outs of saltwater fishing by watching Sam's videos. Very good teacher.
Just got pumped to go fish after watching your vid. Love the clam tie for the bloodworms.
Hello, thank you so much for using the sabiki. I love the technique.
How do I properly use the sabiki in shallow water at the beach? With the tides, it's not easy to see the water level, sometimes 50 cm at the feet.
02:40 Looks like a sand worm not blood
Love the channel. I met you at the fishing expo at the ship bottom firehouse in the fall, we talked about hey dudes lol… That's my duck hunting spot glad to see there's fish there too