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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.