LI Outdoorsman

The guys over at the LI Outdoorsman reported that there were a considerable amount of short sea bass and fluke, and that keepers were difficult to find. Size limits proved to be a challenge. By the inlets, there were some blues, bonito and albies. Tuna has been spotty and the canyon has not been producing. Not much news in the Long Island bays, however, Jamaica bay has had an exceptional year. Anglers in that region are catching weakfish, big sheepsheads, croakers and spot. At the inshore and offshore wrecks including the Windmills, bottom fishing is good, but keepers are hard to come by. There was one good day of cobia about a week ago, but not much has been reported since then. That day it seemed like everyone caught, then they disappeared. An angler was fishing the pods for cobia, and he had 3 sharks. These days, they are mostly brown sharks. No spinner sharks were sighted. Bait is scarce, and the bunker is small. It was not a river of bunker that is usually seen. Anglers have reported difficulty in finding a good amount of peanuts in the bay and marina. Bunker on the outside are four to five inches. Inshore, anglers are seeing small bluefish while the offshore is producing large bluefish. They have not heard much on the snapper fishery or any kingfish. Stop on in at 434 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre, NY.

Scott Wong at LI Outdoorsman said it has been mostly the same as last week: anglers need to cull through short fluke and sea bass, tuna continue to be a hit or miss. Bonita and false albacore have made their way in while Spanish mackerel are hit or miss, and cobia were being caught in scattered bunker pods and anglers have to fight their way through the sharks. As a matter of fact, fluke have been getting chased up and occasionally munched on by these large predators. Scott noted the West End has been carpeted with cownose rays. Snappers all the way to up big bluefish are in the bay as well. Stop on in at 434 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre, NY.