Note: Offshore fishing was mostly a washout this week because of the nor’easter and winds afterward.

That happens this time of year.

Forecasts called for somewhat diminishing seas in the next days, and boats should resume sailing to the blue waters.

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<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

A couple of trips were waiting to get the weather to try for bluefin tuna on the inshore ocean, said Capt. Ralph from <b>Last Lady Fishing Charters</b> from Neptune. The weather ground all offshore angling to a halt this past week, but calmer conditions were forecast for today through the weekend. He’ll see if bluefin reports this weekend say the fish remain in the area after this week’s storm. Trips for tuna at the canyons farther offshore are still available.

<b>Absecon Inlet</b>

At <b>Offshore Enterprises Bait & Tackle</b> in Atlantic City Curt from the shop knew no boaters who fished offshore for tuna in two weeks because of the weather, he said. But party boats that could handle the seas sometimes fished, and a few tuna were around. A friend who’s a mate on a party boat was on a trip that shellacked tuna, one after another. The <b>Carly A</b>, the shop’s offshore charter boat, will resume tuna fishing this weekend in forecasts for good weather.

<b>Townsend’s Inlet</b>

No news about tuna fishing rolled in from Avalon’s <b>Over Under Adventures</b> since a trip sailed Saturday.  On that day, in forecasts for a rare break in the weather around that time, a 14-hour trip fished at the inshore grounds, an audio report on Over Under’s Web site said. A few bites attacked the trolling spread right away in the morning at Massey’s Canyon, and one came tight: a 52-inch bluefin tuna that was landed after a challenging fight for 35 minutes, because of rough seas. Lots of bait was marked, and another boat at the Hambone scored a few bites at the same time, around 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. There seemed to be a tuna bite in the morning. Over Under’s vessel was motored to the Hambone, and lots of life including whales and porpoises was seen, and lots of false albacore were trolled, fun to catch. The trip moved to the Hot Dog, and more albies were fought. Probably 30 albies were totaled for the day. Seas and the weather calmed in the afternoon for the ride home. The weather apparently kept trips docked afterward, because no further reports were posted. But an e-mail from Over Under this week gave an update on what to expect from the angling this fall. This is the time of year when anglers who want to run offshore for tuna need to keep in touch with Over Under, because the weather changes rapidly, and the windows of calm weather to sail are short. But October can provide incredible tuna fishing, and the fish typically remain in the canyons off the coast until sometime in November. Overnight trips usually offer the best shot at the fish, but sometimes shorter trips can produce great catches, when water temps and bait populations cooperate. Yellowfin and longfin tuna are the primary targets in fall, and trolling, chunking or jigging can be affective. Bluefin tuna also show up inshore of the canyons and at the canyons themselves this time of year, and when they do, Over Under is ready to fish for them, like the trip did on Saturday. Charters and   <a href=" http://overundercharters.com/index.php?page=opendates" target="_blank">open-boat trips</a> are fishing offshore.

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