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Capt. Mark DeBlasio has been catching huge numbers of school tuna since last week on overnighters with his Blue Runner from Point Pleasant. That continued on a long day trip this week. A couple of bigeyes have also been boated.

Capt. Ron Santee reports a better bite of sea bass along with some ling and a couple of large flounders on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands. That boat is chartered on Friday and Saturday.

Capt. Mark DeBlasio has been trolling huge numbers of school bluefins with his Blue Runner off northern N.J. A couple of bigeyes have also been boated.

Capt. Ron Santee is picking sea bass and adding ling on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands. That boat is chartered Friday and Satirday.

Sea bass are regularly marked in good quantities, but they don’t always hit. One day they may prefer jigs. while bait is better on other days. Ling may add to the catch.

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As noted here, my nephew, Bob Correll of Hutchinson Island, booked two days of snook fishing and invited me to join him. This rainmaker brought unpredicted downpours to bone dry Florida and the first day had to be cancelled. However, the next day was fishable with Capt. Chris Scott of Stuart. Working small live pilchards around nearby bridges produced a small dnook right away for Bob. A cooler was brought to the bow of the center console and this nealy 90-year old was able to enjoy fighting snook up to 27 inches while seated safely. My last catch was the only variety — a jack crevalle.

This is strictly a release fishery as Chris protects his local fishery.

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After a slow start, NJ sea bass fishing has become consistent. The Big Mohawk from Belmar had great jigging on May 27 that produced a limit for all 28 anglers!

Sunday starts well with NW winds at 5-10 knots before blowing in the afternoon.

The Golden Eagle from Belmar reports “We started with a couple of drifts inshore, but that bite didn’t last long, so we worked our way out east and kept moving until we found better life. From there, we managed to pick away on every drift. Some were better than others, but there was action to be had throughout the day.”

There even a few whiting and squid.

Capt Ron Santee went back to the area that produced sea bass yesterday, but it was slow there and the same at other spots. Some fares on the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands caught 5-6 sea bass.

It was another day with 56 degree water temperatures that produced dinner for all aboard the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands. Capt. Ron Santee said the best bet was an Avva 17 diamond jig tipped with a Gulp teaser. There’s more calm conditions coming up tomorrow.

Chuck Many made the bes of bad weather as follows”Friday forecast was for a hard East wind with building seas, well they got that right. Justin, Chris & I Decided to stay close, beat our way out about 2 miles and drifted in with east wind. Landed 10 Big Bass and lost just as many. Decided to call it before it went wind against tide, which probably was the right move.

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Capt. Ron Santee found blue 56 degree waters today with his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands as everyone went home with sea bass for dinner.

The forecast is for southwest winds at just 5-10 knots.

Chuck Many got a break from the weatherman before the weekend when a bad forecast turned out well. His crew ended up releasing 31 out of 45 big bass hooked. Ironically, there is little competition for these trophy fish as most charter boaters concentrate on smaller bass that may include much smaller keepers — or don’t want to invest in costly eels for bait.

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Northeast winds at 20-25 knots don’t bode well for weekend fishing.