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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.

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.

Ocean fluking brings both size and numbers, mid-shore yellowfin are hitting poppers and paddletails, and the bays yield weakfish, blowfish, and more.

Fluke continue to dominate the action with bigger fish showing up on the reefs, wrecks and rough bottom. There’s plenty of fluke on the beaches as well but anglers have to weed through a lot of shorts to find a keeper. There are also loads of small bluefish around as the amount of bait in

Tuna fishing has been hit or miss, surfcasters catch cocktail blues in search of Spanish mackerel, and ocean fluke fishing produces quality catches.

Stripers, bluefish and fluke are active in the summer surf, meanwhile, offshore, bluefin and yellowfin tuna activity ramps up.

Schoolie to over-slot stripers are being caught in the surf, small bluefish patrol the back bays with gators on the beach, and sea bass season closes on Monday.

Fluke fishing is great from the rivers and back bays to the beaches, trophy stripers hit plugs and eels out front, and sea bass fishing is stellar.