Long Island Sound brings back memories, although I caught my snapper blues in Jamaica Bay at Rockaway NY. I did not know that blues were related to yellowtail; very interesting and understandable.

Speaking of comparing East Coast and West Coast inshore fishing, what surprised me when I moved to CA is how the inshore Atlantic is generally calmer than the inshore Pacific during the summer. The only times that it was too rough for me to fish in a small skiff off the NY or NJ shore was during a thunderstorm. Just about every summer day, other than that, was fishable, whereas in CA there are many summer days when afternoon westerlies whip things up.