<b>Staten Island</b>

Striped bass, abundant, swam the surf from Great Kills Beach to Fort Wadsworth at the Verrazano Bridge, said Pat from <b>E-Z Catch Saltwater Traps & Tackle Co.</b> Blues, “like one or two,” Pat said, were mixed in, but only stripers, no blues, schooled the Arthur Kill’s surf, near the shop. Fresh clams and packed bunker, stocked at the store, will hook the bass, and the bunker will catch the blues. Blackfishing slowed for shore anglers, and the tog were moving to deeper waters. But the wrecks harbored lots of blacks for private boaters and party boat anglers. Not much was heard about freshwater fishing anymore. The store is also a <b><i>premier manufacturer and supplier of saltwater traps</i></b> for wholesale and commercial, including custom building and servicing. See the online <a href="http://www.e-zcatch.com/catalog" target="_blank">catalog of traps</a>. E-Z Catch is also a train store.

<b>Atlantic Highlands</b>

Winds 30-knots rattled windows when Capt. Ron from the party boat <b>Fishermen</b> woke up this morning, he said. When he arrived at the harbor, the flag stood straight out. The winds were predicted to blow against incoming tide through today’s striped bass trip aboard, “(so) you knew it wasn’t going to be pretty,” Ron said. On the trip, “customers … looked like they had met the devil himself, and lived to tell about it,” he said. Only a few stripers were boated. But fishing for stripers was very good on Wednesday’s trip. Enough anglers showed up at the docks for one boat to sail, and the Fishermen was the one that fished. The trip met acres of gannets diving on bait in the waters, and stripers boiling along the surface. Many anglers limited out on stripers, and some tossed back five or six keepers after limiting. The bass caught ranged from 20-inch throwbacks to 31-inch keepers, and a handful of bluefish were mixed in. Fishing with heavier jigs was key, “(because) the wind was honking and the sea was angry, my friend,” Ron said.  <a href=" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Bz7gq8RAc&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Check out a video</a> of the trip. No report was posted for Tuesday, so maybe the trip stayed docked in weather, but striper fishing on Monday’s trip couldn’t get any better. Stripers busted the water surface, and birds working the waters lit up the sky. Anglers bailed stripers, shorts and keepers, on jigs, and blues were mixed in. The Fishermen is sailing for striped bass 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.

Striped bass, good catches, were jigged and eeled, said Jimmy from <b>Julian’s Bait & Tackle</b>. A few bluefish swam among them. Surf fishing for stripers was fair. Healthy catches of blackfish were winged, and plenty of ling and cod were iced at the Mudhole.

The weather was good on Monday’s trip on the party boat <b>Atlantic Star</b>, and some of the anglers among the small crowd  bagged no keeper blackfish, only shorts, and the ones with keepers seemed to bag two to four, Capt. Tom said. On Tuesday’s trip rough weather wasn’t expected to arrive until later, but showed up when the boat reached the blackfishing grounds. Still, fishing was better, churning out a decent catch of the tog and a fair number of ling, in sloppy conditions. A couple of anglers among the small group limited out on blackfish. None of the tog was very big. Some of the drops on the trips seemed to hold more ling than others, and all harbored blackfish. Many of the blackfish were shorts, but quite a few were keepers. Trips remained in port Wednesday and today in the weather. None of the port’s bottom-fishing boats sailed today, and only a few anglers showed up at the docks in forecasts for 20- to 25-knot winds and 7-foot seas this morning. The Atlantic Star is blackfishing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. <b>***Update, Saturday, 12/3:***</b> The weather was gorgeous during Friday’s trip, but too nice for the boat to lie well, Capt. Tom said. The vessel was “flopping all around,” he said. But anglers lit up quite a few ling, and some blackfish. One customer bagged  a dozen ling, and another took a half-dozen, and others boxed four or five. Fishing began slowly on today’s trip, and only blackfish, no ling, bit. But one ended up limiting out, and some bagged three  and four, and only two landed only shorts, and the rest reeled in keepers. A light crowd showed up for the trip, but the boat fished.

<b>Highlands</b>

With <b>Raritan Bay Charters</b> five striped bass to 20 pounds were bagged on eels along the channels Monday, Capt. Dave said. Then the trip bucketed blackfish to 6 or 7 pounds. Blackfishing was a little slow like before, and winds blew against the tide, making anchoring a difficult, but the anglers decked 16 keepers. Space is available on open-boat trips Saturday and Sunday. Open trips are also available when no charter is booked.

<b>Fisher Price Charters</b> was weathered out the last couple of days, Capt. Derek said. He walked the beach Wednesday, seeing plenty of birds working the ocean, and heard about boaters catching striped bass and blues. Another boater reported limiting out on blackfish. The weather looks better in the next days, and Fisher Price will keep fishing for stripers and blackfish on charters and open-boat trips. An open-boat Blackfish Marathon will sail Sunday. Call to climb aboard or to be kept informed about future open trips.

Anglers boated striped bass, not great catches, but a few, during the weekend, said Wayne from <b>Twin Lights Marina</b>. The fish were eeled and sometimes trolled. Sometimes the bass were jigged, when schools chased bait under birds working the waters. Boating was winding down for the season at Twin Lights, and the vessels will have to be pulled from the waters after this weekend. Gene Graham, the marina’s striper sharpie, will pull his boat Friday. The season’s first blast of cold weather is forecasted for next week, so this was time to remove the boats. But the marina, like every year, will remain open all year for supplies, fuel, bait and tackle. Blackfish, excellent catches, were bombed on the charter boat Hyper Striper, sailing from the marina.

<b>Neptune</b>

Fishing for blackfish was slow on a trip today with <b>Last Lady Fishing Charters</b>, Capt. Ralph said, and lots of small ones bit. But one angler limited out, and a couple came close to limiting. Three spaces are available for an individual-reservation trip for blackfish Saturday. More of the trips are slated for this month, and so are a couple of the trips, including on Sunday, for a combo of striped bass and blackfish.

<b>Belmar</b>

No trips sailed in rough weather in the last days with <b>Fish Stix Sportfishing</b>, Capt. Kris said. A trip Saturday limited out on blackfish to 8 pounds, and a trip Sunday limited out on striped bass in 90 minutes, both covered in the last report. Charters are sailing, and space is available on <a href="http://www.fishstixnj.com/index.php/open-boat-trips" target="_blank">open-boat trips</a>.

<b>Fin-Ominal Sportfishing</b> sailed for blackfish during the weekend, Capt. Jared said. Covered in the last report, the trip Saturday, with anglers who had blackfished before,  scored 35 to 40 keepers, and the trip Sunday, with anglers who never-before blackfished, pulled in 18 keepers. Fin-Ominal did no fishing in the weather afterward this week, but more blackfish trips are slated for Saturday and Monday. <b>***<i>Boat for Sale</i>***</b> Fin-Ominal’s beautiful 42-foot Sportfisherman is for sale, because Jared upgraded to a larger, 44-foot boat. The new boat can accommodate 13 passengers, compared with 6 passengers on the previous boat. Trips for the larger groups are being booked for next season.

On the party boat <b>Big Mohawk</b> blackfishing was good overall, Capt. Chris said. None of the trips sailed in the last couple of days in the weather, but some good-sized blackfish to 10 and 11 pounds were plowed during the weekend aboard. The Big Mohawk is blackfishing 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. However, sometimes trips lately were slated to leave early at 6 a.m., so call ahead to confirm.

The <b>Miss Belmar Princess</b> was tied to the docks the past three days, but returned to striped bass fishing today, Capt. Alan said in a phone call from land. He was yet to hear results from the captain at the helm, but striper fishing was very good on the boat the last time it sailed, and bluefish were mixed in. Trips then targeted the bass near Barnegat Inlet to the south, but today’s trip motored north. A body of stripers was located there in the last day or so, and today’s trip would see how fishing for them goes. The Miss Belmar Princess is sailing for striped bass 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. The vessel will begin mackerel fishing on Friday, December 16. If the macks are in, daily trips for them will begin then. Otherwise daily trips for them will launch whenever the migration arrives. The annual trips, called the Mackerel Express, will run for the Bostons wherever necessary, even if 20 or 30 miles from shore. The <b>Tropical Adventure</b>, Alan’s other party boat, will begin bottom fishing daily probably in a week for cod and ling. If anglers want to bring blackfish bait, the trips will fish for the tog if the slipperies show up.

The first few drifts dished up good striped bass fishing on Monday’s Striperthon Trip on the party boat <b>Golden Eagle</b>, a report on the vessel’s Web site said. That made the day, and the anglers “picked and plucked the rest of the (trip),” the report said, totaling about 20 good-sized keepers and an equal number of throwbacks for the trip, “(and) all the blues you could catch. It was just okay fishing, not great.” Another body of stripers schooled to the north, the report said on Tuesday, and the crew expected to get on them Wednesday. But no reports were posted since Monday. The Golden Eagle is sailing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Striperthons had been running 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, and the last scheduled one is set for Friday, “unless the fishing remains solid,” the report said. Mackerel Express Trips will begin on Saturday, December 17.

<b>Brielle</b>

The Advanced Oil Technologies charter from Bricktown jigged a boat limit of striped bass Monday on the <b>Big Kid</b>, Capt. Ken said. Then the trip moved to the reef, cleaning up on 32 keeper blackfish to 8 pounds. More trips are set for Saturday to Monday. The Big Kid sails all year, including through winter, and some dates remain for charters. Anglers should give a call if they want to head out in winter, “and we’ll get them out there,” Ken said.

<b>Point Pleasant Beach</b>

Everything was happening, “bass, bass, bass,” said Chuck from <b>Gates Bait & Tackle</b>. Striped bass were whaled from the surf and on boats on the ocean probably from Manasquan to Seaside. The fish were “all over the place,” he said. Lots also swam Manasquan Inlet. Many anglers hit the surf, casting metal and teasers, anything slender to imitate sand eels. They threw needlefish lures and eels at night, and Chuck saw them at Brick Beach one night. Anglers fishing the inlet also fished at night with needlefish lures and eels. Blackfishing was good along the inlet jetties. <b>***THIS TACKLE SHOP IS FOR SALE! CALL: 732-899-5760.***</b>

A variety of fish, mostly ling and blackfish, were angled on the party boat <b>Dauntless</b>, Capt. Butch said. A few sea bass – not a lot, but sizeable ones – cod and bluefish and occasional striped bass were in the mix. A couple of anglers bagged two stripers apiece on Wednesday’s trip. Anglers on trips boxed 10 to 20 fish apiece, a mixed bag. Trips fished in 60 to 120 feet, and waters there were 50 to 52 degrees. Relatively warm weather and clear, sunny days kept the temps from dropping. If the mackerel migration swims within range in the next weeks, trips will split the day between mackerel fishing and bottom fishing. Butch expects the migration no sooner than in a couple of weeks or around Christmas, because waters are warm. Waters are warm enough for plenty of bluefish to remain, and even bluefin tuna. Schools and schools of the tuna were seen on Saturday’s trip. A bluefin was hooked on the trip but got off. The Dauntless is fishing 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.

Striped bass fishing turned up okay catches on the party boat <b>Norma K III</b>, Capt. Matt said. The fishing was kind of slow on the weekend, apparently because of boat traffic, but trips then managed to catch some of the fish, and the angling was decent aboard last Thursday and Friday. The bass were jigged, especially on Ava 47’s with green tails. A few blues were mixed in. Ling and cod, very good catches, were axed on the boat’s Magic Hour Trips Saturday and Sunday. Anglers averaged 10 to 20 of the fish apiece, and some looted 30, and the boat could pretty much be stopped on one spot the whole trip for the fishing. Matt encourages anglers to take advantage of the ling and cod now, particularly while lots of ling fill the Mudhole, before wintry weather hampers the bite, like when a big snowstorm shut it down for the season last year. Monday’s Blackfish Marathon Trip picked away at the tog. Some anglers limited out, and some bagged two or three, and some landed no keepers, only a few shorts. White leggers caught better than green crabs did that day. The Norma K III is sailing for striped bass 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily, and for ling and cod on Magic Hour Trips 3 to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Marathon Blackfish Trips are running 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays.

The <b>Gambler</b> was probably the only local party boat that sailed for striped bass the past couple of days, Capt Bob said, and good catches of the fish were booted aboard Tuesday and Wednesday. From throwbacks to 15-pound keepers, about half of the fish keepers, were pumped in, and 6- to 12-pound blues were socked. Stripers were hooked on every drift, and Ava jigs with or without tails caught well. They worked best when retrieved, instead of jigged along the bottom, because the bass didn’t just hold on the bottom. Anglers cast the jigs, let them hit bottom, then reeled them to the top. The fishing was best in 50 to 60 feet Wednesday. The Gambler will keep striped bass fishing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily, maybe till Christmas. Special Jumbo Sea Bass Trips will steam 1 a.m. to 8 p.m. December 17, 26, 28 and 30, and call the boat for reservations or for updated availability.

Boat traffic made striped bass fishing tough on a trip Saturday, but eight of the fish were put in the box early in the morning,  “(and) as soon as it started, it was over,” a report on <b>Andrea’s Toy Charters</b>’ Web site said. The trip was covered in the last report, and was the most recent on the boat since the weather this week. Inshore charters aboard are mixing it up with stripers and bottom fish like blackfish in one outing. Plus Andrea’s Toy is offering open-boat Extreme Offshore Bottom Trips, fishing the wrecks 70 to 80 miles off the coast. Limited to four anglers per outing, the trips will target fish including cod and pollock. See the write-up on the home page on <a href="http://www.andreastoycharters.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Andrea’s Toy’s Web site</a>. Andrea’s Toy specializes in mixed-bag fishing for greater fun, better chances of hooking up and more variety for dinner.

<b>Toms River</b>

East winds blew on Tuesday for the first time in a while, making surf fishing for striped bass bust wide open on Wednesday, said Dennis from <b>Murphy’s Hook House</b>. Anglers smoked the fish, lots, at Island Beach State Park, from Area 7 to the south. Island Beach was the best place for the catches by far. One customer, Bob Strauss, left them biting, losing count of all the bass he hooked. Another, fishing until evening, landed 28 keeper-sized stripers. Anyone who fished the park banked the fish that day, Dennis said. Any metal like Ava’s or Deadly Dicks with teasers caught the fish, and needlefish lures and clams also socked the fish, but mostly metal did. A few big blues swam among the bass. One customer landed three of the blues. Boaters also whacked stripers off Island Beach that day, and this fall’s striper fishing was probably the best in 10 years on the ocean. A few anglers striper fished on Barnegat Bay, boating the fish to 10 and 12 pounds, a few bigger, on eels along the sod banks at night. But boaters mostly headed to the ocean for stripers. Blackfishing was good on the ocean, but, again, most boaters targeted the ocean’s stripers. Blackfish were hooked along the surf jetties and at the Point Pleasant Canal. Fresh clams and live eels are stocked. A new shipment of Tsunami eels has arrived.

<b>Seaside Heights</b>

The surf from Seaside Park to Island Beach State Park served up the beach’s best striped bass catches in the past couple of days, said Tommy from <b>The Dock Outfitters</b>. The fishing was good, and metal and teasers clocked them. The bass to 30 pounds were weighed in during the last couple of days, and 14- to 16-pounders were checked in today. Boaters also jigged the fish off Island Beach. No bluefish were seen, but Tommy cod were reported beached from the surf.  A couple of customers came in steadily for blackfish bait. Two blackfish 15 and 16 inches were checked in from the Point Pleasant Canal. Stripers checked in included Scott Cougle from the shop’s 14-pounder that pounced on a yellow teaser, John Pizuto’s 13- and 16-pounders that swiped an Ava, Joe Pereira’s two 13-pounders that were clammed, Seaside Park John’s 18-pounder that punched a Deadly Dick and Paulie the Drunk’s 10-pounder.

<b>Forked River</b>

Boaters from the north and south traveled to the local ocean for striped bass fishing, said Grizz from <b>Grizz’s Forked River Bait & Tackle</b>. The fishing was very good. “They’re here,” Grizz said. “We’re fortunate.” The fish were mostly jigged, mostly on Ava’s, but were sometimes trolled. Bluefish were in the mix. Stripers could be angled on Barnegat Bay, but boaters usually motored to the ocean for stripers. Blackfish could be reeled in, but most boaters concentrated on stripers. Eels, all the frozen baits and nightcrawlers are stocked.

<b>Surf City</b>

Quite a bit of action, mostly with striped bass, was pounded from the surf, said Bruce from <b>Surf City Bait & Tackle</b>. Big bluefish were occasionally beached, and he landed three, but the blues were “loners,” he said. Blues failed to enter the surf in big numbers this fall like they usually do. The stripers were slugged on Ava’s, and sand eels schooled the waters. The shop’s netter caught 500 pounds of bunker today, so the menhaden must’ve been around. Fresh bunker will be stocked for the weekend, and fresh clams and green crabs are stocked. Anglers bought the crabs for blackfish bait, but none gave feedback on how the fishing was going. 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>

Hot blackfishing was smoked with <b>Legal Limit Charters</b>, Capt.  T.J. said. Plenty of striped bass had been around, but the weather kept boaters from sailing for them in the last couple of days. So anglers will see how striper fishing is after the blow. Charters and <a href="http://www.legallimitcharters.com/open-boat.php" target="_blank">open-boat trips</a> are fishing.

<b>Mystic Island</b>

Despite winds, boaters fished for striped bass on the ocean today, and caught, said Scott from <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b>. That was surprising, but the trips must’ve hugged the shoreline. No big numbers caught were heard about, and the bass seemed to be schoolies, none big. Lighter boat traffic helped the fishing. Though weather was rough, often preventing boating, this week, stripers no doubt remained in the ocean to be jigged or trolled. On Monday and Wednesday boaters who made it out didn’t have to travel far to intercept stripers, finding the fish off Long Beach Island’s red tower, instead of having to sail north to Brant Beach. Stripers were clammed at Little Egg Inlet, and the fishing turned on in the morning today, on the bottom of the tide, though previously outgoing tides were best. Blackfishing was as good as could be on the ocean, so long as seas were calm enough for boating for them. On a scale of 1 to 10, blackfishing rated a 13, Scott said. Fall fishing was very good on the whole. Sea bass fishing was slow, and only an occasional sea bass nibbled in 60 feet in the ocean. White perch were plucked from the brackish rivers, and that was noteworthy. A bunch of fresh, shucked clams were stocked today. Bloodworms are carried, and so are eels that were sold for striper fishing on the Mullica River. Plenty of green crabs are stocked. No grass shrimp are available, and Scott hadn’t netted them lately.

<b>Absecon</b>

Boaters hung striped bass, decent catches the last week or two, from the back bay to Absecon Inlet to Brigantine Shoal on the ocean, said Mike from <b>Absecon Bay Sportsman Center</b>. Livelined spots and eels zapped them, and the fish were jigged off Long Beach Island on the ocean farther north. Three stripers were bagged on a charter today with Capt. Dave, the shop’s owner, and his trips steadily nabbed the bass. A big tog bite was clobbered from the bridges to the ocean. Curt from the shop, a white perch angler, kept coolering the slabs on the brackfish rivers. Spots, eels, fresh clams and fresh bunker are stocked.

<b>Brigantine</b>

Boating for striped bass was great from Absecon Inlet to the ocean lumps off Brigantine, said Capt. Andy from <b>Riptide Bait & Tackle</b>. The tops of the tides were the times to catch. Mike Brennan and another angler on a trip boated six stripers to 17 pounds in an hour on livelined spots on the ocean. Anyone on the ocean who striper fished at the Brigantine lump crushed the fish, Andy said. Not many stripers were beached from the surf, but some were. Eric Boucher checked in a 29-pound 46-inch striper from the surf. Another angler weighed in a 21-pound striper and two blues 12 and 11 pounds from the surf. Josh Abrahamson today brought in a 16-pound striper from the surf. Fresh bunker will arrive tonight at the shop. Plenty of fresh clams are stocked. 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>

Fishing stayed about the same, said Jeremy from <b>One Stop Bait & Tackle</b>. Previously the shop reported that striped bass and blackfish were licked from the surf, and so were ling. The fishing was good. The stripers were clammed, bunker-chunked or eeled. The shop stocks all the baits, a large supply.

<b>Ocean City</b>

Surf anglers sometimes beached striped bass and a few blues, weren’t setting the world on fire, said Ed from <b>Fin-Atics</b>. But they picked some, and the bass were mostly hooked on bunker, sometimes on clam. A few stripers were bunker-chunked, clammed or eeled at the inlet. Boaters on the ocean sometimes trolled the fish. Conditions for jigging them – schools of fish feeding on baitfish, with birds working the bait – weren’t consistent like to the north. But a few of the blitzes popped up. A few stripers were beaten on the back bay, mostly on clams while boaters anchored. Little was heard about the bay’s stripers hooked on artificials. A few blackfish were picked from the bay to the surf jetties. Blackfish and sea bass, super catches, were walloped at the wrecks at Great Egg Reef and the AC Reef.

<b>Sea Isle City</b>

Ocean boaters sometimes trolled striped bass, said Mike from <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. Not much was heard about fishing, because winds prevented boating much of the week, but forecasts look better for the next days. Lots of big, 10-pound blues were fought on the ocean when boaters sailed. Surf fishing for striped bass was a little slow, but the ones that were banked were 20- to 30-pounders. Boaters on the back bay tugged in a striper here or there on clams on anchor or on eels on the drift.

Migrating striped bass and bluefish still held to the north, so fishing for them should continue locally, said Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b>, affiliated with <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. Fishing stayed docked aboard during the week’s weather, but trips with Joe during the weekend tackled the bass and blues, covered in the last report. Jersey Cape traditionally keeps fishing locally at least until Christmas. Annual traveling charters to the Florida Keys begin afterward, lasting 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>

Fishing for striped bass had picked up again at the Cape May Rips for <b>Legal Limit Charters</b> through Tuesday, and trips Wednesday and today were weathered out, Capt. T.J. said. Previously the fishing was up and down, hot and cold. But trips through Tuesday scored sizeable stripers to 35 pounds. Eels are supplied for bait, and spots can be ordered from T.J. to be provided at cost, if anglers want to fish with spots. On T.J.’s other boat, sailing from Tuckerton, blackfishing was  hot, and see the report above.

Most boats seemed to stay docked during the weather in the last days, and so did the <b>Heavy Hitter</b>, Capt. George said. But striped bass bit at the Cape May Rips and in Delaware Bay. A friend sailed the bay Wednesday, finding somewhat sloppy seas in the morning but calm conditions later. George’s most recent striper trips, over the weekend, grabbed stripers on the bay on bunker chunks, covered in the last report. Anglers aboard also fished for blackfish during the weekend, covered in the report, and the angling was so-so. Trips will keep fishing for stripers and blackfish, and call if interested.

Good blackfishing was crunched Sunday and Monday on the party boat <b>Porgy IV</b>, Capt. Paul said, after slow fishing for the tog on Saturday’s trip. So the fishing seemed hot and cold, and Paul was happy about the rebound of good catches Sunday and Monday. On the trips those days, several anglers limited out. None of the fish was big, and the largest were probably 6 or 7 pounds. The boat was kept docked in the rainstorm Tuesday and in winds Wednesday. The Porgy IV is sailing for blackfish at 8 a.m. Trips this time of year might not sail every day, but the crew is ready to run daily when the weather is fishable and enough anglers show up.

Delaware Bay boaters bunker-chunked striped bass, a fairly steady pick of throwbacks and keepers,  at places like 20-Foot Slough and the west wall of 60-Foot Slough, said Nick from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b>. Good-sized stripers were eeled at the Cape May Rips. A report came in about a healthy catch of stripers clammed on the ocean. Chopper bluefish were fought at 5-Fathom Bank. Surf fishing was decent for stripers. Nick and friend dragged in a 42-inch striper and a 35-incher from shore at Poverty Beach. Blackfish snapped along the Cold Spring Inlet jetties. One customer came back from fishing for them this morning to buy more bait, saying the bite was on. Baits stocked include fresh clams and live eels. 

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