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I didn't have to wait for fishing reports after a day of southeast winds up to gale force plus rain. The forecast for the next few days is fine, but surfcasters will probably face a rough, dirty surf that should clean up with a couple of tide changes. The northwest wind predicted for Wednesday should also help. It will be a new ball game after the storm, but once the bottom settles there should be a return to good porgy, sea bass and tautog fishing.  The exceptional run of jumbo blues to over 20 pounds should also continue. Check with skippers before coming down tomorrow. Hopefully, the bunker schools spread all along the Shore before the storm will still be there and attract more big stripers than was the case last weekend. We should also see the first of the migrating stripers and blues -- while warm waters should hold the little tunny that were just starting to cooperate. Valerie Klimas of Scotch Plains was one of the few successful striper anglers as she and her husband Bill fished Sunday with Shimano rep Doug Rusch on Fin Fun from Brielle to get into a 47-incher off Ocean County on a live bunker. That fish had nothing in it and weighed just under 38 pounds.  Capt. Chris De Stefano of Wall reported that Frank Criscola ended up trolling to the south in 50 feet on Monday afternoon with his Crisdel from Brielle Yacht Club to boat their only bass of the day -- a 41-pounder. De Stefano said the two bunker explosions I saw Saturday off Deal might not have been caused by stripers as thresher sharks have been reported in that area. Frank Huza of Aberdeen took the long walk up Sandy Hook to the tip on Sunday, and saw a 34-inch striper caught on a Crystal Minnow along North Beach at first light. He then shared the tip with 44 of his "closest friends", but managed to land a little tunny. A fly fishermen caught two tunny that were feeding on half-inch rainfish. Allen Riley of South Plainfield found perfect surf conditions Monday morning at Sandy Hook, but there were no fish taking advantage of them. Joe Melillo had plenty of surf action Monday morning at Mantoloking as he cast for one school striper and lost another from among the small blues and hickory shad hitting his teaser. He also saw another angler release about a 6-pound red drum that hit a Deadly Dick. Melillo noted that the blues were bigger than snappers, but smaller than cocktails. Clams have been hard to come by lately, but Melillo has them in stock for sea bass fishermen at his Castaways Tackle in Point Pleasant.  The Jamaica from Brielle is continuing to pursue canyon tuna when possible. Friday's trip produced several albacore plus a boat limit of three bluefin tuna caught inshore of the canyon. The previous Monday's sailing was highlighted by a couple of swordfish up to Ron Turick's 150-pounder. There were also two albacore plus the boat limit of three bluefins and some releases of the latter. The Jamaica II added sea bass to the species producing good action on wrecks.-- including porgies and even an occasional cod. Capt. Ryan Bogan is running 14-hour sea bass trips every day this week. Mark Roy of Warren ran his Release Me from Raritan Marina in Hazet out to Chicken Canyon on Sunday where he trolled a bluefin of about 45 pounds and lost two others. Bob Matthews, at Fisherman's Den in Belmar, noted the sea bass catches made by bottom boats during Sunday's opener, as well as some large stripers trolled and small ones in the surf

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