Tom Melton

The summer heat has arrived, but the action remains rock solid throughout the bays. In Moriches the fluke bite is red hot with many keepers and shorts coming up from buoy 12 out to the inlet and from Gull Island down into Harts Cove. On the docks of both bays the crabbing is getting better, snappers are getting large, all of which bodes well for the kids. In Great South Bay, the fluking remained very good, with the top of the flood your best option, while both tides are seeing anglers swinging fish too. My son-in-law Isa Muqattash got out on Saturday to FI Inlet and drilled a fat 24-inch fluke. Outside the inlet, bunker pods are scarce, but the reef is heating up. Offshore yellowfin, bluefin and mahimahi are roaming about.

This week we will see rising temperatures reaching close to 95 plus, so first off stay hydrated and where sunscreen. And, just because the air temps will be high, the on the water temps will always be 10 degrees cooler, making for a great day. The action continues to please anglers with fluke, sea bass, porgies, kingfish, stripers, blues, blowfish, kingfish and crabs all available. If you want fluke, the party boat fleet out of Captree is a great bet, while over in the Moriches, grab a rental from Silly Lily and drive 5 minutes to some of the best fluking around. After dark action on bass, blues and weakfish still remain an option with soft plastics the best bet. Have a bigger boat, head to the clean water of the canyons and get in on the hot yellowfin bite. No boat, hit the docks and piers of Captree or on the north side of the bay for snappers, crabs, fluke and more.