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Fishing bounced back nicely after the northeaster of last week, and now we have kind of the same kind of thing going on.

Striped bass, bluefish and tautog are giving area anglers some decent action. Inshore trolling and jigging was going strong before the winds churned the ocean again.

Margaret O'Brien at Jingle's Bait and Tackle in North Beach Haven said surfcasters tossed 10-ounce weights and had to walk their lines down the beach with the current. The conditions did not prevent Terry McGlynn from racking up an 11.6-pound bluefish at Haven Beach on Monday morning, according to O'Brien.

Ken Biondi went up to the north end of Brigantine on Monday morning and got back with a bluefish before the high tide and the northeast wind cut off the beach, reports Andy Grossman from Riptide Bait and Tackle in Brigantine.

When the wind turned Sunday, Kenny Innella got a 27-pound bass and a 10-pound bluefish, Grossman said. Grossman weighed 18- and 17-pound bass, also taken Sunday in the Brigantine surf.

Dan Sullivan III of Telford, Pa., caught an 11.33-pound bluefish Sunday in North Beach Haven.

It was entered into the Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic. Donald Locicero of Williamstown caught a 9.69-pound blue at Ship Bottom on Sunday.

Plenty of other quality bass and blues were reported throughout the area recently and over the weekend.

Delaware Bay gave up another 50-pound bass. Jim's Bait and Tackle in Cape May weighed one that was 51 pounds for Maury Happerman of Cherry Hill. It was caught at the Banana Peel.

Matt Slobodjian at Jim's said the Punk Grounds, Crooked Neck and Horseshore are other interestingly named locations for bass.

Curtis Mahoney of Villas picked a 42-pound striper out of 60-Foot Slough and Douglas Cantrell of Mount Emphraim got a 36-pounder from the 2nd Street jetty in Cape May. Slobodjian said The Rips off Cape May still hold bass.

The inshore Rips have smaller bass and the offshore Rips have bigger fish. Slammer blues are with them. Live eels and spot, bucktails and trolled plugs all work for bass at The Rips.

Tom Kohler of Margate with Jeff Dekoyer, Joe Grozoch and Joe Bevan got a 30-pound bass among bluefish Sunday in Great Egg Inlet, reported Captain Andy's Marina in Margate.

Brennan Marine in Northfield reported Mike and Dylan McGuckin drifted Great Egg Inlet with eels and caught identical 15-pound, 35.5-inch bass on the Hail Mary.

Jerry DePamphillis of Northfield and George Mack of Somers Point combined for eight stripers with four keepers Sunday morning while fishing eels on the Tomato Man in G.E. Inlet. One of them went 28 pounds and another 20 pounds said Rob Barrett at Dolphin Dock in Somers Point.

Trolling with Stretch 25s, 30s and umbrella rigs and jigging was attracting bass with blues inshore.

Gannets and gulls were stretched all along the beachfront, sometimes just offshore out of surfcasting range and occasionally invading the surf.

Frank Marchese and Dave Nicholas trolled up a 20-pound bass off Margate on Saturday. Joe Tuohy got blues Saturday, also trolling. The inshore waters from Harvey Cedars Lump to the Ferris wheel on Long Beach Island have had bass and blues. A sizable fleet drifted Little Egg Inlet and Beach Haven Inlet over the weekend.

Tog have been pretty decent, too. Jasper Paige fished Great Egg Reef with green crab as bait and had a 10.7-pound tog and three other keepers. Steve and Alice Singer of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. limited out on tog in Corson Inlet on Sunday.

Fred Maurer hauled a 9-pound tog off the rocks at Seaview Harbor in Great Egg Inlet. The jetties from Barnegat Inlet to Cape May are all likely to hold tog.

The Carolyn Ann III, docked at 18th Street in Barnegat Light, had decent pool-winners on tog trips recently. George Martin of Manahawkin had a 5.2-pound tog Friday, Mitch Moskovitz 6.5 on Saturday and Michele Harcher 5.5 on Sunday.

In addition, 30 or so Southern Regional Fishing Club members went on a striped bass jigging trip Friday afternoon.

The Press Bent Rods Fishing Contest is down to its final days.

The Fall Segment goes to Nov. 29 and has $150 gift certificates for striped bass, bluefish and weakfish. The season-long contest with 14 categories ends Nov. 30.

(Mike Shepherd is the retired sports editor of The Press. His Shep on Fishing column and Shep's Hot Spot appear Tuesday and Saturday. Call 609-350-0388 or email: sheponfishing@yahoo.com)

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