Western Long Island and NYC Fishing Report- June 15, 2023
Fluke fishing is great in the bays and inlets, 40-inch stripers hit jigs on the North shore, and big blues are everywhere clobbering topwater plugs.
Fluke fishing is great in the bays and inlets, 40-inch stripers hit jigs on the North shore, and big blues are everywhere clobbering topwater plugs.
South shore stripers key in on bunker while the North shore hosts spearing and sand eels, big fluke are being caught in south shore bays and porgies are in thick across the island.
Porgies swarm the north shore beaches and jetties, fluke fishing is hot in the south shore bays, and big bluefish beat stripers to baits on both sides of the island.
Bluefish follow bunker schools into the Western Sound, North Shore fluke fishing improves, and striped bass fishing remains reliable in the back bays on both shores.
Weakfish are abundant on the North and South shores, bluefish are biting well in the surf and around the jetties, and a new wave of large stripers join the party.
Big weakfish hit the backwaters, bluefish linger around the inlets and bays while stripers bite on the beaches, and porgy fishing picks up in the Western Sound.
Fluke season starts off strong despite crummy conditions, gator bluefish are scattered across the south and north shores, and weakfish are around in good numbers.
Large migratory stripers cruise the north and south shores, bluefish hit the south shore inlets and bays, and spring tautog season winds down.