The weekend saw an explosion of slot-sized stripers on peanut and adult bunker, and tautog fishing has been excellent at the inshore wrecks.

Opening day tautog saw shoddy conditions and tough fishing, but the striper bite held strong in the back bays as dogfish flooded the beaches.

Big stripers hit the beaches, schoolies and tautog dominate the back bays, and offshore wrecks bring quality sea bass, porgies and bluefish.

Tautog fishing is good around inlets and jetties, while striped bass crush topwater plugs and plastics or live-lined bunker and spot.

The tuna bite remains hot, tautog bite well around the jetties and schoolie to slot-size stripers dominate the beaches and backwaters.

Yellowfin tuna and mahi light up schools of bait in the canyons, porgies bite well for bottom fishermen, and schoolies flood the backwaters near bridges and rivers.

Sea bass fishing picks up, and a massive body of 40-inch plus striped bass invade the beaches from Seaside to Island Beach State Park.

Tautog and schoolie stripers in the bays provided the only action through heavy winds and foul weather, while most anglers look forward to the sea bass opener on Friday.

Tautog entertain jetty and bay fishermen, yellowfin and mahi provide offshore excitement, and blues and bass bite metals and swimming plugs in the surf.

Fluke fishing has slowed a bit, yellowfin fishing is good in the canyons, and the back bays and beaches are alive with stripers, snappers, tautog, sheepshead and more.