  Twelve keeper fluke and plenty of throwbacks were ploughed today in the ocean north of Barnegat Inlet. The trip fished all over the area, making long drifts in 38 to 45 feet, picking fish all day. Seas were a little choppy in the morning but calmed later, but the drift was fast, and 6 ounces was needed to hold bottom. One bluefish was landed, and a 3-foot brown shark was hooked and reeled halfway to the boat before it bit through the line. A couple of porpoises swam around. Lots of good-sized weakfish swam Barnegat Bay, and anglers on the boat caught them Wednesday, and many fluke hugged the bay’s bottom, but they were mostly small. We will be making are last trip of the season on Friday. |
FISHING REPORTS 
