<b>Keyport</b>

Six striped bass, including three keepers, all about 20 pounds, were landed already from Raritan Bay this morning on a trip with Capt. Joe and the boat’s mate Jeff from <b>Papa’s Angels Charters</b>, Joe said in a phone call aboard at 9 a.m. The fish were clammed, and the bay on a trip Wednesday was 52.8 degrees, a little warmer than before.  Joe was asked about the temperature on that trip but not today’s. Three spaces are available for an open-boat trip for stripers Sunday, and one of the trips is full Saturday. Open trips are available daily through the weekend when no charter is booked, and call to jump aboard.

<b>Atlantic Highlands</b>

Striped bass were boated and beached from the surf on Raritan Bay, said Jimmy from <b>Julian’s Bait & Tackle</b>. From boats, the fish were mostly clammed, but some began to be trolled on Stretch plugs Wednesday, he thought. Nothing was heard about winter flounder, because nobody fished on the ocean, because stripers were yet to swim the ocean. Flounder would usually migrate to the ocean by now. “But you can’t go by the calendar this year,” Jimmy said. Nothing was really heard about bottom-fishing on the ocean. “A few fish,” he said. Bait, including fresh clams and worms, is fully stocked.

On the party boat <b>Fishermen</b>, Wednesday’s striped bass fishing was tough, Capt. Ron said. Lack of current seemed the reason, and the chum “just went straight down,” he said. Plenty of bait schooled, and the fish-finder marked good readings of fish, and waters had warmed 2 degrees, to 53 degrees, when the boat was motored out in the morning. “Had all the positive signs,” Ron said. Several areas were fished in Raritan Bay, and several throwbacks came in. Then the boat was moved to the ocean, and only a couple of keepers and a handful of shorts were netted. But striper fishing was very good on Tuesday’s trip. The bass to 22 pounds, including several sizeable ones, were tackled, and action with throwbacks was good. Catches lasted until 11 a.m., then stopped, and turned back on at the trip’s end. That’s when the 22-pound pool-winner was iced. Anglers slugged away at stripers, keepers and throwbacks, on Monday’s trip, and the fishing produced at first, dropped off, and came back on toward the end of the outing, like on Tuesday. The Fishermen is sailing for striped bass 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. Starting Friday, striper trips will also run 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 3:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sundays.

The striped bass trip this morning was one of the better ones this season aboard, said Capt. Tom from the party boat <b>Atlantic Star</b>. The fishing, on Raritan Bay with clams, wasn’t great, but six anglers limited out on two stripers apiece, and some caught none. The trip only had to anchor at one drop. A couple of stripers would bite, and a couple would be missed. Then anglers would wait, and they picked away on the trip. Everyone had a good time, Tom said, even if the weather was a little brisk or chilly. Previously the fishing was looking up this week, wasn’t consistent, but became much better than when the boat began fishing last week for the season. All trips fished the bay with clams since Tom tried fishing the ocean a moment when the boat’s season began. On Tuesday morning’s trip, all but one angler caught stripers and bagged a keeper, Tom thought, and action with shorts was improved compared with other trips. The afternoon’s trip didn’t sail, and the next morning’s trip, on Wednesday, caught, but not as many. The afternoon’s trip grabbed a keeper every place fished.  Lots more bait began to be seen in the bay this week, and gannets were up, and waters were 53 degrees. Tom hopes the fishing holds up. Atlantic Star is fishing for striped bass on two trips daily 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 6 p.m. <b>***Update, Friday, 4/19:***</b> Striper fishing was good again on this morning’s trip, Tom said. All anglers caught the fish, and some used bonus tags to bag another, after limiting out, and throwbacks bit. The trip fished one drop, and the angling’s been good the last few days, and Tom hopes it holds up.

<b>Highlands</b>

<b>***Update, Friday, 4/19:***</b> Good striped bass fishing continued on the <b>Hyper Striper</b>, Capt. Pete wrote in an e-mail. Solid catches, including limits on the past four trips, were squashed. Clamming for the fish was “very good, for the most part,” he said. A few charter dates are left to fish the spring run of stripers, but call now.

The anglers aboard limited out on striped bass to 16 or 18 pounds today on the back of Raritan Bay with <b>Raritan Bay Charters</b> on clams, Capt. Dave said. He heard about other trips and talked with a captain who trolled good catches of stripers on the bay for the first time this season. But clams caught on this trip, so the outing stuck with that. The bay was 52 degrees, and no stripers from the bay had sea lice on them on the boat this season. Sea lice are believed to show that stripers migrated from the ocean. So the bay’s stripers seemed resident, non-migrating fish, getting active because of water temperature. No bait or bunker were seen on the trip. But Dave saw a video on Facebook of gannets diving on the ocean near Barnegat that obviously fed on bunker, and stripers had to be feeding on them, Dave said. If he can send the link to the video, it’ll be posted here later as an update.

Fifteen keeper striped bass to 18 pounds and some throwbacks were trolled on Raritan Bay on Stretch plugs Wednesday with <b>Fisher Price Charters</b>, Capt. Derek said. Those were the first trolled aboard this season, and Derek began to see lots of bunker schooling the bay that day. The trip at first tried clamming for stripers, but stripers wouldn’t bite them, though clams were the bait that worked previously aboard. Maybe the fish switched to feeding on bunker, so a trip with Fisher Price today will try fishing chunks of bunker for the bass. Charters are sailing, and one space is available Sunday for an open-boat trip for stripers. A couple of open trips will fish for stripers next week, and the dates will be set according to weather forecasts. Call to climb aboard, find out the dates or be kept informed about future open trips.

A boater from the docks today returned with a 32-inch striped bass trolled on Raritan Bay off Keansburg, Marian from <b>Twin Lights Marina</b> said. That was the angler’s, Greg Hanna’s, one catch on the trip. Charters on the Hyper Striper, sailing from the marina, kept clamming stripers. Bushels of fresh clams and frozen baits, including quarts and pints of clams are stocked. Twin Lights features a marina, including boat slips and rack storage, a complete bait and tackle shop, ship-store supplies and a fuel dock.

<b>Belmar</b>

Striped bass began to be jigged from the ocean off Manasquan, south of Manasquan and Long Beach Island, said Capt. Pete from <b>Parker Pete’s Fishing Charters</b>. The bass sometimes bit, and other times didn’t, but this was the season’s start to striper fishing on the ocean. The boat might be splashed for the season today, and the year’s first fishing aboard, both on charters and open-boat trips, will probably target stripers. Pete will see if he can fish this weekend, depending on weather. Also on the ocean, blackfish were picked, and a few cod and ling were managed.

This report was posted as an updated Tuesday and is being re-posted in case anyone missed it: Shark River’s winter flounder fishing became much improved Tuesday, and good reports rolled in about “stripers offshore … to 30 pounds,” Bob from <b>Fisherman’s Den</b> wrote in an e-mail. “Can only get better from here,” he said. The river’s flounder fishing had been slow after rains late last week. Striper fishing had been slow in the ocean’s low temperatures. Party boats picked up fair fishing for blackfish, sometimes large, and ling on the ocean. Blackfish season will close after this month, so fish for them while possible. <b>***Update, Thursday, 4/18:***</b> Stripers the last couple of days “put up a good showing,” Bob wrote in an e-mail. Apparently he meant in the surf, and said Spring Lake and Allenhurst “were the areas to target.” Two anglers combined for 17 landed, including three keepers, on clams. Another clammed seven throwbacks. Yet another scored two stripers, including a 36-incher, on sandworms. Shark River’s flounder fishing was good again today. Bob hopes the forecast weather doesn’t “set us back,” he said.

The party boat <b>Golden Eagle</b> is in the slip, and will start fishing Saturday, steaming daily for striped bass on the ocean, a report on the vessel’s Web site said. The fish seemed to begin showing up, and seemed “a little hard to catch,” the report said, but the angling is expected to turn on any day. Starting Saturday, the Golden Eagle will sail for striped bass 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 or 3:30 p.m. daily.

Bottom-fishing boats ran into striped bass one day on the ocean between Belmar and Manasquan, catching a bunch late on their trips, said Capt. Alan from the party boat <b>Miss Belmar Princess</b>. The fishing was good but short-lived, but should become more consistent soon. The vessel will try for them on trips Friday to Sunday and will begin fishing for them daily on the following Friday, April 26. The trips will sail 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

<b>Brielle</b>

Ocean temperatures began to rise, and schools of striped bass bit just south of Manasquan Inlet two days ago, an e-mail from the party boat <b>Big Jamaica</b> said today. Striped bass trips will sail at 7:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

<b>Point Pleasant Beach</b>

On the flats boat from <b>Mushin Sportfishing</b>, two anglers plugged a bunch of striped bass to 34 inches on a trip on “some head waters,” Capt. Ray said. The fish were fought on spinning rods with 8-pound tackle, and plenty of life filled the waters. Mushin is also running the flats boat to Raritan Bay for striper fishing, and good reports came from there. On Mushin’s bigger boat, trips will jig for stripers on the ocean, when that angling takes off soon. Mushin means a relaxed state of readiness. The crew pride themselves on sharing the concept on outdoor adventures.

A small group striped-bass fished Wednesday on the ocean on the party boat <b>Norma-K III</b>, Capt. Matt wrote in a report on the vessel’s Web site. A good number of stripers were seen swirling along the surface, but none bit. The fish-finder also marked great readings of stripers. After two drifts, the fish were gone, and scattered readings were seen afterward, but no stripers were hooked. Still, it was good to see stripers start to be around.  Matt first heard about them Monday, when a friend said good numbers were seen. Weather looks rough for Friday, so daily striped bass trips will resume Saturday, running 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

On the party boat <b>Dauntless</b>, anglers caught a little of everything, and not a lot of anything, Capt. Butch said. Though the boat is bottom-fishing, striped bass were swung aboard Sunday and Monday. Almost all the stripers aboard were keepers, and all were about the same size, 29 to 34 inches. When bottom-fishing, anglers aboard clocked ling and blackfish, and a couple of trips targeted only blackfish, including on Wednesday. The trip, with only a few anglers, fished close to shore. None limited out on four blackfish, but most bagged at least one. When trips fished farther from shore for ling, the angling remained slow, but some were caught. Waters were cold or 44 degrees on the ling grounds and 45 or 46 “in on the beach,” Butch said. See any bluefish? Butch was asked. The season was early for blues, he said, and waters were too cold for them. Last year blues were hooked very early, but that was unusual, and the season was warmer. But a few blues currently were heard about from gill nets and one of the bays, either Raritan or Barnegat, and Butch was unsure. He expects blues, some, to be seen in the ocean probably starting in a week.  The Dauntless is bottom-fishing 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.

<b>Toms River</b>

Waters were 57 degrees from Barnegat Bay at Route 37 Bridge to the mouth of Toms River, up 10 degrees from 1 ½ weeks before, said Dennis from <b>Murphy’s Hook House</b>. That was a good temperature for fishing, and lots of striped bass, throwbacks and keepers, were hooked on the river, mostly at the Island Heights bulkhead on worms. Two anglers there reeled in 12 or 14, none big, on a trip. A few anglers worked small black or yellow lures after dark from the docks to catch a few of the bass. Stripers were also landed along the bridge and docks near the bridge on the island side. A few winter flounder remained along the bridge. But most flounder departed locally for the season. Good flounder catches were made at Mantoloking Bridge, farther north on the bay. Flounder were socked farther south on the bay off Water’s Edge Restaurant. At Oyster Creek, the warm-water discharge from Forked River power plant, a few stripers were cranked in, but most moved toward the bay. A few weakfish and speckled sea trout were caught in the area, mostly from the bay off the creek. No bluefish were reported seen, and a $100 gift certificate is up for grabs for the angler who checks in the season’s first blue at the store. Blues will probably arrive within a week or so. 

<b>Seaside Heights</b>

<b>The Dock Outfitters</b> is now open daily, John said in a telephone call. The store was open fewer hours previously, and surf fishing for striped bass “might be getting under way!” he wrote in a report on the shop’s Web site. Keepers and throwbacks were clammed from the surf at Island Beach State Park and “a few spots just north of Seaside,” he said, that were opened since the hurricane. Island Beach was opened to access area A7 for walking and beach buggies since the storm. Small swimming plugs are sometimes catching them, “when conditions are right,” John said. Little was heard about the catches until this week. Small stripers were bloodwormed and sandwormed on Barnegat Bay, he wrote in an earlier report on the store’s site Saturday. Winter flounder swam the bay, but throwbacks outnumbered keepers, he said then. On the northern half of the bay, near the bridges were the places to nab them. On the southern half, near Oyster Creek, the warm-water outflow from Forked River power plant, was the spot to rustle them up. Fresh clams, bloodworms, sandworms, frozen clam-chum logs and frozen bunker are stocked. A large selection of lures are on hand. They include Tattoo plugs for less than $20 and 5-inch Al Gag’s Mambo Minnows. The Dock Outfitters includes the complete supply of bait and tackle, docks to fish from, and, in season, rental boats and jet skis.

<b>Forked River</b>

Barnegat Bay turned out striped bass more than Oyster Creek did now, said Kyle from <b>Grizz’s Forked River Bait & Tackle</b>. The creek is the warm-water discharge from Forked River power plant, and stripers were sometimes boated along the bay’s sod banks. Flounder were targeted more on the bay than in the creek. Weakfish started to be caught from the bay, and not enough was heard about them to tell location, but a couple of anglers who hooked them were known about. Customers began to buy Pony Tails to troll for bluefish on the bay, but no bluefish were reported found yet. Fresh clams, sandworms, bloodworms and killies are stocked. Green crabs are hoped to be stocked Friday.

<b>Surf City</b>

<b>Surf City Bait & Tackle</b> will reopen 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily starting Saturday, the store’s Web site said. That’s almost six months after Hurricane Sandy. “So close, I can taste it!” the site said about the opening. Keep up with the news in <a href="http://www.surfcitybaitandtackle.com/" target="_blank">Surf City Bait & Tackle’s fishing reports</a> on the shop’s Web site. Or keep in touch on <a href=" http://www.facebook.com/pages/Surf-City-Bait-and-Tackle/207533229268619
" target="_blank">Surf City Bait & Tackle’s Facebook page</a>.

<b>Mystic Island</b>

Striped bass fishing was on at Graveling Point and Pebble Beach, said Scott from <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b>. Those are shore-angling places at the confluence of Great Bay and Mullica River, and keepers were challenging to come by, but a few more keepers than before seemed around. Clams became best bait, after bloodworms previously were, and that’s usual. Bloods are easy for the bass to digest in cold waters early in the season, and the fish prefer clams when waters become warmer. Drum were sometimes eased in from the same places, and also from boats in the area. One was reported boated the other day there, and drum were also boated at Grassy Channel in the bay. Bluefish could show up any moment in the bay. The store’s annual $100 gift certificate remained up for grabs for the angler who checks in the season’s first blue caught at Graveling from shore. White perch anglers lined up at Lower Bank Bridge on Mullica River. The catches were under way. A couple of boaters wrenched in blackfish from the ocean reefs, Chris from the shop told Scott. Boaters would surely sail for blackfish this weekend, though seas might become too rough in forecast weather. Fresh, shucked clams, bloodworms, grass shrimp, green crabs and minnows are stocked. Scott is netting the shrimp, has them figured out.

<b>Absecon</b>

As waters warmed, fishing for everything was gradually picking up, “I would say,” Capt. Dave from <b>Absecon Bay Sportsman Center</b> said. Blackfishing lit up probably starting Friday, and so long as waters remain clear, the fishing is probably the best bet, and two weekends are left before blackfish season is closed starting in May. Blackfishing especially took off along Brigantine Bridge, where anglers pretty much all limited out. That’s at Absecon Inlet, and along all inlets was probably the same. A lot was heard about blackfish yanked from along jetties. Dave was yet to pull a keeper striped bass from Mullica River this season. Trips with him Friday and Sunday both landed 30 throwback stripers and a few white perch on the river. Keepers were definitely bagged on the river, but not by everybody, and not on every trip. Lots of throwbacks swam the river. Dave bets the migration of large striped bass starts to arrive around next week’s full moon. White perch fishing was improving this week, especially at Lower Bank on the Mullica and farther up Great Egg Harbor River. The shop’s bait supply is in good shape and includes fresh clams, bloodworms, green crabs and eels. Spots will probably begin to be caught at Maryland starting the beginning of May, Dave hopes, and the fish will be stocked for live bait as soon as available.

<b>Brigantine</b>

Ken Biondi and Karl Stock banked seven striped bass, including four keepers, and a drum from the surf Saturday, and the stripers kept hitting since, said Capt. Andy from <b>Riptide Bait & Tackle</b>. There was a “big bite,” Andy said, today, and Joe Curinga heaved in an 18-pounder. Twenty or 25 stripers, keepers and throwbacks, must’ve been caught around him. Joe now led the Fish for Life Tournament with the fish. Fresh clams, bloodworms and all baits are stocked. 

<b>Atlantic City</b>

Striped bass flooded the waters, said Noel from <b>One Stop Bait & Tackle</b>. They departed the rivers, and anglers began to smash them from the banks along Absecon Inlet, lined with jetties, the past few days. The fishing, in three days, “went from zero to a hundred,” he said. The fish bit clams, eels and lures like Bombers, Daiwa SP Minnows and pink Zooms. Drum were muscled from the front-beach the past couple of days. Back at the inlet’s jetties, blackfish, lots, were crushed, mostly on green crabs, but also on clams. Fishing “definitely popped up,” Noel said. These were catches anglers had waited for. No weakfish were seen yet, like the big tiderunners that can show up at the inlet soon. A commercial netter, fishing for white perch around the brackish rivers, found weakfish and summer flounder in the nets. The full supply of baits is stocked, including fresh clams, bloodworms, eels, green crabs and minnows.   

<b>Ocean City</b>

Lots of fish caught were heard about the last few days, so things were starting, said Ed from <b>Fin-Atics</b>. Many striped bass swarmed at Beesley’s Point, along the Causeway Bridge and at the inlets. Both bait and lures – soft-plastic or small hard ones, like MirrOlures – caught. The first real numbers of stripers were lifted from the surf Wednesday and today, mostly from the island’s south end, mostly on clams, but some on bloodworms. Lots of the stripers were small everywhere, but some were keepers. Ed heard about at least three or four keepers today, from both the bay and surf. Blackfish, decent catches, were mugged from along bridges, including 9th Street Bridge, piers, docks, pilings and jetties. The hurricane covered Ocean City’s jetties with sand, but jetties elsewhere, like Longport, produced. A few weakfish were heard about from the bay at Sea Isle City. In Great Egg Harbor River, white perch fishing was on and off, great one day, slow another, and lots of small stripers were mixed in. Fresh clams, bloodworms and green crabs are stocked. Whether clams will be available during the weekend will be seen, because clam boats might be kept docked in weather.  

<b>Sea Isle City</b>

Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b>, affiliated with <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b> fished the back bay every evening, and the angling was very good, he said. Weakfishing was strong, and so was catch-and-release angling for out-of-season summer flounder. He concentrated on both, but striped bass could also be winged from the bay, when he wanted. A trip Monday evening landed 10 weakfish to 7 pounds and a couple of flounder. Another on Tuesday evening grabbed a striper, a 5-pound weak and a handful of flounder, and fishing was good. A bunch of flounder and a 4-pound weak were totaled on a trip Wednesday evening. The fishing became better, and waters warmed about a degree, each day. The fishing should be excellent in late April and early May, and a couple of openings remain for charters, and anglers are going to want to book them. Flounder fishing should be great when the season opens for them in May, and if anglers want to fish for them on weekends, they better book now. Joe was surprised bluefish were yet to arrive in the bay, and they’ll invade in the next day or two, he’s sure. Trips will fight them. Keep up with Joe’s fishing on <a href="http://captainjoehughes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jersey Cape’s blog</a>.

What was caught? Mike from <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b> was asked. “Everything,” he said. Striped bass, weakfish and out-of-season summer flounder, released, were swung in from the back bay. A few winter flounder were still nabbed from the bay, but most apparently migrated to the ocean for the season. Some of the stripers were clammed while boaters anchored and chummed with clam, and others were nipped on soft-plastic lures like Fin-S Fish or Bass Assassins. The weaks were zapped on the same lures, and most were keeper-sized, and some were large. Weaks to 7-1/2-pounds were reported. Surf anglers also beat stripers, and maybe 1 in 3 or 4 was a keeper. Some of the fish reached the mid-30 inches. Drum were hauled from the surf, and a customer banked a 40-incher. Blackfishing was good for boaters on the ocean, and they should take both clams and crabs for bait this time of year. The boaters said at one wreck, blacks would bite clams and wouldn’t touch crabs, and at another, they’d jump on crabs but not clams. Blackfish just started to be angled at places like jetties and bridges. At the sea wall at Townsend’s Inlet’s Avalon side, the tautog seemed to bite on one trip, and not on another. But the slipperies were caught. Fresh clams, bloodworms and green crabs are stocked.

<b>Wildwood</b>

Fishing for striped bass might’ve opened up on Delaware Bay, Fred from <b>No Bones Bait & Tackle</b> said. No first-hand reports rolled in, but four different sources, including three very reliable, said the fishing did. Occasional striped bass were reported beached from the surf. Blackfish were snatched from along some of the rock piles or jetties. The back bay was cold for striper fishing. The surface at the docks was 60 to 61 degrees, but along the Intracoastal Waterway the back bay was probably 49 or 50 degrees. The temp needs to be about 4 degrees higher for three or four days for better striper fishing. Two anglers boated the back bay last week, fishing for stripers with clams all day, landing one 26-inch throwback. On a return trip Wednesday, no stripers bit in 5 or 6 hours of fishing. Clams are the bait to fish for them on the back bay and in the surf. Weakfish are probably around in the back bay, because Mike released two out-of-season summer flounder near the docks. If flounder are in, weakfish usually are, and the fish market sold fresh weakfish, and weakfish was the catch of the day in Cape May when the shop’s owner visited. Mike’s flounder were ice-cold to the touch. No minnows were seen at the docks, and minnows appear when the bay is really alive with all the different fish. Minnows already schooled this time last year. No bluefish were heard about yet this season. Commercial crabbers began setting out pots. Bait stocked includes pints and quarts of whole clams and large, bulk bags of frozen clam bellies. When fishing amps up, fresh clams and bulk bags of fresh bellies will be carried. So will other baits. The store’s rental boats will become available in another week. 

<b>Cape May</b>

A few drum seemed to begin showing up in Delaware Bay, Capt. Mario from the <b>Down Deep</b> said. Charters are being booked for drum, and the bay’s striped bass fishing seemed somewhat to pick up the past couple of days, and charters are sailing for them. Blackfishing is also available. To fish for the tautog, sign up for the <a href=" http://www.downdeepsportfishing.com/ddsf/76-2/" target="_blank">Short Notice List</a> for special open-boat, wreck-fishing trips.

Good catches of blackfish were tugged from the ocean, Capt. George from the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> said. He heard about trips, and two charters fished for the tautog on board this weekend, both limiting out on the fish to 7 or 8 pounds, 7 or 8 miles from shore, covered in the last report. George heard a little about striped bass fishing, not much, on Delaware Bay. Drum charters will probably begin in May on the bay, and George mentioned one drum caught, the first he knew about this year, in the last report. Call if interested in any of this fishing.  

Blackfishing was picking up, said Capt. Paul from the party boat <b>Porgy IV</b>. Trips for them sailed aboard from the weekend through Monday, and some of the tautog were better-sized on Monday’s trip. Ken Minett, Voorhees, limited out on the fish to a 9.9-pounder that day. Earlier in the trips, “(we) did a lot of measuring for keepers,” Paul said. Ralph DeAngelo, Hamburg, Pa., was high hook on Monday, probably landing eight or nine keepers, keeping no more than his limit. Anglers who limited out on trips also included Fred Nelson, Philadelphia, and Matt LaMelza, Ocean City. Weather might keep trips docked today and Friday, but the Porgy IV is blackfishing at 8 a.m. daily.

An angler said bluefish, striped bass and blackfish swarmed the surf at Avalon’s 8th Street jetty this morning, said Nick from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b>. Fishing sounded good there then, and if the angler was accurate, those are the season’s first bluefish reported on this Web site. Surf fishing for striped bass has been excellent at Cape May Point at 2nd Avenue to along Delaware Bay to Harpoon Henry’s. Clams caught, and so did bloodworms along jetties, and many anglers plugged the fish, because bait swam the waters. Nothing was heard about weakfish. Blackfish snapped green crabs along surf jetties. A few puppy drum were dragged from the surf. For boaters, pretty good blackfish catches were clammed on the ocean. Boating for stripers was pretty good on  Delaware Bay. Fresh clams are stocked for the fishing, and fresh bunker will arrive Friday for the angling. Bloodworms, green crabs and eels are carried. 

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