“A day to remember for sure on bunker pods,” said Tristan Bhagwandin. His friend bill and he had stripers up to 50 pounds fishing close to shore off of Shinnecock.Joe Maiolo was able to land this estimated 35-pounder from the surf near Jones Inlet while fishing a late night tide during mid-June.While fishing a night tide in the Robert Moses area with a Daiwa SP Minnow, Wulber Ruiz was able to beach this 45-inch, 31-pound stripers. “I was about to call it quits but like I always say, persistence is key to a surfcasters journey,” Is what he told us.Alan Yee hopped on the Miss Montauk II for their June 8 fluke trip and put together a limit of quality fish by the end of the day using a Chicken Rig with Gulp Pine Shine 5-inch Grubs.Twelve-year-old Noah Fazio fished out of Lindenhurst with his father Anthony Fazio on their friend Dean Poupis’s boat outside Fire Island Inlet on June 3, live lining bunker pods. Noah scored with this 50-pound striper during the course of the trip. Photo courtesy of Pelagic Outfitters.Melinda Farmer fished fresh bunker chunks in the surf at Rockaway Beach and landed this 32-inch bluefish. Her husband Kevin also had a 34-incher during the trip and they even had a 19-1/2-keeper fluke that was released.This 30-pound redfish was caught by Alex Pljakic along the central South Shore of Long Island while fishing a bunker chunk after dark during the beginning of June. This has been one of several redfish catches – and from the surf to boot in the area within the last month.Glenn Passarelli was able to get out on the east end of Long Island to do some surf fishing and by the end of the night, scored with this slot stripers on a swimming plug.
