Phil also had reports of shorts from Cliffwood and Union Beach. Wes Shourt of Manahawkin had a 14-pound cod, while Xin Chue of Hazlet bagged a 16-pound pollock and 12-pound black.

The temperatures have been much better than last winter, and we're hoping that translates to a good early start to tog fishing on April 1! With all that considered and an arctic blast coming in this weekend, we're going to haul the boat for winter layup and maintenance in order to be ready to go for the April 1st tog opener!

2-28-16 Nice day to start but it did get nasty out there this afternoon. Fishing was slow to,,not good life and we only ended up with a handful of keeper blackfish,,a codfish and a pollock. .Winds were howling out of the Sw and seas got pretty dumpy. Stiil we had a big daily pool and the pool winner had his limit and a nice chunk of change. Pauly took home the seasonal. .Congrats Pauly!!!!!!!!!Blackfish season is closed as of today,,we start Codfishing from here on out. but tomorrow is canceled due to high winds and seas for tomorrow. So no fishing tomorrow and on Tuesday we have our annual Coast Guard inspection so no fishing Tuesday either. .I will let you know the next good day to head out to the Codfish grounds!!!!!

2-27-16 Nice day offshore,,we caught a few blackfish,not many but enough to keep you intereseted,especially with some Big fish hooked up. I saw a few big ones lost,,and Pauly nailed a huge fish at 15lbs. 12 oz. .tomorrow is last day,,High hook had 3 keepers Togs. few other singles here and there,few small codfish,few ling,,and guys were catching mackerel and herring on teasers so good life out there. see ya tomorrow.