Bluefish are stacked up and hitting diamond jigs around the reefs, big bass hit 3-wayed eels and bunker out front, and scup fill the void for sea bass and fluke anglers.

There's good tuna fishing south of Block Island, summer-resident bass and bluefish take large topwater plugs, and there is surprisingly good fluke fishing close to home.

Big keeper fluke are biting more consistently and trophy stripers congregate around Block Island, while bigeye, yellowfin and bluefin tuna are all on the offshore menu.

Big stripers eat eels, bunker and topwater plugs in shallow, bluefish remain in the deep rips of the Sound, and fluke fishing has been on and off in 30-foot depths.

Bluefish are stacked in the rips of the eastern Sound, 40-pound stripers hit eels, topwaters and soft plastics, and scup provide fast light-tackle jigging action.

Tuna fishing continues to improve daily, scup and black sea bass entertain the bottom fishing crowd, and striped bass continue to gorge on sand eels out front.

There's great fishing for scup, sea bass and fluke, stripers of all sizes continue to feed on sand eels and 50-inch bluefin gorge on large sand eels offshore.

More and more bluefish arrive in the Sound with cow stripers in tow, meanwhile, anglers fishing bottom enjoy abundant scup and quality fluke.

More bunker flood the Sound with gator bluefish in tow, fluke fishing is productive around 40 feet, and stripers hit topwater plugs and flutter spoons around bunker schools.

Stripers feed on sand eels out front and bunker in the backwaters, fluke fishing steadily improves and Block Island sees a big push of hefty bass.