It's the first bluefish entered into the LBI fall surf fishing classic in two weeks. It was landed Wednesday afternoon at ...

The final entry posted in the 70th Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic was a 10.64-pound, 28 1/2-inch striped bass that Emmett Fitzgerald, of Barnegat, caught Dec. 4 in Harvey Cedars.

When I was in my teens, Thanksgiving largely marked the end of the saltwater striper season in New Jersey. That’s not to say there weren’t opportunities beyond that, but well before Christmas it often ...