Long Island, Metro NY - Long Island Surf Fishing Reports

Bob from Bob’s Bait and Tackle let me know you can hit the Fire Island Inlet shoreline with some bucktails and Gulp for a shot at fluke. Keepers are mixed in with the shorts with the occasional 5-pounder in the mix as well. Spots like the police dock, OBI, and back of Demo are all worth a go. The ocean beaches are still seeing those smaller 2 to 4-pound bluefish being caught on diamond jigs.

Brenden from Captree Bait and Tackle checked in saying the pier by the shop has been seeing a shot of fluke and cocktail bluefish. Spearing fished on the bottom has been working for both. The occasional weakfish is being caught from the pier as well.

Rich from Dick’s B&T said the open beach from Smith Point down to Moriches Inlet has been seeing an early morning bite for striper and bluefish on diamond jigs. At the inlet off the west jetty bucktails have been catching stripers during the day and after dark. The bay has been on the slower side by Smith Point Bridge with the exception of fluke being caught from the shoreline on small bucktails tipped with Gulp or spearing. After dark at the bridge is seeing a slower pick of stripers from the bridge shoreline.

Pablo from J&J Sports in Patchogue reported good shots of bass during the days and after dark at both Shinnecock and Moriches Inlets on bucktails andn rubber shads. He said his customers have been seeing them up to about 35 inches during the day and even larger to 30 pounds after dark. Smaller bluefish have been running through the inlets after dark as well. He also mentioned that some good porgy fishing is taking place on the North Shore in Mt. Sinai with fish up to 15 inches.

Mike at Saltwaters Bait and Tackle in West Islip let me know fluking off the piers in the Fire Island Inlet are has been productive with bucktail and Gulp combos for fish up to 4 pounds. He knew of some bass into the slot being picked at Demo after dark but also knew that some bigger fish are being caught from the South Shore inlets east of his store after dark as well. Smaller bluefish have been chewing at Cedar during the day.

Phil from Cow Harbor Bait and Tackle reported some stripers being caught off the beach at the stretches between Huntington and Northport. The Sound fish are feeding on sand eels and bunker. Diamond jigs and larger popper are getting the job done. Bigger bluefish also showed up on the Sound side from 5 to 12 pounds. Soaking a fresh bunker chunk on the bottom could definitely entice a larger blue. Inside the harbor he said that some schoolies are still roaming around. Smaller diamond jigs or soft plastics rigged on jigheads are the move on the inside.

Up on the western North Shore, Blaise from Duffy’s Bait & Tackle in Glenwood Landing reported porgies and fluke still chewing down at Pryble Beach. He think Matinecock is giving up weakfish early in the mornings. He also mentioned that plenty of stripers are in the area to be caught from the shore still on plugs and bunker chunks.

Jim at Miller Place Bait and Tackle on the North Shore told me porgies continue to get caught in numbers from the beach at Cedar, as well as the dock by the entrance to Mt. Sinai Harbor. Some smaller stripers are still being picked in the back of the harbor as well according to Jim. Fly fishermen and those casting small poppers are having success.

From WeGo Bait and Tackle up on the North Fork they told me porgies are throughout the Sound side right now Kennys, Trumans, Hortons and Orient Point all have plenty of these scup up to 16 inches. A few stripers are roaming around the points out on the North Fork as well. Mornings and evenings have been the best time to target them with poppers or spooks. Super Strikes, Yo-Zuri and Tsunami Talking Poppers have been good choices. Some smaller bass into the slot are still roaming the creeks inside Peconic Bay as well. Smaller swimming plugs have been ideal after dark. Soft plastics rigged on jigheads have been a good bet as well.

From White Water Outfitters they told me the inlet is mainly seeing a pick of bluefish during the day and some bass to 20 pounds after dark hitting bucktails tipped with red or chartreuse tails. NLBNs or Gags Whip It Fish have been working well when the bluefish thin out after dark.