Mackerel have moved in close making for fine bait for a fall striped bass in the Saco Bay Area.

Peanut bunker are getting pounded from Plymouth through Cohasset with anglers finding hungry bass and blues under surface feeds.

The fall run action continues as striped bass are being found chasing mackerel and peanut bunker.

Tautog are feeding heavily on the South Shore and the South Coast.

Big bass reports are still coming in from well into Maine.

The North Shore is producing big stripers while October is tog time and the results along the Westport side of Buzzards Bay are bearing that out.

The mouths of rivers are stacked with herring fry making a slim-profiled bait or the venerable tube-and-worm just the thing to intercept a cow or two heading southward.

Marblehead through Beverly Beaches are among the North Shore best bets for a big bass after dark.

The fall striper run is on and groundfishing remains good.

Cod are cruising in close to the ledges, blues are still present from Cape Ann through Plum Island, and big stripers are chasing peanuts ahead of their migration.