Albies seemed to bookend the Cape this week, with good fishing to the east around Monomoy, good fishing to the west along the Elizabeths, and tough fishing in the middle.

Nights remain a big bass best bet with needles, darters and eels all working well in estuaries, marshes and rivers.

CAUTION: many Portuguese Man o’ Wars have been washing up on the East End beaches.

With the effects of the new moon, casting eels among the estuaries of Greater Boston should be very productive for stripers this weekend.

CT anglers are finding plenty of topwater action, with Spanish macks, schoolie striped bass and mixed sizes of bluefish

False albacore and bonito reports continue to improve in the eastern parts of Rhode Island.

Kings are scattered with some coming from 100 fow down 30 to 50 feet while bass fishing continues to be excellent.

Fluke season ends on Saturday but a nasty forecast makes it unlikely anglers will be able to fish until the final gun.

With wind in the forecast for the weekend, it will be a great time to hit the rocks for keeper tog.

Water conditions are low and clear with anglers catching trout on nymphs while the smallmouth, panfish, and catfish action continues to heat up.