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What a windy fall, but in between the 25 MPH gusts, the wrecks and reefs the sea bass and blackfish fishing is still hot. Most of this fishing is done some deeper water now due to cooling water temps. 40 to 80 feet of water has been the best places to look, anglers fishing with rigs and jig are doing evry well with green crabs. With the jigs, it is a different way of fishing, which lets you use lighter tackle. The blackfish jigs are well suited for targeting ocean blackfish, due to the quality components they are made to pull "bulldog tautog" out of the wrecks. See more info NYSDEC Artificial Reef Guide (PDF)

The other bottom fish like seabass, cod, pollock and ling, will all hit a well baited clam on a hi-low bait rig.  The hi-low rigs made are well suited for these species and applications. When bottom fishing be sure to bring plenty of sinkers ranging from 8-16oz depending on how deep you are fishing. 

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Also in the ocean, the boats are still doing good with jigging for stripers. These fish are on sand eels and bunker so diamond jigs with tubes are best for replicating sandeels. It has been all day action, with things usually starting up at first light and lasting until sundown. There has been topwater action too, if you see birds working you can cast swimshads, bucktails and popping plugs in to the frenzy. Trolling lures are producing some fine fish.  Patchogue local Eric Muller stopped in to show us the bass caught from the great south bay.  It measures 31"

Inshore, the inlets have a good amount of fish. Drifting live eels have been very productive. By the bridges there are plenty of schoolie bass and some keepers.  Most of this fishing is best done at night casting soft plastics into the bridge shadows.

In the surf the beach is still the best bet. Diamond jigs at first light are producing the best. swimshads, small bucktails and tins are producing as well. Bucktails, along with jigs, are well suited for this time of year.

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Most of the fish are in the medium side now (20"-35") but  you can find a slot fish in the mix. With the smaller fish around you can scale down your tackle to 7-8 foot rods and lighter gear to make the fight more interesting.

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West Lake  has been stocked this fall with some nice sized brown trout. They have been hitting most small tins as well as nightcrawlers fished under a float. Try for them in the early mornings when they are most active. If the conditions allow give a "fly a try". They will be more than willing to go after a streamer.

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On the freshwater scene, West Lake  was just recently stocked. small spinners, and Kastmasters are good choices if you choose to go try for some trout. Nighcrawlers will get bites too.   Fish them from a small float with a #8 hook. Live shiners are catching Bass, Perch and Pickerel. This is the best tactic for this time of year ( due to colder water temperatures making for more lethargic fish.)  trout magnets fished from floats are a fun way to catch variety of fish from the local lakes and it allow you to use lighter tackle, to make things interesting.