Could be the top fighting fish in the area, with razor-sharp teeth and eyesight to match. 10 fish per day, including snappers
No size limit
Found - Off docks in the bays or offshore
Caught - Drifting trolling or anchored
Time Caught - Moving water in the summer
Bait - Trolling; lures, umbrella rigs, bunker spoon,
large plugs, bucktails, parachute, hopkins, jigs
Drifting; flounder, live eels, bergauls,
black fish, clams, squid, porgies, fluke
Tackle - Spinning, conventional and fly tackle
Hooks - Carlisle, long shank 4/0 5/0 6/0 7/0 8/0
Tip - for gorilla blues, Montauk and Orient Point in
summer and fall, and City Island to
Port Jefferson through fall