An update from FRN:

Catches were good on most of the twice-daily fluke trips on the party boat Gambler, Point Pleasant, between catches of fluke and sea bass, Capt. Bob said. Sea bass helped spice up catches, helped anglers bring fish home. Sometimes drifts that were too fast or too slow hampered angling. But drifts were right on Friday's trips, and some sizeable fish came in. Five-pound fish, sometimes 6-pounders, won pools on most days. On Friday morning's trip Ralph Rezura, Bricktown, landed two keeper fluke, both about 4 pounds. Plus he racked up a few sea bass.

On the boat's bluefish trip's, catches of the big slammers slowed, and the fish were probably spawning, and that shouldn't last much longer, Bob thought. But a body of smaller, 2-pound blues that weren't spawning were around, and should be able to fill in gaps, until the bigger blues come off the spawn, Bob figured.

On the vessel's trips for ling, sea bass, cod and squid, some big ling to 4 ½ pounds were looted, and most patrons grabbed 10 to 15 large ling. Plus they caught other fish. Anglers who tried for squid were able to jig a few. On the trip Sunday night, Matt Brown, Scranton, hooked 12 ling, a cod and seven squid, and J.R. Helberg, Summit, decked eight ling, three sea bass, a cod, an 8-pound blue and 10 squid. Squid on the trips were caught on 3- or 4-inch squid jigs.

Fluke trips are sailing twice daily 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Bluefish trips are running 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Trips for ling, sea bass, cod and squid are fishing 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Sundays and Mondays. Canyon tuna trips will begin in mid September.