Hampton Lady 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.

The blackfish bite holds strong in the Sound and the NY Bight, bluefin crash through bait schools near shore and offshore wreck trips yield a mixed bag of cod, sea bass and more.

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.

Stripers continue to push west around Montauk Point, the eastern Sound gives up quality tautog, and more sand eels move in along south shore beaches.

A variety of summer species have been hitting decks, albie reports are starting to flow in, there's a solid striper bite on the north and south shores, while offshore, big wahoo and tuna action has been great.

Keeper fluke are the stronghold for bottom fishing, schoolie stripers are active with baitfish on the move, and mahi are abundant offshore.

(Above) Ben Ravin shows off a quality sea bass he caught this week. There are lots of shorts around, but the less-frequented wrecks and reefs are holding bigger, keeper-size fish. Eastern Long Island Fishing Report Where’s the bunker?! Huge bluefish have become the primary prey on the south shore. Shark bites galore. Humans have apparently

Big bluefish still dominate the bays and are showing up in the surf, bottom fishing is productive for scup and kingfish, and larger fluke show up off the east end.

Chopper bluefish reach the East end bays in numbers, there are early reports of weakfish, and the surf bite has been good for stripers in the 20-pound class.