Rockfish Charters News Today

Big bass chase bunker schools in central Long Island Sound, bluefish dominate the south shore surf, and weakfish make a showing with keeper fluke in the back bay channels.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mahi are abundant just off of the south shore, albies arrive in the Long Island Sound and Spanish mackerel and bonito charge south shore inlets.

Spanish mackerel chase bait around south shore inlets, local reefs see improved fluke fishing and the north shore is loaded with cocktail bluefish on bay anchovies.

Staying true to the theme of last week's report, weather windows remained tight this week as Hurricane Idalia fizzled out on her way up the coast. Now we're experiencing the swell from Hurricane Franklin, which, combined with strong tides on the backside of August's super blue moon, is churning up the seas of the northeast.