Fishing East Coast Bait and Tackle

Mike at Fishing East Coast Bait and Tackle in Little Neck reports nighttime has been best for stripers with the fish hitting plugs or sucking down live eels. Fluke are populated along the entire stretch of the North Shore but unless you go way to the east, most of the fluke are shorts. The usual formula of Gulp, bucktails, squid and spearing are nailing the flatties. If you are to use natural bait, be sure to have plenty on hand or use strips of sea robin or legal fluke bellies as you are going to need them. Porgies are now on the small side with a lot of under size scup around. Keep at it and you’ll be able to put a catch together for dinner. Worms and clams are best. Blue claw crabbing from the south shore docks, piers and pilings is off to a great start using bunker and traps.

Mike at Fishing East Coast Bait and Tackle in Little Neck reports the striped bass fishing remains excellent especially at night for those using bunker chunks or poppers. Anglers are also trolling loads of big bass out in the deep water of the Sound, particularly at the Triangle off Northport. Fluke fishing remains active with a high short to keeper ratio. Anglers using M and M Fluke Strips on Spro Bucktails are doing quite well. Anglers going to Rhode Island to fish on the charter boats that fluke fish at the Nantucket Shoals have been enjoying great fishing with fluke to 12 pounds. Most of the monster flatties are smashing bucktails tipped with M and M Fluke Strips. Porgy fishing is beginning to return to normal with worms and clams producing best by the Bayville Reef and Oyster Bay. The bluefish bite has been slow.