<b>Staten Island</b>

The weather kept bottom-fishing trips from sailing with <b>Barbara Anne Fishing Charters</b>, Capt. Anthony said. When trips were able to sail, they dredged up good catches of sea bass and blackfish. Blackfishing will also become better as the season goes on. Two spaces are available for the final open-boat, offshore wreck-fishing trip of the season on Sunday for sea bass and other bottom dwellers. Open-boat trips are bottom fishing inshore every Tuesday and Thursday and also whenever enough anglers express interest. Barbara Anne obtained a Research Set Aside Permit that allows the boat to sail for sea bass during the currently closed season for the fish. New York’s blackfish season opened on October 1 with a four-fish bag limit, compared with New Jersey’s current limit of one.

<b>Atlantic Highlands</b>

Surf casters raked up blues and striped bass at Sandy Hook’s North Beach on Wednesday and the weekend, said Jimmy from <b>Julian’s Bait & Tackle</b>. The surf sometimes turned out catches. Lots of blues schooled just off the ocean beaches, and a few stripers were mixed in. Stripers were eeled along Ambrose Channel. Porgy fishing was good, and so was blackfishing, though one blackfish is the bag limit. Sea bass swam abundant, and sea bass season opens on Monday. The rivers put up stripers.

A bottom-fishing trip sailed on Monday on the party boat <b>Atlantic Star</b>, and the trips on the next two days stayed in port, Capt. Tom said. The fishing that day started a bit slower than Tom would like, but picked up, and a decent catch was made by the end of the outing. Porgy fishing was alright, and a few keeper blackfish were hooked, and some sizeable sea bass were let go. Tom looks forward to sea bass season opening this coming Monday. The trip began fishing at Scotland, and some fish bit, until the action dwindled. A couple of more spots were tried, and the boat finished out the day at Sandy Hook Reef. The Atlantic Star is bottom fishing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily for porgies and blackfish. Sea bass will also be targeted when sea bass season opens on Monday. <b>***Update, Saturday, 10/30:***</b> Lots of big porgies, more than before, bit on today’s trip, Tom said. Many sea bass chomped and were released, looking promising for the opening of sea bass season on Monday. He hopes that holds up. A few blackfish were rounded up.

On the party boat <b>Fishermen</b> striped bass bit late in the trip on Tuesday, after the boat covered many miles, looking for fish in loads of bait, Capt. Ron said in a report on the vessel’s Web site. The same thing happened on Monday’s trip. Tuesday’s trip several times stopped on readings that should have produced hook ups for everyone, but only gave up a couple of stripers. But the anglers aboard eventually had several shots at keeper bass and blues when seas became nasty, when south winds came on during outgoing tide. Ron reminded anglers that teaser rigs aren’t appropriate when jigging for stripers on party boats. Teasers aren’t necessary, and they’re dangerous on the boats. Sometimes tackle shops might recommend teaser rigs for head boats, but anglers will end up wasting money. They should just fish with Ava 47 jigs, Ava 67’s, jigs with tails, Krocodiles, rubber shads on some days, or Crippled Herrings when rainfish are gone. When fishing with clams on the trips, the proper rig is a 20-pound leader at least 18 inches, keeping the leader short for casting, a barrel swivel connecting the leader to the line, an egg sinker, or a three-way swivel with a sinker pin, and a bait-holder hook at least size 5/0. “Not a rig that was made in China with 60-pound cable!” he said. The Fishermen is sailing for striped bass 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. Check out a <a href=" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0dZN4G7GT0&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">video of the trip</a>.

<b>Highlands</b>

Trips were docked during the past couple of days, but reports that Capt. Derek from <b>Fisher Price Charters</b> heard said striped bass fishing picked up during the down side of the recent full moon, he said. The fish were eeled and jigged, but with the winds that blew this week, he couldn’t know what would happen with the angling next. Charters are striper fishing, and the next open-boat trips for the linesiders are scheduled for Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.

The weather was rough, and trips stayed in port, said Capt. Brian from <b>Jersey Devil Charters</b>. But anglers on board lately trolled and jigged striped bass off Sandy Hook Point and at the Shrewsbury Rocks. They also drifted good catches of the fish on eels along the channel edges. When fresh bunker could be obtained, they also bunker chunked the bass. Bluefin tuna, plenty of the fish, were boated on Sunday, and Jersey Devil fishes for them. Some of the bluefins swam close to shore, but catches were more consistent farther offshore at places like the Atlantic Princess wreck and the Chicken Canyon. Charters are sailing for bluefins, and so are open-boat trips, when enough anglers are interested. Call if interested in the open trips, because the more who are interested, the easier to schedule.

Boaters from <b>Twin Lights Marina</b> caught striped bass, Wayne said. They eeled the fish along the edges of Sandy Hook and Ambrose channels. Or they fished with livelined or fresh peanut bunker to grab the fish at both channels or places like Flynn’s Knoll and Romer Shoal. Waters around buoy 12 at Sandy Hook Channel reportedly served up hits. Gene Graham, the marina’s striper expert, bagged a bass around 28 pounds. Not too many bluefish were heard about at these striper grounds. They were around but weren’t overwhelming like sometimes. Some boaters fished for porgies, picking away, reporting that some were big. Most fishing was about striped bass, but anglers will begin to try for sea bass when sea bass season opens on Monday. They’ll start to target blackfish when the bag limit increases to six on November 16 from the current limit of one. Nobody mentioned fishing offshore for tuna this late in the season. Live peanut bunker should be stocked for the weekend. They had been carried until the supplier’s boat broke down for a moment. Fresh, frozen peanuts are on hand, and a few fresh clams are left. Fresh clams are re-stocked whenever they’re likely to be in demand, like if the weekend’s weather is forecast to be calm. Salted clams and the full supply of frozen baits are carried.

<b>Belmar</b>

Surf anglers began cracking lots of striped bass, especially  at Sandy Hook, and at Spring Lake, said Bob from <b>Fisherman’s Den</b>. The fish were mostly plugged on any type of swimmers, and bait didn’t work so well. Crabs plucked at bait, and the bass weren’t so interested in clams, and so on. Not many blues hit the surf, but anglers were glad about that, preferred the bass. Party boats did a job on blues, and not much was heard about false albacore in the mix anymore. Party boats that bottom fished scored exceptionally well on porgies. The trips also bailed lots of blackfish, though only one per angler could be kept, was the bag limit. Sea bass season will open on Monday, and the bottom boats will then begin to hone in on them. Not everyone loves porgy fishing, so not a ton of anglers show up for porgy trips. But with the addition of sea bass, and the mix of porgies and blackfish, the crowds will build. A mess of herring, fun fighters, swam Shark River.

<b>Brielle</b>

Charters will fish on the <b>Big Kid</b> on Friday and throughout next week, Capt. Ken said. Trips are striped bass fishing on the ocean, and Ken thinks the angling should last into December, because the ocean was warm or 61 to 62 degrees. Sea bass season opens on Monday, and anglers aboard will go after them starting then. Blackfish trips will begin on November 16, when the bag limit is increased to six of the tog from the current limit of one. Charters are even available for bluefin tuna closer to shore and yellowfin tuna farther from shore in this latter part of the season for the fish. The tuna were biting.

<b>Point Pleasant Beach</b>

Lots of porgies, plenty of limits, were dusted on the party boat <b>Dauntless</b>, Capt. Butch said. More and more blackfish chewed on the trips, though the blackfish bag limit is only one. Plus a bunch of sea bass grabbed the baits, probably boding well for the opening of sea bass season on Monday. Trips will begin to focus on sea bass then. For now, porgies were the main target, and the vessel fished for them mostly in 50 to 60 feet. A few striped bass and quite a few blues showed up. Blues the other day weighed 2 to 3 pounds, a convenient size for the porgy tackle. Waters were 61 degrees or warm, and the fish felt warm to the touch. The Dauntless is bottom fishing 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.

After being docked for two days because of forecasts, though forecasts turned out wrong, the party boat <b>Cock Robin</b> returned to fishing on the ocean today, an e-mail from the boat said. Plenty of blues were wrestled aboard, and enough striped bass were netted “to let you know it is striper season!” the report said. A shot of weakfish also bit early in the trip. All the fish were jigged, and Ava 27 and 47 jigs with red or green tails were the ticket this day. The Cock Robin is sailing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.

Carl LaManna, owner of <b>Canyon River Club Marina</b>, and friends fished on Sunday on Carl’s C-Annamal, jigging a 32-inch striped bass and probably two dozen big blues on the ocean, he said. They fished in 58 feet until 11:30 a.m., finding the ocean to be warm at 62 degrees. Lou DeRosa from Toms River; Mark Hutchinson and Mark McGill from Point Pleasant; Frank Preston from Spring Lake; and Dino DeLisa from Bayonne were also aboard. Carl would like to fish offshore one final time for the season, because tuna were out there. But  getting a window of weather to sail was a challenge. The weather kept most of the boats at the marina from fishing this week. But Jersey Hooker Charters sailed, bagging four stripers and fighting a ton of blues off Long Branch. The marina, located along Manasquan River, is open all year, including winter. It features all the amenities, including a locker with electric to fit a freezer, rods and tackle. The docks are only a half-mile from Manasquan Inlet with no bridges. Anglers can look forward to the new restaurant named 709 that Carl will open in Point Pleasant Beach in springtime. The upscale, nearly 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art American restaurant will feature the best steaks and seafood, an incredible menu of the latest cuisine. The restaurant will include a bar, three fireplaces, a banquet hall, a veranda and more.

<b>Bricktown</b>

A charter on the boat ran out to the ocean on Tuesday with striped bass and blues on their minds, said Capt. Rich from <b>Jersey Hooker Outfitters Bait & Tackle</b>, located in Bricktown, and <b>Jersey Hooker Charters</b> sailing from Point Pleasant Beach’s Canyon River Club Marina. They walloped four keeper stripers and tons of blues off Long Branch in 65 feet. Winds came on, making fishing almost impossible by noon. Rough weather kept lots of the shop’s customers from fishing during the week. Some managed to boat the ocean at the Shrewsbury Rocks, and one ran a trip there that clocked six keeper stripers on Mega Strike’s new 1-1/2-ounce Shakey Head Jigs with Mega Shads. Others porgy fished on the ocean, limiting out on clams and squid. Surf anglers picked fish here and there, and regular customer Jason DeCarlo, Manahawkin, banked a 15-pound striper from the surf at Island Beach State Park on Wednesday. Keeper stripers were angled from the Manasquan River at the Railroad Bridge on artificials, eels or clams. A couple of customers who put in their time scored keeper bass at the Point Pleasant Canal on artificials or eels. Crabbing picked up at Dale’s Point on northern Barnegat Bay. Many of the blueclaws were females, but all were keepers.

<b>Toms River</b>

Barnegat Bay’s eeling for striped bass at night was fired up along the sod banks, doling out some of the best striper catches, said Dennis from <b>Murphy’s Hook House</b>. The fish turned on during one night, turned off the next couple of nights, turned back on the next, and so on. Ken Buchan eeled a 34-pound 5-ouncer there. The bay was cooler than the ocean, so more stripers, and more bait, swam the bay. The bay was full of bait including corn cob mullet and peanut bunker. A few stripers were eeled along the Barnegat Inlet jetties. Chris LaGrossa pummeled a 36-pound 10-ounce striper along the inlet’s north jetty. A few blackfish were claimed along the inlet jetties. Surf fishing was sporadic, and the waters were cooling, but bait was yet to enter the surf. Big blues sometimes popped into the surf. Tom Brower tackled a 17-pound 9-ouncer from the beach. Surf fishing for stripers improved a little, because the week’s storm churned up the waters. More of the bass, and bigger ones in the 20-pound class, were searched out. Most were hooked on bait, but some were plugged on Gibbs or Tsunami poppers. Lures with skinnier profiles like sand eels hacked a few, but not as many as bait and the bigger plugs did. 

<b>Seaside Heights</b>

Anglers fishing the surf talked about lots of striped bass and bluefish catches, said Scott from <b>The Dock Outfitters</b>. Stripers to 25 and 30 pounds were creamed, and the angling was especially on at Normandy Beach, and the north end of Lavallette gave up some. Bait worked best in the surf because of dirty waters. Boaters surely trolled and jigged both fish on the ocean. Stripers were plugged on Barnegat Bay at night and were eeled along the bay’s sod banks in the dark. Blackfish were rounded up from the Barnegat Inlet jetties and probably from the Point Pleasant Canal. Scott was going to give the canal a shot in the next days.  Fresh bunker, fresh clams, live eels and the entire supply of baits is stocked. Catch Wacky Wednesdays every week, when clams are $2 per dozen.

<b>Forked River</b>

Lots of striped bass and blues, mostly blues, were trolled on the ocean, and boaters seemed to need to fish in the early mornings to find the bass, said Grizz from <b>Grizz’s Forked River Bait & Tackle</b>. The anglers trolled bunker spoons, Stretch 25 and 30 lures, umbrella rigs, Polish shads and bucktails. But Barnegat Bay anglers slammed stripers. Fishing for them with live spots cleaned up on them. A few, not many, were clammed on the bay, and waters were warm for the clamming. Fishing with bunker heads also picked up a few. Eeling at night on the bay put the kibosh on plenty. Tog fishing was good along the Barnegat Inlet jetties. Tuna fishing served up healthy catches at Hudson Canyon. Fresh clams and live eels are stocked.

<b>Barnegat Light</b>

Surf angling was “quiet” this morning, said Mike from <b>Barnegat Light Bait & Tackle</b>, but in the past days the south end of Long Beach Island gave up more catches than the north did. The catches were probably 60 percent blues, 40 percent stripers, and the anglers fished with fresh bunker or fresh clams. Boating for striped bass scored okay catches on live spots and eels off the Dike and the Barnegat Inlet jetty and on clams on Barnegat Bay near the inlet. Nothing was heard from ocean boaters because of winds. Lots of tog were pulled in from along the inlet jetty, and anglers occasionally nabbed a striper while togging there. Crabbing was good, despite the late season. The crabs were small but full of meat. Crabs fill out their shells once they stop shedding after summer. Live spots, eels and green crabs; fresh clams and bunker; and frozen mullet are stocked.

<b>Mystic Island</b>

Fishing for striped bass was on at Little Egg Inlet, said Scott from <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b>. The angling wasn’t “stellar,” he said, but anglers had the opportunity to bag a bass.  Clamming for them along the bars at the inlet hooked the fish. One customer who boated a 23-pounder said he saw another striper bagged on a nearby boat and three taken on another vessel during his trip. Boaters who tried to troll for stripers on the ocean, at typical places like off the towers on the southern end of Long Beach Island, were covered up by big blues. The blues were fun to fight, but getting a hook past them to reach stripers was nearly impossible. Trollers a week ago connected with stripers on the ocean. Stripers were also belted in the back waters, scattered at usual places including Grassy Channel or off Little Beach. Stripers were also landed on the Mullica River, and surf anglers also caught bass at Graveling Point and Pebble Beach at the mouth of the Mullica. The number of bass in the surf was nowhere close to the number in spring. But anglers from shore had a chance to catch. A 22-pounder was checked in from the beach on Saturday. No customers talked about fishing for other species including tog or white perch. Everyone had striper fever. Fresh clams are stocked, though stormy, windy weather in the past day and coming up might make them scarce a moment, keeping the clam boats from sailing. Fresh bunker might not be available until Friday or Saturday or so because of the weather. Green crabs, bloodworms and live grass shrimp are carried.

<b>Absecon</b>

Striped bass, healthy numbers, had been clocked from the ocean to the inlets to the bay until the last couple of days, when south winds and somewhat warmer waters seemed to slow down the catches, said Curt from <b>Absecon Bay Sportsman Center</b>. Currently the angling in the ocean seemed most consistent, if boaters headed there in the early mornings, finding birds working the bait, or locating bunker to find the fish. Trolled Stretch lures or bunker spoons or jigging hooked up. But the fish were occasionally eeled or clammed at the inlets or clammed on the back bay. Catches of sizeable bass that were eeled on the Mullica River were heard about before the slow down. Capt. Dave, the shop’s owner, ran a charter on Saturday that bagged four stripers, fishing all over the different waters. But the fishing was off for him on trips today and on Wednesday, and he ran everywhere looking for the catches, even off Venice Park, a ways from Absecon. A few bluefish were around, and Curt saw a couple of bruisers that were caught among schooling bunker in the ocean. Tog fishing was good in the back waters. Curt, a white perch angler, tried for the slabs on the Mullica River, but had difficulty finding them, though he hadn’t had time to search a lot. The shop is stocking live spots, mullet and eels and usually fresh clams. Fresh bunker is carried when available, but the menhaden was difficult to obtain recently.

<b>Brigantine</b>

Surf striped bass catches slowed down during the past couple of days, but had been producing, and anglers just waited for the next school to swim through, said Capt. Andy from <b>Riptide Bait & Tackle</b>. Chris Devone on Saturday nailed his best-ever striper day, landing four of the fish 23 to 27 pounds. Dr. Bill DeFeo beached his biggest-ever striper, a 24-pounder, losing three others, big bass, that broke off. Mike Prodo honked a 24-pounder on fresh clam. Tom Bodie and dad reeled in a pair of stripers to 28 pounds that inhaled Riptide Rotters, somewhat aged clams sold at a discount that some anglers swear by. Boaters also reeled in stripers, and Craig Friedman, fishing with Fred from the shop, boated a 30-pounder on a Riptide Rotter. The 5th annual Riptide Striped Bass Derby is under way, lasting until the end of the year, and Steve DiGiacomo was currently in the lead with a 46-1/2-pound 51-incher he drilled on Monday, covered in the report here that day. Entrants win cash awards for the biggest stripers caught from the surf along Brigantine’s front beach. First place wins $750, and 2nd cops $400, and 3rd earns $150. The entrant with the biggest bass each month wins $25. The rest of the proceeds are donated to charity, and the event donated more than $13,000 to charity since the tournament began, Andy said. Phil Fors from Rolling Tackle Box donated a 13-foot Breakaway HDX surf rod that will be awarded to the entrant with the biggest striper from November 1 to 7. The entry fee for the tournament is $20, and entry must be accompanied by a Brigantine beach buggy permit. That way all entrants get to drive the beach to fish.

<b>Atlantic City</b>

Kingfish, lots of them, littered the surf, said Noel from <b>One Stop Bait & Tackle</b>. Plentiful stripers also came from the suds, pouncing on fresh bunker, fresh clams, eels and spots. Good sized tog crunched green crabs along the jetty rocks. Small blues 18 or 19 inches roamed the back bay. Sizeable herring more than a foot long, strong fighters, fun to catch, were abundant, swiping Sabiki rigs or small jigs. Fresh bunker, fresh clams, bloodworms and eels but no spots are stocked. Green crabs are on tap for only $4 for a dozen or $3 for ten.

Chunking clams for striped bass was beginning in the back bay, said Curt from <b>Offshore Enterprises Bait & Tackle</b>. Livelined spots also caught the bass in the bay. The linesiders hung in the deep waters there. Drifting spots or trolling on the ocean piled up stripers, not great catches, but fairly decent. Hordes of big blues blitzed the ocean and surf during the weekend. Getting through them to reach stripers was difficult then. The season’s first reports about sizeable stripers taken from the surf came in during this week. The angling was beginning. Tog fishing was good along the bridges and rocks, and the blackfish weren’t big, but a respectable population swam around. Curt heard from nobody who fished offshore for tuna in a while, though Hudson Canyon reportedly held a bite.

<b>Longport</b>

Capt. Mike from the <b>Stray Cat</b> and friends took an exploratory trip for tog on the ocean Wednesday morning in the rain, clobbering a bunch to 14 ½ pounds at an inshore wreck, he said. They kept some, no more than their one-fish limit, releasing the rest, and Mike had tog for dinner that night. The anglers worked through a half-bushel of crabs for bait in 2 ½ or 3 hours of fishing. The ocean was 61 to 62 degrees, holding steady, not dropping in temperature recently. Six or seven spaces are left on an open-boat trip for sea bass on Monday, the opening day of sea bass season. The trip, sailing no matter whether the spaces are full, will fish offshore at the 30-mile wrecks, and sea bass should be stacked up, because of no angler pressure during the closed season. Mike expects to sail for jumbo sea bass offshore every Saturday and run for a combo of striped bass and blackfish during the week. Fishing for stripers and blues could take off once the cold front forecast for Friday comes through. The time of year is right. Anglers can bring spinning rods to fish with diamond jigs with red and white tails for the stripers and can bring conventional rods for the blackfishing. Annual Cast and Blast Trips, outings that fish and gun for ducks in one day, are underway. A duck trip already ran on the boat, scoring a good shoot. Call if interested in either a Cast and Blast Charter or open-boat space.

<b>Ocean City</b>

A good showing of striped bass started to develop up and down the surf, said John from <b>Fin-Atics</b>. A 32-pounder was weighed in from Corson’s Inlet on Wednesday, and John saw a 39-incher heaved from the suds at 59th Street this morning. Fresh bunker drew most bites, but fresh clams attracted many. A few of the bass were plugged in the early mornings and in the evenings into dark. Boaters sometimes trolled quality catches of stripers and blues on the ocean on Saturday on Stretch plugs and umbrella rigs. Maybe if the weather calms enough for boaters to sail the ocean, more of the catches will be heard about. Lots of schoolie stripers were plugged along the sod banks of the back bay at night on small lures including Yozuri Mag Darters, Yozuri Mag Poppers, Sebiles and swimmers like Bombers or Rebels. Tog were mugged along the Longport Pier and the old Longport Bridge.

<b>Sea Isle City</b>

Some weather rolled through, and the shop was closed because of that on Wednesday, for example, but surf anglers sometimes started reporting catches of striped bass, especially on weekends, when more fished, said Wes from <b>Gibson’s Tackle</b>. They fished with clams or bunker, and a puppy drum was dragged from the surf that engulfed a clam meant for stripers. Boaters on the back bay also angled up stripers on clams or bunker at favorite honey holes. Nighttime fishing for stripers with soft-plastic lures was good, and customers were buying the lures for the fishing. Stripers were also picked up at the inlets on clams or bunker. Tog were tugged in from along the bridges, wrecks and reefs, and customers bought green crabs for bait. Sea bass were hooked and released at the wrecks and reefs, and sea bass season will open on Monday. Weakfish schooled all over Sea Isle Lump during the weekend. A few blues and stripers popped up in the ocean sometimes, and customers bought jigs for the fishing. Fresh clams are stocked, but fresh bunker is scarce from suppliers and has run out for the moment.

Check out this video of fishing from Montauk last weekend with Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b>, affiliated with <b>Gibson’s Tackle</b>. Big bluefish were battled one after another on the trip on Saturday in Gardiner’s Bay near Montauk, and striped bass blitzed throughout the trip on Sunday in the ocean off Montauk Point. Mayhem, epic! Joe said. The trips were covered in the last report, and were Joe’s final weekend getaways to Montauk this season that he runs each year. The angling is usually great, and think about booking for next year. No trips fished from Sea Isle City with Joe afterward, and the weather was rough. But the fall blitz of bass and blues, like the fish that were in Montauk, is expected to arrive at Sea Isle any time. November is usually a prime month for the angling. Joe’s charters fish for the bass and blues with leadheads with soft plastics like Fin-S Fish, sometimes with bucktails and other times with metal like Ava jigs, diamond jigs or Kastmasters. They also fly rod for the fish. Keep up with Joe’s fishing, photos and videos on <a href=" http://captainjoehughes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jersey Cape’s blog</a>.

<b>Avalon</b>

<b>Over Under Adventures</b> steamed to the canyons for tuna on an overnight trip Saturday to Sunday, a report on Over Under’s Web site said. Fishing was slow that night on the boat, but the angling took off at 6 a.m. The three young anglers and their dad on the trip beat nine yellowfin tuna to 70 pounds then, and the fish swam thick around the boat. The dad “threw up the white flag,” the report said, at 9 a.m., leaving the tuna biting. The anglers went off to find mahi mahi, adding some to the box. A great trip, and “now we just need a break in the weather to get back out there!” the report said. Charters and   <a href=" http://overundercharters.com/index.php?page=opendates" target="_blank">open-boat trips</a> are fishing offshore.

<b>Cape May</b>

Delaware Bay boaters hauled in some sizeable striped bass at the sloughs, said Nick from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b>. Fresh bunker is the usual bait, and bunker was scarce throughout the state. Fresh clams were more available and could be a sustitute. Nick was telling anglers to look for stripers that could begin showing up at the Cape May Rips. In the surf short stripers began to be banked more than before. Tog hovered along the Wildwood Crest toll bridge, and one customer bagged a 5-pounder there. The blackfish also gathered along the inlet and surf jetties. Stripers could be livelined on spots along the inlet jetties. Sea bass season opens on Monday, and bottom fishers began to pick up ling.

Winds blew, and the weather was lousy, and none of the fleet seemed to fish, said Capt. George from the <b>Heavy Hitter</b>. He also stayed docked, but striped bass were sometimes boated on Delaware Bay on bunker chunks when vessels sailed. The fishing was nothing hot and heavy yet, was a pick. But the bass that were caught were big, and the catches were a start to the season’s striper fishing. Tog hugged the wrecks, and sea bass season will open on Monday. Space is available this weekend for striper fishing, and angling for tog can be mixed in. Call if interested.

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