The lesson last week was:Fish when

you can.

A few offshore trips went out over

the weekend, and they brought bac k some pretty nice catches of tuna,

kingfish and vermilion snapper, with

a couple of wahoo thrown in.

Bay and jetty anglers caught redfish,

tr o ut , black drum, and sheepsh ead,

and the flounder giggers are back in

business.

Chris Wallace at Dolph

said long-range offshore trips went

out about 140 miles to catch yell

tuna, about 150 blackfin tuna,

spinner and bull tiger shark and some

kingfish. Sharon Keehlisen at Woody’s Sports

Center reported lots of nice flounder

being gigged, and increased numbers

of sheepshead off the south jetty.

John McNatt at Fisherman’s Wharf

s aid an off s hore t rip br ought in 50

kingfish and a handful of vermilion

snapper. North jetty anglers are catching

sheepshead, trout, black drum and

redfish.

Scott Garrison at Deep Sea Headquart

ers said the shorte r offs h ore

trips have yielded kingfish, vermilion

snapper and Atlantic sharpnose shark.

The long-range tuna trips have brought

i n yel low fin tuna, blackfin tuna and

wahoo.

MaryAnn Heimann at Of

Adventures reported that the weather

was bad enough to keep her home, but

she highly re commends the new Wii

fishing game.

Theresa Hornberg at

Ca ldwell Pier said anglers there are

catching mostly sheepshead and trout.