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Tog fishing is good around the inshore wrecks and striper activity picks up in the backwaters, with bigger fish around Cape May, as water temps climb and more baitfish arrive.
Double-digit tog are caught around reef and wreck sites, stripers take jigs and live bait in open water, and the surf bite slows while white perch fishing heats up in the backwaters.
Ocean fluking produces big keepers for the cooler, sheepshead and weakfish bite around the back bay bridges, and the canyons host good fishing for yellowfin and bigeye tuna.
Fluke fishing is good around the inshore reefs, kingfish, cocktail blues and sheepshead bite in the bays, and the canyons give up mahi and yellowfin tuna.
Ocean bottom fishing produces keeper fluke, sea bass and triggerfish, surf anglers catch fluke and kingfish, and cobia continue to move in from points offshore.
Tautog fishing is excellent around the jetties, and stripers take clams and bunker in the surf while local boats and shops prep for fluke season on Tuesday.