Chuck Manny continues to release big Virginia stripers during the catch and release season on his Ty Man out of Cape Charles. Posted on January 4, 2020 Another gale coming Though the winter weather has been pretty good, it changes quickly and another west gale watch is up from Saturday night through Sunday afternoon.

Posted on January 2, 2020 New Year stripers Tank Matraxia reported that strong west winds made for miserable blackfishing conditions even on the sturdy Tagged Fish from Highlands as the short chop almost made him seasick for the first time in decades. The west winds were good for Ocean County surf stripers this morning, and Jerry Lasko reported that he started the New Year off right with two stripers while Maren Toleno released four.

Good weather continues tomorrow with northeast winds at 5-10 knots before shifting to east in the afternoon. Bob Matthews reports from Fisherman s Den in Belmar Marina that party boats there continue to do very well with blackfish, while surfcasters are catching small bass.

Maren Toleno and Jerry Lasko celebrated Christmas morning with the Ocean County bass as she caught 30 and Jerry 10 in a surf with some swell and whitewater. Posted on December 25, 2019 Christmas stripers They should all be much further south by this time, but school striped bass are still feeding in the N. J. surf.

Posted on December 23, 2019 Blackfish boats picking away The few boats still fishing for blackfish have to work through shorts for keepers, but are finding the effort to be worthwhile. Sunday s trip produced many limits of jumbo sea bass plus porgies and some bluefish.