Mag Darters News Today

Bluefish hit the south shore surf, stripers feed actively in the back bays and the inlets, and shops prepare for fluke season as spring tautog season comes to a close.

Tautog and cod come over the rail on wreck trips, stripers stack on the flats in Long Island Sound, and stocked trout provide reliable action in the rivers and ponds.

Stripers take bloodworms, swim shads, minnow plugs and trollers in the bays, ocean fish begin to trickle in, and shops prepare for blackfish season.

Smaller stripers are scattered throughout the surf, tog fishing is best for anglers dissecting small structure, and the bluefin bite wraps

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.

Albies grow slightly scarce, keeper tautog are caught throughout Buzzards Bay, and stripers to thirty pounds take jigs in the Canal.

Big bass harass bunker schools out front, yellowfin and bluefin tuna take chunk baits in the canyons, and sea bass, porgies and winter flounder chew on bottom.

When over-slot stripers take interest in your small swimming plugs in the surf, it is time to bring out the big minnow plugs.

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

Big sea bass and scup entertain the bottom fishing crowd, bluefish are here in numbers, and stripers are on the move as the June full moon approaches.