Albies are in thick from the south side out to Nantucket, Spanish mackerel join the party, and big bluefish are everywhere from the Canal to the Islands to Cape Cod Bay.

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.

On August 13, Cape Cod local Hans Brings caught and released a 5-foot tarpon in the surf.

Bonito and bluefish blitz on peanut bunker, larger fluke are caught in Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay, and big stripers take live eels around the Elizabeth Islands.

Bottom fishing is challenging but rewarding, reports of bonito continue from Nomans to Buzzards Bay, and fishing improves in the east end of the Canal.

Gator blues surround the Cape, stripers eat pogies and sand eels in Cape Cod Bay, and small bonito are trolled up south of the Vineyard.

Cocktail and gator blues surround the Cape and Islands, stripers feed on mackerel and sand eels in Cape Cod Bay, and Canal action slows despite a buffet of bait.

Fluke fishing drastically improves with the presence of sand eels and silversides, bluefish are all over Cape Cod Bay and the Canal saw epic topwater bass fishing.

Bluefish are in thick, there's steady action for bluefin on the troll and on sand-eel imitators, and the Canal fishes well on the back end of July's full moon.

Sea bass fishing takes a dive, striped bass and cocktail blues remain in the rips, and bluefin tuna action explodes with the presence of large sand eels.