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I moved here from Forked River in 1991... Fishing was so spectacular for about the first 10 years that I didn't miss NJ salt water that much. Perch, Rock Bass a foot long everywhere, and various Sunfish of a size that were beyond belief, right from shore, Not to mention Landlocks, Brown Trout, Lakers, Pike,all from shore no boat required. I used to take my kids fishing with worms and bobbers for those huge panfish and can recall getting pissed off at the giant spawning SMB that would keep grabbing the little pieces of worm on the kids lines, and almost pull them into the lakes... Then the zebra mussels came, few years later the Gobies, and the big lakes up here changed forever.
The charter guys had to adapt, at least the ones that targeted Bass.