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Keeper tautog are still being caught in shallow water, albies remain abundant in the Sound, and stripers are active but on the move.

Sea bass and blackfish chew for bottom fishermen, albies pop up sporadically in the eastern Sound, and walk-the-dog topwaters dupe big bass and bluefish in shallow.

Bluefish and slot stripers take topwater offerings, bottom fishing slows amid high winds, and scattered schools of albies chase peanuts, butterfish and more in the eastern Sound.

Bunker schools fuel blitzes from stripers and bluefish, schools of albies and bonito pop up sporadically, and bottom fishing brings plenty of jumbo scup and sea bass.

Albies arrive in the Long Island Sound, trophy stripers hit live baits around local reefs, and sea bass, fluke and porgies keep bottom fishermen busy.