<b>Atlantic Highlands</b>

After bottom fishing got off to a great start on Monday’s trip, the fishing slowed that day, said Capt. Tom from the <b>Atlantic Star</b>. But Tuesday’s trip improved, starting with a great shot of catches. Then that action dwindled, and the boat was moved, and the fishing got going again, and the catches ended up well for the day. Big porgies, a few blackfish and sometimes sea bass were reeled up. Wednesday’s trip stayed docked in the weather, and that was expected to be the case for a moment this week while the storm came through. On Monday the blackfish bag limit gets raised to six of the tog from the current limit of one, so more effort will be put into tog fishing on the boat. But patrons will keep bottom fishing for the other species, and some will want take advantage of the big porgies around. Starting on Monday both green crabs for blackfish and clams for the other fish will be supplied for bait, and currently clams were supplied. Eventually trips will switch exclusively to blackfishing. The Atlantic Star is bottom fishing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.

Tuesday was the day striped bass fishing was the way it should be, said Capt. Ron from the <b>Fishermen</b> in the report on the boat’s Web site. Many anglers try to time trips according to reports, but they’ll never win, Ron said, and they just have to come down and take a shot. The angling seemed to be a “bite today, no bite tomorrow scenario” for a week, he said. On Tuesday there was life right from the start, and keepers were jigged immediately, and huge blues were in the mix. Catches slowed during slack tide, and the anglers switched to clamming for the bass. But the fishing erupted again soon afterward, and the patrons started jigging stripers, many of them larger than 32 inches. Several limited out, and the high hook grabbed three. On the surrounding days, Monday and Wednesday, things were different. Monday was “not a great day by any means, but we did manage to find them,” he said. On Wednesday, when northeast winds began ahead of the storm, Ron had anticipated some of the great striper fishing experienced aboard in nor’easters already this season, but that didn’t pan out. Weather conditions were sometimes difficult, including winds against the tide that made fishing tough at the channels. The boat was run down the ocean beaches, and conditions were just as nasty. Stripers were caught, “all smaller fish today, nothing like (Tuesday),” he said. “Won’t lose my faith, though, as we’ve had way too many excellent trips on the nor’easters,” Ron said. “One bad one doesn’t change my opinion or the anticipation of a great day when we have weather like this.” Before this stretch of days, on Sunday’s trip, covered in the last report, customers scored non-stop action on shorts and keepers. The Fishermen is sailing for striped bass 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.

Boaters put a beating on striped bass, none big, but lots of them, off the ocean beaches, said Joe from <b>Julian’s Bait & Tackle</b>. Trolling rigs and spoons knocked down lots, and jigging took a few, and bluefish were mixed in. One of the charter boats copped a big day, and now was the time to fish from boats. Surf fishing for stripers wasn’t too bad, but some days were good, other days were lousey, and that’s surf angling. Blackfishing was great, though only one could be kept, but the bag limit becomes six on Monday. Porgies were picked up at places like the Shrewsbury Rocks in the ocean, and none seemed to come from places along the back waters like at the piers. The weather was now windy as all get out among light rains.

<b>Highlands</b>

Anglers with <b>Fisher Price Charters</b> took a shot at blackfishing Tuesday, before the bag limit is tugged up to six on Monday from one now, Capt. Derek said. The whole boat could’ve easily limited out on six. So the fishing was very good for the tog to 6 or 7 pounds on green crabs. Trips will become available for the slipperies starting Monday and will keep striped bass fishing. Striper fishing was also good in the past couple of days on clams or eels or while trolling or jigging. A few 20-pounders were around, and eeling could dust bigger bass to 30 pounds. Both charters and open-boat trips are sailing, and no open trips are on the schedule in the next days because of the blow. But anglers can call Derek to be kept informed about the open schedule.

Surf fishing at Sandy Hook was slow on a trip Sunday through the day and early night, said Bill Hoffman from <b>Skylands Angler</b>, but he was able to take the opportunity to teach casting and other aspects of the sport. He saw a couple of weakfish beached, but striped bass fishing wasn’t on at the time. The ocean is forecast to be sporty for the next couple of days, and another trip is slated to fish the suds on Saturday afternoon, when winds are predicted to calm. Bill also guided trips on the trout streams, finding good catches on the Musconetcong River on Wednesday on streamer flies that worked well in somewhat high waters. Streamers can be a good choice when strong currents make the fish target vulnerable forage like baitfish that get tumbled around in the currents. Skylands Angler guides trips in the ocean and bay surf during the spring and fall migrations at Sandy Hook and Island Beach State Park. Plus Bill guides fly-fishing trips for trout on the Musconetcong and Pequest rivers and Ken Lockwood Gorge. He aims to teach anglers, whether beginners or advanced, how to fish the waters, even so they can come back and catch on their own. He also offers fly trips for other freshwater fish, like pike, hybrid striped bass, carp and largemouth bass, if anglers want to fly rod for them.

<b>Neptune</b>

The last trips sailed on the weekend, wrangling up a fair pick of striped bass, a mess of blues and good angling for blackfish, said Capt. Ralph from <b>Last Lady Fishing Charters</b>. That fishing was covered in the last report, and space is available for individual-reservation trips for stripers on Saturday and blackfish on Monday, when the blackfish bag limit increases to six from one. More of the tog trips are on the books for November 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, every Saturday and Sunday in December and New Year’s Eve day.

<b>Belmar</b>

Trolling socked striped bass to 20 pounds, a good catch, on the ocean Monday on the <b>Nan Sea J</b>, Capt. Tom said. Bluefish, mixed sizes, sometimes hit, too. Clamming for stripers at the clam beds was tried on the same trip but was unproductive. During the weekend blackfishing on the boat hammered out great fishing for the tog to 10 pounds. Charters will get serious about blackfish when the bag limit bumps up to six of the fish on Monday from the current limit of one.

A gang aboard fished close to the ocean beaches on Thursday, jigging a slew of blues and 15 striped bass, including three keepers, with <b>Last One Charters</b>, Capt. Rob said. Then the charter bottom fished for a substantial catch of 30 porgies, 20 sea bass and 15 blackfish to 4 pounds, keeping no more than their limit of the tog. Once the blackfish bag limit reaches six of the slipperies on Monday from the current limit of one, Rob often likes to sail for stripers in the mornings then fish for tog for a special combo on trips.

Basically everyone who surf fished beached striped bass, mostly on clams or eels, said Johnny O. from <b>Fisherman’s Den</b>. But surf casters gave up on the angling by Wednesday afternoon because winds roughed up the seas. He heard about no bluefish banked from the surf, but the party boats put patrons on big blues. The party boats that bottom fished did a job on blackfish, and they’ll be able to hone in on them starting Monday, when the bag limit increases to six from the current limit of one. Sea bass and porgies were also around on the bottom boats.

<b>Point Pleasant</b>

Bottom fishing on the <b>Dauntless</b> on Tuesday piled up excellent catches of big porgies and some blackfish, and ling began to show, Capt. Willie said. The fishing’s generally been good. Lots of sea bass had been biting, but the lumpheads moved a little farther offshore, and this storm might push them out for good. Trips afterward might concentrate on ling and blackfish with porgies in the mix. Trips will spend more effort than before on blackfish starting Monday, when the bag limit gets amped up to six of the tog from the current limit of one. But they’ll still bottom fish for the other species. Green crabs were already carried aboard for blackfish bait, and both the crabs and clams will continue to be on deck once the tog limit opens up. Waters were 52 to 54 degrees at the fishing grounds, and northeast winds kept them from cooling. The Dauntless is bottom fishing 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.

Magic-Hour Trips 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday picked at ling around the boat, said Capt. Matt from the <b>Norma K</b>. The high hook Saturday boxed 16 and on Sunday bagged 17, if he remembered correctly. Everyone caught at least some, and the fishing should keep improving as waters cool. The sailing schedule, recently changed, is the following: ¾-day trips for sea bass, porgies and blackfish 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, full-day blackfish trips 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, and Magic Hour trips for ling and cod 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.  

On the <b>Cock Robin</b> anglers wrestled with blues of all sizes on the ocean to the south Tuesday, an e-mail from the boat said. The day’s first striped bass, a 29-incher, was in the box by 8:30 a.m., and next a 36-incher was decked. Action continued until 12:30 p.m., when the ocean became even flatter, and the drift was lost, “and fishing became, well … fishing,” the e-mail said. No trips were slated to sail Wednesday and Thursday because of the weather. Trips are fishing from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily, and special striper trips will be announced soon that will depart earlier. Customers on Thursday trips can help donate fish to Joan Valentine House, providing meals to people. Customers every day can donate food and non-perishables that the crew is collecting for St. Gregory’s Pantry in Point Pleasant. Captain Jim’s Camp Cock Robin for kids, limited to 12 anglers, featuring a dedicated mate for the youngsters, is under way every holiday.

<b>Toms River</b>

The surf tossed up striped bass, 25- to 30-inchers on average, not huge but not bad, and blues averaging 5 or 6 pounds, and sometimes bigger ones, from Brick Beach to Island Beach State Park before the storm, said Dennis from <b>Murphy’s Hook House</b>. Ava 17 and 27 jigs with red or blue tails were most popular to catch them. But other metal including Skippy Specials and Deadly Dicks worked. Customers bought loads of Skippy Specials, a metal that looks like a sand eel and comes with a black, green or white tail at the shop. Chrome was most popular, but the lures also come in bronze. Anglers who checked  in catches from the surf included: Bill Kisslin, 10-pound 6-ounce striper taken at Island Beach; Brian Blackburn, 16-pound striper and 10-pound blue; James Blackburn, two stripers to 14 pounds and an 11-pound blue; Bill Ferguson, 9-pound 2-ounce and 8-pound 8-ounce stripers banked at Island Beach; Frank Riese, 8-1/2-pound striper clammed at Lavallette; Debbie Pozour, 8-pound striper and 10-1/2-pound blue; and her husband Rod, two stripers 8 ¼ and 7 pounds. Boaters picked up the same sort of catches of stripers and blues in 30 to 40 feet on the ocean before the weather. Jigging among sand eels was best, but the fish were also trolled. Some customers who took a charter landed 50 blues and eight keeper bass on the ocean. Three of Dennis’s friends boated a few blues and no stripers.  On Barnegat Bay boaters eeled healthy catches of stripers along the sod banks at night. Fish should be stacked up on bait at Barnegat Inlet when the weather settles, and any remaining bait in the bay, like peanut bunker, should push out for the season because of the storm. Bagging blackfish should be no problem when the limit is pushed up to six fish on Monday from one. A couple of customers tried togging at the Shrewsbury Rocks on Tuesday, landing 16- and 18-inchers, not monsters but keepers, on clams. Plenty of tog were located at the Point Pleasant Canal. A new supply of green crabs will arrive Friday for tog bait. Fresh clams, eels and other baits are carried, and plenty of the clams are on hand, and however many the shop is stocking will probably be the only that are available until Monday, because the clams boats probably won’t be able to sail in the next days.

<b>Seaside</b>

Big rods will be the choice for surf angling in this storm, said the report on <b>Grumpy’s Tackle</b>’s Web site. But if big striped bass moved in during the rough seas, that wouldn’t be surprising. Anglers should expect to walk and follow the sinker, and sand-spikes holders will only be used to bait the rod. A group of customers put together good catches in the winds Wednesday on clams, and heavy metal worked, but plugs were impossible to fish. Previously plugs such as Big Ed’s Needlefish got lots of praise, and early mornings, dusk and nights seemed best for catches in the suds. The fishing became spotty in the middle of the day, but anglers who moved around could find fish. <a href="http://www.grumpystackle.com/fishingreports/" target="_blank"> Click here</a> for updates.

<b>Forked River</b>

Barnegat Bay anglers boated striped bass along the sod banks and toward Barnegat Inlet on clams and eels, said Dave from <b>Grizz’s Forked River Bait & Tackle</b>. When boaters could fish the ocean before the storm, they trolled stripers in 30 to 50 feet on umbrella rigs and bunker spoons. Blues were in the mix from the bay to the ocean. Nothing was heard about tog, but green crabs are stocked for bait for the blackfish, especially for when the bag limit is pulled up to six on Monday from the current limit of one.

<b>Barnegat Light</b>

Fairly consistent catches of both striped bass and blues came from the surf, said Josh from <b>Barnegat Light Bait & Tackle</b>. The stripers usually weighed up to 15 pounds, but sometimes 20-pounders or a few 30-pounders were pumped in, and the blues weighed up to 12 pounds. Boaters trolled the fish on bunker spoons or jabbed them on diamond jigs in 30 feet in the ocean. On Barnegat Bay boaters reeled in good catches of stripers on clams while anchored or on spots while drifting. Lots of tog hovered along the Barnegat Inlet jetties. Anglers will be able to keep more on Monday, because the bag limit then becomes six from the current limit of one. Spots, fresh clams, fresh bunker, green crabs and other baits are stocked. 

<b>Beach Haven</b>

Blackfishing on the weekend on the <b>Miss Beach Haven</b> rounded up the fish to 6 pounds, nothing great, but catches, Capt. Frank said. The trips will be able to cooler six of the tog per angler when the bag limit gets lifted to that number on Monday from one. A special trip will sail that day, and otherwise the boat is fishing for the tog 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

<b>Tuckerton</b>

The three anglers on a trip Tuesday each clammed a limit of striped bass at Little Egg Inlet with <b>Legal Limit Charters</b>, Capt. T.J. said. The fish measured up to 35 inches, and striper trips will continue, but tog fishing will kick in on the boat Monday, when the bag limit becomes six from one. Charters will sail, and open-boat blackfishing trips will run every Saturday. T.J.’s other boat on Monday and Tuesday striper fished at Cape May, where the vessel is docked for the striper season, and see the report under that town for the scoop.

<b>Mystic Island</b>

Striped bass fishing was a tackle-shop owner’s dream, said Scott from <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b>. “Couldn’t ask for better,” he said. The fish now started being boated on the ocean, and had already been claimed from Little Egg Inlet to the bay, including from shore at Graveling Point and Pebble Beach, to the Mullica River, and those catches continued well. But both jigging and trolling for bass on the ocean kicked in. On Sunday boaters hit the ocean and caught none. On Monday practically everybody caught on everything from different types of jigs to trolled Stretch plugs, umbrella rigs and the whole trolling arsenal. Both clams and bunker bombed the fish from the inlet to the bay, including from shore, to the river. Bunker schooled the bay and even up the river, something not seen in some time, and that was wonderful. One angler fished the inlet on Wednesday—in rough seas that Scott wouldn’t recommend boating—whacking 12 stripers in 2 hours. Another couple of anglers that day fished Graveling Point, landing eight, keeping four. They stopped in the shop giddy, excited. Tog were certainly around, and everybody seemed to fish for stripers instead of for them, but customers bought green crabs in preparation for the tog bag limit increasing to six on Monday from one. Most anglers might keep fishing for stripers for a while once the bag limit opens up. But fishing for the slipperies is worth a try along the banks of the bay, because water temps were ideal or around the mid 50s, yet to cool too much. But Scott guessed that the better togging will be at the ocean wrecks in 60 feet or deeper because of the relatively warm waters. No customers said they fished for white perch up the rivers, but a few live grass shrimp, the favorite bait, are stocked. Fresh bunker was a more difficult bait to stock, because the weather often kept the supplier from sailing the ocean for them. But the supply of fresh, shucked clams was in better shape, because Scott was high up on the clam list, and because he was savvy about ordering them. Like when he knew this weather was coming, he ordered all the supplier would give him, while the clam boats were still sailing, to get him through the next days, he hoped. In surprising news, blueclaw crabs skittered about, way late in the season for them. One striped bass angler fishing from shore said he scooped up 28 from the bay. Scott imagined the hardshells also held in the creeks, and he had no explanation for why they were around this late in the season.

<b>Port Republic</b>

The Mullica River, Great Bay, Little Egg Inlet and the ocean: They all gave up loads of striped bass, said Keith from <b>Chestnut Neck Boat Yard</b>. Clams, bunker, including live bunker snagged from schools in the back waters, spots and eels caught them. In the river boaters either drifted while livelining eels or spots or anchored while dunking clams or bunker. White perch could always be gathered from the river. Eels, spots, fresh clams and other baits are stocked.

<b>Absecon Bay</b>

Absecon Inlet and back-bay anglers boated plenty of striped bass, about equally at both locations, on the gamut of baits, including live spots, fresh clams and fresh bunker, including on bunker snagged from schools, said Ray from <b>Absecon Bay Sportsman Center</b>. Youngster Zach Hallam clobbered a 29-1/4-pounder at the inlet, and Sean Fox beat a 27-pounder. Billy Lake drilled his fair share of keepers in the past week. Capt. Dave, the shop’s owner, limited out on stripers on all his charters, usually on live spots. A group of six anglers on a two-boat charter limited out with him. Surf anglers whacked some big bass more than 40 pounds at Brigantine. Tog were thick along the bridges and sod banks, and water temps were fine for them or in the low to mid 50s, but the current storm will dirty up the waters and throw off the blackfish a moment. Spots, eels, fresh clams, fresh bunker and all the baits anglers need are stocked. The shop’s annual Do It All Night Striper Tournament, originally slated for Friday to Saturday, was postponed until 4 a.m. Saturday to 1 p.m. Sunday, because of the weather.

<b>Brigantine</b>

Surf fishing had slowed a moment at Brigantine but came back on, said Capt. Andy from <b>Riptide Bait & Tackle</b>. In this nor’easter anglers headed to the island’s north end to tuck out of 40-knot winds but got rewarded with catches. The suds off the Brigantine Hotel had been producing on low tides, but that area was exposed in the blow. A mix of fresh bunker and fresh clams nabbed the fish. Big bass continued to be checked in. Lou Qualtreri weighed in a 32-pound 47-incher, and Paul Lavigna brought in a 23-pounder. Rob Kuhn hung a 17-pound 10-ouncer on the scale. Big blues 10, 11 or 12 pounds swam around, and Andy Stazone belted six that were each in the 30-inch range and a 36-inch striper. Pete DePalma banged out a 10-pound blue. Dave Parker at the end of the week checked in a 45-pound 13-ounce striper, taking the lead in the Riptide Striper Derby. John Fox was in second with about a 43-pounder. The derby, an annual event, lasts through December, and all proceeds are donated to charity. Cash prizes are awarded each month and at the end of the tournament for the biggest fish. The $20 entry in the tournament allows beach buggy access to the entire stretch of Brigantine during the event for those with a Brigantine permit, the only event doing so now. Participants must sign up 24 hours in advance to enter a catch.

<b>Atlantic City</b>

Sizeable striped bass were drummed up from the surf, and right in front of Atlantic City was best, said Noel from <b>One Stop Bait & Tackle</b>. A 25-pounder and a 21-pounder were weighed in Wednesday. Other bass checked in during the past days included a 29-pound 42-incher, two 16-pound 36-inchers, a 15-pound 37-incher and a 13-1/2-pound 35-incher. Fresh clams, fresh bunker and eels grabbed the strikes, and boaters also pounded the fish on the ocean. Bluefish stormed the wash at the beginning of last week. Tog currently littered the jetties, mostly crunching on green crabs, but also chewing on clam, and the bag limit increases to six on Monday from the current limit of one. Sharpies can finally have at them, and a 7-pound 22-1/2-incher was weighed in. Lots of ling were pulled in from the bay on clams, bunker or mullet, and bunker schooled Lakes Bay. So the fish are here! Noel said. Today’s weather kept most from fishing, but the weather is when stripers really turn on. All the baits mentioned and more, a full supply, are stocked.

<b>Ocean City</b>

Anglers before this week’s storm got into great fishing for striped bass and blues up and down the surf, said Ed from <b>Fin-Atics</b>. The storm put an end to any effort, but previously lots of 20-pound stripers were dragged ashore at Ocean City, and a 33-pounder that inhaled bunker at Sea Isle City was the biggest weighed in. The blues were big, 8- to 15-pound slammers. Fishing for both species was off and on, inconsistent, for boaters on the ocean near the coast, but boaters at the inlets tore up the catches. They waffled the bass on clams, bunker, eels and spots. But boaters trolled lots of big blues farther from shore or 6 to 8 miles out, where waters were warmer.  Places such as 5-Fathom Bank and beyond the Sea Isle Lump turned them out. Smaller stripers were played on the back bay on bait or artificials including soft-plastic lures and swimming plugs. Tog fishing was off the charts, non-stop, at the jetties, bridges and docks before the blow.

<b>Sea Isle City</b>

All kinds of striped bass, lots of the fish, were jigged on the ocean, and numerous anglers talked about throwing back 35-inchers, scenes like bass slapping the side of the boat, said Wes from <b>Gibson’s Tackle</b>. They tossed heavy jigs or bucktails to get down below the bluefish to reach the stripers. Diamond jigs 4 to 6 ounces were most popular, but Ava jigs and bucktails with tails like Fin-S Fish, rubber eels, Gulps and Mister Twisters also worked. Chef Jim from Vince’s Restaurant in Sea Isle City took out a customer from the restaurant, and they were tossing back 35-inchers. The bass popped, jumped and everything. Plenty of blues were out in the ocean too, and both bass and blues were also trolled. But jigging was dead-on hot! The bass fishing was best from the boats, but surf anglers sometimes scored. At Corson’s Inlet on Sunday and Monday anglers were lined up, catching stripers on clams and bunker during the first hour and a half after high tide. Every other rod seemed bent over. Plenty of stripers remained in the back bay, and chunking for the fish with clams or bunker or livelining spots or eels was most popular. But some anglers worked lures or poppers for fun action with the smaller fish. The blackfish bag limit gets lifted up to six of the fish on Monday from the current limit of one, and the tog lined the structure like bridges and jetties in the bay and surf to the ocean wrecks. The slipperies held at the inshore wrecks, but the bigger ones could be found at the deeper pieces.

Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b>, affiliated with <b>Gibson’s Tackle</b>, wrapped up a fishing trip to the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, this week, but he knew that excellent catches of striped bass were pounded on the ocean back at home, he said. His charters will tackle that fishing hard after the storm blows through, usually trolling for the fish to locate them, and jigging or fly-rodding for them once concentrations are found. Back-bay fishing for stripers, including on popper lures and flies, a specialty for Jersey Cape, was fully happening, though once the ocean action takes off like now, charters switch more effort there. At Culebra Joe fly-rodded a small tarpon, a bunch of jacks, assorted other fish and got several shots at bonefish. He landed no bones, but that’s bonefishing, and he caught several on each of his trips in the last years. His wife Marie landed a sizeable bonefish on a Caribbean green crab on this trip. The bones are big at the island, and Joe saw one estimated to be 14 pounds, huge. Quite a few swim the waters at this time of the year, and so do a fair number of tarpon. Joe saw 10- to 50-pound tarpon. Joe visits and fishes on the island with Capt. Chris Goldmark, who guides from there through winter and from Cape May through summer. Chris’s customers fly-rodded bonefish to 9 pounds during Joe’s stay. The island’s fishing is often done both from a boat and while wading, pulling up to flats on the boat, so the anglers can jump out and wade. Joe offers traveling charters to the island each year, and Culebra is a great, off-the-beaten path, fish-filled, beautiful destination. An angler could walk the beach for 4 miles without seeing another person. Ferry and charter boat service runs between Culebra and Puerto Rico, and Culebra is located near St. Thomas. Joe each year also offers other traveling charters, and the next will be to the Florida Keys this winter. See the <a href=" http://www.gibsonstackle.com/page6.html" target="_blank">Traveling Charters</a> page on Jersey Cape’s Web site. Back at home, Jersey Cape is offering After Work Special Trips in the afternoons to evenings, a great time to fish. Convenient, too.

<b>Wildwood</b>

Bunker chunking on Delaware Bay clocked a few striped bass to 30 or 32 inches on a charter Saturday on the <b>Adventurer</b>, Capt. Gary said. Open-boat trips might sail for the fish on weekends before the vessel’s season draws toward an end, and anglers can call about the upcoming schedule Friday, when the crew can know when the storm should end. Any trips will likely chunk the bay, and that’s what the party boats like the Adventurer are doing. But charters are also running on the Adventurer.

<b>Cape May</b>

On a striped bass trip Monday at the Cape May Rips, the anglers socked “some nice fish to 30 pounds,”  said Capt. T.J. from <b>Legal Limit Charters</b>. Most were hung on live spots, but when the spots ran out, the fish were eeled. But spots worked better. On T.J.’s other boat, docked at Tuckerton, a trip limited out on stripers at Little Egg Inlet on clams. In addition to charters, open-boat trips are fishing on both vessels, and see an updated schedule on Legal Limit’s Web site.

The <b>Fishin’ Fever</b> last fished on Sunday, putting anglers into striped bass at the Cape May Rips, covered in the last report, but a couple of friends lambasted the bass Wednesday at the rips, Capt. Tom said. They limited out in an hour, and threw back keepers afterward. Tom knew that bass were also caught on Delaware Bay on bunker chunks, but didn’t hear specific enough information to say how good it was. The current nor’easter should only push more stripers south on the migration to the Cape May area, and Tom expects the fishing to be on fire as soon as boats get back out. On Monday tog charters will be added on the Fishin’ Fever, because the bag limit then increases to six of the blackfish from one.

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