It was a tough weather week for toggers trying to get in the last few fishing days of this year's Lewes Harbour Marina Tog Tournament. Wind and heavy surge at the Breakwater made it difficult to be on the most productive spots. Conditions improved Saturday, but dirty water still hampered the efforts of tautog fishermen during the final Tourney day. There were no challengers for the leaderboard, and Charlie Breitenbach held onto his lead to finish First in the event with a 10.42 pound bruiser. Randy Jensen hung onto Second with his 9.9 pound beauty, and Robert Faries wrapped up Third with an 8.7 pounder he boated at the Breakwater aboard Grizzly. Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all who participated. The annual Lewes Harbour Striper Tournament has started, and runs through November 24th. Striped bass were reported up the beach a ways, in north and central Jersey, but could show up at the mouth of Delaware Bay any day now. In seasons past, many of the largest stripers were landed during the first week of November. Water temperature is still near 60 degrees, and both blackfish and bass action should pick up as that reading falls. The tog bite over inshore wrecks and reefs will get better with Bay and Ocean cooling, but the Breakwater remains the best bet for blackfish for now. Some of the nicer tautog checked in from the Wall over this past weekend included a 7.6 pounder for Mike Piasecki, and a personal best 7.05 pound citation earner for Matt Fetters. Sea bassing has been pretty good for boaters making the run to Del Jersey Land, and other structure in twenty fathoms. The Radford and Poole Wrecks, plus other snags in 100 to 130 feet seemed to be holding good numbers of keeper bass. Evan, Corky, Kyle and Phil Falgowski and Brian Seglem ran to a wreck Saturday, and returned with their limit of 75 quality bass, plus a bunch of bluefish. Captain Brian's bassers on Lil' Angler II boated over a hundred keepers to nearly three pounds, along with a load of blues, while working a wreck Saturday.