“Everybody’s Got a Cousin in Miami,” is actually the line of the Jimmy Buffett song, but with all of us in the Northeast undoubtedly having friends, relatives and loved ones impacted in some way by this latest Florida storm, Hurricane Milton, we take another moment this week for prayers. Returning to the Jersey Shore we look at the surfcasting conditions for the weekend ahead, and pick up a few tips from legends of the fall out on Long Island. The night bite on stripers begins for the nighstalkers though we run through the evidence indicating that the cows have indeed come home to Garden State waters. Bluefish are in the mix as well, in addition to albies and bones, and a whole host of exotics. Our weekly freshwater rundown plus a few weekend events kicking off with the Twin Lights Cup captain’s meeting Thursday night in Monmouth County and a two-day Barrier Island Brawl in Ocean County. Atlantic and Cape May? Keep an eye out for speckled trout reports, word is a few sharpies have already found a bite or two.
