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Welcome to the dog days of summer! Things have definitely slowed but the fish are still around, just a little more difficult to catch them. The boat traffic and the heated summer water temps make this fishing a little tougher… but the fish are STILL there!
Clam chumming is always a good bet and as always the bridges and any structure in the back bays are holding fish. If we had to pick places that seem to have the most action, we would have to say the second and third Wantagh bridges. These two bridges have been giving up a few fish on the clams, especially on the outgoing tide.

We’ve also heard of a couple fish caught on live eels. Sounds like the inlet, on the outgoing is a good place to start but some of the “sharpies” have been catching them in the back bays as well. This time of year, the eel fishing is tricky in the back bays though… you would be fishing small, specific areas looking for literally one or two bites in any particular place.

Any live bait is a nice way to go this time of year too. Now that we have some Sea Bass and Porgies in the bays, if you can manage a keeper sized fish, try live lining one of them too!

Plugging sounds a bit slow and the better reports seem to be coming from those that are fishing the later portion of the incoming tide. We’ve had reports from Reynolds Channel, west of Point Lookout and from a variety of spots between the Meadowbrook and Wantagh bridges. This is the time of year when this fishing typically improves though, especially at night and at first light. If conditions are calm, poppers are a fun way to go and it’s always hard to beat the big Slug-Go’s!