[Skolmann]

It has always been my understanding that the Raritan River & Shrewsbury/Navesink River complex have always had a small (in relation to the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware & Hudson Rivers) spawning population.

I do think that with the increasing improvement of water quality in those systems have drawn some of those bass that used to use the bay as a staging area prior to entering the Hudson into using them as spawning grounds.