Started eeling and missed a few fish, tried another spot and had only blues, on way to next spot ran into breaking fish, Landed half a dozen blues and some short stripers. Got to the next spot and put in the mojos, glad we did, Landed 5 to 45 inches.

The end of the tide into the change has been the best fishing the past couple of days, once the current got ripping, the bite slowed down. Unlike last week where the harder the current, the better the bite.

Sailing daily from 7 30 a. m. 2 30 p. m. for blues stripers. With Miss Belmar s 3 engines and a total of 2,100 horsepower, she is the first boat to the fishing grounds every day and we guarantee it.

I joined Capt. Joe Massa on his My Three Sons from Morgan Marina for a Saturday morning trip to the Hudson that produced a 33 1 2-pound striper for me right away before we added about 10 releases of bass over 28 inches plus a few big bluefish after going though two dozen eels The Sea Hunter from Atlantic Highlands had a good catch of bass and blues in the Hudson that day, but fishing there on Sunday produced only a few, and George Cullen boated the only striper on Wednesday. Chuck Many of Annandale ran his Ty Man from Gateway Marina in Highlands up there Wednesday with Nellie Greer of Bethlehem, Pa., Alex Katyan from Clinton Twp., and me as we ended up totaling 15 striper releases, including 11 keepers up to about 20 pounds on eels and sandworms, plus 15 weakfish up to 27 1 2 inches on sandworms, six blues, four porgies, a few little sea bass, and a hickory shad caught casting under birds in Raritan Bay.

10 18 UPDATE STRIPED BASS STARTS SAT 10 21 SAILING 7 30AM-2 30PM We don't get out everyday, more often than not, due to lack of angler participation. With such good catches of porgies, freezers are full and anglers are asking for a change, so as of SATURDAY 10 21, WE WILL BE STRIPED BASS FISHING 7 30AM-2 30PM.