I encourage all my clients to practice catch and release for this wonderful wild fishery we have. Waters My home waters for the spring and summer seasons are Gardiners Bay to Block Island Sound including the huge rips known collectivily as the Race in the middle of Long Island Sound. During these months we encounter a variety of fishing conditions from sight casting to stripers off the shallow flats of Gardiners Isand to fishing the fast moving rips of Orient Point and the Race for both bluefish and stripers crashing bait on the surface. Sand eels are one of the prdominate baits this time of year. We fish lots of clousers and decievers along with some of the newer patterns.
Poppers can always add to the fun.
Floating to deep sink lines are all used. 9 and 10 weight outfits are most commonly used. I also have acess to florida style flats boat thru another guide out here if you are interested in polling the flats around Gardiners, sight casting to both stripers and blues. Flats fishing can be productive right into early fall. I move both my boat and myself out to Montauk Point thru November.