It’s all over in Atlantic City but the shouting by those currently receiving checks for their winnings. Hopefully, there will be more specific info about who won what after that.

The one thing we can be sure about is that canyon fishing was terrible this week despite fishable weather throughout. The tournament listed the species count as 13 blue marlin, 24 white marlin, one sailfish, two bigeye tuna, 16 yellowfin tuna, nine dolphin and three wahoo. The 80-boat fleet fished three days for a total of 240 fishing days without being able to average even a fish per day. After there was a sign of life Thursday, the last day turned out to be another flop despite all the money on the line. What went wrong?

Calm weather continues as the Sunday forecast is for north at 5 knots before shifting to south in the afternoon.

Bruce Casagrande caught this 8-pound, 10-ounce fluke last week on the Jamaica II from Brielle.

One of several large fluke on Capt. Ralph Leyrer’s Last Lady from Belmar.

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