At Southside Marina, Rick said the main talk has been the fluke fishing. The Manasquan River has been the better fluking still but he said he heard about fluke being caught off the Red Church and up at the Shrewsbury Rocks. The river also is giving up small stripers on Bomber plugs, he said.

At Southside Marina, Rick was out when I called. The boats going offshore are finding bluefin tuna at the 30-fathom curve. Yellowfin are around but you have to go a bit farther.

At Southside Marina, Rick said there's been a load of small bass in the Manasquan River and there are some nice fluke in there as well – he's heard about some 6- and 7-pounders pulled in. Sea bass fishing is still going on but the sites are pretty beat up, with keepers more difficult to find. Striped bass fishing in the ocean has been nonexistent.

At Southside Marina, Rick said sea bass have been the primary focus of late, as striped bass fishing has slowed down. The fish are few and far between; the action has been north of Asbury Park out by the three-mile line. He said three boats from the marina went offshore and found a nice piece of water south of the Spencer Canyon that was holding a smorgasbord, with yellowfin, bluefin, bigeye, skipjack, longfin and true albacore all reported caught. Anglers fishing the river are picking up some keeper fluke; the bluefish seem to have scattered.