Patrick Sciortino News Today

White perch feed in the rivers, blackfishing is a slow pick, and the freshwater ponds are giving up pickerel, crappie and largemouth bass.

Stripers and gator blues feed on bunker and sand eels in the surf, Raritan Bay hosts a solid bass bite, and tog fishing is better around the jetties and inlets than the wrecks.

Surfcasters see better striper fishing on the beaches, the tuna chunking bite develops, and sea bass are chewing after Sunday's season opener.

Fluke fishing is fantastic from the rivers to the reefs out front, hardtails pop up off the beaches and jetties, and mid-shore yellowfin are caught on jigs.

Quality keeper fluke are biting in the surf, bluefin remain stacked on the squid grounds and local reefs and wrecks host albies, bonito and Spanish mackerel.

Quality fluke are caught around ocean reefs and wrecks, bluefin and yellowfin bite well at the canyons, and bluefish smash poppers around the inlets.

There's decent tautog fishing around the wrecks, white perch fishing is good in the rivers and freshwater ponds fish well for pickerel and bass.

The surf is littered with striped bass of all sizes on peanut bunker, and tautog fishing is strong around inlets and reefs.

Tautog fishing remains productive and stripers pack into Raritan Bay, while yellowfin and bigeye tuna crush live baits offshore.

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