Capt. Ken Hager put Taylor Jean from Tinton Falls into a 72-pound white marlin on the first day, and that fish had them in line for over a million dollars until the last day when Waste Knot brought in a 75-pounder to take first and a payout of 796,509 while Taylor Jean was in the big Calcuttas and settled for a nice consolation of 217,665. Mike Reilly of Jersey City, Ben Silverman from Detroit, Kyle Holcomb of Philadelphia, and Tom Frazel from Chicago joined Ty in catching 100 fish including 15 fluke (5 keepers) up to 7 pounds, 65 sea bass, 6 sea robins, 2 bergalls, 3 blues, 2 stripers to 22 inches, 13 porgies to 13 inches, and 4 weakfish to 26 inches.

The northeast wind has kept most boats at the dock the last two days, but the Jamaica from Brielle had a good report from Monday's trip. Joe Melillo at Castaways Tackle put his day off on Sunday to good use by fishing the Bay Head surf to release a 6-pound bluefish while losing another on the Run Off Sand Eel metal, Back at the shop, he weighed a 6-pound fluke caught in the ocean by Robert Skudera of Midland Park.

Fluke fishing in the ocean has been the best of the year recently, and doormats are finally becoming more common. Mike Holodinski of Hillsboro boated an 11 1 2-pounder that took the pool, but not before he got a scare when Paul Schduckalo caught a 10 1 2-pound doormat.

Capt. Stan Zagleski had a similar trip Tuesday with his Elaine B. II from Bahrs in Highlands his fares worked hard for some fluke and lots of sea bass until they finally got some wind and movement later in the morning. The Jamaica from Brielle sent in a late report on Tuesday after they moved out near the Mud Hole for lots of chumming action with blues, bonito, chub mackerel and a few sea bass.