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I haven't had many bluefin tuna reports, so I accompanied Capt. Lou Grazioso and Chris Schmidt on Bob Chervanak's Lady Dorado from Key Haven Marina in Waretown on a trolling trip with Lady Dorado -- a 32-foot Scout center console. After hearing poor reports from Chicken Canyon, Grazioso trolled south along the 30-fathom line and came across a 54-inch, 100-pound bluefin that hit his squid daisy chain as the owner celebrated his first large tuna on the new boat. Bluefish boats are happy that the pee-wees returned today along with a few bonito. The Jamaica from Brielle reported they weren't far from port. Bruce Vitale from Piscataway fished for fluke today with Steven Failla as they found nothing at the TC Buoy before working the N.Y. end of Ambrose on the edges for eight keeper fluke up to 5 pounds. Capt. Dave DeGennaro of Hi-Flier at Barnegat reports "We've  been catching a lot of fluke in the bay. Oyster Creek and Double Creek. Jigging leadheads and Gulp! Mostly under the 18" minimum but there are enough 18 to 23 inch fish in the mix to make it interesting. The blues make an appearance on almost every trip. Two to three pounders, big enough to rip drag off of the 10 pound spinning gear. Some days they are in the inlet and more recently right in Oyster Creek Channel. A lot of bird play has been giving up their whereabouts. We have been throwing surface lures like poppers so every attack is visual.  I've tried three separate shrimping efforts in the last two weeks and I have not been able to buy a weakfish. That won't deter us from trying again this weekend. No blowfish or kingfish yet for us either but it should be any minute."

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