Ok Everyone take a deep breath. You never know what your gonna get. I have to say just about about every fall has some twist you never see coming. Its not a given Montauk has a surf run, it seems to happen every 3 or 4 years .

The one thing I see each year is sept comes and a few local fish wake up and hit then the first two weeks of oct it dumps out.

Hopefully see some big blue blitzes mid month, that would be a good sign, last years pre hurricane pea nut run I dont think anyone saw coming. I had a 40 bass night the friday after the storm then the second storm NE really did more damage. A lot of bass got to live up and down the eastern coast last fall.

Some opportunities will come be patient. Thrird week and thereafter.

The best advice i could give any striper fisherman is be patient wait for it then pounce and pounce some more because you don't know when the next opportunity comes.