Gator blues gorge on bay anchovies and peanut bunker in the Sound, stripers bite in the back bays on both shores, and Spanish mackerel invade the south shore surf.

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.

Keeper fluke and cobia are caught in the back bays, schoolie stripers and snappers hit the salt marshes at night, and south shore bunker pods host sharks and larger cobia.

Ocean reefs give up double-digit fluke, cobia and mahi relieve missed shots at tuna, and bluefish and fluke blitz on peanut bunker in the back bays.

More and bigger cobia are caught around bunker schools, ocean fluking is great around the reefs and wrecks, and offshore anglers find quality yellowfin and mahi.

Ocean fluke fishing produces both size and numbers, cobia are caught by boat and shore anglers, and stripers slurp on cinder worms on the north shore.

Anglers catch rays, sharks and cobia in the surf, quality fluke bite around ocean reefs and wrecks, and the back bays are loaded with triggerfish and puffers.

Big fluke are caught regularly on the south shore, stripers hit eels and bunker around NYC, and there are rumblings of cobia in the back bays of Long Beach.

Bluefish are thick on both shores, sea bass season opened with a bang, and big stripers roam the increasingly-sharky south shore surf.

Gator bluefish are packed into the western Sound, thresher sharks harass bunker pods on the south shore and anglers prepare for the sea bass season opener on Friday.