The tautog bite picks up steam in Buzzards Bay, schoolie stripers move in and out of the Canal, and big largemouth bass continue to gorge on herring in the ponds.
Bass and blues blitz on mullet, spearing and peanut bunker on the south side, keeper tog are caught throughout Buzzards Bay and along the Elizabeths, and bluefin tuna take live pogies south of the Vineyard.
Tautog fishing picks up in Buzzards Bay and around the Elizabeths, bass and bluefish gorge on sand eels in Cape Cod Bay, and schools of albies and bonito begin to thin out.
Bottom fishing slows with the closing of sea bass season, stripers from 20 inches to 20 pounds chase peanuts in the Canal, and albies slowly trickle into Buzzards Bay.