Raritan Bay’s
striped bass fishing
was good until
Sunday, then dropped off,
a report from the
Vitamin Sea said.
But the season’s
largest stripers were
yet to arrive,
so much of the
fishing remained to
look forward to,
it said.

More shots
will be posted
later today.

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Besides stipers,
many bluefish schooled
the bay, adding to
the challenge of
striper fishing.
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Trips fished with
clams and bunker,
depending on location.
Charters and open-
boat trips sail
from Perth Amboy
and Staten Island.
Telephone about
the open trips.
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Fluke fishing
during this opening
weekend of fluke
season on the
party boat Atlantic Star,
Atlantic Highlands.
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Weather was raw,
the bay turned cold
and the fishing
wasn't great, but wasn't
bad, considering.
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Trips are fluke
fishing twice daily.
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Fluke 18 to 21-1/2
inches that Justin
Reynolds reeled from
Shark River on opening
day of fluke season
on 4-inch, chartreuse
swimming mullets.

Fishing for
striped bass was
great Thursday evening
on Raritan Bay
with Outcast Charters,
limiting out quickly on
the bass to 30 pounds,
releasing more afterward,
a report said.
Outcast sails from
Staten Island and Sewaren.
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Web site.

Ricky Frank’s
first summer flounder
of the year, a 19-incher,
from a party boat
on the back bay
at Margate.

John Bilo
with "another set
of keepers," he said.
He previously sent
a shot of himself
with a striper from
Wildwood's surf.

Striped bass fishing
Friday with Papa's
Angels Charters, Keyport.
Trips have been
clamming the fish
and blues on Raritan
Bay and the nearby ocean.
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Back at the dock.
Open-boat trips
are available daily
when no charter
is booked.
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A 22-inch summer flounder
on opening day of
flounder season Saturday
at One Stop Bait &
Tackle, Atlantic City. This
shot and the next
ones from the store’s
Facebook page.
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A drum.
Anglers catch all
these fish on foot
at nearby Absecon Inlet,
lined with fish-
attracting jetties,
and the surf.
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Another drum.
Been more of
them than usual
along South Jersey’s
surf this spring.
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This 24-pound
striped bass came from
along the inlet’s T-jetty
on Saturday.
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Blowfish from the
“T” the same day.
Been an unusual
number of them
in South to Central Jersey.
A shot comes in
to spawn in spring
then disappears.
Lots then arrive
in summer.
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Kingfish weren’t abundant
but showed up.
Like blowfish, some
appear in spring,
and more show up
in summer. Here’s one
from the inlet
last week.
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