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Smaller stripers are scattered throughout the surf, tog fishing is best for anglers dissecting small structure, and the bluefin bite wraps

Prior to the storm, stripers took sand-eel imitations in the surf, double-digit tog were chewing, and bluefin tuna were caught on the troll.

Tog fishing has been hit or miss and the surf has scattered striper action as bass move slightly offshore, where bluefin tuna are taking trolled ballyhoos.

Stripers push south through the surf of IBSP, tautog fishing has been inconsistent, and bluefin tuna take paddletails and trolled ballyhoo close to the beaches.

Stripers blitz on sand eels, peanuts and adult bunker along the beaches and tog are caught from the jetties to the wrecks as the 5-fish blackfish limit begins.

Striped bass fishing is stellar with schools of bunker and big sand eels fueling near-shore blitzes, and giant bluefin tuna have even been spotted tearing through the bait schools.

Stripers and bluefish storm the surf chasing peanut and adult bunker, and big sea bass are caught on bottom in this week's Northern New Jersey Fishing Report.

Bass to 40 pounds hit swim shads, poppers and swimming plugs in the surf, bluefin tuna crash bunker schools near shore, and scup and sea bass are plentiful around the wrecks.

Big bass harass bunker schools out front, yellowfin and bluefin tuna take chunk baits in the canyons, and sea bass, porgies and winter flounder chew on bottom.

Forty-inch class stripers gorge on sand eels and bunker on the beaches, the blackfish bite improves off the jetties, and sea bass fishing remains decent.