Lee has passed — and the fluke are still here!

Capt. Ron Santee wasn’t sure what he would see with a big swell predicted, but when he got out to the deep waters which have been producing the best fluking of the season there was no problem with the long swells in gin clear 69-degree waters as Phil set the pace with a 7-pound, 11- ounce fluke. He ended up catching a double limit plus 16 shorts. The Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands will be out there again tomorrow in a much nicer forecast of calming northwest winds at 5-10 knots before going southwest in the afternoon. The swell forecast is down to 3-5 feet,

The Queen Mary from Point Pleasant has been enjoying great bonito fishing this month, and they are sailing tomorrow. The best lure has been the 5-inch Tsunami Splitail.

Vinny D’Anton said he talked to a few Monmouth County surfcasters who didn’t catch anything this morning — but they did see some mullet. In addition, he had a report of lots of mullet in the surf at Breezy Point in N.Y.