Summer is over and it looks like winter and fall are making a hard play for the hill. I have acorns the size of pumpkins hitting the tin roof of the shop on the daily. I stopped jumping on the third day, but the dog still runs. Those big ones are loud. There are so many acorns, we are raking them up into piles and dumping them on the corn pile for the deer.

One lady was complaining on a social media page after she vacuumed all the acorns up. Now there were so many bags full, she wanted to know where to dispose of the bags. I went and picked those up for the deer, too. Also I’ve never met anyone who vacuums their yard, so it was a bonus. The deer are going to be fat this year. The big boys near me are already harvested. The big bucks never last long.

The surf is producing a decent amount of small bluefish, puppy drum, kingfish, spot and pompano still. That action is going to change here real soon. The water temperatures are steady dropping. The fall temperatures that are here will drop the water temps quicker.

Albies have made a few showings along the beaches and the Indian River Inlet. The water has been almost crystal clear the past few days. It looks tropical — blue with white foam on top. You can see the fish swimming along the rocks and the ledge under the waves when it is calm, which is cool until you realize now your shadow can spook them even more.

The boats are picking up decent tuna action, when they can get out. Tautog is on the list and some sea bass and flounder here and there. The flounder will end soon enough, so get that in while you can, offshore in boats or hit the surf and inland bays. The surf is seeing more flounder action — you just have to put in some time jigging.

The weekend looks not very good for boat fishing. The surf will be wide and washed, which makes for some fun sand flea fishing. Hold your rod, put a sand flea on a 2- or 3-foot leader, use a 2-ounce or 3-ounce bank sinker and let it roll around in that heavy wash for short striped bass. You can see the fish running that wide wash looking for baitfish and sand fleas.

There are lots of silversides along the beaches. The bluefish spit them up when you land one. These winds and waves will push that bait closer to the shore line — in some cases, onto the beach, so collect them and reuse them for bait. Sand fleas are still easy enough to dig up. Fishbites is still working, especially the fast-acting formulas (red packages).

Pond hopping has been fun and productive, with still a lot of big snakeheads. Catfish anglers are starting to see more action.

White Clay has stocked trout now and Maryland has been steadily stocking streams and rivers each week for fall trout season. Check their online schedules.

The summer into fall may be close to over, but the outdoors is so much nicer this time of year.

The ticks and chiggers seem to have calmed down a lot out here in the wilderness of Sussex County.