Surf Fishing Report – Long Island South Shore – 7-24-08
July 24th, 2008Mother Nature has put a damper on things for the past few days, between the tropical storm that passed off-shore of us and these crazy thunderstorms there hasn’t been much activity on the beaches. There has been a big surf and a wicked sweep with lots of weed making it VERY difficult to keep a bait out.
But… before we had this weather we were hearing of a few fish caught here and there on bait. Fresh Bunker accounted for 99 % of what we heard and Tobay, Gilgo and Democrat Point were the more productive areas. Things should be different once this weather settles and we’ll post any new news.
West End 2 still has some activity with the Bluefish and some schoolie Bass at first light and occasionally at sunset. This is typical for that area in the height of the summer and can be one of the more consistent bites around here. First light… say like 4 AM to just after it gets light… usually gets things going around the inlet area and there has been a load of bait in the area too… small Butterfish, Anchovies, Spearing and some white bait. This is a good sign and we would recommend to anyone to at least make a stop at West End 2 if you’re going fishing.
Wish we had some better news…. we’ll post any new activity as we hear it!!

