The one-fish limit on weakfish has been rendered almost superfluous as reports of landings have been pretty scarce.

One development at last week’s Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s summer meetings proved that when it comes to fishery management, nothing is certain.

After weeks of grabbing all the attention, stripers are finally getting nudged off center stage and forced to share the spotlight with fluke and black sea bass.

More than $80,000 in prize money will be at stake this weekend as the The 25th Annual Mako Mania Tournament, sponsored by the Greater Point Pleasant Charter Boat Association, kicks off Friday night at Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant.

Atlantic coast states have scheduled public hearings next week on a number of draft addenda to fishery management plans from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) that will affect weakfish, scup, black sea bass, striped bass and shad and river herring.

Aboard The Verdict, there is no justice. If there were, every hard-fought fish would be landed. But The Verdict is a fishing boat, and everyone knows there’s no justice in fishing, especially the captain, retired state Superior Court Judge Tom Brown of Sea Girt.

The Buddhist proverb states, “When the student is ready, the master will appear.”

This time of year, anglers have to work a little harder for their stripers. It may mean getting up early or staying later throwing plugs around jetties or fishing bait in the middle of the night.

As Tom Grybowski of Giglio’s Bait and Tackle in Sea Bright said about the heat wave’s impact on fishing, “The fish are already wet, so they don’t care about the weather.”

Just in time for the heat wave, The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife has announced that warmwater — or freshwater — fishing in the state has never been better.