That plan involves losing some days at the end of the season in order to preserve an 18-inch minimum with three fish from May 25 to Sept. 5 -- plus the exemptions for Delaware Bay (three at 17 inches) and Island Beach State Park (two at 16 inches) that we had last year. Matthews reports from Fisherman's Den in Belmar Marina that Shark River is loaded with fluke waiting for the season to open The Jamaica II from Brielle had good ling fishing and a few cod during Wednesday's 12-hour wreck trip.

Today, we had fair fishing in the morning. By late morning, fishing backed off so we took a ride north where we picked with shots with blues up to 10 lbs.

The N.J. Marine Fisheries Council, meeting in Avalon this afternoon, approved the compromise fluke season worked out with the ASMFC last week.

Another nice warm day and we made both morning and afternoon trips again today. It was another day of no bass but people had fun catching bluefish on both tips.

Plenty of life on the bottom,really nice sea bass kept you on your toes while trying to catch some ling. Few guys had 4- 6 nice fat ling mixed between and we also threw back quite a few nice blackfish to.