Recent history has shown the next few weeks of the year yield the most fish weighed in for the annual Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic. According to the tournament committee’s Jim Hutchinson, “With true fall-like temperatures finally showing up, and water temperatures dropping into the mid- and lower 50s, the striped bass action … is showing an uptick.

“Although no bluefish have been entered in the contest yet, the number of striped bass entered continues to rise.”

Registration is still open for the 67th Classic – one of the nation’s oldest and most storied surfcasting tournaments –…