Seeing through reports

[Zeal]

Been going through my past fishing logs and I could use some insight if anyone can spare any.

As with all data collection, the only way to know for sure about whatever you're after is just to go out and put the time in regardless of fishing reports saying whether or not the action is nonexistent to red hot.

I do not own a boat and I am bound to the sands. The biggest issue I have had in this data collection are the months of July-August. Reading past reports, fish are said to have moved to 50 feet of water due to the water temperature rising. I can understand that.

However, Bluefish run all over, crabs are all over (including the supposed spawning period of Digger Crabs), and other fish easily swallowed by stripers are around the beach.

I want to break the impression I have that July and August are very slow months (pertaining to stripers) and are only decent for boats, but has anyone found otherwise?

Has anyone found a trend where at a certain water temperature the fish just move out and don't come back in or are very inactive? Regardless of what species you are, you gotta eat!