After a brief showing in early July, the bonito are back and it seems like they’re here to stay, this time. A strong push of bones swung into the South County shoreline and moved east, with strong catches along the entire Rhody shoreline and up into Buzzards Bay. We also saw a continuation of the increasing fluke bite with good reports from Block Island, eastern Long Island Sound, Nantucket Sound and even some good reports from Duxbury Bay. Striper action continues to hold strong, but shark depredation remains a major issue throughout southern New England.