The Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic is officially kaput for 2016. The final fish was an 18-pound bass caught by Randolph Minix, in BH on bunker. That brought the grand take of bass to 56 fish, almost all of those coming during a couple micro-bursts of hooking, lasting a mere few days.

Once again, I must classically call a spade a spade and think back blackly and bleakly about this year’s hooking during the eight-week event.