The haddock bite on Platt’s Ledge is hot while in freshwater, salmon are feeding in close to shore while the bass bite continues to improve.

While the salt is slow to pick up steam, trout and salmon fishing continue to be the Bay State’s best bet.

The landlocked salmon bite in Lake Winnipesaukee is excellent while in the salt, haddock have been on the feed off of Platt’s and Jeffrey’s Ledges.

The influx of herring this week, coinciding with the warming of estuarial waters, has awakened holdover striped bass in many shallow and backwater locations.

No longer are options restricted to freshwater or nothing as headboats all along the coast will be putting patrons onto cod and haddock by this weekend.

With estuarial water temperatures nearing the 50-degree mark, harbor holdovers are becoming increasingly more active

For a chance at a freshly stocked brookie or brown trout, Plymouth through the Cape are your best bet.

While spring temperatures have yet to settle in, trout stocking is bringing the fun to many Bay State districts.

Careful anglers on Lake Winnipesaukee are finding cusk in close with excellent white perch and lake trout action where safe ice can be found.

Warmer temperatures have ice moving out providing anglers open-water opportunities for recently stocked trout.