Above: Sea bass fishing has been on fire off Montauk.

I’ll spare you the, “weather is hot, but so is the fishing” intro.

In spite of warming water temperatures, rivers are still holding stripers.

Striped bass fishing is in rare form with fish over 40-pounds in Newport, Jamestown and Sakonnet.

Water temperatures have stripers primarily feeding at night while both fluke and bluefish action remain excellent.

Bait is drawing big North Shore bluefin in close to the shore while temperature spikes have pushed striped bass into deeper waters.

Time to catch all your summer favorites.

Although fishing has been hit or miss this past month due to spikes in both air and water temps, smallmouth bass, striped bass, and walleye have been actively feeding in the evening and early morning hours.

Fluke, tuna, and sea bass – what more can we ask for as it’s been a July for the record books with the quality fishing and calm winds.

The largemouth bite continues to be excellent and staging Chinook salmon are starting to show in area waters off Wilson and Olcott.