SOUTH SHORE CLASSIC AND LI SOUND BLACKFISH TOURNEY
On the fishing front, striped bass action on the East End remains red hot for boat anglers with some captains describing the fall action as the best in nearly two decades. Montauks rips are providing blitz-like action on a daily basis, with most of the fish falling to diamond jigs. Further west, the action has been more hit and miss with good and bad days, but some of the good days have been very, very good. In the surf, most areas are seeing a pick of fish with more consistent action as you go east.
Blackfish season has been off to a fast start with numerous glowing reports of bag or near bag limit catches from boats, and even from shore. That’s good news for this Saturday’s Long Island Sound Blackfish Tournament with boundaries from the Whitestone Bridge to Orient Point. The entry fee is $60 per angler and the event benefits Cerebral Palsey of Long Island. There are cash prizes for the 16 largest tog. Register online at www.lisoundblackfishtournament.com.
Surf fishermen can occupy themselves this weekend with the always popular South Shore Classic Surf Tournament. It kicks off at noon Friday and runs through noon Sunday. Prizes will presented for the three largest bass and blues, with $750 for first place in each category and tackle prizes for second and third place. Only fish within the 28 to 35-inch slot are eligible and must be weighed in by noon Sunday. The entry fee is $15 and the first 100 anglers at the close of the contest will receive a goody bag of Tsunami lures valued at double the entry fee. Enter and weigh-in at Captree Bait & Tackle. Deadline for entering is 9 a.m. Saturday. Proceeds from the contest go towards improving fishing access within Long Island State Parks. Boundaries are the West End 2 Jetty to the east jetty at Moriches Inlet.
Its all about the blackfish. I havent seen this craze for as long as can remember if ever. Oh sure, there are still acres and acres of bass migrating from Block Island Sound through NY Bight, with many of the fish ranging from school to slot size that are primarily sucking down diamond jigs or trolling umbrellas with tubes, but for the love of mercy, why would anyone want to crank in 5 or 6 bass at a time? In spite of the insane bass bite, the linesiders are being snuffed by most charter and private boats to fill their boxes with limits of quality chunky togs that have filled the rocky lairs of the Sound, the North and South Forks as well as Shinnecock Reef and local pieces. All the charter and open boats have no problem filling out their clients limits while private vessels and even guys that dont know how to tie a rig are catching tog. This week also saw a surge in size with an abundance of 5 and 6-pound fish with a few 8 to 12-pounders being reported that are coming from the deeper drops. Most anglers are employing jigs around the change of tide, especially Joebaggs Lay Perfect Tog Jigs tipped with green crabs. Then switching to heavy sinkers and hooks when the current is steaming Hermit and white crabs are both producing but seems to have no edge over the greenies as of yet. False albacore, green bonito, mackerel, and bluefish are swimming all over the Sound, Gardiners Bay, and the ocean slashing away at peanut bunker and bay anchovies (rain bait). Sea bass and porgies are mixing in with blackfish but are beginning to move to their offshore winter haunts. Block Island remains super for the duo with an exceptional showing of market size cod mixing in, especially south of Block in 120 to 140-feet of water.
Aboard the Viking Starship, Capt. Dave reports excellent fishing on the Viking Starship in beautiful calm weather conditions this week as the fish bit great. A combo of scup, sea bass, and cod have be...
Aboard the Viking Starship, Capt. Dave reports excellent fishing on the Viking Starship in beautiful calm weather conditions this week as the fish bit great. A combo of scup, sea bass, and cod have been filling buckets and coolers. Aboard the Viking Star, Capt. JR reports the local sea bass and cod trips have seen multitudes of sea bass with cod mixed in. Cod pool winners included Ron Johnson from with a 13.5-pound cod. Wednesdays trip started with excellent sea bass fishing inshore. Later in the morning the Star headed further offshore limiting on sea bass and some genuinely nice cod. The offshore grounds saw an improvement with the size of cod as the pool winner went to a 15.5-pounder. Saturdays run with Capt. Derek was a good one. The morning started off slow with no drift and only a couple of nice sea bass, however the final move was a success, with a nice pick of jumbo sea bass and 20 or so cod. Everyone ended the day with their limit of sea bass, a few large scup and if lucky enough even a cod or two. Wednesdays Ultra Ltd Blackfish and Sea Bass trip with Capt. Steven Sr aboard the Viking Starlite reports that the first couple of drops had some blackfish and a nice shot of sea bass. The water is still a little too warm for the blackfish resulting in a slower bite, so it was off to offshore sea bass land and boy we they rewarded with phenomenal sea bass fishing putting together nearly a full boat limit. They then headed back to take another shot at the blackfish putting another dozen keepers along with more sea bass and a nice shot of cod to end the day. All in all it was a fantastic day of fishing. Saturday experienced a great day with a lot of blackfish action but unfortunately the size was a bit of an issue. So they headed to deeper water and caught a multitude of jumbo sea bass. Several of the deeper drops also yielded some beautiful codfish. Saturdays Block Island cod/sea bass/blackfish trip aboard the Viking Fivestar with Capt. Steven Jr reports a great first trip down to Block Island with a load of quality sea bass, a handful of cod and blackfish. It was great action on sea bass to start the day with a few cod popping up on every drift. Later in the day it was off to Blackfishing with tough conditions with a big ground swell, however fares were able to pick away at a few to wrap up the day. The Viking Starship will continue sailing for Block Island jumbo porgies and sea bass departing at 5 A.M. and returning at 3 P.M. on a daily basis. The Viking Star will continue chasing cod and sea bass each Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesdays departing at 5 A.M. and returning at 3 P.M. The Viking Starlite is now targeting blackfish and sea bass, which will be limited to 20 anglers, each Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesdays departing at 5 A.M. and returning at 3 P.M. The Viking Fivestar has split charters for Block Island sea bass, blackfish, and cod trips starting on October 23rd through December 20th every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, departing at 5 A.M. and returning at 3 P.M. Reservation are required for all trips by calling the office at (631) 668-5700 or by booking online at vikingfleet.com More
Capt. Keith Williams of the Fin Chaser reports quite a productive Monday with limit a boat limit of jumbo sea bass, plenty of silver platter scup and some nice size cod. Tuesday saw anglers enjoy a fu...
Capt. Keith Williams of the Fin Chaser reports quite a productive Monday with limit a boat limit of jumbo sea bass, plenty of silver platter scup and some nice size cod. Tuesday saw anglers enjoy a full boat limit of jumbo sea bass, monster porgies, and a bunch of cod. Wednesday saw all on board enjoy cod to 15-pounds, sea bass to 5.5-pounds, and porgies to 3-pounds. Thursdays fall bonanza continued as all on board enjoyed filling coolers of sea bass to 5-pound, porgies, and cod to 13-pounds. Cod to 12-pounds, sea bass to 5-pounds and dinner plate scup filled buckets and coolers for all anglers on Friday. Saturday was spent blackfishing with all on board keeping busy with a steady pick of fish to 8-pounds. Although the weather did not allow Capt. Keith to fish his preferred real estate on Sunday, he was able to find a nice body of fish to work on and put together a nice catch of medium to large porgies and sea bass. Now is the time to stock the freezer with tasty holiday time seafood. Therefore make sure to reserve your days online to secure your spot at the rail as you dont want to miss this fishing. The Fin Chaser sails daily from 5 A.M. to 3 P.M. and to reserve, follow the same procedures to book by going to myfinchaser.com and click the book now button to find an available date. More
Aboard the Lazy Bones, bass fishing just cant get any better as you can practically walk on the fish as the schools are so thick, wide and all over the place. Although I gave anglers heading onto th...
Aboard the Lazy Bones, bass fishing just cant get any better as you can practically walk on the fish as the schools are so thick, wide and all over the place. Although I gave anglers heading onto the Bones a heads up a couple weeks back to hit the gyms and the weight rooms to get their arms in shape for battling fierce striper action in the weeks to come. Well Kathy relayed word to me that you could hear people coming off the boat moaning that their arms were tired, but they were all smiling. The mates were running around like lunatics making sure patrons were getting their jigs right back into the action. Slot fish winners were Kathy Henderson, Rich Bachman, Paul Reiner, Artie Hirschberg, and Anthony Caputo with a 15-pounders. Saturdays afternoon trip saw a dozen slot size fish hit the fillet table. Each trip also sees a mix of blues and sea bass. We also saw some nice sea bass around and a few blues decided to show up. This is diamond jigging at its finest, and the Lazy Bones will continue diamond jigging stripers and bluefish for as long as they stick around. The Bones sails twice daily at 8 A.M. and 1 P.M., therefore if you only have a half day or a full day to fish and have yet to sink your jig into a cow bass, the time to do so is now. Space is limited and reservations are a must to avoid disappointment. So give Kathy a call at (631) 668-5671 and Ill say it again, get those arm ready for a workout. More
Chris over at West Lake Marina reports striper fishing remains remarkable around the point and under the Lighthouse. Diamond jigs are the method of choice. During the week, a group of 4 caught 47 stri...
Chris over at West Lake Marina reports striper fishing remains remarkable around the point and under the Lighthouse. Diamond jigs are the method of choice. During the week, a group of 4 caught 47 striped bass aboard the Daylights Wastin, keeping 4 slot bass, a few blues, and black sea bass. The big news however is the boats coming back to the dock and filling the fillet tables with quality chunky tog. Most of the charter boats are fishing off Fishers Island, although there are plenty of tog off Shagwong Reef, Cerberus Shoals and the Pocketbook Grounds all on green crabs. Use Joebaggs Lay Perfect Tog Jigs tipped with green crab. Little tunny and bluefish are chasing and feasting on baitfish from Shagwong to Amagansett crashing down Joebaggs Resin Jigs. Cod fishing has been good south of Block Island in 120 to 13-feet of water with lots of big sea bass mixing in. Diamond jigs are producing well. More
Capt. Tom of the Sea Wife IV reports on Sunday, Ralph DiMartino, Joe, Brian, John, Eric, and Ron bagged a slot sized striper limit before making the trip a 1/2 day due to increasing SE wind. Monday, A...
Capt. Tom of the Sea Wife IV reports on Sunday, Ralph DiMartino, Joe, Brian, John, Eric, and Ron bagged a slot sized striper limit before making the trip a 1/2 day due to increasing SE wind. Monday, Adam, Ed, Martin, George, Dylan, Ishmael, and Raphael boxed 9 big blackfish, releasing a bunch of shorts. They then played catch and release with a bunch of stripers using diamond jigs in front of the Montauk Lighthouse releasing them all. Tuesday, Mike Wilson, Drew, Herb, Keith, Al, and Brandon made quick work of a slot sized striper limit along with a sea bass limit and jumbo scup. Great day boys. On Wednesday, Larry Hollings, Dennis, Herb, Dominic, Tiny, and John boxed a slot limit of stripers, a bunch of blues, a sea bass limit, and a cooler full of Block Island porgies. Thursday, Mike Torrez, Pat, John, Steve, and PJ bagged a striper limit along with a load of under and over size bass, which were released then proceeded to put a sea bass limit along with big scup in the box. Good job guys. Friday, Billy Vavricka, John, Tim, Dan, Tom, and Franco bagged a striper limit, a bunch of monster blues, a sea bass limit, along with gigantic scup. Dan caught and released a 53-pound striper. Great day guys. Saturday, Kenny Masci, John Dena, Jackie, Gene, Steve and James weeded through 35 bluefish to bag a slot sized striper limit then switched over to bag a nice sea bass limit and jumbo Block Island porgies. Great job guys. There are open dates for mid-November and the first two weeks of December. The water is still warm and the fishing remains good. Please call Capt. Tom at (800) 308-8969 to book a trip. More
Capt. Sal of Moondance Charters reports another busy week in amazingly nice weather and great fishing to match. The stripers are on the small side but they are everywhere with blues and albies mixed i...
Capt. Sal of Moondance Charters reports another busy week in amazingly nice weather and great fishing to match. The stripers are on the small side but they are everywhere with blues and albies mixed in, buts its the blackfishing that has really taken off with loads of keepers with some bulldogs thrown in the mix here and there. Sea bass and porgies are solid by Block Island and will only get better as the scup and biscuits continue to move into the deep water. As long as the weather holds on, it seems like its an excellent opportunity to come out and fish. There still some November dates available for blackfish and striped bass. To book your trip, give a call at (917) 601-4548. More
Captain Jill and Capt. Steve of November Rain Charters reports the week started off great with the Peter Wagenhauser group returning for yet another trip this season, this time for blackfish. The boys...
Captain Jill and Capt. Steve of November Rain Charters reports the week started off great with the Peter Wagenhauser group returning for yet another trip this season, this time for blackfish. The boys once more kept the rods bent with over 3 dozen keeper blackfish and a handful of quality sea bass. Couldn't have asked for a better trip. Monday saw first-timer Natalie Schrager and the gang out for Chris' birthday. The crew kept busy jigging striped bass throughout the trip, keeping one for dinner and releasing all others. Frank and his crew also made their first trip during the week enjoying filling the box with big chunky blackfish. Robert and the boys had similar results with big chunky togs during mid-week. The group limited out with over 30 tog, releasing a number of other keepers, before calling it a day. Tim Schweitzer returned yet again for some more great fishing enjoying an unbeatable blackfish bite as the guys limited out with fish before lunch time. The blackfishing continued to impress into the weekend with Joe Aviles and crew. The guys returned for their second trip of the season and the bite was even better than the day before with another easy limit of fish to 9 ½-pounds. Since the box filled in no time with their tog limit, the guys played catch-and-release for the remainder of the trip. The boat continues to enjoy an insane blackfish bite and will be fishing throughout the month of November. There still plenty of weekday availability. Therefore book your trip by giving the captains a call at (646) 423-8806 or (646) 335-7315 More
Capt. Kenny of the My Joyce III reports fall fishing at its finest. During the week Ken, Kane and his gang from New Jersey had a real blast with lock and load action on jumbo sea bass to 5-pounds, gia...
Capt. Kenny of the My Joyce III reports fall fishing at its finest. During the week Ken, Kane and his gang from New Jersey had a real blast with lock and load action on jumbo sea bass to 5-pounds, giant scup, and a nice cod to add to the mix. The crew also had two nice fluke, which were caught and released. On Friday, the Sean Marshall group had an excellent day of blackfishing. They caught their boat limit with many quality tog to 7-pounds, along with a mess of jumbo sea bass to 4-pounds in the mix. The kids put on a clinic and had a blast. Saturday, the Mangello charter with the boys from the Bronx had a great day blackfishing. There was plenty of action with a boat limit to 7-pounds, releasing many more keepers. The boys also had a few sea bass and scup in the mix. The time has come to fill the freezer with tasty holiday seafood. Therefore Ken still has a couple of openings for November which now would be a good time to book your blackfish, striped bass, and cod trips by giving Capt. Ken a call at (516) 641-2138. More
Capt. Steve of Top Hook Fishing Charters reports super blackfishing all week with easy boat limits each day to 7-pounds. Some sea bass are also mixed in with the blackfish. There are plenty of schooli...
Capt. Steve of Top Hook Fishing Charters reports super blackfishing all week with easy boat limits each day to 7-pounds. Some sea bass are also mixed in with the blackfish. There are plenty of schoolie and keeper striped bass around the point, but all the interests has been on the exceptional togging. On Saturday Anthony Scaramucci and his group slammed an easy limit of blackfish to 7-pounds off Fishers Island. Steve still has a few dates open for blackfish trips, or for diamond jigging bass, blues and sea bass. You can book a trip until the end of December by contacting Capt. Steve at (631) 368-1315. More
At Star Island Yacht Club, Mike reports bass fishing remains insane at the point as well as along the north and south sides. Diamond jigs remain the best and easiest method. Albacore and blues are eve...
At Star Island Yacht Club, Mike reports bass fishing remains insane at the point as well as along the north and south sides. Diamond jigs remain the best and easiest method. Albacore and blues are everywhere from Gin Beach to Turtle Cove, under the light, and along the southside from the point to Amagansett. Joebaggs Resin Jigs in olive and pink producing best. Blackfish are at all the local rockpiles and reefs with fish to 8-pounds. Green crabs are best. Jumbo sea bass, porgies and green cod are off Block Island chewing down clams and diamond jigs. Cod to 15-pounds are in 13 to 140- of water south of Block Island and are mixed with giant sea bass to 6-pounds. Using 8 to 10-ounce hammer finished diamond jigs or clam baits on hi/lo rigs are producing the best catches. More
Capt. Pete Casale of the My Mate reports he is done for the season and on his way to Stuart Florida to chase sailfish, cobia, snappers and mahi. If you plan on going down by Stuart this winter and wou...
Capt. Pete Casale of the My Mate reports he is done for the season and on his way to Stuart Florida to chase sailfish, cobia, snappers and mahi. If you plan on going down by Stuart this winter and would like to do some charter fishing with the My Mate, give Pete a call at (917) 543-3115. In the meantime Pete would like to thank all his clients and wish all Fisherman readers and their families a happy and safe holiday season. More
The Ebb Tide reports a good start Sunday morning with seven nice keepers and a 6.5-pound pool fluke for bashful Joanne with Bill lending moral support. The afternoon trip saw much better results with ...
The Ebb Tide reports a good start Sunday morning with seven nice keepers and a 6.5-pound pool fluke for bashful Joanne with Bill lending moral support. The afternoon trip saw much better results with 14 keepers and Joe J taking the pool with a 10.7-pound monster and nailed a 7 ¼-pound beauty for backup. Jake Goldberg had a nice 3.1-pound sea bass. Mondays windy conditions resulted in tough fishing. However 7-year-old future sharpie Joshua toughed it out to catch the afternoon pool fluke. Most trips throughout the week are seeing a mix of fluke, sea bass and porgies with plenty of action. More
Over at Tight Lines Tackle in Sag Harbor, Ken Morse reports exceptionally good fishing in calm weather this week as customers checking back at the shop reporting great blackfish action off the north s...
Over at Tight Lines Tackle in Sag Harbor, Ken Morse reports exceptionally good fishing in calm weather this week as customers checking back at the shop reporting great blackfish action off the north side of Plum Island in 15 to 30 feet of water. Ken said green crabs have been flying out the door. Most of the tog range from just keeper size to 9-pounds. Striped bass fishing remains insane off Montauk Point, however a few of shop regulars fished at Southwest Ledge and had a blast of nonstop action for 5-hours with bass in the 30 to 40-pound range. Plugs and tins were caught the cows. Albacore are scattered, but in great numbers when located along with bluefish. Both species have been spitting up baby snappers and big anchovies. Block Island has been the hot spot for big scup and sea bass. Ken asked me to mention that with the holidays coming, he will be open right through December and will have some great deals that make great holiday gifts. More
On the party boat Shinnecock Star, Capt. John reports that last Sundays offshore trip did produce plenty of big sea bass and big fat red hake. Pool winner was Jimmy Hall with a jumbo sea bass. Monda...
On the party boat Shinnecock Star, Capt. John reports that last Sundays offshore trip did produce plenty of big sea bass and big fat red hake. Pool winner was Jimmy Hall with a jumbo sea bass. Mondays first blackfish trip of the season produced excellent fishing with a full boat limit of blackfish to 8 ½-pounds. Some nice sea bass and big scup filled out the coolers. The rest of the week was spent fishing for blackfish with each day producing a good bite for all on board using green, hermit, and white crabs. Joe Pipe had the big fish for the week, which went 9-pounds even. Come get them while the bite is hot. The Star will sail daily for either local blackfish from 7 A.M. to 2 P.M. or long-range offshore sea bass and cod at 7 A.M. to 3 P.M. Sea conditions will dictate the days the boat will stay local or sail offshore, or what might be chewing the best. Keep an eye on Facebook for scheduled trips, which are limited to 12 passengers. Reservations are a must. If you would like to be text for upcoming trips and info, message Captain John your number at (631) 728-4563 and you will be added to his list. You can also call or text him to reserve your spot at the rail. More
Lanny at Molnars Landing was out fishing when I called him Sunday afternoon, fighting rough seas but picking away at a mix of bottom dwellers. The entire week was lost to strong winds and rough seas...
Lanny at Molnars Landing was out fishing when I called him Sunday afternoon, fighting rough seas but picking away at a mix of bottom dwellers. The entire week was lost to strong winds and rough seas; however the weather should improve greatly this week as should the fishing. More
Scott over at East End Bait and Tackle reports the fluke bite has really turned on in the bay. The bite was great west of the bridge but has now seemed to spread further to the eastern areas and near ...
Scott over at East End Bait and Tackle reports the fluke bite has really turned on in the bay. The bite was great west of the bridge but has now seemed to spread further to the eastern areas and near the inlet. They are feasting on the huge bait clouds throughout the bay. Pick your bait, spearing, squid, peanut bunker, snappers, and Gulp are all putting fish in the box. Other positive news is the sea robins are beginning to thin out. Cocktail blues are also feasting on the baitfish bounty, especially on the massive schools of spearing and rain bait around the bridge and the inlet. Anything shiny should catch the attention of the choppers. The albies have made their way to town and have been active during the incoming tide, but that can change at any time. The albies will gladly whack Joe Baggs "Resin Jigs", Daddy Macs Jigs, Slim Waves by Tsunami, and Deadly Dicks, which are all in stock with a good supply on hand in the shop. School size striped bass continue to bite on the night tides in the western bay taking top water baits. Dedicated anglers who endures perseverance have been rewarded with a few keepers. Porgies are at the base of the old bridge taking clams. Out on the reef, fluking started to bust wide open, until Mother Nature had other intentions, such as large SE swells for the next week or so, which will make coming through Shinnecock Inlet quite challenging, and the swells will certainly shut down the fluke from biting until seas settle down and the murky waters along the bottom cleans up. Lets hope once all that happens the flatties will still be here. The tuna bite near the Coimbra has slowed, however there still some action near the Ranger area, which was on fire earlier in the week. Reports of trophy size bluefin and yellowfin to 90-pounds with the bluefin taking jigs and yellowfin best on the troll. Lets hope they stick around for a bit. Shore bound anglers have found the Shinnecock Canal being fairly quiet with some small sea bass and blowfish stealing baits along with a few snappers which are good size. The Ponquogue Bridge has reports of fluke, porgies, cocktail blues during the daylight hours, while schoolie bass are being caught on the night tides. The Shinnecock Inlet is producing good fluke, porgies, triggerfish, cocktail blues, schoolie striped bass, and false albacore. The ocean beaches east and west of the inlet have schoolie bass and cocktail blues. With cooler nights starting to crisp up to fall mode, action will certainly begin to heat up along the beaches as the baitfish begin to flush through the bays and into the ocean. In the Peconics the weakfish have shown a very promising resurgence with reports of many keeper size fish being caught in some of the old haunts of the deeper holes, and also in Noyack Bay. Hi/lo rigs with strips of squid has been catching the sea trout. Good showing of kingfish, blowfish, and porgies around Robin's Island and near Jessup Neck. With conditions as they are in the ocean, now is a good time to take advantage of both the fluke bite in Shinnecock Bay and the weakfish bite in the Peconics. More
Capt. Phil Kess of the Fishy Business reports the super fishing conditions on each trip this week. The Mayer group put a limit of tasty togs on ice to 7 ½-pounds. Tremendous short life along with a n...
Capt. Phil Kess of the Fishy Business reports the super fishing conditions on each trip this week. The Mayer group put a limit of tasty togs on ice to 7 ½-pounds. Tremendous short life along with a nice shot of sea bass kept everyone busy. Benaldo and friends enjoyed good fishing getting their limit of tog along with some jumbo sea bass. Again short life in between keepers kept the anglers busy. Tuesdays open boat trip produced a full boat limit of blackfish to 8-pounds. Loads of shorts were also released. Thursdays open boat trip saw great results with limit catches for most anglers of fish to 11.12-pounds with lots of 4 and 5-pounders, along with a few 7 and 8-pounders making the bulk of the catch. Friday was another good day as everyone caught a limit or limit plus along with some sea bass to sweeten the catch. Pool was split between a pair of 8-pounders. There are still some dates available for blackfish charters for the remainder of the season. In addition, Capt. Phil will be adding some open boat blackfish trips to the schedule. Therefore to book a charter or to get on the open boat text list, give the captain a call or text at (516) 316-6967. More
Capt. Mike Boccio of the Prime Time 3 reports the calm conditions and slow current this week equated to great all-day blackfish action with the best of it right around the change of tide. By days end,...
Capt. Mike Boccio of the Prime Time 3 reports the calm conditions and slow current this week equated to great all-day blackfish action with the best of it right around the change of tide. By days end, everyone have their full limits to 10-pounds. Sea bass and scup still adds some spice to the catches each day. Everyday sees full boat limits, and also between 200 to 400 additional keepers and shorts being released. Tuesday saw Capt. Paul drill out a 10-pound tog, while all on board had their legal limit with many 5 to 6-pounders in the mix and an additional 400-fish released both keepers and shorts. Wednesday saw a school of green bonito pay a visit to the fares aboard the Prime Time 3, which those with jigs and spinning rods put a few tasty speedsters in their box to add to their limit of togs. The weekend saw full boat limits with Sunday seeing an easy boat limit before 9:30 A.M. with fish to 9-pounds. Stellar fishing folks dont miss out. The Prime Time 3 sails 7 A.M. daily for blackfish. The Jenglo still has room on some exciting special trips, such as the Block Island bottom bonanza. Some prime dates to book a private charter is still available for blackfish, striped bass, and codfish/sea bass combo. For more info or to make a reservation call Capt. Mike at (631) 432-4133 for the Jenglo and Capt. Paul for the Prime Time 3 at (631) 522-2002. More
Capt. Rich of the Nancy Ann reports the spectacular blackfishing continues with easy boat limits and catch and release every day this week in ideal conditions with fish to 8-pounds. The boat is booked...
Capt. Rich of the Nancy Ann reports the spectacular blackfishing continues with easy boat limits and catch and release every day this week in ideal conditions with fish to 8-pounds. The boat is booked for the remainder of the season; however Capt. Rich and Nancy are now accepting bookings for the 2021 season. Book early as the Nancy Ann books quickly, especially during blackfish season. Please call (631) 774-5580 to book and info. More
Capt. Dave Brennan of the Peconic Star Fleet reports he is now finished for the season and would like to thank everyone that sailed with them this year. Fortunately, the porgies chewed their heads off...
Capt. Dave Brennan of the Peconic Star Fleet reports he is now finished for the season and would like to thank everyone that sailed with them this year. Fortunately, the porgies chewed their heads off right until the three toots of the horn on the last day. Capt. Dave and his crew would like to wish all Fisherman readers and their families and happy and healthy holiday season. More
Liz at Mattituck Fishing Station tells us fantastic tog fishing this week in shallow water. On Monday, my buddy Ron Suda along with his two buddies nailed over 100 blackfish, culling out 5 keepers. Th...
Liz at Mattituck Fishing Station tells us fantastic tog fishing this week in shallow water. On Monday, my buddy Ron Suda along with his two buddies nailed over 100 blackfish, culling out 5 keepers. The guys fished the shallow water from the Firing Range, Hortons and Rocky Points. He said he had fish on every drop with many of the blackfish with worn down and irritated dorsal fins which were being released by a potter potting in disguise. On Thursday Ron fished off Hortons in 40-feet of water and crushed the tog keeping his limit of fish between 5 and 8-pounds, releasing a slew of keepers and shorts. Ron used Joebaggs Lay Perfect Tog Jigs tipped with green crabs. Tony Padula had his limit of blackfish to 11-pounds. John Keriazes and two buddies had 9 big to 24-inches on Friday using green crabs and jigs. Best tog fishing in years. Sea bass and porgies are going strong in the 60 to 80-foot depths off the Firing Range and by the Motels. Little tunny are hit or miss accepting Joebaggs Resins Jigs in pink and olive catching the speedsters. More
Steve from WeGo Bait and Tackle reports the incredible fall run of blackfish, porgies, and sea bass continues along with good striper, blues, and little tunny in the Sound and in the Race. Moderate ti...
Steve from WeGo Bait and Tackle reports the incredible fall run of blackfish, porgies, and sea bass continues along with good striper, blues, and little tunny in the Sound and in the Race. Moderate tides and light winds was just what the doctor order to the solid fishing, especially for those targeting blackfish. The tog are in both shallow and deep water with the latter producing the bigger tog. North of Plum Island all the way to Fishers Island is where most anglers are fishing, however Mulford and Rocky Points in the Sound has also been red hot. Green, hermit, and white crabs are all catching, especially when applied to Joebaggs Lay Perfect Tog Jigs. Roberts grandfather Bob Cuarriello had his limit of blackfish and slot size stripers this week. Sea bass continue to mix in with the tog while porgies are thick off Block Island. Stripers, blues, albies, and some green bonito are in the Race and along the Sound but hit or miss for shore casters at Trumans Beach. Joebaggs Rosin Jigs and poppers are catching the gamesters. Stripers are going strong at the Race and off Montauk sucking down diamond jigs. More
