The bays are loaded with blowfish and snapper blues, fluke fishing holds strong around the ocean reefs, and the wahoo bite picks up near Bacardi wreck.

Above: Captain Rob Taylor of Newport Sportfishing Charters and Chris Megan with a first light bluefin from August 8.

Roving packs of bass are moving along area beaches picking off mackerel chunks as well as clams on the bottom.

Stripers and blues are piled in the L.I. Sound rips, fluke fishing is good in south shore bays, and bluefin of all sizes linger at the mid-shore tuna grounds.

Albies chase schools of silversides, stripers and blues ramp up in the Canal, and fluke fishing holds steady...plus, a tarpon is caught and released on the south side of Cape.

Dropping water temperatures are pushing the blues out, and bringing the pogies in with stripers up to 50 pounds in-tow.

Sheepshead are caught around south shore bridges, bluefish blitz on peanut bunker on the north shore, and fluke fishing remains steady out front with plenty of shorts in the bays.

Bluefish and Spanish mackerel are caught on the troll, large red drum hit soft plastics in the lower Bay, and bottom fishing yields sea bass, flounder and triggerfish from the reefs.

Sea bass fishing is better in deeper water, tuna continue to take live bait and jigs south of Block, and bonito begin to show up in greater numbers.

Stripers enjoy a baitfish buffet in the eastern Sound, scup and sea bass fill coolers for bottom fishermen, and double-digit bluefish take diamond jigs in deep water.