[Gerry Zagorski]

Fluke are leaving because it's time to leave. Happens every year like clockwork pretty much in spite of winds or water temps.... It's just what they do and part of their internal migration clocks.

East and NE winds usually blow the warmer and clearer waters in from the Gulfstream which runs along our continental shelf a hundred miles or so out. It does however temporarily churn up the water closer into shore and the bays because of rougher surf. Once given a few days to settle down, the water will generally be cleaner and warmer. I think that is way Captain Joe said the ling will probably not stick around... They like colder water.

Sustained and heavy South winds cause upwelling which brings the colder water on the ocean's bottom to the top. This is why sometimes in the middle of the summer the water along our beaches, which are usually warm, get too cold to swim in.