Trolled diamond jigs were the recipe for catching bluefish in Smithtown Bay for Laurel Ehlers.When the bonito hit the East End of Long Island, Nieco Christiano made the run for them and connected with these hardtails right around Labor Day.During a Block Island fluke fishing trip on the Montauk Star, Josh Cohen nailed the pool winner, coming in at 6 pounds in the beginning of September. “Fishbites did the job” said Josh.Daniel Del Rosario took first place in the Surf Rats Ball surfcasting tournament with his 53-pounder caught from a South Shore inlet while targeting fluke with a 6-foot St. Croix rod and a Berkley soft plastic rigged on a jighead.Nine-year-old Thano Rontiris caught his first weakfish near Shelter Island using Fishbites E-Z Strips baited on a hi-lo rig.While fishing off the Long Beach are in about 70 feet of water, Dana Munno fed a live bunker to a 60-pound cobia which was weighed in at J&J Sports in Patchogue.On July 20th, 15-year-old Eddie Looft caught this 8.4-pound fluke on a Tsunami Glass Minnow with a Gulp Grub as the teaser in Montauk. The fish was weighed in at the Montauk Anglers Club.While fishing on the Hammertime out of Montauk, Alyssa Sussman put together a limit of quality fluke including the one pictured on a mid-July trip.
