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Bass and Blues have been on the sand beaches taking diamond jigs, bucktails  and swim shads. These fish are great fun for some early morning to all day action. Small bluefish have been mixed in as well and will hit the same kind of offering intended for bass. If you want to try and pull some bigger fish try soaking bunker chunks, this is a great way to catch some "just keeper" size fish and larger.

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Over this past week we’ve heard amazing reports of stripers off of Davis Park on the inside and offshore, using  diamond jigs. Cupsogue Beach County Park  is coming back with a good report of a lot of slot sized stripers using a bucktails, brighter the color the better the bite! 

Here are some tips for measuring a striped bass:

Total length is the longest straight line measurement from the tip of the snout, with the mouth closed, to the longest lobe of the tail, with the lobes squeezed together, and the fish laid flat on the measuring device.  

• Use a measuring board or lay a tape measure on the ground to ensure a straight line measurement
• Don't measure along the fish's body, as the curve will skew the length
• Firmly grasp the fish with both hands
• Make sure the head of the fish touches the zero mark on the measuring tool at the same time as the tip of the tail
• Pinch the tail together and measure from the closed mouth to the end of the pinched tail. Make sure the tail is stretched out as far as possible when you pinch it together. This is a straight line measure so it is recommended to use a measuring board or lay the tape on the ground.

Blackfish have been sticking close to the shore. Even though the water has been fairly warm, Blackfish jigs and rigs baited with green crabs  have both been doing very well.   Patchogue locals went hunting for some shore-bound Blackfish on the North Fork this week.  They were able to put together a limit of fish up to 18" . The fish were responding well to both the jigs and the rigs.

 A couple of Tackle Tips when blackfishing...Always bring extra rigs, jigs and sinkers. Losing them is inevitable. They will either get caught in the rocks or a larger fish can break you off when they run for the rocks. Also you want to use a rod that is fairly heavy so that you can yank the fish out of the rocks. Try using a reel with a higher gear ratio. This would help you gain leverage on the fish. Use at least 40 to 50 pound braid on that reel. Bring along at least 2-4 dozen crabs if you plan on fishing for a bit. If the bite is hot you will be going through bait quickly.

Stripers and Blue are starting to show at all the inlets and those using clam or drifting live eels are having great success. Any of the bridges will also hold fish in the evening through out the night and early morning.

Weakfish are not out of the question this time of year as well, they can be caught with squid strips, clam and artificial’s such as bass assassins and gulp baits. If you want to venture out in the ocean then bass and blues can be found along the beaches, trolling is a great way of locating fish.

As the water gets colder we should see an increase in activity on the wrecks  and  Artificial Reefs.

 

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