Tom P.

A sure sign that the full summer bayside fishing season is going full tilt: blowfish.

Ah, early summer! The perfect time to get youngsters to the pond or lake to enjoy catching what to many adult anglers was also their first fish: the sunnie.

Prime time family fun and great eats await the Fourth of July weekend, and for the rest of summer, for that matter, when it comes to crabbing and clamming along the Jersey shore.

Sunday, June 19 is the final day for the 10 fish at a 13-inch minimum limit.

This fave flounder bait is in short supply along with different parts of the Jersey coast, including Delaware Bay, and with the full moon coming next Tuesday, well, it’s going to be a challenge, for sure as the killie behavior gets really funky during this period.

The Turtle Trio, namely the box, northern diamondback terrapin, and snapper are on the move, and these harbingers of the summer season need a bit of care and caution as they traverse roads, trails, highways, and byways.

The black sea bass is perhaps the most popular inshore gamefish along the Garden State’s inshore, and during November and December, mid-range and offshore, waters.

The eagerly anticipated Striped Bass Bonus Tag program gets underway this Sunday and runs through December 31.

Some drum, as in black drum, beating has been going on in sections of Great Bay for the past couple of weeks, and for sure it’s great to see this annual mid-April through mid-May run get rolling.

The new regs include a whopping 149-day season that extends through September 27, pretty much three weeks longer than during previous years.