Tuna fishing holding up

Offshore tuna trolling and jigging for yellowfins and bigeyes except for the night yellowfin chunking . Scott Cusick reported getting a big surprise at night when a whale shark put on a show. That huge fish is a harmless plankton feeder.

The N.J. fluke season closes Thursday night. The Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands switches to bottom fishing on Friday, but is chartered Saturday,

****The marine forecast in NY/NJ Bight is for southwest winds at 10 knots which shifts to southeast in the afternoon.

Paul Haertel of the JCAA put Joseph Albanese into a 7.45-pound fluke in the Barnegat Inlet area.

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