Boaters had to work for stripers today

The Golden Eagle from Belmar reported as follows: “There were a few drifts in the morning where we picked away at the STRIPED BASS and then it slowed down until midday.

The BASS came up on top in the bait at the end of the day. We picked a couple per drift and had action at times but they were hard to catch.“

The weather looks good tomorrow, and they’ll be out for the early bite

.The Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands got into mostly smaller stripers as everyone went home with fish. A switch to using shads helped today.

Vinny D’Anton got into a brief showing of stripers in the Lavallette surf that produced one on a lure before he had to switch to his circle hook snag rig to get another before the bass moved back over the bar where peanut bunkers were thick.

This 91-pound cod was caught recently in Norway.