<b>Keyport</b>

Twenty-five keeper fluke were shellacked Wednesday with <b>Papa’s Angels Charters</b>, Capt. Joe said. He couldn’t remember the last time that many keepers were caught in a day, and hardly any throwbacks, maybe four, bit the entire trip. And the trip, with Glenn Ferrara and five other anglers, lasted 8 hours. The keepers were sizeable, too, including two that topped 6 pounds. Joe wasn’t telling where the outing fished. Joe and the boat’s mate took a crew trip Tuesday, reeling in six keeper fluke to 21 inches. Space is available on an 8-hour open-boat trip for fluke on Sunday, Fathers’ Day, probably leaving at 6 a.m. Open trips are available 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily when no charter is booked. Call to reserve.

<b>Atlantic Highlands</b>

Striped bass were clammed on the ocean Wednesday, but few trips sailed this week, because of weather, said Jimmy from <b>Julian’s Bait & Tackle</b>. Stripers were boated on livelined bunker and chunked bunker on the ocean when trips could sail. The fish were chunked early in mornings. Surf casters plugged stripers at night. Lots of blues swarmed the ocean, surf and Raritan Bay. Fluke fishing was good. So was fishing for sea bass and ling, the last time boaters had the weather to run to the grounds. In the rivers, fluke and small blues were tugged in. All baits are fully stocked.

Too few anglers showed up for Tuesday’s fluke trip to sail, Capt. Ron from the party boat <b>Fishermen</b> said in a report on the vessel’s Web site. Forecasts looked rough for Wednesday, so that trip was cancelled beforehand. That was the most recent report posted on the site. But the Fishermen is sailing for fluke 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily and 3:30 to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. However, the boat is chartered this Friday morning.

Both of Monday’s fluke trips sailed on the party boat <b>Atlantic Star</b>, Capt. Tom said. The fishing was a slow pick. Tuesday morning’s trip got out with only a few anglers, and action with shorts was better than on the previous day, and not as many keepers were caught as would be liked. But a few fish were bagged, and, again, only a few anglers sailed. Tuesday afternoon’s trip stayed in the slip. Wednesday’s trips served up the best fluking among the days. A handful of anglers arrived for Wednesday morning’s trip, and Tom was surprised, considering the weather. So the boat was headed out. One angler bagged four fluke, and a couple bagged two, and a couple landed no keepers. Not so bad, “considering everything,” Tom said. The fishing was better on Wednesday afternoon’s trip. One angler limited out on five fluke, and his wife bagged one. Another bagged four, and some anglers bagged two or one, or none. Short action was slower than on the previous day, but more keepers were taken. “So, hard to say how it’ll go,” Tom said. The day’s trips fished on Raritan Bay, not at Flynn’s Knoll or the ocean, because of easterly winds. Being able to fish the bay was fortunate, and the bay was comfortable. Rains, not heavy, fell, and winds blew, on Wednesday. But anglers put on rain gear, and all kept fishing. No big fluke were caught on the outings. Probably a 4-pounder was biggest Wednesday, and a 3- or 3-1/2-pounder was Tuesday. Not many fluke were close to the 17-1/2-inch size limit. Many were 16 ½ or 17 inches or 18 inches or larger. One angler who fished a Spro bagged four fluke. Customers started using rigs with a Spro and a trailer, and that worked well. Gulps with spearing or Gulps with killies were fished on both. The two combos worked equally. The Atlantic Star is fishing for fluke twice daily 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 6 p.m.

<b>Highlands</b>

No trips sailed the last couple of days with <b>Fisher Price Charters</b>, because of weather, Capt. Derek said. But striped bass previously aboard were caught “halfway decent,” he said. The fish, hooked on live and chunked bunker on the ocean, weighed up to 40 pounds. Fishing was expected to be weathered out today on the boat, but Derek hoped to sail Friday. Charters are fishing, and the next open-boat trip is set to bucktail for fluke Sunday. Call to climb aboard or to be kept informed about the future open schedule.

<b>Neptune</b>

Fishing was weathered out with <b>Last Lady Fishing Charters</b>, Capt. Ralph said. The schedule’s been changed for individual-reservation trips for fluke and sea bass, originally supposed to fish every Wednesday. The trips will run this Tuesday and on Wednesday, June 27, and on every Tuesday afterward. Fluke and sea bass catches were solid lately. Striped bass were decked aboard recently on the ocean, when bluefish could be gotten through. Sharking’s been good, and a few dates remain for shark charters. All the shark tournaments are booked.

<b>Belmar</b>

Though the party boat <b>Big Mohawk</b> was tied up because of weather the last couple of days, fluke fishing was good aboard from the ocean when trips could sail, Capt. Chris said. Many anglers limited out, and sizeable fluke 7 pounds to 8 ½ pounds were in the mix during the weekend. Jigs with Gulps caught best, and an occasional sea bass was hooked, not many. Trips concentrated on fluke. Evening striped bass trips will continue on certain days, if the weather allows. The last striper trip was super. The Big Mohawk is fishing for fluke 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.  Dates for evening striper trips are announced on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BigMohawkPartyBoat" target="_blank">Big Mohawk’s Facebook page</a>. Or call for the schedule.

The party boat <b>Miss Belmar Princess</b> last fished on Tuesday, and was docked since then, including today, because of weather, Karin said. The trip pounded blues, lots, to a 16-pounder, on the ocean. The fishing’s been like that. The party boat <b>Tropical Adventure</b>, the company’s other vessel, last fished over the weekend. Good catches of 3- and 4-pound fluke were axed. The Miss Belmar Princess if sailing for bluefish 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. daily. The Tropical Adventure is fishing for fluke and sea bass 7:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

At the beginning of the week striped bass fishing was great aboard the ocean, said Capt. Pete from <b>Parker Pete’s Fishing Charters</b>. All anglers limited out on the bass to 38 pounds on a trip Monday morning. Then the weather became rough, and the fishing was tough on a trip that afternoon. Boaters who sailed in weather Tuesday caught some stripers. But lots of trips were rescheduled since the weather. Still, lots of large stripers were around, and time should remain for the fishing. Plenty of blues and bunker swam the waters. If anglers sailed north, all the blues they could want could be fought. Parker Pete’s is also fishing for fluke and sea bass, and sails for all species available. Charters and open-boat trips are running. For availability on the open trips, see <a href="http://parkerpetefishing.com/belmar-fishing-trips/open-boat-trips" target="_blank">Parker Pete’s open-boat page</a> online, and sign up for the e-mailed newsletter on the site. Dates are announced in both places.

Fishing was good, despite weather, said Bob from <b>Fisherman’s Den</b> in an e-mail. Shark River’s fluke catches were better than expected, considering the conditions. Plus, surf fishing took off, producing large stripers, and ocean boaters kept decking the bass. First, the fluking. The shop’s rental boaters, fluke fishing on the river, beat “a lot of nice fish,” Bob said. An 8-pound 5-ouncer was caught that was the biggest weighed in this season. Crews from a couple of Belmar party boats “reported limit catches (of fluke),” Bob said, when trips had weather to sail. In the surf, large stripers were beached from Belmar to Long Branch. Ray Soyka from Asbury Park Fishing Club hammered two stripers 45 and 42 pounds from the surf. Mel Martens from the club whacked a 33-pounder and a 32-pounder from the suds. Many other large bass were banked. Popper lures and bunker snagged then livelined caught them. Ocean boaters scored great fishing for stripers. Some of the fish weighed more than 50 pounds.

<b>Point Pleasant Beach</b>

Striped bass, lots, were bailed through the week, said Chuck from <b>Gates Bait & Tackle</b>. Boaters pummeled the fish to 50 pounds from Seaside to Shrewsbury Rocks. Surf anglers whaled the bass to 50 pounds, on clams and fresh bunker. Bluefish went crazy from the surf to Manasquan Inlet. Blues also swam Point Pleasant Canal. Fluke fishing was spotty on the ocean but probably improving. Fluking was also spotty at the inlet. But sometimes good-sized fluke like 22 and 24 inches were heaved from the inlet. <b>***THIS TACKLE SHOP IS FOR SALE! CALL: 732-899-5760.***</b>

Fishing for fluke was slow aboard the ocean so far today, Capt. Bob from the party boat <b>Gambler</b> said in a phone call at 10:30 a.m. on the trip. Waters were riled from the blow that kept the vessel docked the last couple of days. But surely things will settle within a day or so, and the fluking should be good at least by the weekend. Fishing was excellent on Saturday night’s bluefishing trip at the Monster Ledge, 20 miles from shore. All the 6- to 12-pounders anglers could want got bombed. Angling was also very good on Sunday night’s wreck-fishing trip. The high hook probably drilled 20 ling, and the trip’s ling were big. Anglers who jigged for squid really beat them up. One who fished for squid the whole outing totaled 90. Another who jigged half the night creamed 30 squid. “Really cool,” Bob said. The Gambler is fishing for fluke 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily. The boat is sailing 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. for blues and striped bass Fridays and Saturdays and for wreck fishing Thursdays and Sundays.

Sea bass and ling were scooped aboard the party boat <b>Dauntless</b>, Capt. Butch said. Occasional cod were clocked. Anglers averaged 15 to 30 fish, and on some days, sea bassing was okay, and on others, ling fishing was better. On others, a 50/50 mix was caught. But the fishing was decent, and some of the fish were sizeable. On some days quite a few sea bass were throwbacks, but good-sized ones were in the mix. A 12-pound cod was decked Wednesday. Trips fished shallow in 60 to 90 feet. Waters were 58 degrees on cloudier days, like in weather this week, and 64 on sunny days with no winds. Butch likes the waters cool, and hopes the ocean stays cooler as long as possible. That helps with the bottom fishing. When waters warm, ling move deeper, and anglers might have to contend with dogfish there. But maybe the dogs will depart when that happens. Also when waters warm, smaller sea bass become abundant. The Dauntless is bottom fishing 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily. Bluefish trips this weekend will begin to run 7:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and will sail daily starting the Fourth of July.

<b>Andrea’s Toy Charters</b> began to push out to the blue waters on mixed-bag trips, Capt. Fred said. The fishing, a specialty aboard, stayed in port during the weather in the last days. But two trips, covered in the last report, launched the angling for the season previously. One trip clocked three large stripers to 35 pounds, then shark fished, landing and releasing three blue sharks among five bites. The other charter, leaving port late in the morning, because of the charter’s work schedule, arrived at the bluefin tuna grounds after the bite had already happened on other vessels. But Andrea’s Toy trolled false albacore there. Then the anglers gave wreck-fishing a try, pumping in ling and a good-sized cod. Then the trip shark fished, hooking a dozen to 8 feet. Annual, open-boat, mixed-bag trips offshore will begin shortly. The trips fish for catches like sharks, bluefin tuna, cod and pollock in one day. Later the open trips will steam all the way offshore to the canyons, when tuna fishing heats up there. Catches then can include yellowfin tuna, mahi mahi, sharks, swordfish, tilefish and more. Andrea’s Toy specializes in mixed-bag fishing for greater fun, better chances of hooking up and more variety for dinner. Andrea’s Toy will run striper charters a moment longer this season. See videos of bluefin tuna fishing and canyon tuna, mahi and tile fishing on <a href="http://www.andreastoycharters.com" target="_blank">Andrea’s Toy’s home page</a>.

<b>Toms River</b>

A few fluke and some blues were toggled in from Barnegat Bay off the Forked River power plant, said Jeff from <b>Murphy’s Hook House</b>. Blues and a few striped bass were kayaked and small-boated at the Route 37 Bridge on the bay at night, mostly on top-water lures. Blowfish were sometimes lifted from the bay at the BI and BB markers. So were a few fluke. Nothing was heard about stripers caught along the sod banks of the bay along Island Beach State Park in a couple of weeks. But weather was rough. Good catches of stripers were reportedly boated on the ocean. Surf anglers beached one or two small stripers at times, mostly on clams. Crabbing was excellent, including on Toms River at Island Heights. Fresh clams, fresh bunker, killies, eels and all the baits are stocked.

<b>Seaside Heights</b>

In the surf, fishing was mostly slow, but occasional striped bass and blues were picked on clams and bunker, said John from <b>The Dock Outfitters</b>. Nothing was heard from ocean boaters or kayakers. Blues 1 to 3 pounds schooled Barnegat Bay, swiping popper plugs or metal. A few fluke were bagged from the bay. A slow pick. Crabbing was good from the shop’s rental boats and docks. Rental boaters nabbed one to three dozen keepers, depending on experience.

<b>Barnegat Light</b>

After great fishing for blues aboard the ocean in previous days, the catches slowed starting Monday, according to a report on the party boat <b>Miss Barnegat Light</b>’s Web site. Anglers aboard that day still caught two to ten blues apiece, though. No trip was scheduled to sail Tuesday, and weather was nasty on Wednesday’s trip. Not too many bluefish bit. Today’s trip was weathered out, and Friday’s trip will probably be scrubbed because of 20-knot winds from the northeast. But trips will probably resume Friday night. Anglers can check with the boat. The Miss Barnegat Light is bluefishing 8 a.m. daily and 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.  

Bluefishing was very good aboard the ocean through Monday, said Capt. Ted from the <b>Super Chic</b>. The 7- to 12-pounders were both jigged and baited 7 to 11 miles from shore. Then the fishing became terrible on a trip Tuesday, and seas weren’t awful yet in the weather, were fishable. Fishing aboard this Friday had to be rescheduled because of forecasts, but trips are expected to resume Saturday. Daytime and nighttime charters mostly bluefished recently. But charters are also bottom fishing. Mostly sea bass were winged on bottom trips recently. A few ling came in, and a few out-of-season blackfish were let go. Sea bassing was very good but somewhat slowed now, maybe because the fish were spawning. The fish were filled with roe before, and the catches will probably pick back up. Fluke fishing aboard usually begins in mid July. Dates remain for tuna charters starting in late June and July. Shark fishing is available, and friends scored decent sharking the last week to 10 days. Up to 25 passengers can fish inshore and up to 10 can fish on overnight, offshore charters on the 56-foot boat.  See <a href="http://www.superchiccharters.com/" target="_blank">Super Chic’s Web site</a>. Call: 609-709-1686.

<b>Barnegat</b>

From an edited e-mail from Capt. Dave DeGennaro from the <b>Hi Flier</b>: “East winds and rough seas got you down? You can still go fishing! The forecast is for gorgeous weather, but heavy wind and big seas through the weekend. Barnegat Bay is alive with fluke (flounder), bluefish and a mixed bag of species. I ordered a flat of sandworms, some live shedder crabs, a sleeve of clams and a bucket of Gulp! The plan is to drift the channels and jig for fluke with Gulp. Cast poppers and top-water lures on the shallow flats for bluefish. Anchor up on the west side of the bay and chum for blowfish. While at anchor we can use the shedder crab baits for weakfish, kingfish, puppy drum and an assortment of species that call the area home. We can also drift the channels and behind the sedge islands with the sandworms for short stripers, fluke or weakfish. Do I have any weakfish or kingfish reports? No, but the water temp and clarity are good. The ocean is a mess in this heavy easterly. The weather is going to be clear, with a cool sea breeze providing a good drift. With this five-sided plan, we are likely to bend the rods with some action, and usually some surprises. The gear is light spinning rods, 6- to 10-pound test.  We will be sailing open-boat bay trips Friday from 1 PM to 7 PM, Saturday from 2 PM to 8 PM and Sunday from 6AM to Noon and 1 PM to 7 PM. Limited to four people. Charters also available. Reservations are required. Call to reserve or for more info.  Here’s a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN9pa5X1DvM" target="_blank">clip of some short stripers</a> we caught on light tackle two weeks ago. We will resume running open-boat and charter for the ongoing liveline bunker and trophy striper fishery as soon as the sea condition subsides. Don't get caught sleeping. We should have two to three solid weeks of big bass on bunker. Pick a date before it passes by. You'll have to wait until next May for the really big fish again.”

<b>Surf City</b>

A 44-pound striped bass was eased in from the surf today, said Joe from <b>Surf City Bait & Tackle</b>. But not a lot of stripers came from the surf, and early mornings, like 1 or 3 a.m., probably gave the best chance for a catch. A few cocktail blues 5 or 7 pounds dipped into the surf at moments. They were few and far between otherwise. The same-sized blues swam Barnegat Inlet more frequently. Fluke held in the surf, and sometimes an angler lucked into a keeper. Joe fishes for them with a 4-inch, white swimming mullet on a fluke rig. Chartreuse and pink were other popular colors, and other anglers impaled them on a jig-and-teaser rig. Cownosed rays were around in the surf. Fresh clams and fresh bunker are usually stocked. All the frozen baits are on hand. Keep up with the 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>Mystic Island</b>

Will take several tides for waters to clear from rains and flooding, said Scott from <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b>. Good fishing for summer flounder was boated from Great Bay through Monday, before the weather. Most came from the Intracoastal Waterway, and as many as five  keepers per trip were heard about. Scott hopes the fishing will resume after a half-dozen tides. Nothing was heard about bluefish on the bay. Whether that was because blues departed or nobody fished for them was unknown. Nothing was heard about weakfish and white perch, and striped bass fishing dried up in Mullica River. Flounder and crabs were the news, and crabbing was great. Lots of blueclaws, including huge ones, were trapped, like in September, apparently because of the warm winter. Though rains stopped, northeast winds were now forecast to continue. That’ll probably prevent fishing the ocean, like for sea bass. But sea bassing previously was good in 70 feet or deeper. Fresh, shucked clams, minnows, bloodworms, live grass shrimp and more baits are stocked.

<b>Absecon</b>

Back-bay fishing crushed summer flounder, fantastic catches, during the weekend, said Capt. Dave from <b>Absecon Bay Sportsman Center</b>. Then winds blew starting Monday, and not much was heard about the angling afterward. But the fish surely remained in the bay, and were still migrating to the waters, and the weekend’s weather looks a little better at least. Dave and Eian Donati competed in the Jersey Coast Anglers Association fluke tournament Saturday, and the fishing was very good. They came in fourth place for the port with a 4-1/4-pound flounder. A 4.9-pounder won first place. Dave and Eian slammed a good number of keepers, releasing many legal-sized ones, looking for the big one. They caught in very shallow waters, all the way at the ends of sloughs. Blues swam the bay, and were seen on Dave and Eian’s trip. Weakfish were around in the bay, and few anglers targeted them in the one-weakfish bag limit. Flounder anglers hooked weaks, not a load. Ocean boaters ran into big striped bass on bunker off Brigantine on Sunday. That was the first Dave heard about big stripers along the beach this season. Then winds came up. A few stripers were probably landed in the surf then. Curt, a white perch angler, who works at the shop, fished for the slabs. The angling was supposedly very good on Mullica River. A few perch were angled from Absecon Creek, when angler tried to escape winds. Crabbing was excellent. Take dad crabbing for Fathers’ Day and ensure dinner. Decent-sized, live spots might be available at the shop Friday afternoon, from a supplier who supposedly had them. A few stripers could probably still be live baited in the bay, and stripers were taken from the bay at night. Small spots were seen locally in the minnow traps and were probably about the size that could be used for flounder. Fresh clams are stocked. Fresh bunker were on hand last weekend, and were currently scarce, because of weather keeping them from being caught. Shedder crabs, not a lot, but some, are stocked, and so are minnows and the full supply of other baits.

<b>Brigantine</b>

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<b>Margate</b>

Back-bay summer flounder fishing still churned up a few of the catches in the northeast winds and stirred up waters since Tuesday on the party boat <b>Keeper</b>, Capt. John said. The angling should pick back up as waters clear and the weather calms in the next days. Mackerel and Gulps caught best, and minnows caught. Minnows usually begin to catch more as waters warm. Mackerel and minnows are provided on trips. Bluefish were seen schooling the shallow flats. Sometimes when they school deeper, trips catch them. The Keeper is fishing for summer flounder 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The fare is only $25 per adult, $20 for seniors and $16 for kids.

<b>Ocean City</b>

In the back bay, fluke fishing was decent, not very good, not bad, said Phil from <b>Fin-Atics</b>. The fish gathered in shallows 12 feet or less, and a few were beached from the surf. Occasional striped bass were hooked from the surf on clams or lures. Good numbers of kingfish were bloodwormed from the surf. Stripers were clammed from the bay or plugged along the sod banks. Not many bluefish were heard about from the bay or anywhere. One customer checked in three blues to 13 pounds he chanced into on the open ocean, not any of the ridges or structure, during the weekend. Weather mostly kept boaters from fishing the ocean during the week. A few shark fished during the week, but nothing was heard about results. During the weekend, in good weather, mako and blue sharks were wrestled at 28-mile wreck, and a few yellowfin tuna and mahi mahi were reported trolled at Baltimore Canyon. Nothing was heard about bluefin tuna.

<b>Sea Isle City</b>

Weather kept trips from fishing since the weekend, said Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b> and <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. But tuna fishing got underway with him on two trips Saturday and Sunday, covered in the last report. Good catches of yellowfin tuna were trolled at Spencer Canyon. When Jersey Cape last fished the back bay, striped bass fishing was good on popper lures and flies, a specialty aboard. Bluefish were also around in the bay that could be poppered. Summer flounder fishing was fine on the bay on the boat. Weakfish could be hooked on the bay, if anglers knew where to look. Take an after-work trip on the bay, fishing 4:30 p.m. to dark, a convenient, productive time. Jersey Cape soon will fish for brown and dusky sharks, catching and releasing them, close to shore. The fishing, usually in July and August, is a chance to fight large fish, 20 to 100 pounds, on a trip 7 to 12 miles from the coast.  That’s instead of the long trek offshore. Keep up with Joe’s fishing on <a href="http://captainjoehughes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jersey Cape’s blog</a>.

<b>Wildwood</b>

Not a lot of fishing happened in weather the last two or three days, said Mike from <b>Canal Side Boat Rentals</b>. But summer flounder, strong catches, were clubbed on the back bay during the weekend. Anglers caught well in a tournament then, and some good-sized flounder 2 and 3 pounds were pelted. No bluefish were seen in the last days, but nobody really fished. The season was early for crabbing the bay on the rental boats. But crabs were trapped in pots along private docks, and the catches showed no signs of letting up. The rental boats are available, and a large supply of baits is stocked. Big minnows, from the South, are $5 a pint, the best price on the island, Mike said in a previous report. Baits also include Gulps, shedder crabs, frozen, chopped shedders in brine, all the different squids, including colored and scented squid strips, tube squid and trolling squid, and frozen herring, whole mackerel, mackerel fillets and salted clams in quarts and pints. Crabs for eating will arrive for the season when available. Check out <a href="http://www.canalsideboatrentals.com" target="_blank">Canal Side’s Web site</a>.

<b>Cape May</b>

Weather kept trips aboard tied to the cleats the past couple of days, but good-sized fluke were pulled in around the boat Sunday and Monday from the ocean, said Capt. Paul from the <b>Porgy IV</b>. Decent-sized crowds climbed aboard the party boat trips, so a couple of dozen keepers were grabbed in an outing. Nobody limited out, but one angler bagged four, and another bagged three. John Cosenza, Philadelphia, totaled three keepers to 5 pounds. George Fecik, Philly, boxed two keepers to 6 pounds, splitting the pool with Phil Bradley, Downington, Pa., whose 6-pounder was his one keeper. Flounder fishing was slow aboard Friday and Saturday, the first trips the boat flounder fished, after sea bass fishing previously. But the catches became better Sunday and Monday. Then winds and rains kept trips from fishing. A few sea bass, no numbers, were mixed in on the flounder trips. Winds 20 knots are supposed to blow through Sunday, and that might make flounder fishing difficult. But the crew plans to sail for flounder. Forecasts on the evening news might sound good, but marine forecasts might be different. If anglers are concerned, check the marine forecast. Whether the weather, in past days, and coming up, will affect flounder fishing, after the better angling Sunday and Monday, will be seen. “Now that the deck’s been shuffled,” Paul said. The Porgy IV is fishing for summer flounder 8 a.m. daily.

Lots of sea bass were socked on the ocean Saturday on the <b>Heavy Hitter</b>, Capt. George said. Most were 12 to 14 inches, and a few were 16 to 18, and lots of throwbacks were sorted through. The trip, with Anthony Metea’s charter, fished 30 miles off the coast. The Heavy Hitter will keep sea bass fishing, and is sailing for tuna, and call if interested. One of the mates from the boat fished for tuna Sunday on a trip that pasted yellowfins at Spencer Canyon on the troll. Fifteen were bagged, and others were missed, and sometimes five jumped on hooks at once. Trips around the time caught yellowfins from Spencer to Wilmington canyons. A few summer flounder caught were heard about from Delaware Bay and the Old Grounds in the ocean. Flounder fishing usually begins to pick up by late June, and the boat will fish for them.

The surf held weakfish from the 2nd Avenue jetty to Higbee’s Beach, said Nick from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b>.  Fish bloodworms under a bobber or lightweight bucktails with pink Fin-S Fish or Gulp Mullets. The Gulps offered a better chance to hook summer flounder that sometimes hit there. A few striped bass were managed from the surf, and early mornings, dusk and cloudy days were probably best. Flounder fishing was good on the back bay. Boaters scored well on flounder and sea bass at the Old Grounds and Reef 11. Flounder were plucked from Delaware Bay at Brown Shoal and Brandywine. Some fished for flounder far up the bay at Fortescue, finding not a lot of the fish, but good-sized ones. One trip came back with six keepers to 25 inches. Tuna were gaffed offshore during the weekend, but weather prevented the trips since then. Bloodworms, minnows and frozen baits are stocked. The weather will keep baits like fresh clams from being carried this weekend.

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