Record pomfret weighed in

There isn’t much information about it so far, but one of the oddest fish species has been caught off N.C. in world record size.

There’s only two ways for people to turn when a fish photo is shot, and it usually seems to be away from the sun. Yet, in this case there shouldn’t be any problem identifying the unusual pomfret. This one was weighed in at Chasin Tails Bait & Tackle in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. It weighed 26.7 pounds — well above the present record of 20 pounds, 10 ounces from Florida. I assume that was a canyon catch from great depths.

Andreas Toy from Perth Amboy reported a slow start on Raritan Bay stripers this morning before everything changed as live bunkers did the job.

The forecast is for just 5 knots east before going southeast in the afternoon.