Black grouper of a lifetime!

This 70-pound black grouper was caught by Zachary D. Willis on a live pinfish at Big Rock before being weighed at Chasin Tails Tackle in Atlantic Beach. N.C.

John Bushell Jr. reports from Betty & Nick’s Tackle in Seaside Park that despite cabbage in Barnegat Inlet and too many boats, anglers have been doing better casting metal to blues there than in a rough surf.

Capt. Ron Santee only had to make one stop with his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands on Friday for good sea bass action plus some large ling.

Sunday’s weather looks ideal with a forecast of west winds at 10-15 knots.