WeGo Bait and Tackle

Craig from WeGo Bait and Tackle in Southold reports summer fishing is in full swing with summer weakfish and porgies in all their usual haunts of Rose Grove, Noyack Bay Jessups Neck and the Middle Grounds off Greenport. Hi/low rigs armed with squid strips, sandworms and clam bellies are getting the job done. Striped bass and bluefish continue to wreak havoc in the Race and Plum Gut. Both moving tides are producing on 3 x 3 rigs fished with 3 ounce bucktails during the daytime while live eels do the trick during the dark hours. Fluke can still be found with some sea bass east of Gardiners Island with stripped down sea robin and fished on a 6 to 8 ounce bucktail catching the keeper fluke. Large to jumbo porgies are chewing real good out in the Long Island and Block Island Sounds. Crabbing has been hot at the docks.

Craig from WeGo Bait and Tackle in Southold reports the best fishing has been in the Plum Gut and at the Race for striped bass during outgoing tide during the night tide and the day tide. Live eels work best at night while bucktails and swim shads on 3x3’s work best during the day. Porgies are all over the bay with most being shorts. Plenty of summer weakfish, spot, kingfish and blowfish are taking residence on the porgy grounds and are being caught on porgy bait and rigs. Fluke fishing has slowed down in the bay with the best fishing towards the east at Gardiners Island. Not a lot of keepers around but a lot of action with squid and spearing tipped with bucktails. Crabbing has been excellent at the local docks.