Big bass up to 50 pounds are stationed outside of Raritan and Jamaica Bays, waves of stripers from 10 to 30 pounds are rounding Montauk, and bass in the upper 30- to 40-inch class chase a smorgasbord of bait outside Boston.

Looking for a big fight on the fly? Cast to a cownose … if you dare.

In one form or another, the metal spoon has been catching stripers for more than 60 years.

In collaboration with TAK Waterman of Long Branch, NJ, Ross Brewing Co. released a tasty new lager to their existing lineup of local beers.

Cow stripers remained stationed off of northern New Jersey as schoolies began dropping out of the Hudson River, slot-class fish invaded the waters from Cape Cod Bay to Boston, and 20- to 40-pound bass span from Long Island to Massachusetts.

Forty-plus pound fish have made their way into to Massachusetts, while large fish are still being caught in Southern New Jersey.

Sea bass season starts out with a bang, fluke in the 20-inch class bite well in the bays, and stripers and weakfish take soft plastics in the back bay channels.

The 33rd Annual Governor’s Surf Fishing Tournament was held this past week, where anglers tried to land the largest tournament-eligible legal-sized fish and have their name engraved on the Governor’s Cup.