The striped bass fishing continues to be sporadic and almost non-existent at times.  There is plenty of bait around the island: sand eels and baby herring.  The water temps are three degrees cooler than this time last year, so I am being optimistic and hoping for a good July (being that June's weather was dismal).  The few bass that have been caught have been on Rapala's X-Rap, Super Strike Darters and bucktails.  Top lures for Lobsterville and Dogfish Bar are Slug-gos, Hogy's and walk-the-dog type lures like Jumpin' Minnows and Rapala's X-Rap Walk 13.   

What continues to flourish is the bluefishing.  In fact, the bluefishing is so good at times we are questioning whether it is having an affect on the bass fishing.  Bluefish are being caught all around the island, with Chappaquiddick and Menemsha being the most productive.  Lures of choice have been bucktails (red and white) and long thin metal jigs, obviously because of the abundance of sand eels.  Pencil poppers have been successful at dusk and popular colors are yellow, yellow/chartreuse, yellow/red head and all white.