Bob opened the season with a packed boat and plenty of keeper fluke. Mt. Sinai Harbor has more than its share of stripers, some over 30 pounds, and striped bass fishing continues to build along the Rocky Point beaches. The Prime Time III out of Orient had 135 keeper fluke on opening day and only 10 shorts. Eddie Arnold of Deer Park brought a 26-inch fluke into A.P. White Bait Shop in Greenport. That was caught on squid and spearing off the Greenlawns.
Stripers are around and weakfish are starting to pop up.
Flounder fishing is peaking just as fluke season is beginning, so there's certainly a choice for anglers. Weakfish are starting to find the hooks of some fishermen and bunker and butterfish are having a field day in the bay so the weaks and stripers should be after them soon. Opening day of fluke season was simply phenomenal, as just about every angler on every boat limited out. The action was best on the south side using squid and spearing. Flounder fishing is coming into its own lately in Montauk Lake, and there are plenty of people staying in there for fish action.