Some nice bay jumbos came over the rail this past week. The fluke bite continues to get better as the water warms up.
Striped bass and bluefish (up to 10+lbs) and a few weakfish have invaded our local bays. Artificials and traditional clam chumming have been equally effective. Fun light tackle action!
The flatties were waiting for us as the calendar turned May 1st. Fishing best up in the back bays where the water is warmer. Small baits and bucktails are key as they are feeding upon grass shrimp.
The local wrecks, reefs and rockpiles are holding nice tautog and codfish. The warm winter has the ocean at the right temps and the fishing will only improve.
The blackfish bite remains strong as we are well into the season, both in terms of quantity and quality. Striped bass are also keeping anglers happy.
The local blackfish bite has been super since the start of the season. Fish being taken on both conventional rigs and jigs. Green crabs are the ticket. On most trips we have been catching our boat limit along with plenty of shorts to keep the rods bent all day.
In addition to sea bass and fluke the local wrecks, reefs and rock piles are holding good quantities of big scup and triggerfish. This has provided my customers great mixed bag catches through the summer and will continue through September.
It was a slow start to the ocean fluke bite but things did break wide open in August both in terms of quantity and quality. Fishing structure is the key. On days where the drift was too fast I even anchored on pieces and scored with solid fluke catches. Hopefully they stay around through September. Just have to hope we don't get too many offshore storms which drive the flatties to the deep.
Our summer family fun trips were very popular again this year. A great way to get out on the water for a solid half day of fishing. The bays and ocean provide a great variety of fish to catch - fluke, sea bass, striped bass, scup and more. Great trips for the kids! Family fun trips run through September.
The start of the season produced super fishing with plenty of jumbo sea bass being caught. Fishing anywhere from 40-80' of water. As summer progresses we have to cull through more shorts but there's plenty of keepers still around. Sea bass fishing on our local pieces will remain strong
through September into early October before they are off to their deeper water dwellings.
The local bass fishing was excellent. Old school clam chumming was the ticket fishing the right tides in early morning or late afternoons. We had fish up to 30+lbs.Light tackle fun!
The spring fluke season is off to a terrific start in the back bays. Plenty of fish in the 4-6lb class in the mix with many customers catching their limit. The key is fishing small baits. Bucktails and Poison Tail jigs tipped with Gulp have been deadly. Great light tackle action.
The codfishing on the local wrecks, reefs and rock piles has been very good. The bite started in April and continues into May. Every spring it gets better and better. The baccala are responding to both clam and jigs.
The April tog season was a good one on the days we could get out. Mother nature cancelled more than half our trips with her gusty winds and rough seas. When we fished, my customers enjoyed good action with limit catches and lots of rod bending action.Fish were taken on conventioinal rigs and jigs. Crab and clam baits both worked well. Can't wait untyil the fall season.
The fall blackfish bite didn't dissapoint. Unlike prior seasons, the ocean bite took a while to build due to warm water temps. Fortunately, the bay fishing was outstanding both in terms of quantity and quality. Once the ocean temps cooled, the togs started biting in theitr usual haunts. As the season wore on, the bigger fish came out to play with numerous double digit fish. That's a wrap on another great fishing season. See you in 2022!
As the season winds down, the big fluke are making their appearance. Fishing tight to structure, we had fish to 9.5lbs including a few in the 8lb class. When the drift is fast, I even anchor on small pieces and bail on the fish.
The fluke have taken up their summer residance in the local structure. Fish the sticky stuff and you'll be rewarded with some nice summer flatties. Gulp and bucktails/jigs are proving deadly. As are fresh fish baits.
The local reefs, wrecks and rockpiles are holding plenty of sea bass life along with nice jumbo scup. It's been up and down fishing. Summer fun.
This summer has seen some of the best triggerfish catches in a long time. These fighting fish are fun to catch and even better to eat.
While the bay fluke fishing remaines very good, the past week or so saw the ocean bite kick into gear. The summer flatties are taking up their residence on local pieces and offshore hard bottom. It's time to do deep for the jumbos.
The sea bass were waiting for us opening day. With NY's 3 fish bag catching a limit is pretty easy. Fortunately there are other bottom dwellers to catch as well - namely scup, cod and ling. So everone is taking home full bags of tasty fillets.
My half day family fun trips have had happy anglers enjoy excellent fluking in the bay. Lots of shorts to keep everyone on their toes and plenty of keepers for the dinnere table. These calm water adventures are fun for all.
The blues have invaded the inlet and bays as they do every May. This provides fun light-tackle action as they can be taken on jigs, plugs or on fluke rigs as they harrass the bucktail and Gulp baits.
The fluke are up in the bays in the warmer water. They're feeding on grass shrimp. Guys who are using small bucktails and small GULP are scoring better than bigger baits and traditional rigs. End of incomming and outgoing water best tide.
The codfish bite continued into May with nice catches of baccala on the local reefs, wrecks and rockpiles.
April saw the codfish taking up residence on all the local inshores pieces. Nice sized market sized fish up to 10lbs.
Well my season got cut short due to engine issues in mid-November. Time to repower. Will be back ready to roll in the Spring. I want to thank everyone who fished with me this season. Lots of old friends and many, many new ones too. While the pandemic made life tough on land, I was fortunate to have a good season on the water. It seemed a little fresh air and fun fishing was a much needed relief for us all. Have a HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON! Let's hope for a better 2021. Capt. Bob.
The toggies have been in a feeding mood this entire week. Pretty much one stop shopping with the rods bent all day. Beautiful weather. Incredible fishing.
An excellent stretch of weather for November and a crazy tog bite. Nice quality fish with the pool fish each trip around 7lbs.
Lots of action and limit catches. Fish biting on both tides. Starting to fish thew deeper drops.
Excellent blackfishing continues. Also big schools of sand eels have the bass chewing. Fun light tackle jig action.
The fall blackfish season has gotten off to a strong start. I have been targeting local wrecks, rockpiles and reefs in the 50-70' range. And on days we can't get outside, there has been good blackfishing in the bay. Most trips result in a boat limit. Also catching striped bass in the bay/inlet both clam chumming and on artificials.
The toggies were waiting for us as the fall season opened. Lots of life with shorties along with some big reef donkeys. Two double digit fish were caught and released up to 12lbs. Always try to release the big ones so they can live to fight another day. Fish were hitting both traditional rigs as well as jigs.
The fluke bite has been excellent as we draw to the end of the season. Fishing ocean structure with jigs/Gulp have produced the bigger fish. Fresh fish baits working well too. Still some life in the bay with keepers in the mix.
The bottom fish grounds are alive with the usual suspects - sea bass, scup, triggers and more. The warm ocean temps should keep the hot bite going through the end of the month. Fun fishing only a short ride from the inlet.
The fluke are set up on the local and offshore structure and are feeding aggressively in preparation for their fall migration. Lots of action with plenty of quality keepers taken. Most trips we are seeing in excess of 50+ fluke caught with limit catches for everyone. Hopefully this savage bite lasts well into September.
The local reefs and wrecks are holding a lot of life. Sea bass fishing remains excellent with quality knickleheads being caugh and limits taken on each trip. Porgies are everywhere. There are some triggers around too. Mackerel have made a suirprise showing along with some bonito. Fun summer fishing where you never quite know what you're going to catch.
The ocean fishing has been outstanding with multiple species baing caught on most trips. There are lots of fluke on the local pieces. While plenty of shorts, enough keepers so limit catches have become the norm. Sea bass are still plentiful, albeit you must cull through lots of shorts. The scup have arrived in big numbers and provide up and down fishing. Starting to see triggers too.
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