Clams are the bait of choice.
Ed Lintel, Murphy's Hook House, Dover Township, said there's plenty of weakfish in the Barnegat Bay shallows. Anglers fishing sandworms or Fin-S fish lures have been successful along the edges of the flats and sides of the channels between the BB barrel and BI Buoy and hitting all the holes to the Route 37 Bridge. Gary Schulenburg, Frizz's Bait and Tackle, Forked River, said Barnegat Bay weak fishing is still a few weeks from peaking. There are some big weakfish between Tice's Shoal and Forked River. He knew of a 10.69 ponder boated recently.