Bottom fishing is the hot bite amid colder weather, the Great River fishes well for trout and micro-stripers blitz on peanut bunker.

Bountiful bottom fishing, south shore striper blitzes and big bruiser tautog take us into the weekend on eastern Long Island.

Big bluefish blitz on the south shore, double-digit tautog catches increase, and striped bass bite well in the back bays.

Offshore wreck fishing is tough but bountiful, and stripers crush peanuts on the beaches while blues and albies run the north shore.

Tautog remain shallow enough to catch for shore, double digit tog are coming from deep, and a consistent striper bite develops after doldrums.

Tog fishing is good around bridges and jetties, albies and blues hit the north shore in force and Montauk surfcasting remains strangely slow.

Tautog season opens strong on the South shore, bluefish and albies hit the North shore, and surfcasters anxiously await the October new moon.

Tautog season in Long Island Sound kicks off strong, and massive stripers invade the south shore beaches from Montauk to the West End.

Stripers and blues invade the north shore, the Montauk Classic yields a 29-pound winning fish, and Peconic Bay holds late-season weakfish and porgies.

Big fluke hang near the inlets, striper fishing shows promise before impending storms, and productive bottom fishing for scup and sea bass continues.