Everything broke in our favor this weekend as the tropical storm moved offshore and left NOAA's weather service trying to figure out why their computers took so long to figure out what most casual observers could see was happening. Many people missed out on a beautiful Labor Day with sun and moderate winds due to the forecast yesterday evening that included gusts to 40 mph last night followed by gusts to 36 mph today. When I drove over to Point Pleasant Canal this morning, the flag was hanging limp on a high pole and there was a very nontropical slight chill before the sun got higher. Of course, the ocean remains rough -- but it was a perfect day for bay and river fishing. Unfortunately, small sea bass made short work of my sandworms, along with a couple of tiny toadfish in the canal. Most party boats already cancelled as far ahead as Tuesday, but all should be back in action by Wednesday. The Jamaica from Brielle is heading out to the canyons for tuna on Thursday at 7 a.m., and has some open spots. That also applies to canyon trips at 5 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. next Tuesday.  Call 732 528-5014 for reservations. Matt Slobodjian, at Jim's Tackle in Cape May, reports "Fluke fishing actually dropped off quite a bit this week on the reefs. It may possibly have been due to the building swell from all the storm activity off the coast. We did see a couple of nice fluke weighed in. Mary Coglin of Dennisville weighed in a 7.66 lb. fluke she caught at the Wildwood Reef. Max Triffon of Petersburg caught a 4.39 lb. fluke along the inlet jetty on a bucktail. The inshore troll bite held up well this week especially around the sea bass pots in the 20 mile range. Lyle Rutty and his son young Lyle fished the pots for a couple of hours Friday and put 6 nice dolphin in the boat and had a couple of bite offs. Pete Dillulo, Frank Hennigan and the crew of the "Three Petes" boated a 60 lb. wahoo trolling around Massey's Canyon earlier in the week. There have been good numbers of small blues in the rips for the boats trolling spoons and small lures. There were plenty of weakfish in the rips this week. Most are small, but some nicer ones started showing up the last few days. Offshore, the marlin bite is still very good. Hopefully this storm won't turn things off in the canyons and it may actually be good for the tuna fishing. The surf is giving up a few nicer weakfish. We are starting to see some 2-3 lb. fish being caught. The fluke are still at the Point, though mostly small. A few croakers and kings are still being caught there as well.