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New Jersey Inshore Saltwater Fishing Report 10-2-14


<b>Staten Island</b>

Many bluefish started to swim around, said Capt. Chuck from <b>Angler Sportfishing Charters</b>. Trips aboard jigged them, chunked them on anchor, cast to the blues under birds working bunker, or fought them all different ways. Chuck wasn’t asked where he bluefished, but previously he did on Raritan Bay. But that was because the ocean was too rough to sail then, and blues probably also swam the ocean. There seemed enough blues around everywhere, and bluefishing kept Angler’s charters busy. Chuck is staying away from fleets and party boats when bluefishing. Sometimes sizeable, out-of-season fluke bit when bluefishing trips drifted on the boat. Drifting is the usual way to fluke fish. A few small striped bass were around, and water seemed to cool somewhat. Chuck thinks striper fishing will be great this fall. Lots of bait including bunker schooled. Many telephone calls were interested in striper fishing, including at night.

<b>Keyport</b>

A charter is supposed to fish for striped bass on Monday with <b>Papa’s Angels Charters</b>, Capt. Joe said. Open-boat trips for porgies are available daily when no charter is booked, and telephone to reserve.

The <b>Down Deep</b> was full for the season’s first open-boat trip for striped bass on Wednesday, but the trip was weathered out, Capt. Mario said. The trips are now slated to eel for stripers 5 to 11 p.m. every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Daytime fishing for stripers will begin aboard before long. Book charters for stripers, sea bass or blackfish, and sea bass season will be opened starting October 18. Blackfishing will begin on November 16, when the bag limit is hiked to six of the tautog, from the current limit of one. Special, open trips for ling at the Mudhole will sail now, and the fish started to bite again, Mario said. Sign up for the <a href=" http://www.downdeepsportfishing.com/ddsf/76-2/" target="_blank">Short Notice List</a> on the Down Deep’s website to be kept informed about open trips.

Three-pound blues and sometimes small striped bass were tugged-in from the Keyport pier and Cliffwood Beach, said Joey from <b>Joey’s Bait & Tackle</b>. Fresh bunker socked the blues, and fresh clams or bunker beat the bass. No stripers were eeled yet, really, and striper fishing should pick up in a couple of weeks, when water cools. Nothing was heard about porgies, but a customer plans to sail for porgies on Sunday. Baits stocked include fresh bunker, fresh clams, eels, sandworms, nightcrawlers and all the frozen baits.

<b>Atlantic Highlands</b>

Bottom-fishing sailed on Monday morning’s trip on the party boat <b>Atlantic Star</b>, Capt. Tom said. Some anglers bagged 20 porgies, and some bagged two. That’s the best way to describe the fishing lately, he said, and porgy catches were okay, not great, but some of the fish were around. Monday afternoon’s trip didn’t sail, but both of Tuesday’s trips did. Both of Wednesday’s trips were kept in port, and trips dealt with weather lately, and that was the reason the vessel sometimes didn’t sail, or too few anglers showed up to fish. On Tuesday’s trips, the angling was about the same as on Monday, and some of Tuesday’s customers boxed 15 porgies, and some boxed a couple. Wind often blew 15 to 20 knots this week, and was supposed to blow up to 20 or 25 today, and rain was potentially supposed to fall today. This morning’s trip was docked in the forecasts, and Tom would see whether this afternoon’s trip would fish. Porgies were mixed sizes, from shorts to healthy-sized keepers, on the week’s trips. Many out-of-season sea bass bit. “That’s the shame of it,” he said. Sea bass season will be opened starting October 18. The Atlantic Star is bottom-fishing for porgies and blackfish on two trips daily from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 6 p.m.

Boaters began to troll striped bass at Shrewsbury Rocks, and then the angling shut down, said Jimmy from <b>Julian’s Bait & Tackle</b>. He knew the fish were caught on Tuesday, and weather turned rough since. No customers showed up in the weather on Wednesday morning, so Jimmy left the store at 8:30 a.m. None showed up today through 7:15 a.m., when he gave this report in a phone call, and forecasts were rough for today. There was no news about a lot of fishing, including surf fishing, because of the weather. Bluefish have been around. So’ve snapper blues. Porgies, some, started to snap at Sandy Hook Reef. Lots of out-of-season sea bass swam similar water,  and crabs were trapped from rivers.

<b>Neptune</b>

With <b>Last Lady Fishing Charters</b>, angler smashed big bluefish on the ocean Sunday, Capt. Ralph said. That was covered in the last report, and a few spaces are available for an individual-reservation trip for cod on October 13. Room is available for individual-reservation trips for blues and bottom-fish on October 9 and 12.

<b>Belmar</b>

Wind finally let up, and an overnight trip fished the offshore canyons Sunday to Monday on the <b>Katie H</b>, Capt. Mike said. At night, three longfin tuna were boated, and blue sharks were a nuisance. During daytime, two more longfins and a few mahi mahi were trolled. A huge fleet fished the area, after 1 ½ weeks of wind kept the fishing in port. Another overnighter is supposed to fish the canyons Saturday to Sunday aboard, but forecasts look too rough. Some dates are available for tuna fishing still. Trips will sail for striped bass and blackfish later this fall.

<b>XTC Sportfishing</b> fished the offshore canyons overnight Sunday to Monday, Capt. Scott said. Longfin tuna were both chunked at night and trolled during daytime, and tilefish to 30 pounds were cranked up during daytime, on the trip. A trip Friday, if Scott remembered the day, fought big bluefish to a 19-pounder, a good catch, at the Mud Buoy. Otherwise, trips were weathered out, and this weekend’s weather looks bad. Another offshore trip was cancelled this Friday to Saturday, because of forecasts. But a couple of inshore trips might sail for blues or striped bass this weekend. Reports sounded like a few stripers were trolled at Shrewsbury Rocks.

Plenty of bluefish, big, swarmed 15 miles from shore, if anglers wanted them, said Capt. Pete from <b>Parker Pete’s Fishing Charters</b>. He was unsure whether fish like bonito and false albacore still swam the ocean, but one boat sailed for them, he thought. Parker Pete’s will make some test runs to troll for striped bass on the ocean. The main body of stripers was yet to arrive, but charters are being booked to fish the migration later this season. Sea bass were hooked and released, and sea bass season will be opened starting October 18. Don’t have enough anglers for a charter? Jump on <a href=" http://www.parkerpetefishing.com/" target="_blank">Parker Pete’s website</a> to subscribe to the emailed newsletter to be kept informed about last-minute, individual spaces available to fill in charters. Look for the place to sign up on the right side of the page.

Bluefishing was the best of the season during the weekend through Monday on the party boat <b>Miss Belmar Princess</b>, an email from the vessel said on Tuesday. That was the most recent news, and jumbos 9 to 18 pounds were hammered non-stop, from the time the trips began fishing, until they stopped. The Miss Belmar Princess is fishing for striped bass and blues 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily and 7:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. every Friday and Saturday.

An overnight tuna trip fished Sunday to Monday on the party boat <b>Golden Eagle</b>, a report on the vessel’s website said. A few 50-pound yellowfin tuna, a 252-pound bigeye tuna and a few tilefish were bagged. The bigeye was landed after a 1-hour and 15-minute fight, and a couple of other bigeyes spooled reels and were lost. A few yellowfins also got off. The fishing wasn’t as good as the crew had hoped, and tuna were marked most of the night, “but they just bit when the wanted,” the report said. A few spaces remain for a tuna trip on October 19, and room is available on two more of the trips that were added for October 9 and 14. See the <a href=" http://goldeneaglefishing.com/tuna-reservation.html" target="_blank">Golden Eagle’s tuna schedule</a> online. On Tuesday aboard, bluefishing was good for all the 8- to 15-pounders that anglers could want, and false albacore were mixed in. Northeast wind to 25 knots was expected to weather out Wednesday’s trip, the report said on Tuesday, in the most recent update. The Golden Eagle is bluefishing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily and 7:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. 

<b>Brielle</b>

Mostly big ling, a few cod and some large winter flounder were scooped from the Mudhole at deep wrecks on the party boat <b>Jamaica II</b>, Capt. Ryan wrote in an email. Ed Carter from Trenton won a recent pool with a 12-pound cod.  Mudhole wreck-fishing trips will sail 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday and on October 11, 12 and 15, for ling, cod and flounder, and telephone to reserve. Trips will fish for tuna, bonito and false albacore on Wednesday and October 13, and space is limited, and reservations are also required, and telephone for them. Daily sea bass trips will begin on October 18, opening day of sea bass season.

<b>Point Pleasant Beach</b>

Fishing began targeting porgies, splitting the day between them and ling, on the party boat <b>Dauntless</b>, Capt. Butch said. A few porgies, not a lot, but some, bit, and they just started showing up the other day. Anglers probably averaged two to six porgies, 9- to 12-inchers, apiece. Some of the porgies were also small, and that seemed healthy for the population. Not many small were seen the last couple of years. Trips fished for porgies shallow, in 30 to 50 feet, and fished for ling deeper, in 140 to 200. Along with the ling, a few winter flounder and cod came in. Many customers enjoyed the two-flounder bag limit this year, compared with the closed flounder season, this time of year, in recent years. “They’re like, whoa, look at that,” Butch said, because the flounder were large. Catches overall on trips were okay, not great, but alright. With so many boats fishing for ling, because fluke season was closed, ling catches were a little slow. Ling don’t migrate and get replaced by new populations of the species, once some are caught, like some fish do. Lots of out-of-season sea bass chomped, and Butch hopes no storms chase them offshore, before sea bass season is opened starting October 18, so customers can bag them. The ocean was 67 to 69 degrees, becoming cooler, and that’s good for the boat’s bottom-fishing. Tons of bait schooled, including unbelievable numbers of bunker. Lots of tiny shrimp schooled, and a few butterfish, some of them large, to 11 inches, almost as big as the porgies, were around. The butterfish were unusual, and though so much bait swam, not a lot of fish, like blues, bonito and false albacore, were on them, like they would usually be, in the area fished.  The Dauntless is bottom-fishing 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.

The anglers, a small group, picked away at ling, a decent catch, on Monday on the party boat <b>Norma-K III</b>, Capt. Matt wrote in a report on the vessel’s website. The fish were mostly small to medium-sized, and a handful were large, and Eric Berger from Brick won the pool with a 25- to 30-pound cod. Winter flounder were reeled in, and all anglers limited out on two of the flatfish, Matt thought. The Norma-K III is fishing for ling and cod 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily and for bluefish 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. every Friday and Saturday.

<b>Toms River</b>

In the surf, blues 2 to 5 pounds popped around all over, and anglers tossing mullet on mullet rigs connected with them every day, said Bob from <b>Murphy’s Hook House</b>. Occasional, resident striped bass, young, smaller ones, yet to migrate, were managed from the surf. Bucktails with curly-tailed, rubber grubs whacked them. Sizeable, out-of-season fluke bit in the surf, and the season was closed on Sunday for them. In Barnegat Bay, blowfish were absolutely bailed, from the BI and BB markers all the way to the back side of Barnegat Inlet. Boaters anchored, chummed and fished with small pieces of clam for them, and almost couldn’t miss. Murphy’s, located on Route 37, bought <b>Go Fish Bait & Tackle</b> on Fischer Boulevard in Toms River this year, and is running both shops now.

<b>Seaside Heights</b>

Lots of blues, from cocktails to a little larger, gathered at the dock, said Kevin from <b>The Dock Outfitters</b>. Throwback striped bass were sometimes hooked from the dock. Crabbing was slow, but tides were extreme, for some reason. Lots of blues, the same size as at the dock, ran the surf, swiping mullet on mullet rigs or metal. A striped bass was beached from the surf here and there, and Kevin heard about the catches on bunker chunks. The Dock Outfitters, located on Barnegat Bay, blocks from the ocean surf, features a bait and tackle shop, boat and jet ski rentals in season, a café and a dock for fishing and crabbing.

<b>Forked River</b>

Blowfish hovered in Meyer’s Hole in Barnegat Bay in 6- or 7-foot depths, said Kyle from <b>Grizz’s Forked River Bait & Tackle</b>. But bigger ones swam between the BI and BB markers in the bay, he heard. Boaters anchored, chummed with clams and fished with bits of clam or squid for the blowfish. A few weakfish, not many, supposedly swam the bay. One kid banked bluefish at Berkeley Island Park from shore along the bay on pink Fin-S Fish and spoons. Fluke were around, but fluke season was closed. Nobody reported hooking striped bass yet, but anglers hoped for stripers soon. Boaters will clam for stripers on the bay this time of year. Or they’ll eel in the bay, and eels will start to be stocked in the next week. Tackle like umbrella rigs and Ava jigs were just ordered for fishing for stripers on the ocean later this season.

<b>Barnegat</b>

From an edited email from Capt. Dave DeGennaro from the <b>Hi Flier</b>: “Tough forecast to read, but this is how I see the next few days playing out. Blowfish (on Saturday). They're here in numbers, finally, and plenty of good-size ones in the mix. Sure, the forecast says rain, but who knows when it’ll start, if it really will, and how bad it will be. We’ll be anchored in the bay – how bad could it be? We could always run for cover to take an intermission, and start again. The ocean is going to be rough, so this is a way to get out fishing … slicker up! Charter only on this one. Not enough time to put together an open-boat trip. Flexible on times, but 7 a.m. to noon is a good slot. Sailing from our Barnegat marina. Next up is Sunday. This is the fish day for outside. It’s supposed to start blowing hard from west Saturday afternoon, all the way through Sunday. This will lay the ocean right out to flat calm. I'm going to move the boat up to Manasquan Inlet on Saturday afternoon/evening, so we can run north for stripers. I got a good report for fish on the troll. I know most of us would prefer to catch them on bait or jigs, but the only boats that connected were trolling. Anything from shorts to 20- to 30-pound fish. I never have a problem saying where, or how, when it's my report to give, but this one was given to me, so I really don't have the right to say where, until I catch them myself.  Hoping to connect with stripers, and maybe some big blues. Expect this to be a trolling trip. I do have a fun way of wire-lining them, though, with short rods, only 150 feet of wire line, and a bucktail/pork rind combo. You hold the rod while we troll, and jig the lure. It’s a train wreck of a hit! This is ‘old school,’ 1970s stuff, but it still works. Open boat 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Three people max. All fish are shared. Leaving from our Manasquan Inlet marina.”

<b>Surf City</b>

A heavy concentration of blues filled the surf, said Rich from <b>Surf City Bait & Tackle</b>. Mullet on mullet rigs banked them, and a few kingfish, not a lot, were scattered in the surf, throughout the island. An occasional striped bass was eased from the surf. One striper, a 31-incher, was entered in the LBIFC Surf Tournament on Saturday, and the fish won. A 29-incher, not entered in the tournament, was clammed from the surf on the island’s south end. Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Surf-City-Bait-and-Tackle/207533229268619" target="_blank">Surf City Bait & Tackle’s Facebook page</a>.

<b>Mystic Island</b>

Was a slow week for news, in wind and just the time of year, said Chris from <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b>. With seasons like for sea bass closed, and the one-blackfish bag limit, and the striped bass migration yet to begin, not a lot is ever reported for a moment this season. But blackfishing was decent along Seven Bridges Road and at Barnegat Light, and lots of green crabs were sold for bait for blackfish. Lots of eels were sold, and that always means striper fishing is turning on to some extent in Mullica River or at Little Egg Inlet. A customer two weeks ago hooked a 32-inch striper at the inlet while bluefishing. A couple of weeks remain before more is heard about striper catches. Many customers geared up to fish the impending striper migration. The shop stocked a bunch of new gear for stripers this year, like Tony Maja bunker spoons, 9ers umbrella rigs and different lures. Even hats and gloves were set out for striper season. Crabbing was slowing down, and nothing much was heard about crabbing since Saturday.

<b>Brigantine</b>

Surf anglers complained about seaweed and strong current, probably because of the northeast wind, said Bill from <b>Riptide Bait & Tackle</b>. A throwback striped bass was beached from the island’s north end this morning. But otherwise, there wasn’t much to report. Two days ago, before the weather, a few kingfish were plucked from the surf. Bluefish from snappers to cocktails were snatched from the surf, until the tough conditions. The annual Riptide Striper Derby is under way until December 23. Entry allows beach-buggy access to Brigantine’s entire length, when accompanied by a Brigantine beach-buggy permit. Otherwise, not all the beach can be driven. The annual Riptide Striper Bounty, for the season’s first striped bass 43 inches or larger checked-in from Brigantine’s surf, is also under way. Sponsored by Hess Plumbing this season, the bounty reached $460, when last reported here, last Thursday. Entry is $5 and required before catching the fish, and the winner takes all the cash. The bounty in spring reached $2,005 when won.

<b>Atlantic City</b>

Blackfishing was super good for customers, said Noel from <b>One Stop Bait & Tackle</b>. They fish on foot at nearby Absecon Inlet, lined with jetties. Throwbacks were worked through to bag a keeper, but there was lots of action, no matter if weather was rough. Sometimes striped bass were plugged at the inlet at night, sunrise or sunset. Also at the inlet, a few kingfish were nipped the past couple of days, and good-sized triggerfish were hung. But mainly blackfish were angled. Plenty of mullet and spearing schooled, and a few peanut bunker did. Green crabs are $4 per dozen or three dozen for $10. Minnows are $8.50 a pint, and bloodworms on Tuesdays and Wednesdays are two dozen for $20. Otherwise, the worms are $10.75 per dozen. Baits stocked also include fresh bunker, fresh clams, fresh mullet and all the frozen baits, like mackerel, mullet, head-on shrimp and all the different types of squid, a large supply. A vending machine dispenses bait afterhours. Friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/One-stop-bait-tackle/362952943747080?rf=151870514855225" target="_blank">One Stop on Facebook</a>.

<b>Longport</b>

Open-boat trips will fish for sea bass on the <b>Stray Cat</b>, when no charters are booked, once sea bass season is opened on October 18, Capt. Mike said. Charters are booked for the fishing on October 18 and 19, but the open trips, sailing 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., will run afterward, including on October 20 through 24 and October 26. Don’t call the night before to go, because the trips will likely either be booked, or Mike will make other plans.

<b>Ocean City</b>

No trips fished in past days on the party boat <b>Miss Ocean City</b>, but Capt. Victor hopes the trips resume this weekend, he said. The boat is fishing 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily for blues, croakers, triggerfish or whatever bites in the ocean.

The surf harbored kingfish, fairly decent numbers, for a change, said John from <b>Fin-Atics</b>. Lots of blues 1 to 3 pounds held from the ocean to the back bay. In the ocean, they swam 1 to 5 miles out, and occasionally weighed up to 5 pounds. One boater drilled 1- to 3-pound blues but also a couple of bonito on the ocean Friday or Saturday. A few throwback stripers came from the surf, and John would dunk clam or finger mullet for them. The fresh mullet ran out at the shop at the moment, but that was great bait. The pods of mullet were small in the surf, difficult to castnet. The bay began to turn out a few keeper striped bass along the sod banks, and one angler tied into them on jigheads with paddle tails. Blackfishing was decent along all the local bridges, on green crabs.

<b>Sea Isle City</b>

Mostly blues were the fish around, said Mike from <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. A few small striped bass were popper-plugged or caught on livelined peanut bunker along the sod banks on the back bay, and some blues were mixed in. But blues were somewhat bigger at Townsend’s Inlet and in the surf. Lots swam the inlet, and the blues were grabbed on mullet in the inlet and surf. A few stripers were banked from the surf along the jetties at dawn and dusk, mostly on poppers. Crabbing was good. Catch the shop’s South Jersey Striper Slam on November 7 to 9. The contest is open to boaters and anglers on foot who fish from Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Cape May Inlet, from the back bay to 3 miles off in the ocean. The event will include Calcuttas and an awards ceremony, at Shoobies Restaurant, with sandwiches, sides and soda.

Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b>, affiliated with <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>, and his boys jigged a bunch of small blues on the ocean Monday, fishing a short time, he said. Striped bass should absolutely be popper-plugged or –fly-rodded from the back bay still. The angling’s a specialty aboard, has been good and should continue for some time, maybe even into November, because weather’s been warm. Traveling charters to Montauk will fish this weekend aboard once again. The trips began on the last two weekends, clobbering false albacore, striped bass and large blues, great fishing, covered in previous reports. The annual trips will continue until the third weekend of the month. Ever want to fish the migration from the legendary port? Joe is going. See <a href="http://www.captainjoehughes.com/page3.html" target="_blank">Jersey Cape’s traveling charters Web page</a>. Annual traveling charters also fish the Florida Keys in winter. Charters should be booked now to fish the migration of stripers and blues from Sea Isle City on the ocean in November and December. Keep up with Joe’s fishing on <a href="http://captainjoehughes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jersey Cape’s blog</a>.

<b>Cape May</b>

<b>Melanie Anne Sport Fishing Charters</b> scored a good trip to an offshore canyon on Tuesday, Capt. Frank said in a voicemail. Nine good-sized mahi mahi and a wahoo were decked. The canyon was loaded with weeds, but fish swam underneath. <b>***Update, Thursday, 10/2:***</b> The offshore trip fished Baltimore Canyon, Frank said in a phone call, and though the weeds made fishing difficult, lots of mahi and marlin, no tuna, swam the water. All the trip’s fish were trolled, and mahi leapt from the weeds to jump on the spread. It was crazy, Frank said, and a hundred could’ve been caught. The angler mentioned he never before boated a wahoo, so the trip attempted for one at the Tea Cup, and a 50-pounder, good-sized, was trolled in 15 minutes. The angler thought Frank was the fish whisperer! Frank joked. But lots of signs of sharks were seen on the trip, and trips will now shark fish, until striped bass show up. Contact the boat if interested.

A trip was supposed to tilefish this weekend on the <b>Heavy Hitter</b>, but will be weathered out, Capt. George said. Rough weather kept most trips docked lately. George knew about boats that fished at Wilmington Canyon this past week, catching mahi mahi and tilefish, no tuna. Striped bass charters are being booked, and usually begin in early November. The trips will start earlier, if stripers show up. The water currently was 70 degrees, and will need to cool. Striper fishing used to begin in mid-October in past years, but started later recently. The striper trips will probably bunker-chunk for the fish on Delaware Bay at first. But if stripers bite at the Cape May Rips, the trips will fish there. At the rips, livelined eels or spots or bucktails are fished. Sometimes stripers are boated on the ocean toward Hereford Inlet later in fall. Sea bass trips will begin when sea bass season is opened starting October 18. Blackfishing aboard will be launched on November 16, when the bag limit is lifted to six of the tautog, from the current limit of one.

A handful of keeper summer flounder were clutched aboard Saturday, the final day of flounder season, and the shorts were really shorts, like 12 ½ inches, said Capt. Paul from the party boat <b>Porgy IV</b>.  So he guessed flounder pushed farther offshore for the season, and he had obtained a Research Set Aside Permit to keep fishing for flounder after the season closed. But he got rid of that, because the fish seemed gone. A few remained inshore, but scallop boats reported finding lots in 24 to 28 fathoms. Paul heard about none of the fleet catching flounder well on the final day. The boat had been fishing daily, but will now sail at 8 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday, for croakers, triggerfish, blues, weakfish or whatever bites. Daily trips might not resume until the boat begins fishing for sea bass on October 18, opening day of sea bass season.

A bunch of blues 12 to 18 or 20 inches tumbled the surf, and mullet seemed best bait for them, said Nick from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b>. Mullet migrated the surf sporadically, appearing on some days, not on others. Kingfish sometimes showed up in the surf, and a few striped bass began to be picked up from the surf. One angler walloped a 38-inch striper from the surf at the 2nd Avenue jetty on a lure. Blackfishing was good along surf jetties. In the back bay, mullet and peanut bunker got stripers active in early mornings and at night, under lights. The angling was productive, including on popper lures along the sod banks and on soft-plastic lures, especially shad bodies, with a wide profile, imitating the baitfish. A buddy’s trip fished offshore on Tuesday, catching mahi mahi, no tuna. That was at Wilmington Canyon, Nick was pretty sure, he said. Baits stocked include green crabs and bloodworms, and eels will be stocked.

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