<b>Keyport</b>

More birds worked the ocean on a trip aboard Sunday than Capt. Joe from <b>Papa’s Angels Charters</b> had seen in two years, he said, and the anglers, the Bob Hoskins charter, whaled striped bass and blues among them. The fish were jigged southeast of Sandy Hook. Space is available Friday to Sunday for 6-hour open-boat trips or charters. Papa’s Angels might sail for the last time this weekend for the season, because the marina was starting to pull the docks for the year.

<b>Atlantic Highlands</b>

Fishing for blackfish and striped bass wasn’t bad, was pretty good, said Joe from <b>Julian’s Bait & Tackle</b>. Blackfishing was excellent at the Shrewsbury Rocks and Sandy Hook Reef. Good-sized ones were slugged, and green crabs caught them. Stripers began to school up a little under birds working the waters. Then they could be jigged from boats, but stripers were also eeled and clammed on the vessels. In the surf stripers were clammed. One of the local charters axed good catches of cod  and ling farther from shore. That fishing was good.

Anglers aboard Monday picked at blackfish, quite a few shorts, but some of the patrons bagged four or five keepers, said Capt. Tom from the party boat <b>Atlantic Star</b>. More and more ling were swung aboard lately. On Tuesday’s trip, the weather was nasty, and blackfishing was about the same as on Monday’s trip, with quite a few shorts but some keepers biting. The tog fishing was a bit slower on Tuesday’s outing, but the weather was also worse. The best catches of ling were landed so far this season that day, though. Not a lot of ling bit, but some anglers bucketed four or six, and one took seven or eight. Considering the weather, the catch wasn’t bad. Tom would like to see more keeper blackfish than on the two days. Few dogfish were a nuisance these days, and probably one or two were decked on Tuesday’s trip. Tom hopes the dogs stay away. The Atlantic Star is blackfishing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily, including on Thanksgiving. That trip might return a half-hour early or so.

“Nasty bassin’ Tuesday,” a report on the party boat <b>Fishermen</b>’s Web site said about the striped bass trip aboard that day. “Not a day for the weak of heart,” Capt. Ron said in the report. Seas were rough in southeast winds against outgoing tide. But Ron, crew and anglers headed out, “took our beating, and caught the stripers and blues,” he said. Birds worked the waters all day, and the fish were jigged there. “Jigging and holding on is an art in itself, but the customers seemed determined, and would not give up,” Ron said. Joe Longo was high hook with three keepers bagged in three drifts. Even Ron managed to fish, landing four sizeable bass. “It was that or be the pinball in the wheelhouse all day,” he said. Monday’s trip at first picked at short stripers “and an odd keeper,” Ron said. Several areas held life, where the bass fed on rainfish. The trip took a ride, and Ron hoped for bigger stripers and better fishing, and he was glad for the move. Some of the biggest stripers in two weeks were hauled in, and were feeding on sand eels. A couple of anglers limited out, and the pool-winner beat two beauties to 18 pounds. “No greater feeling than producing fish, especially after the past few days,” Ron said about the trip. The weather was excellent, despite forecasts for 15- to 20-knot winds from the northeast that never developed. Weather was expected to be a washout for today’s trip, but Friday’s trip is expected to sail. “Will sail as long as we can catch fish,” Ron said. The Fishermen is sailing for striped bass 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.

<b>Highlands</b>

Good striped bass fishing was socked aboard, but the angling was also up and down, said Capt. Derek from <b>Fisher Price Charters</b>. The problem was that the fish often fed on rainfish, making the angling difficult on some days. Trips on the boat eeled, jigged and trolled the bass. Blackfishing was great. Charters are fishing for stripers and blackfish, and the next open-boat trips will probably sail next week. Call to confirm the schedule. Derek plans to sail to the second week of December, before calling it a season.

Nine keeper striped bass were pounded on a trip Saturday with <b>Raritan Bay Charters</b>, Capt. Dave said. The fish were eeled along the channels, and no throwbacks bit. A blackfishing trip limited out last Wednesday aboard. Open-boat trips are fishing when no charter is booked.

Charters on the <b>Hyper Striper</b> steamed for blackfish, but Ralph the Barber’s charter on Tuesday bagged four keeper striped bass, landing tons of short stripers, Capt. Pete said in an e-mail. Doug Wakefield’s gang trolled three keeper stripers and some blues, then pelted a bunch of sizeable blackfish to 8 pounds. On Wednesday Jeff Schwieter’s charter limited out on a super catch of good-sized blackfish to 8 pounds. Thursday’s charter was a “carbon copy,” Pete said, with Anthony Monaco’s crew.  On Saturday John Gleason’s charter limited out on blackfish to 7 pounds. With the Jeff Sheets part on Monday, the anglers didn’t limit out on blackfish, but they heaved in bigger blackfish -- weighing up to 10 pounds, including many 3- to 6-pounders -- than previous trips did. Some dates are still available for blackfish trips in December.

At <b>Twin Lights Marina</b>, Gene Graham, the striped bass sharpie from the docks, limited out on the fish by 9 a.m. on eels at Ambrose Channel on trips early in the week, Wayne said. Striper fishing was good, and Kevin Dwyer and Brad Barnett eeled stripers 16 and 27 pounds. Scott Beim and Dave Reich eeled the bass off Sandy Hook. The charter boat Hyper Striper, sailing from the marina, did a job on blackfish. Eels and frozen pints and quarts of clams are stocked.

<b>Neptune</b>

The Dennis Martin charter, long-time patrons with <b>Last Lady Fishing Charters</b>, headed out at noon Monday, limiting out on good-sized striped bass in two hours, Capt. Ralph said in an e-mail. Two spaces are available for an annual striper trip Thanksgiving morning. Individual-reservation trips for a combo of stripers and blackfish are set for the Sundays of December 4 and 11. Ralph will run offshore for cod on the best weather day from Monday to Friday, December 26 to 30, the week between Christmas and New Year’s, on a trip with a buddy up from Mississippi, and space is available.  Individual-rez trips for blackfish will sail Thursday, December 1, Friday, December 23, and every weekend in December. More of the trips will be scheduled, and if anglers want a certain date, contact Ralph, and he’ll put a trip together then.

<b>Belmar</b>

Four anglers motored out for blackfish Sunday with <b>Fish Stix Sportfishing</b>, Capt. Kris said a report on the Fish Stix Web site. Fishing was difficult in conditions including a strong south current, but the anglers worked, grinding out a catch of 18 keepers, including a limit for one of them. Tough day, “but we gave it hell,” Kris said. Winds and the current were strong on a blackfish trip Friday, but the four anglers worked hard, coming one fish short of a limit. Three anglers new to blackfishing climbed aboard a trip for the fish Thursday, also in strong winds and current, and the togging was tough. Eleven keepers to 7 pounds were bagged, and tons of shorts were released. Charters are fishing, and see the <a href="http://www.fishstixnj.com/index.php/open-boat-trips" target="_blank">open-boat schedule</a> online.

Blackfishing was good again Wednesday on the party boat <b>Big Mohawk</b>, Capt. Chris said. One of the tog larger than 10 pounds was the biggest on the trip. Bigger blackfish seemed to grab white leggers, but both them and green crabs caught. Green crabs are provided on the vessel, and white leggers are available for sale on trips for lots cheaper than other places. Trips this Friday to Sunday will leave early at 6 a.m. Otherwise the Big Mohawk is sailing 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The trip today stayed docked because of the weather, said Karin from the party boat <b>Miss Belmar Princess</b>. But fishing for striped bass and blues was good on recent trips. The angling wasn’t so great on Tuesday’s trip, because of rough weather, she guessed. The pool-winner boxed a 21-1/2-pound striper that day. Take advantage of the holiday special: Kids 14 and under sail free on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, and adults get a $10 discount on Thanksgiving.  The trip that day will run 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Otherwise the Miss Belmar Princess is sailing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.

Fishing was tough aboard Tuesday on the party boat <b>Golden Eagle</b>, a report on the vessel’s Web site said. There’s bound to be one of those days, the report said, and east winds seemed to hamper the catches of striped bass and blues. The anglers managed to knock down some keeper stripers and a handful of blues. Short stripers “provided a little more action,” the report said. Today’s trip was expected to be cancelled because of weather. On Monday’s trip the small crowd aboard limited out on striped bass, releasing 20 shorts. “There were (also) a lot of blues around … which kept the action going,” the report said. The Golden Eagle is sailing for striped bass and blues 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Thursdays. Striperthons are running 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Fridays. Enjoy the Take a Kid Fishing Special on Thanksgiving: Kids get $25 fare including rod rental. Adults are $45 that day.

Catches weren’t so good today because of rough weather, said Bob from <b>Fisherman’s Den</b>. Otherwise fishing for striped bass was very good in the surf and from boats on the ocean. Metal like Ava’s and Deadly Dicks drilled the fish at both places, and lighter metal was used in the surf. Needlefish lures also caught in the surf. Blackfishing was good on ocean boats on white leggers and green crabs.

<b>Brielle</b>

Very good catches of striped bass were reeled from the surf and boated on the ocean, and fishing for them was more consistent from Mantoloking to the south, said John from <b>The Reel Seat</b>. “It’s definitely a sand eel deal,” he said. So in the surf, anglers threw needlefish lures, Deadly Dicks, Ava’s and artificials that could imitate sand eels like that. On the boats Ava’s also connected, and boaters could troll, but usually liked jigging with the metal better. John and friend on Sunday walloped at least 30 stripers to 25 pounds while jigging but also on rubber like Hogie’s and Tsunami sand eels. John heard that bigger bluefish moved into the waters the past couple of days. Nothing was heard about Manasquan River and the Point Pleasant Canal, and fish seemed to clear out of the waters recently. Blackfishing was good on the ocean at times, not on others. A strong southerly tide seemed to affect the angling in recent days.  The shop’s annual, free surf-fishing tournament will be held 12 a.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Sunday for Thanksgiving weekend. Prizes will be awarded for the first, second and third heaviest stripers checked in. No pre-registration is required, and anglers just need to make the catch in the surf, and bring the fish to the shop. Plus this year the fishing marketing company Pure Fishing will award $500 worth of fishing products to the angler who checks in the biggest striper landed on Spider Wire from the surf. For that prize, anglers just need to spool a reel with Spider Wire at the shop before making the catch. The price of spooling the reel is well worth the chance at $500 in loot. 

This report was posted as an update Monday and is being reposted in case anyone missed it: A bottom-fishing trip aboard Saturday was “fair” on the party boat <b>Jamaica II</b>, and another on Sunday was “excellent,” Capt. Joe said in an e-mail. On Saturday -- with tide against the wind, “but not bad,” Joe said, and seas that were a little bumpy, but a “nice day,” he said -- a bunch of cod and some big sea bass, huge porgies, and ling were pumped in.  Dale Isaacs won the pool with a 34-pound cod, totaled four cod and boxed other fish. An angler with a 26-pound cod was runner-up, and Ed Nolan broke off a couple of big cod on 40-pound test. Wesley Shourt angled a mixed bag including four cod and some ling and sea bass. On Sunday’s trip, a 12-hour deep-water trip, mostly ling were looted, and a few sea bass and cod were thrown in. Some anglers bagged as many as 50 fish. That trip fished at wrecks in 240 feet. Anglers and their catches that day included: Ezra Washington, Baltimore, 51 ling; Roy Williams, Philly, 46 ling; John Glasster, Old Bridge, 44 ling; and Eric Weiss, Trenton, 45 ling. Here’s the schedule for this weekend: 10-hour Deep Water Wreck Trip for sea bass, ling and cod, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday; 14-hour sea bass, ling and cod trip, 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 12-hour Deep Water Special Trip for sea bass, ling and cod, 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

<b>Point Pleasant Beach</b>

The last several striped bass trips limited out with <b>Andrea’s Toy Charters</b>, Capt. Fred said. Afterward the trips mixed in bottom fishing for blackfish and sea bass. One of the trips Sunday jigged a limit of stripers to 15 pounds in an hour to the south, releasing 20 more afterward. Then the anglers bottom fished, landing their first-ever keeper blackfish and some sizeable sea bass. A bottom-fishing charter Friday wrangled in 40 sea bass, 20 ling, half a dozen cod and a 2-pound bergal offshore. Charters for a mixed-bag of stripers and bottom fish are sailing, and so are charters and open-boat trips for bottom fishing offshore. Andrea’s Toy specializes in mixed-bag fishing for greater fun, better chances of hooking up and more variety for dinner.

The boat’s limit of striped bass and a bonus-tag bass were bombed by 9:30 a.m. on a trip Sunday with <b>Reel Class Charters</b>, Capt. Allen said in a report on the vessel’s Web site. After breaking the inlet before daylight, the charter arrived off Island Beach State Park, but not until 7 a.m., because a tight chop slowed traveling. The early bite had already ended there, and the trip moved to other spots, until finding the mother lode of readings, and striper fishing became solid. Every jig that hit the waters got smacked. After that action ended, the anglers kept searching for fish, finding a few stripers and bluefish. By the end of the trip, the group had landed at least 40 stripers, half of them keepers, releasing all except the limit and the bonus bass. Another great day of striper jigging this fall, Allen said. The run was nothing short of tremendous the last weeks, and Allen hoped the fishing lasts some more weeks. On Saturday a charter aboard reeled in at least 25 to 30 keeper-sized stripers, keeping only their limit, releasing the rest. Ten blues to 15 pounds were also landed. Simply anther great day of the fishing! Allen said.

<b>Toms River</b>

Island Beach State Park, Seaside Park, Seaside Heights, Ortley Beach and Bay Head all turned out good surf fishing for striped bass, said Jeff from <b>Murphy’s Hook House</b>. Metal like Ava’s and Deadly Dicks caught most, and  sometimes teasers connected, and so did lures like Mambo Minnows and Bombers, and clams and bunker. Lures and teasers that imitated sand eels drew strikes. A few blues were heard about from the surf, more so from Island Beach. Ocean boaters crunched stripers and blues. Barnegat Bay boaters eeled stripers along the sod banks at night. Blues and small stripers were played at the Forked River power plant. 

<b>Seaside Heights</b>

All the striped bass from the surf were banked at Island Beach State Park the past couple of days, said John from <b>The Dock Outfitters</b>. Ava jigs and teasers claimed most, and green tails on the Ava’s worked best. Bluefish, 3 to 5 pounds, not huge, were mixed in. Boaters jigged stripers on the ocean, and one customer scored a mess in 50 to 60 feet on Ava’s. The surf and boat fishing was good for the time of year. Nothing was heard about blackfishing. Fresh clams, fresh bunker, eels and the complete line of baits is stocked. Catch Wacky Wednesdays, featuring clams for $2.75 per dozen.

<b>Forked River</b>

Lots of striped bass were jigged and trolled on the ocean, said Grizz from <b>Grizz’s Forked River Bait & Tackle</b>. Blues were also hung among them, and Ava jigs were the big seller. Stripers were livelined on eels or spots and were clammed on Barnegat Bay. Seas kept most from blackfishing on the ocean. Those who sailed for them said the togging wasn’t good because of seas.

<b>Barnegat Light</b>

Super striped bass fishing was shellacked Monday on the party boat <b>Miss Barnegat Light</b>, a report on the vessel’s Web site said. The anglers limited out and returned to the dock early. Fewer blues bit than on the previous two days aboard. Striper fishing was fair Saturday and Sunday on the boat. An equal number of keepers and shorts were hooked, and quite a few blues were mixed in. The Miss Barnegat Light is sailing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fridays to Mondays. A special Thanksgiving trip will run 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

<b>Barnegat</b>

On the <b>Hi Flier</b> striped bass, lots, were lit up on the ocean, Capt. Dave DeGennaro said. The fishing was on fire, consistent all day long, from sunup to sundown. The anglers worked white 5- and 6-inch soft-plastic lures like Fin-S Fish and Bass Kandy Delights for the catches, fishing with 10-pound rods, so the action was a blast. A few bluefish were mixed in, but a high ratio of stripers swam. The size classes of the bass changed all the time. Ten- to 15-pounders, with only a few 28-inchers, would bite one morning. A trip would head back a little later, and just-unders to just-overs would chew. Thursday is sold out, but one space is available on an open-boat trip Friday. The weekend is sold out. Open-boat trips and charters are sailing.

<b>Surf City</b>

In the surf lots of striped bass were jigged on Ava’s on Tuesday at Harvey Cedars, Surf City and Ship Bottom, said Bruce from <b>Surf City Bait & Tackle</b>. Surf fishing wasn’t very productive today, but the fishing for stripers generally was good lately. The bass weren’t big, but some were keepers, and bluefish, not many, sometimes tumbled into the surf. Lots of bunker swam off the beaches. Nothing was heard about blackfish. Fresh bunker are supposed to arrive at the shop today. Fresh clams, shucked clams and salted clams are stocked, and so are eels. Keep up with the latest news in <a href="http://www.surfcitybaitandtackle.com/" target="_blank">Surf City Bait & Tackle’s fishing reports</a> on the shop’s Web site. Or keep in touch on <a href=" http://www.facebook.com/pages/Surf-City-Bait-and-Tackle/207533229268619
" target="_blank">Surf City Bait & Tackle’s Facebook page</a>.

<b>Tuckerton</b>

With <b>Legal Limit Charters</b> just about every trip limited out on blackfish, Capt. T.J. said. Friday’s outing limited out, and Saturday’s came close. The tog weren’t big, weighing up to 7 or 8 pounds. Striped bass fishing was also good, and trips are available for either blackfish or stripers. Charters are sailing, and space is available this weekend. <a href="http://www.legallimitcharters.com/open-boat.php" target="_blank">Open-boat trips</a> are also fishing.

<b>Mystic Island</b>

Striped bass fishing was a South Jersey tackle shop owner’s dream, said Scott from <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b>. The fishing was as good as could be on the ocean from Little Egg Inlet to Barnegat Inlet. Most of the bass were 12 to 18 pounds and were jigged or trolled. “It’s all on,” Scott said, and bluefish were mixed in. Stripers were also boated in Little Egg Inlet on fresh clams. Nobody mentioned fishing for blackfish or sea bass, and winds kept boaters inshore. Nothing was heard about white perch fishing in the brackish rivers, but Scott wasn’t saying the slabs weren’t there. Fresh, shucked clams, eels and green crabs are stocked. Bloodworms and live grass shrimp are out of stock.

<b>Absecon</b>

Fishing for striped bass was up and down locally, but a glassy-calm ocean was perfect to make a run north on a charter Monday with Capt. Dave from <b>Absecon Bay Sportsman Center</b>, he said. He headed for Harvey Cedars, where catches kept being reported from. “It’s quite phenomenal,” Dave said. The charter, Dan Morris and buddy Larry, limited out, filled bonus tags and released a few, and also hooked blues. Weather soon forced the trip to return. That area seemed where the fish largely gathered. Waters at Absecon were 55 degrees today, so stripers were probably “in no hurry to get down here,” Dave said. Waters were clear during the weekend, so blackfish anglers cleaned up on the fish at the Brigantine Bridge. Waters then became dirty in rougher weather, but plenty of the tog seemed around, and they should keep biting during clean waters. Lots of limits of the slipperies were crushed during the weekend. A customer and another angler who fished on a trip 11 miles from shore limited out on blackfish then, saying anchoring the boat took longer than limiting. Blackfishing is a good option if stripers aren’t biting during the weekend, like if boat traffic is too heavy. Anglers should remember that striper fishing is closed beyond 3 miles from shore, and no stripers are legal to be aboard beyond there. Curt from the shop, a white perch angler, plowed good catches of them. Plenty of the perch seemed to swim the brackish waters. All the baits were stocked, including spots, eels and green crabs. Fresh bunker was coming in steadily.

<b>Brigantine</b>

Surf fishing for striped bass was slow, but big ones were heaved in here and there, said Capt. Andy from <b>Riptide Bait & Tackle</b>. Gary Kloss checked in a 39-pounder, and Kenny Ianelli weighed in a 22-pounder. Twenty- and 25-pounders were brought in to the shop. Fresh bunker, fresh clams, eels and green crabs are stocked. The shop will be open 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving. The annual Riptide Striper Derby is under way, lasting to December 23. Anglers who enter the first, second and third biggest stripers from the Brigantine front beach will win $500, $300 and $150, respectively. Plus a $25 weekly prize, a $50 monthly prize and a $100 woman’s prize will be awarded. Entry in the tournament provides beach-buggy access to the island’s front beach for those who have a Brigantine beach-buggy permit.

<b>Atlantic City</b>

Surf casters dragged in striped bass, a few blues, said Jeremy from <b>One Stop Bait & Tackle</b>. They knuckled in blackfish, and even cod. The stripers pounced on bunker or clams, and the blackfish munched on green crabs. The cod inhaled clams. All those baits and more, the full supply, are stocked.

<b>Sea Isle City</b>

Angling for striped bass was very good, said Mike from <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. Several in the 20-pound range were weighed in from the surf each day. Occasional blues, not many, mostly stripers, came from the surf. Fresh clams were sold more often than fresh bunker for the stripers, but bunker would catch. Boaters on the ocean trolled, jigged, chunked and eeled stripers. Every way to catch them worked at least in the past days. The boaters sometimes found a patch of nothing but blues, moved a quarter-mile, and located nothing but stripers, and so on. Not a lot was heard about striper fishing on the back bay, but a few anglers still racked up stripers there.

A great weekend of fishing for the ocean’s migration of striped bass and blues was clobbered aboard, said Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b>, affiliated with <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. Mike Roth sailed for them on the boat Friday and Saturday with spinning and fly rods. On Friday’s trip lots of stripers to 20 pounds and many blues 10 to 17 pounds were creamed on jigs and flies. On Saturday’s trip well over 25 stripers and blues were mostly jigged, because conditions weren’t nice for fly rodding. On Sunday Dave White and buddy Frank fished the migration aboard. A bunch of big blues to 15 pounds and a striper or two were trolled and jigged, “depending on the situation,” Joe said. The migration was on, and Jersey Cape is mostly focusing on the angling. The catches usually last into December, and Joe will probably fish from Sea Isle until mid to late that month. Then he’ll begin annual charters from the Florida Keys until April. See Jersey Cape’s <a href=" http://www.captainjoehughes.com/page4.html" target="_blank">traveling charters page</a> for info about the Florida trips. Anglers can arrive at the Keys on a Friday evening, fish all day Saturday and part of Sunday, return Sunday evening, and be back to work Monday. The trips can be a mini, fish-filled vacation, for a large variety of catches from redfish to sailfish. Keep up on Joe’s fishing on <a href="http://captainjoehughes.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Jersey Cape’s blog</a>.

<b>Cape May</b>

Three keeper striped bass and quite a few throwbacks were reeled aboard from Delaware Bay  Saturday with <b>Relentless Sport Fishing</b>, Capt. Dave said. A trip on deck Sunday claimed one keeper striper, letting go quite a few shorts. Dave’s trips sailed from Fortescue lately, and the fishing was not too bad, and all the trips fished with bunker chunks. The weather was snotty in the mornings, causing not great fishing, but the catches picked up later in the mornings. The bay was 50 degrees, becoming cold quickly, then staying that temp. No bluefish were hooked on the trips, and Dave heard about none landed.

Trips sailed for striped bass and tog during the weekend on the <b>Heavy Hitter</b>, Capt. George said. Kevin Driscoll’s striper charter drilled a good catch of the bass to 32 or 34 inches. Harry Moore and Brian Allen’s striper charter whaled a similar catch. Chief Fireman Bob’s tog charter piled up the blackfish to 6 or 7 pounds, including a bunch of 14-inchers, and a 26-inch cod. Tim, Joe, Bill, Teri and another Joe were also aboard the outing. Trips will keep running for stripers and tog, and no sea bass charters motored out with George recently. Call if interested in fishing for any of the fish. A charter is available Sunday because of a cancellation.

Fishing for striped bass was fair, not great, aboard, said Capt. T.J. from <b>Legal Limit Charters</b>. The trips fished for them at the Cape May Rips, livelining eels and spots, and Wednesday gave up the first decent pick, after slower angling for some days. On some days the fish were there, and some days they weren’t, and eels and spots caught them equally. On T.J.’s other boat, sailing from Tuckerton, anglers just about limited out on blackfish every trip. See the report above. Charters are sailing, and space is available this weekend. <a href="http://www.legallimitcharters.com/open-boat.php" target="_blank">Open-boat trips</a> are also fishing.

Catches of blackfish went alright on the party boat <b>Porgy IV</b>, Capt. Paul said. A few were swung aboard, and some days were better than others. Friday was a good day, and Saturday was slow, and Sunday was better. Only a few sea bass chomped, and they mostly moved offshore. Three triggerfish were angled aboard the other day, so Paul guessed waters were warm. Phil Muck, Hillsborough, bagged three blackfish to 8 ½ pounds on Sunday’s trip. Anglers with limits of blackfish lately included Shawn Pottichen from Philly and Dan Stinsman from Atco. No trip will sail on Thanksgiving. But otherwise the Porgy IV is wreck fishing at 8 a.m. daily.

Delaware Bay dished up good catches of striped bass, said Nick from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b>. Dogfish reportedly became a nuisance along the south end of 60-Foot Slough. So boaters hit areas farther inside the bay for the linesiders. The Cape May Rips gave up stripers on eels, spots and bucktails and on the troll. Stripers schooled 5-Fathom Bank, and keeping the fish is prohibited there or beyond 3 miles from shore, but anglers trolled and released them. Surf casters just began to beach better catches of stripers today and Tuesday along the ocean and Delaware Bay. Nick’s had success on stripers in the surf on <a href=" http://www.greenpointtackle.com/cart.php" target="_blank">Greenpoint Tackle Company</a>’s metal-lipped swimming lures carried at the shop. Back-bay anglers scored well on stripers at the bridges on artificials like pink Fin-S Fish. Lots of blackfish littered the jetties at Cape May Inlet. Boaters found good blackfishing and sea bassing on the ocean. <a href="http://www.shop.htlureco.com/Painted-Black-Fish-Jig-Tautog_c244.htm
" target="_blank">Heads and Tails Tackle Company</a>’s blackfish jigs, newly carried at the shop, are proving effective, especially in green and orange. Plenty of fresh bunker, fresh clams and green crabs are stocked.

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