April brings tog or blackfish as we call them, then May opens up with Black Drum fishing. Then comes the Mako Shark fishing which has really come on in the past few years.

Betty Nick's Tackle in Seaside Park is posting videos of the surf once again. They reported the surf was fishable this morning, though still somewhat off-color.

by Belmar native Capt. Charlie Fornabio February ended with a good flurry of snook action and then March came roaring in like a lion with 4-5 days of really windy weather. I followed that up with a couple of really good days of snook fishing with live baits in between the bridges.

Capt. Monty Hawkins picked up some reports that encouraged him to schedule a few trips with his Morning Star out of Ocean City, Md. The first actually produced some mackerel, including a few multiples.

The Expo runs from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. on Saturday, and I'll be doing a striped bass seminar at 11 30 along with Chuck Many, the most dedicated private striper skipper in the state, with a special slideshow -- and Capt. Hans Kaspersetz of Sheri Berri at Highlands. There will also be many other seminars provided during the day, as will be the case on Sunday when the Expo runs from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Visit www.