There were no fishing reports today, but the blackfish and offshore sea bass boats should have good fishing conditions on Saturday with only light west winds predicted before gusty and very cold northwest winds return. The Golden Eagle from Belmar gave up on stripers some time ago, but looked forward to returning for the expected mackerel run at the end of December. Yet, as of today there have been no reports of anything but scattered mackerel. The winter run has been getting later over the years, and offshore water temperatures just dropped under 50 degrees in the last few days. Hopefully there will be a showing in January. Jim Jouro of Spring Lake was at Manasquan Inlet during the week when small stripers followed bait inside and were caught by anglers who could keep their reels turning in the bitter cold. However, they didn't show today. The Raritan Bay Anglers Club has scheduled their fishing flea market for Saturday February 3, 2018 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Ave., New Brunswick. For information visit www.raritanbayanglersclub.com.