This thread brings back memories of fishing for them in Fortescue where there were so many we could catch them by the garbage pail full. That was a long time ago.
There is a NJFGW piece by Russ Allen that does a pretty good job on the overview. "What happened to Weakfish?"
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2010/digmar6-10.pdf