The surf bite is getting better for stripers, blues and even black drum.

Plenty of reports of big stripers, bluefish are scattered up and down the beaches, and sea bass fishing is strong.

Sea bassing remains excellent and the South Jersey beaches have been holding some decent fish to the 40-inch mark.

Last weekend’s lousy weather ruined a couple of days of fishing but the fishing has bounced back since the weather cleared.

  Tuna fever gripped Monmouth and Ocean counties this past week.

Bluefish are a good target for the weekend as they’ve invaded Raritan and Barnegat bays, the Shark and Manasquan river inlets and a number of local beaches.

The big blues showed up in Raritan Bay, the Shark and Manasquan rivers, and along the beach while stripers are beginning to spread out into the Shrewsbury, Navesink and Manasquan rivers.

Spring fishing is gathering steam.

It was another good week for stripers in Raritan Bay as fish up to 20 pounds were caught on just about everything, including shads, metal-lipped swimmers, spooks, worms, bunker chunks and on the troll.

The Raritan Bay spring striper bite broke open a week ago and it’s still going strong.