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The yellowfin bite continues offshore, and big bass linger in Raritan Bay while schoolies and slot fish hit the backwaters.

High winds and poor weather limited fishing to the bays and canals, where school striped bass and tautog entertained anglers willing to endure the conditions.

Bluefish, albies, Spanish mackerel and bonito flood the beaches, stripers follow suit, and porgies and tautog bite well around the rocks.

Fluking is good as the season's end nears, while hardtails become more active along ocean beaches in the early morning.

The "inshore" bluefin jig bite has picked up this week and fluke fishing continues to yield quality catches, meanwhile schoolies and cocktail blues bite in the bay.

The fluke bite is red hot on all fronts this week, and mahi are finicky but plentiful offshore while tuna fishing slows.

Black Sea bass fishing has been great, fluke continue to bite around rivers, and stripers eat clams in the surf.

Concerns are being expressed about the impact of a proposed $15 fee for volunteer criminal record checks.

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Print They had been lobbied for weeks to abandon Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. But ultimately, only two members of the electoral college did so, while five members deserted Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. It was the largest number of individual defections by electors in a U.S. presidential election — but not enough to change the outcome. For the record: 3:08 PM, Jun. 02, 2019An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that Horace Greeley won the 1872 general e...