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The radical fix for a noxious landfill in Staten Island: Bury the trash, plant some grass and do nothing for 20 years.

Forty-inch class stripers gorge on sand eels and bunker on the beaches, the blackfish bite improves off the jetties, and sea bass fishing remains decent.

Yan Fu and Leslie Hamilton, the marathon sea swimmer, were on opposing New York City teams. But after late-night hot dogs and a swipe of Chapstick, they joined forces forever.

Surfcasters see better striper fishing on the beaches, the tuna chunking bite develops, and sea bass are chewing after Sunday's season opener.

Fluke fishing holds strong after Hurricane Lee, stripers and bluefish are active in the surf, and anglers find albies and Spanish mackerel further offshore.

Fluke fishing slows in the surf as the storm approaches, albies and bonito are caught from beaches and jetties, and local rivers hold accessible fishing for stripers and cocktail blues.

Fluke fishing is fantastic from the rivers to the reefs out front, hardtails pop up off the beaches and jetties, and mid-shore yellowfin are caught on jigs.

The bays are loaded with blowfish and snapper blues, fluke fishing holds strong around the ocean reefs, and the wahoo bite picks up near Bacardi wreck.

Quality keeper fluke are biting in the surf, bluefin remain stacked on the squid grounds and local reefs and wrecks host albies, bonito and Spanish mackerel.

Divers will resume the search for two small children missing since last weekend's severe flooding — Eric Scott has details on this morning's First News