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Bigger bass are taken on plugs in the surf and around Raritan Bay while bluefish keep piling into Barnegat Bay and the rivers; meanwhile, the near-shore giant bluefin bite continues.
Stripers to 40 inches moved into Buzzards Bay with whispers of bluefish to the east, squid fishing is picking up steam, and keeper tautog are chewing well.
Tautog fishing is hit or miss as the season closer approaches, more migratory stripers arrive in the Western and Central Sound, and holdovers are chewing in the rivers and harbors.