Bluefin jigging holding up

N,Y.C, Capt. John Mc Murray reports “Man this fall does NOT disappoint (ahem, so far). Been doing this stuff for a couple decades now, and while yeah, I admittedly have a tendency to overexaggerate, when ya consider both quantity and quality, this may be the best bluefin run we’ve had, least that I can remember. I mean, the abundance of 60 to 70” fish is extraordinary, and just when ya think that maybe they left, well, ya find out that they just shifted a bit. And, for one reason or another, they are particularly fat. I mean, like, REALLY wide fish. Are there bigger and smaller fish around? Yeah, but trust me when I tell ya that ya don’t really wanna do the jig/pop thing with bigger ones. I mean, it might be fun for the first 30 minutes. After that tho? Well, you decide. Anyway we’re gonna keep go’n into the season till we can’t anymore. Knocking on wood, but these fish don’t seem to be going anywhere. I mean, stripers are fun but… ONE MORE CAST CHARTERS/ NYCTUNA.COM Fish Uvt

A small craft advisory is up from 10 p.m. to Saturday morning. The forecast for Saturday is for west winds at 15-20 knots and gusts to 25 before going northwest at 10 in the afternoon.

Vinny D’Anton says the northern N.J. surf has cleared up and settled down. He saw mullet his morning and there were blues up to 10 pounds in them that hit surface lures.