'2026 Fluke Season Opens • Weakfish Show-Up • Porgies Are In • Bluefish Make A Showing • Sea Bass Opens 5/16/26

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Breaking News......Striped bass off of Patchogue Bay , Weakfish catches reported to the west. Porgies caught to the east. Bluefish have started!! and fluke Opens

Warmer weather means warmer water, which means bass in the back bays. The shallower waters found in the bays will warm up faster this time of year. This attracts a lot of bait fish. these fish will gather in the warmer water, where Striped Bass will look to feed. We are starting to see a lot more fish starting to be caught. this time of year these fish are looking to feed on just about any bait fish. Top water plugs, such as Super Strike, or Cotton Cordell. Simple plugs with simple colors such as blue, white, yellow, and in some cases greens, are the safest choices to fish. Another good choice would be some kind of soft plastic bait such as, Bass Assassins, or a simple Storm Shad. Fishing these baits along the edge of a sandbar, or up against structure such as bridges or docks is always a great idea. Small bucktails fished the same ways as soft plastics work just as well, don't be surprised if a weakfish ends up on your hook.

Reports of Clam chumming for bass out West have been reported towards the Jones Beach and Robert Moses area . When chumming for Bass off of your boat you will need to anchor up current of a bridge piling or in a cut near an inlet or off of a sandbar next to deeper water, moving water is a must. Don't forget, bait fishing for bass requires the use of circle hooks.

Bass reported locally in the Great South Bay, from Patchogue , Bluepoint and Sayville on Bunker chunks and lures.  fish reported up to 35", 

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Fluke: The Fluke season opened on Sunday May 4th. The new regulations of 19" size limit (and increasing to 19-1/2" on August 2nd) at a three fish limit will extend the season to October 15th.  Anglers are ready to target these doormats. Typically a good place to start in the early season would be the back bays of Moriches , Shinnecock Inlet and Fire island Inlet As well the Peconics . The shop is fully stocked with spearing,  squid and fluke rigs , as well as gulp and bucktails and teasers ! And plenty of prime bait. Squid and squid strips, Fluke Belly and Spearing.  Read more about fluke

Porgies: It's Porgy time!  Clam, sandworms or squid are all great baits to use for Porgies. Try using a  chum to increase your odds of catching. The Peconic Bays as well as the North Shore both are great locations to try out this early. Porgy season is from May 1st till December 31st.  with a new size regulation of 11" for anglers fishing on private boats. but shore anglers are allowed to catch and keep 9-1/2" fish.  The bag limit for boaters or shore anglers remains at 30 fish per day.  Shop is Stocked up with all Porgy Rigs and Hooks. Read More about porgies.

Weakfish are starting to make a appearance in our local area. Some fish are being caught in the bay on sandworms drifted along the bottom as well as small soft plastics on a jig head . With the warmer water temperatures coming they will start to feed more often as the season goes on.  Read More about weakfish.

Big Bluefish have been reported throughout the island.   The shop is all stocked up on bluefish hooks and lures for when these gators invade the back bays and inlets. Also in stock is frozen bunker and mackerel , we will be carrying fresh bunker too!! 

WEEKEND UPDATE: Bluefish have been reported in our bay near the smiths point bridge  @Smith Point County Park , to   Robert Moses State Park with anglers catching fish up to 15 pounds. The best method for bluefish would be lures such as diamond jigs and top water poppers. While these gators have mainly been found near the inlets, they will soon push further in to the great South Bay.

Trout Action at the Lakes have been plenty full since the last Spring stocking a week or two ago , trout have been fairly active on warmer days. Using small lures or worms and wax worm's with a float has been effective. Don’t overlook using a fly this time of year As the days go on the weather will trigger a hatch that could make for a great bite .

The lake of the week is Fort Pond  in Montauk.  Fort pond is an excellent lake and contains a variety of species not commonly found on our island. This lake has both Waleye and small mouth bass which both make for an excellent fight and a challenge. The best way to catch these fish would be lures like rapala jerk Shad’s and senko worms. This lake also has fish like largemouth bass, crappie, perch and sun fish. Bait like live shiners and night crawlers will work excellent at this lake.

Send your reports, photos or your favorite fish recipe to: REPORTS@JJSPORTSFISHING.COM 

Don't forget to include, names, location and details (when possible: lures or bait used, tides, etc….) comments or questions are welcome. Call (631) 654-2311

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All anglers 16yrs and older are required to register for saltwater fishing or purchase a license for freshwater fishing in New York State.

You need to register before saltwater fishing. It's easy and it's FREE for NYS residents and all visitors.  To fish our local lakes and ponds, a Freshwater License is required. Basically, a NYS resident Freshwater License is available to purchase for a days fishing ($5.00), a week ($12.00), or a season (one year from date of purchase for $25.00.-Senior [70 or older] $5.00. )  Additional discounts are available for active military, disabled vets and more...... Non-Resident Freshwater Fishing Licenses are also available for a fee from $10.00-$50.00. 

Licenses or saltwater registry are valid for one year from date of purchase.

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