Capt. Stan Zagleski said he had a good drift with his Elaine B. II from Bahrs in Highlands that produced decent action including enough keepers that almost everyone went home with a catch. Vinnie D'Anton of Shark River Hills said there was a good shot of action early in Shark River with small stripers and some blues on his Chug Bug.

Though Capt. Bob Pisano lost his battle with cancer on Dec. 31, his relatives and friends said their final farewell last Saturday from Capt. Jared Polick's Fin-ominal out of Belmar as Candi Pisano released his ashes in a specially-constructed small wooden boat that floated among a sea of flowers before membranes opened to sink it in the Mud Hole near the site of some of Pisano's greatest battles with the world's strongest fish while the fisherman's final prayer was read God Grant me that I may live to fish until my dying day and when it comes to my last task, I most humbly pray , that in the Lord's safe landing net I'm peacefully asleep. Then he took Parsons out on the same day the next year to add seven pounds to my former record The glory days of Mud Hole giant tuna fishing are long past, and the Mud Hole no longer holds the great quantities of ling and whiting that were an attraction, but I know we now have an advocate above and there's hope that he can pull off a miracle for his students.

A 17-incher and two either side of 13 inches were caught along with short fluke and small sharks. Jim's Tackle in Cape May reports Fluke fishing out of Cape May is about the same -- a lot of throwbacks and a few keepers.

A Wednesday night sailing has been added for from 7 30 p. m. to 2 30 a. m. Capt. Ron Santee reported a slow drift for anglers on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands, but the fluke were hungry. They will be published when available., along with the Sandy Hook Bay Anglers Two-Day Fluke Tournament that ended at 5 p. m. Vinnie D'Anton of Shark River Hills managed to hook an 18-inch striper on his Chug Bug at Spring Lake this morning, before releasing a 22-incher at Sea Girt.

Capt. Tommy Joseph, of Rightaway III from Shark River, has been hammering large porgies since last week, and that fishing was as good as it gets today. Fluking is good in Shark River, Capt. Dave De Gennaro didn't find any bonito or little tunny last weekend at Barnegat Ridge with his Hi Flier from Barnegat, but will continue checking for those fish which should be showing shortly. Grumpy's Tackle in Seaside Park reports some brown and sand tiger sharks are being released at night.