This big news of the week has nothing to do with fishing. If you call us on the phone, it is likely that we will answer it as Scott's Sport Center. Thursday was conversion day, where we took a lot of the fishing items and packed them up in boxes and put them in the attic until next spring. Don't worry, the most common fishing items are still out. We also needed to make space for the Fall Striper goodies, which still aren't out yet. Fall bow season begins this Saturday in zones 13, 36, 42, and 49. So, it will be possible for us to check in deer on Saturday the 13. Now that's early.

New fishing news this week is scarce. The best tidbit of info is that there are still some very nice Weakfish around. Little Sheepshead Creek was very active with bridge fishermen that fished there after dark. They found that the most productive lures were the FinS fish lures with 1/4 ounce lead head jigs. Since the weather was mostly lousy this week, it made for some quiet fishing in the area of the Brick pile in Marshelder Channel. Some very nice Weakfish were caught on baits soaked in Shedder Oil.

A nice batch of 1/2 pound snapper Bluefish were caught by a surf fishing angler from Pebble Beach today. Spearing bait on a plastic float as well as casting and retrieving small thin strips of Mackerel worked well.

Heard another good rumor about some very nice Blackfish caught by another surf angler fishing at the end of Great Bay Boulevard or also commonly referred to as the end of Seven Bridges Road. All I am suggesting here is that there were some Blackfish, in the five pound range, caught this week. This means Blackfishing may be a good fishing option if sea conditions prevent anglers from getting out on the ocean this week to catch some more of those jumbo Fluke.

Striper activity is coming along. As more and more anglers target this tasty next day sandwich fish, more and more are caught. Most of the Stripers caught this early in the Fall are shorts, ranging from 12 to 25". Smaller baits like Bloodworms and live Bunkers are catching the most fish. Eels are weeding out the shorts, but can make for a very boring day if no larger size fish are around. Mouth of the Mullica River, where we normally fish our Weakfish has produced Weakfish, Stripers and Perch. The best overall location at this point would be the sod bank opposite Tuckers Island from 120 marker back along the bank as far as Big Sheepshead Creek.