I dock my boat in Pt Pleasant from mid-May to Thanksgiving. 1 mile from Manasquan Inlet. For the last 10 years, the bass have shown reliably in the mid May time. Sometime they arrive early but they are always there mid May.
There is always a school, well, many square miles of bait. It is an awesome site sometimes.
http://youtu.be/Vig7TjXH27E?list=PL4C0C25453B4507E9
Bass fishing usually slows down mid June but some can be picked all summer. They return in November.
