Captree Pride News Today

Big blackfish are caught off the North Fork and the west end, stripers continue to feed on bunker and sand eels out front, and freshwater fishing picks up in the creeks and ponds.

On both shores, the blackfish bite is on fire from east end to west end, and the central south shore hosts good striper fishing with bluefin tuna in the mix.

Insane striper blitzes continue along the entire south shore, and double-digit tautog are caught from Brooklyn to Orient.

Striped bass have inundated south shore beaches from east to west, albies blitz in the eastern Sound and tautog fishing is good off the north fork and the west end.

Big bass gorge on bunker out west, tautog and sea bass bite well off the North Fork, and stripers blitz in the south shore back bays on the east end.

The eastern Sound gives up double-digit tog, sand eels and bunker attract big bass on the west end, and the Canyons are fishing well for bluefin and yellowfin tuna.

Stripers eat sand eels on the western south shore beaches, blackfish season starts strong in the Sound, and larger bass move in around Montauk.

Big bass hit the south shore beaches from Montauk to Rockaway, albies reach the western Sound, and keeper fluke are biting as the season closer nears.

There is great fluke fishing as they exit the back bays, bluefish of all sizes span the north shore, and big stripers are caught in the Montauk surf.

A 25-minute pyrotechnic display will paint the night sky this Fourth of July at Jones Beach State Park.