Thunder during the early morning hours seemed to keep most anglers at home today, but the Jamaica from Brielle got up north only to find very slow bluefish jigging in the morning. There were also hardly any bunkers in sight, but that changed in the afternoon as the bunkers showed and some bluefish were caught -- along with a 35-pound striped bass by Luke Bonham of Milford. I tried the Point Pleasant surf after sun-up once again. Conditions were as nice as the previous morning in an overcast with no threat of rain -- but this time there were no hits on my popper. Mickey Sweeney of Howell said he twice set up earlier to chunk in Bay Head, but each time had thunder move too close and chase him off. It sounds a lot nicer for Friday. Capt. Jim McFarland, of Big Mac from Green Harbor, Ma. had a good day with pollock up to 20 pounds plus cod to 13 pounds along with haddock, cusk and redfish.