The last months of the surfcasting season can be boom or bust, and it all depends on the baitfish.

Thanksgiving marks the peak of the fall bass run in coastal Jersey.

In recent years, striper fishing has saved the best for last off the coast of New Jersey.

Striped bass have been steadily pushing southward while the tautog season opened to the 5-fish limit.

Striped bass have been the main player on the scene with trophy bass being caught on live bunker, plugs, and trolled mojo’s.

Anglers fishing off Island Beach State Park and northward to Lavallette are finding 40 to 50-pound striped bass on live-lined bunker.

Tips from tautog captains in NJ, RI, and MA to help put more blackfish in the boat.

The weekend looks fishable with seas calming down enough to provide some inshore action on short sea bass, trolled stripers north of Island Beach State Park, and tog along most of the jetties and bridges.