Tautog fishing improves in the backwaters as fluke season closes, and anglers gear up for the sea bass opener while gusty conditions and high seas keep boats docked.
The back bays host blowfish, weakfish, cocktail blues and schoolie stripers, sheepshead fishing is good around the bridges, and fluke activity takes a dive around the wrecks and reef sites.
Bluefish, fluke, and a few false albacore are being caught off the beaches, while offshore, the yellowfin, big eye tuna, and mahi action has been excellent.
Fluke are biting well from the reefs to 20 miles off shore, and bluefish and albies are caught in the surf while triggerfish and sheepshead are caught around the backwater bridges.