Where are the bunker

Maybe this is common knowledge but where are the schools of full size bunker in the LI sound this year? I've seen peanut bunker everywhere, but very little of the big guys. Is it just sharks and dolphins on top of the usual predators as I've heard some people say? Is it a three year (or whatever) cycle? I've only been fishing this area a couple of years so maybe it's normal to have boom and bust years, but I just didn't see any most of this summer, and there are none at all now in the inshore inlets. This time last year they were covering the banks of local tributaries, with amazing stripe/blue blitzs pushing them. This month I found some schoolies chasing peanuts, but no big boys at all in the western Sound

I'm in the far west, and from the end of June until recently, we've had truly massive amounts of peanuts, but not many adults. I was looking forward to a great jigging and popping fall. But after last week's storm, I only see a small fraction of what was there 2 weeks ago.