Following is Friday's column as submitted SL8-1-14-COLUMNRISTORI FOR FRIDAYVIKING 62 WINS GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP AT WHITE MARLIN INVITATIONALBy Al RistoriIt takes both a white marlin and a tuna to become Grand Champion at the Beach Haven Marlin Tuna Club's White Marlin Invitational, and there have been some recent years when no boat achieved that feat due to a lack of qualifying whites. There was no competition in dolphin after Capt. Mike Young of the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Tournament and angler Chris Apgar weighed a 30-pounder from Jessste to win 680.

Snapper blues have invaded the surf, which is good news for those planning to use them as bait for large fluke -- or bad news for those trying to fish soft baits. The 4-to-6-inch snappers can be fished alive, but John Mazzeo of South Plainfield used a snapper fillet to hook a 20-inch fluke.

Capt. Ryan Bogan said there were many fluke limits for jiggers during today's weekly all-day trip of the Jamaica II from Brielle in perfect conditions-- and a new monthly pool winner was boated. Bob Matthews, at Fisherman's Den in Belmar Marina, reports lots of short fluke for his rental boats in Shark River.

Just before sending this blog out I got an excited call from Dave Lilly of Hazlet to let me know that his crew fishing on the Relentless out of Manasquan Inlet had won the big money in the Point Pleasant Elks Fluke Tournament with their 10. Joe Melillo, at Castaways Tackle in Point Pleasant, reports an 11-pound striper caught on clams in the local surf by Bill Boyde of Howell.

SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLETOcean fluking has been up-and-down, but Shrewsbury Rocks and the Rattlesnake remain good areas to seek out larger fluke. POINT PLEASANT TO BARNEGAT INLETCanyon trolling has picked up, with good yellowfin tuna results in Hudson Canyon along with some albacore and an occasional bigeye or marlin -- plus dolphin.