Eastern Long Island Fishing Report- June 1, 2023
The strong weakfish bite continues, big fluke become more abundant in the bays and striped bass fishing is most productive early and late in the day before blues crash the party.
The strong weakfish bite continues, big fluke become more abundant in the bays and striped bass fishing is most productive early and late in the day before blues crash the party.
Big bluefish still dominate the bays and are showing up in the surf, bottom fishing is productive for scup and kingfish, and larger fluke show up off the east end.
Stripers and blues hit topwater plugs in the surf, the strong weakfish run continues and fluke fishing improved despite some unfavorable conditions.
More and bigger bluefish show up in the bays and inlets, the North Shore comes to life with bass and blues, and there is great bottom fishing in the Peconics.
Opening day fluke produces keepers in numbers, jumbo porgies bite in the Peconics, and more chopper blues hit south shore bays and inlets.
Chopper bluefish reach the East end bays in numbers, there are early reports of weakfish, and the surf bite has been good for stripers in the 20-pound class.
Twenty pound stripers bite in the South Shore surf, there's good fishing for tautog and cod offshore, and freshwater fishing is on fire.
Baitfish flood the back bays, largemouth bass bite well at night and striper activity increases in western Suffolk as striper season approaches.
Alewives are moving in and spearing are abundant in the backwaters as striped bass fishing slowly improves across the island this week.
Blackfishing was productive when boats could get out, white perch fishing improved, and trout fishing has been fantastic.