With the big offshore swells out of the way, fall surfcasting should be turning on for the local stripers, though water temperatures in the seventies will surely hold back the migratory run from the east. After catching a 21-inch striper in Shark River this morning, Vinny D'Anton checked several beaches without seeing anything except some little tunny off Spring Lake that were far beyond casting range. Yet. Tommy Cox fished the surf further north and beached the only hit he had on a popper -- a striper over 28 inches. At Seaside Park, Grumpy's Tackle reports some small bass are being caught in the surf on shads along with small blues on bait -- while big blues are hitting off local docks on bunker. Green crabs are producing blackfish at the Barnegat Inlet jetty. Betty & Nicks had a report of small blues caught in the surf on Hogy Epoxy jigs. Stripers are usually a possibility at night in Point Pleasant Canal. Bob Matthews proved that by weighing a 9-pounder at Castaways Tackle in Point Pleasant for a club contest. That bass was caught on a jig last night, and other anglers are hooking some on live eels which are available at Castaways and at Matthews' Fisherman's Den in Belmar Marina.  Matthews noted that legal-sized porgies are being caught on sandworms from the L St. Pier in Belmar. Big blues are also in the canal. I couldn't get a hit while casting there this morning, but I saw Joe Melillo, Jr. land a blue of about 6 to 7 pounds on a Tsunami Shad in the bunker color -- and fight another of 14-15 pounds to the wall before it broke his 50-pound leader as he tried to lift it. Capt. Joe Massa joined Jim Peters of Manalapan on his Century 32 at Morgan Marina for live eel fishing in the Hudson River that produced six legal stripers including Massa's 28-pounder. They then attempted to add blackfish to the catch by running south to Shrewsbury Rocks and Elberon. They no sooner got there than the north wind started howling. The trip back into 4-foot seas was no fun. The Golden Eagle from Belmar had a pick of blues and little tunny today on Run-Off Hammer jigs, but a fast drift held that fishing well below yesterday's standard. Capt. Stan Zagleski continues running his basically catch & release blackfish trips on his Elaine B. II from Bahrs in Highlands. Everyone catches the one legal tog presently allowed. Green crabs do the job, and no one aboard on Friday even bothered to fish with clam. A rare porcupinefish was also caught.