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Bountiful bottom fishing, south shore striper blitzes and big bruiser tautog take us into the weekend on eastern Long Island.

Big bluefish blitz on the south shore, double-digit tautog catches increase, and striped bass bite well in the back bays.

Tog fishing is good around bridges and jetties, albies and blues hit the north shore in force and Montauk surfcasting remains strangely slow.

Tautog season opens strong on the South shore, bluefish and albies hit the North shore, and surfcasters anxiously await the October new moon.

Tautog season in Long Island Sound kicks off strong, and massive stripers invade the south shore beaches from Montauk to the West End.

Stripers and blues invade the north shore, the Montauk Classic yields a 29-pound winning fish, and Peconic Bay holds late-season weakfish and porgies.

Doormat fluke fishing continues and cobia become less concentrated, while bluefin and yellowfin fishing picks up offshore.

Weakfish are biting well on the north shore, sheepshead pop up to the west, and cow stripers corral rain bait in Montauk.

Fluke fishing was lights out across the Island this week, while offshore sharks, tuna and even mahi moved closer to the beach.