Crazy Alberto Knie finds peacock bass close to home

Peacock bass have become very common in Florida, but most of them are concentrated on the east coast. Yet, Crazy Alberto Knie didn’t have to make a three-hour drive from Fort Myers in order to find some for a 4:30 p.m. trip yesterday. It didn’t take long for us to release a half-dozen by casting shiners in a very urban lake where there was no competition except for a water skier.

Congratulations to Capt. John Contello and Matt Calabria on Just Sayin Sportfishing on releasing a 53-inch 51-pound striper in NY/NJ Bight.

The forecast there is for west winds at 10-15 knots plus gusts to 20.

The Queen Mary from Point Pleasant had a boat limit of blues that hit mostly after 10 a.m.

Betty & Nick’s in Seaside Park reports surfcasters catching stripers on fresh clam baits.