Note, Friday, 10/31: This might be the year’s final Offshore Report.

Like usual, fishing for tuna and other offshore catches is good, but autumn weather is preventing most trips from reaching the waters.

If weather is sometimes calm in the coming week, maybe enough trips will sail to continue the report. If not, occasional offshore news will be included in the inshore report the rest of the year.

Note, Friday, 11/7: Last week’s report, from Friday, 10/31, is the year’s final, but a few updates are posted below that are from today, Friday, 11/7.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

Party boats fished at Hudson Canyon, docking quite a few longfin tuna, some yellowfin tuna and occasional bigeye tuna, said Eric from <b>The Reel Seat</b> in Brielle. Swordfishing seemed to pick up on the trips, and no smaller boats really fished for tuna, because of weather. <b>***Update, Friday, 11/7:***</b> Windows of weather were limited to reach the big-game grounds, Eric said. But when boaters got the weather, the fishing was good at Hudson Canyon. Lots of longfin tuna and some yellowfins were chunked, and a handful of bigeye tuna showed up. Some big swordfish were taken, and one weighed 380 pounds dressed. Plenty of life filled the water, if anglers could get there.

<b>Barnegat Inlet</b>

A trip for tuna was supposed to fish overnight Thursday to today on the <b>Super Chic</b> from Barnegat Light, Capt. Ted said before the charter. That day into day brought briefly calmer weather than previously, so maybe the trip steamed. Another blow is forecast for this weekend. <b>***Update, Friday, 11/7:***</b> The overnight trip did fish last Thursday to Friday, at Hudson Canyon, Ted said. The three anglers boated 12 longfin tuna, one yellowfin tuna, an 80-pound swordfish and a 10-pound mahi mahi. So the fishing was good, and lots more tuna would’ve been caught, if more anglers had sailed aboard. Six of the charter’s anglers cancelled on the trip, but the three anglers opted to sail. The weather and forecast were good. The tuna bit early in the night and early in the morning. Blue sharks and porpoises were a bother from midnight until 4 a.m. Porpoises circled the boat for hours. “Was weird,” Ted said.  That was Super Chic’s final offshore trip scheduled for the year.

<b>Little Egg Inlet</b>

Tuna fishing was good on party boats at Hudson Canyon, said Brian from <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b> in Mystic Island.  Lots of longfin tuna and some yellowfin tuna were boxed.

<b>Cape May</b>

<b>***Update, Friday, 11/7:***</b> <b>Melanie Anne Sport Fishing Charters</b> from Cape May shark fished on Tuesday, landing two small makos, a thresher and a brown, 30 miles from shore, Capt. Frank said. The water was 60 degrees on the fishing grounds, but 52 at the inlet. After sharking, the trip wreck-fished, loading up on sea bass and some blackfish. The water was thick with sea bass.

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