Fisherman's World

• Striped bass fishing is still holding up pretty good with fish from 28 inches to 28lb. There have been some nice fish caught under bunker schools. From Green's Ledge, Darien to Greenwich, snagging the live bunker (usually at daybreak or rainy days) and letting them back into the schools or throwing chunks into the schools. You can also anchor in the area and fish with fresh bunker chunks. Also 11B, 28C, and the deep reef's between 28C and Budd's reef, some days are holding blues and striped bass with some big bluefish for this time of year, 13-14 lbs. Chunking on the bottom with fresh bunker and fishing sinker slides (aka fish finder rigs). Change weights according to the tide, use minimum weight to hold to the bottom. Change the bait frequently, because the fish are attracted to the smell of the bait. Also on the north side of 11B in approximately 80ft of water, three-waying worms have been productive. That is fishing with a 3-way swivel, a sinker, 3 ft of flourocarbon leader, eagle claw style hook and drifting the worms on the bottom you can catch bass up to 120 ft of water this time of year and during the summer months.
  
• Trolling for bluefish mid-sound with wire line or mono has been producing a number of bluefish with some bass mixed in between Norwalk and Smithtown bay. Also between Stamford and Llyod's neck. If you see bunker schools around, troll around them there are many fish in that area. And as usual tube and worm fishing in the Norwalk islands seem to be good, these fish seem to be smaller with a few keepers mixed in. Also some big bluefish near the launching ramps, in Norwalk, (across from Fisherman's World) under the bunker schools.
• Fluke fishing is still good at times if you can still find the fish. Jason Velicky did just that, he caught a 9 lb 10 oz fluke. Fishing the Eaton's neck triangle and Eaton's neck by can 13 has been excellent. Also there are fluke someday's at peck's ledge, middle passage, and buoy 28 southwest of Great reef. The fish at Eaton's neck tend to be larger. Fluke fishing has slowed down off of buoy 26, south of Copps island, but they will be back. Last year the run started in August with fish up to 11lbs. The bait to use is Squid strips, in combination with sand eels or spearing on fluke rigs or bucktails also fresh bunker strips and fluke bellies. Note to remember: fluke do not bite well, if at all, wind against tide. It is not good to fluke fish with an outgoing tide and an east wind or vice versa. It is best to fish on nice days not windy days. Drifting too fast for fluke is also not productive, over 1.5 knots it gets difficult. There has been excellent diamond jigging for blues, and bass at the OB buoy and 11B, but remember it is better to jig during the full and new moons because the tides run much harder and the diamond jigs work a lot better.
• Porgy- At this time of year chumming is definitely a plus, fish will come right to your boat, clam chum is the preferred bait. Alex Alison ,who works at Fisherman's World on Saturday mornings , did excellent in approximately 44 ft of water, approximately a mile south of Copp's island on the rock pile, very large porgy's. The south side of Smith's reef and some at Green's Ledge. Sand worms and clams are good bait.