The reports are back…and that means fishing has begun for coastal New Jersey.

Plymouth is the pick of the state for trout with browns now joining the previously stocked brookies and rainbows.

The ponds are giving up largemouth bass and stocked trout, holdover stripers feed in the back bays, and bottom fishermen gear up for tautog season on April 1.

The state continues to stock brook, brown and rainbow trout, holdover stripers are active on the south side, and largemouth bass are biting well at night.

Action had been good for trout until late last week, but then some nasty weather took over and anglers are looking toward smaller tributaries and creeks until conditions start to clear up.

Trout, largemouth bass and yellow and white perch are active in freshwater ponds, while holdover stripers hit topwater plugs and soft plastic jigs.

Holdover stripers, white perch and largemouth bass entertain Rhode Island anglers during the first week of spring as herring move into the rivers.

Striper fishing has been rather slow, but anglers are finding success with slowly-retrieved swim shads or bloodworms in the rivers and back bays.

White perch, holdover stripers and largemouth bass are active and feeding, and cod fishing improved for boats that made it out this past week.

Holdover striper fishing slowed down after the recent storm, but largemouth bass, yellow perch and trout are biting well in open water.