Turning Around

Fishing Report June 30th, TURNING AROUND

Was a rainy week but can often times improve the fishing. Customers who got out on boat this week ended up doing well. Keeper fluke are being found out in about 40-feet of water off the local beaches. The fluke fishing isn’t red hot but most everyone that has been putting in their time is finding a few keepers. Try sticking tight to structure when fishing local that has been the key to finding both fluke and seabass. The primary bait all fish are feeding on seems to be sand eels. There are some black sea bass around but they aren’t thick yet. Scup fishing has been excellent with solid catches reported from shore and boat. Striped bass and bluefish are around in good numbers with catches reported from the Breachway, back in the salt pond and off of the beaches. Schoolies bass have been found chasing bait at the surface along the south shore both in the morning and evening. Bigger bass coming from trolling sandeel umbrella rigs or live bait on the bottom. Tuna reports are picking up with more boats starting to venture out to the grounds. Most decent reports are coming from SE of the island. Trolling bars and jigging seems to be working. Better weather this week so hopefully if your trying to get out you can find a window that works for you. Weekend Weather Report Friday 6/30: S winds around 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Areas of fog High of: 78 Low of: 59 Saturday 7/1: E winds around 5 kt, becoming SE around 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Patchy fog. High of: 79 Low of: 59 Sunday 7/3: S winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. High of: 75 Low of: 65