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Sea bass season starts off with a bang, fluke and bluefish are chewing in the rivers, and cow stripers take metal lips and live bunker out front.

Bigger bass are taken on plugs in the surf and around Raritan Bay while bluefish keep piling into Barnegat Bay and the rivers; meanwhile, the near-shore giant bluefin bite continues.

Bluefish storm the beaches and inlets, fluke begin to show in the rivers while tog fishing improves on the reefs, and bluefin tuna are caught within 12 miles of shore.

The blackfish bite has picked up significantly while striper fishing is still day to day, and trout season is officially open for the freshwater crowd.

Stripers take bloodworms, swim shads, minnow plugs and trollers in the bays, ocean fish begin to trickle in, and shops prepare for blackfish season.