Quonnie Bait and Tackle

Abbie at Quonnie Bait and Tackle said that a lot of customers took advantage of the nice weather this past week to get out on the water. Surfcasters driving along the beaches are still reporting surface feeds most mornings and evenings close to shore. Mostly smaller striped bass chasing bait with some shad and bluefish mixed in. At night, some larger bass are being caught at the breachways and along the beaches with swimming plugs, bucktails and live eels. Tautog reports have been mixed with some anglers limiting out quickly while others are finding mostly short fish. Along with tautog, there are still some black seabass and scup being caught on the reefs and rock piles.

Pete at Quonnie Bait and Tackle said that fishing for tautog was very good this past week with both shore and boat anglers catching some nice sized keepers. The tautog are still relatively shallow so shore bound anglers along with kayak anglers are doing well. Boat anglers are finding fish in 20- to 60-feet of water. Striped bass reports have been very good from the beaches and breachways as bass and bait have been on the move along the beaches. There have been reports of a handful of bluefish mixed in but they have been scarce this fall. Still a few green bonito being caught mostly by tautog anglers who had a rod rigged and ready for them. There don’t really seem to be enough still around to go out and target them for a trip but it’s always smart to be ready should they pop up next to the boat.