We know plenty of fishing will be taking place during the extended weekend coming up and there’s plenty of fish around to be caught. Both the South Shore bays and Montauk are seeing an improvement in the fluke bite while the sea bass season opener started off well with good catches around the island. Montauk remains hot for stripers once again going into this weekend with more fish over 50 pounds reported. Contributors also check in this week with the best options heading into the holiday. Whether you’re heading out on the water this weekend or watching fireworks at home, enjoy the holiday and stay safe.
East End fishing continues to be fantastic. The addition of the sea bass season make trips even sweeter. Remember the sea bass size limit goes up to 16 inches this season. You can still retain three fish until August 31st and then on September 1st the bag limit becomes six fish. Striper fishing at the point remains spectacular as well on various methods and were starting to see a better fluke bite starting to develop out east.
From the Viking Fleet of Montauk Capt. Dave reported good fishing on the Viking Star for the Friday light house trip. It was excellent fishing at the point to start the day with the conditions just ri...
From the Viking Fleet of Montauk Capt. Dave reported good fishing on the Viking Star for the Friday light house trip. It was excellent fishing at the point to start the day with the conditions just right. They had large and jumbo porgies, some bluefish and striped bass. They went offshore to find the sea bass and they were mostly on the smaller side having to pick through them to find the keepers. There were also some keeper fluke out there. They hit the lighthouse on the way back to the dock, but there was a fast drift so it wasn't as good as the early morning. The pool winner was Robert Moore from Rahway, NJ with a 2-3/4-pound porgy. For Saturdays trip the report was a great day on the Viking Starship. It was excellent fishing at the light house with mostly large and jumbo porgies. There were also striped bass, bluefish and quite a few sea bass. When the tide started to run hard they went down the beach and found an excellent pick of mixed size porgies. The first place pool winner was Clifford Browne from Brooklyn, NY with a 3-pound porgy. The edible pool winner was Cornell Armstrong from Teaneck, NJ with a 4-pound sea bass. Give them a call at (631) 668-5700 or reserve your spot at vikingfleet.com. More
Captain Sal from the Moondance in Montauk reported a great week of striper and porgy fishing. The boat did a little trolling, but also lots of live bait fishing. All size fish have coming up. A number...
Captain Sal from the Moondance in Montauk reported a great week of striper and porgy fishing. The boat did a little trolling, but also lots of live bait fishing. All size fish have coming up. A number of trophy stripers in the 40 to 50 pound range last week hit the deck. The big ones dont even come out of the water, but are release quickly and safely. Most groups last week limited out with a few just taking a few home for the table and releasing everything else. Porgies are big and plentiful. The sea bass bite steady too. Lots of 15 fish and many keepers. The caption also reports fluke still spotty. They didnt do much fluking last week, but reports are getting better, especially in deeper water. For those interested in light tackle fishing, the boat has been doing a bit of that as well. Call the Captain at (917) 601-4548 to book your next charter. More
Jill form the November Rain reported Mean Matty Lynch started the week off with them for his annual bass and bottom fishing trip. The group of eight put away their limit of striped bass, also releasi...
Jill form the November Rain reported Mean Matty Lynch started the week off with them for his annual bass and bottom fishing trip. The group of eight put away their limit of striped bass, also releasing a few slobs, and then iced up a nice pick of sea bass and fluke. Alex Radetsky made his second trip of the year with them, this time on his own, spending the morning playing catch and release with the striped bass. Randy Abramson took his dad and friends fishing with them during the week and the crew easily caught their limit of bass. Brett and the gang came out mid-week and had a blast with the diamond jigs, keeping five bass for dinner. The Mike Delgrosso trip also fished this week, quickly putting their striped bass in the box and releasing a bunch of others. Thursday saw the Chris Hill crew. The group of 10 had their limit of slots on ice within a couple of hours and spent the rest of day swinging jumbo sea bass over the rail. The Rob Montpetit saw similar action on Friday, keeping their limit of six striped bass and then loading up on sea bass. And last but not least this week was Tom Kowalski. The group of seven spent the trip swinging slot bass over the rail, releasing a few other good-sized fish and a handful of overs. Give them a call at (646) 335-7315 to book a trip. More
Captain Ken from My Joyce reported the Jim Norwood party fished with them for tons of action during the week. They had an easy slot limit, with some big ones added to the mix. A few blues and some scu...
Captain Ken from My Joyce reported the Jim Norwood party fished with them for tons of action during the week. They had an easy slot limit, with some big ones added to the mix. A few blues and some scup joined the party too. The Jim Anunziato group also got out with the boat. They had a limit of slots with some stripers over 40 pounds mixed in and some blues in mix too. Bottom fishing was slow for them with no drift, but the bass bailed them out for the trip. The My Joyce has a few days open in July give them a call at 516-641-2138. More
Captain Tom from Grand Slam Charters reported a mix of slot and oversized stripers in Montauk still with porgies, sea bass and fluke mixed in. One of the highlights during the week was an 8-pound fluk...
Captain Tom from Grand Slam Charters reported a mix of slot and oversized stripers in Montauk still with porgies, sea bass and fluke mixed in. One of the highlights during the week was an 8-pound fluke caught by Nick at the end of the day. To book with Capt. Tom call (516) 457-5298. More
Captain Steve from Top Hook Fishing told me he had four half day trips during the week. Striper and bluefish fishing consisted of diamond jigging and trolling. Plenty of slot fish along with overs wer...
Captain Steve from Top Hook Fishing told me he had four half day trips during the week. Striper and bluefish fishing consisted of diamond jigging and trolling. Plenty of slot fish along with overs were caught and released in the rips. The Springman group, Toms group, Tomato Steves group along with others fished with the boat and all walked away happy. To book with him call (516) 658-6812. More
Captain Keith from the Fin Chaser reported all of his awesome anglers were on the rail putting in hard work during the week achieving limits of both sea bass and porgies. All his trips have been seein...
Captain Keith from the Fin Chaser reported all of his awesome anglers were on the rail putting in hard work during the week achieving limits of both sea bass and porgies. All his trips have been seeing an average pool fish of around 4 pounds which is a nice sea biscuit! Aside from the porgies and sea bass, bycatch for the week included cod, fluke and bluefish. These bonus species put a smile on his customers faces and spiced up the haul by the days end for a mixed bag of tasty fillets. Fishing has been good aboard the Fin Chaser and you dont have to be a professional to catch either. All it takes is some time at the rail waiting for those bites. West End reporter Geoff Lawrence also fished on the boat on Wednesday. He let me know he joined 37 other anglers aboard the Fin Chaser in search of scup and sea bass. All the porgy pullers had a blast as they hauled in medium and large fish that jumped on clam baits. Plenty of sea biscuits joined the show as well. Boat regular Pino Kos had his wallet fattened by a fat sea bass of 3-1/2 pounds which was the pool winner. Another angler actually drilled a 4-pounder but had to learn the lesson that you've got to be in it to win it. To reserve or find out more information about fishing on the boat visit www.myfinchaser.com or call (516) 643-0940. More
Captain Mark from the Montauk Star let me know the boat has been focusing on fluke fishing in Montauk and they found some decent bites of the flatties to nearly 10 pounds during the week. A decent amo...
Captain Mark from the Montauk Star let me know the boat has been focusing on fluke fishing in Montauk and they found some decent bites of the flatties to nearly 10 pounds during the week. A decent amount of 5 to 7-pounder are also hitting the deck with some limits being seen on trips too. If youre interested in fishing with them please call (631) 872-5185. They have been sailing from 6 to 3 p.m. and no reservations and required to fish. More
Kathy from the Lazy Bones told me they had some pretty good fishing days this week where they caught quite a few fluke, some jumbo porgies and some sea bass. They had Tom Hart win the pool fish with h...
Kathy from the Lazy Bones told me they had some pretty good fishing days this week where they caught quite a few fluke, some jumbo porgies and some sea bass. They had Tom Hart win the pool fish with his fish at 3-1/2 pounds. Adam Inglis had the biggest fish this week with a whopping fluke at 8 pounds. Thursday morning had David Leis limit out and also win the pool on his birthday with his fish at 6 pounds. He always puts his time in and tries hard. Christine Coughlin beat out the boys and won the pool with her fish at 5-¼ pounds and Ed Lagrua had a 3-1/2-pounder. Patrick Bacaris landed 3 nice keepers to boot. There was a ton of action and the kids had a fun time pulling in some sand sharks which is always a big hit with our families groups. Call ahead for reservations at (631) 668-5671. More
Captain Savio from Fishooker Charters reported hes still been focusing on striper fishing around the point and the various rips and is finding fish to 50 pounds. Last week he used a mix of buctails ...
Captain Savio from Fishooker Charters reported hes still been focusing on striper fishing around the point and the various rips and is finding fish to 50 pounds. Last week he used a mix of buctails and Nomad Vertrex lures to score with stripers up to 50 pounds. Hes also seeing jumbo porgies hit the jigs on his trips too. More
Captain John from Fishemlite Charters let me know his charters during the week had multiple stripers over 50 inches using his light tackle snap-jigging and bucktail jigs. His trips are also seeing a m...
Captain John from Fishemlite Charters let me know his charters during the week had multiple stripers over 50 inches using his light tackle snap-jigging and bucktail jigs. His trips are also seeing a mix of sea bass, porgies and some quality cod hitting the deck all using the same method of fishing. More
From the Ebb Tide they let me know on one of their striper trips the night began with a trickle of tide and blues and porgys jumping on the jigs. Once they started moving, they had a few bass on them....
From the Ebb Tide they let me know on one of their striper trips the night began with a trickle of tide and blues and porgys jumping on the jigs. Once they started moving, they had a few bass on them. It continued to get better as darkness fell upon them so they stayed late and enjoyed some of the best bassing in two drifts. Ray was the pool winner and high hook with seven bass to 40-pounds. Georgi Sloejehnfiz had three to 30 pounds. Gregg had a few to 30 pounds also. Ian had fish to 35 pounds as well. Jeff used a proven technique which worked on porgys and bluefish. Jon from Maryland had his quota. Jake Goldberg and JP also had keepers to boot. For fluke fishing Capt. Jake reported a beautiful day of fishing. They decided to head offshore because the tide was not perfect for bass and they had a few excellent drifts that produced quality fluke. Tony nailed a 6.9-pounder to take the pool. Alex and Albie had three keepers apiece. Lou and Jane had two apiece. They had a mess of sea bass, some baseball bat size ling and the own fillet master Lauren nailed her first Monkfish on a Spro after landing a 4-pound fluke. Another great day of harvesting with many happy customers. Call the boat at (631) 668-2818 or visit ebbtidefishing.com to book your next trip. More
Captain Dan Smith from Ultimate Gamble let me know he might be up and running again next week but will find out for sure soon....
Captain Dan Smith from Ultimate Gamble let me know he might be up and running again next week but will find out for sure soon. More
Captain Tom from the Sea Wife IV told me Tuesday Dave Labato, Bob Bobby, Ed Rob George and Johnny had a limit of stripers in the rips, keeper fluke and sea bass. Wednesday, Phil Mando, Tom, Louie, Ted...
Captain Tom from the Sea Wife IV told me Tuesday Dave Labato, Bob Bobby, Ed Rob George and Johnny had a limit of stripers in the rips, keeper fluke and sea bass. Wednesday, Phil Mando, Tom, Louie, Teddy, Brian, Burt, Andy and Jimmy had a limit of stripers, 20 blues and 24 fluke up to 7 pounds for Danny. Thursday morning, Anthony and Lisa had a bass limit and then jigged porgies and bluefish and in the afternoon, Cortland, Rich, Tom George and Artie caught a striper limit and a pile of blues. Friday, roman and the Albertson fire department had a limit of bass and a bunch of keeper fluke and sea bass and many blues. They also threw back large and short stripers. An 8-pound fluke won the pool. On Sunday Matt Deado, Jake, Noah, Jen, Jim and Julia from Montauk Shores trailer park had a striper limit, 10 blues and 15 keeper fluke with a 6-pounder for Jake. Give him a call at (631) 680-1025 to book a trip. He has week dates open. More
Down at West Lake Marina Dave told me nicer fluke have been hitting the scales with limits also coming to the marina. The striper fishing is holding up extremely well. Bluefish are being caught with t...
Down at West Lake Marina Dave told me nicer fluke have been hitting the scales with limits also coming to the marina. The striper fishing is holding up extremely well. Bluefish are being caught with the bass but they thinned out a bit. Giant porgies are also staging in the rips too hitting clam baits and jigs. Offshore, one angler brought back two yellowfin and a bluefin tuna from the deep, south of the point More
Montauk Marine Basin reported in saying Montauk has had a good mix of fishing the last week. The fluke bite continues to improve with the bucktail bouncers and rigs both doing the trick. Squid stripe ...
Montauk Marine Basin reported in saying Montauk has had a good mix of fishing the last week. The fluke bite continues to improve with the bucktail bouncers and rigs both doing the trick. Squid stripe and spearing as well at stripe baits like sea robin and bluefish strips are doing well too. Gulp and Fishbites have been doing the trick also. The quality striper fishing at the point continued through the week, Stripers were caught on jigs, live baits and trolling. Bottom fishing for porgies and sea bass was consistent too south of the point with clam pieces the best bet. More
Mike from Star Island Yacht Club let me know he weighted a nice weighted in a 350-pound thresher at the club. Stripers have been chewing like mad on the flood but the ebb is decent too. All methods ha...
Mike from Star Island Yacht Club let me know he weighted a nice weighted in a 350-pound thresher at the club. Stripers have been chewing like mad on the flood but the ebb is decent too. All methods have been working for the bass. Fluking has picked up a lot around the point well with Cartwright being the best location to try. Mike weight fluke up to 12 pounds during the week. John Levitt on the Gotta Go had Bigeye tuna up to 210 pounds and a mess of yellowfin at East Atlantis. More
Captain Pete from My Mate let me know Monday the Ronick family limited out on bass and porgies. On Tuesday Mark, Kenny and family had a limit of bass with ones up to 52 inches released. Friday morning...
Captain Pete from My Mate let me know Monday the Ronick family limited out on bass and porgies. On Tuesday Mark, Kenny and family had a limit of bass with ones up to 52 inches released. Friday morning the Conner clan had a limit of bass in the morning. On Saturday the crew had an 84-inch mako. On Sunday Al Durla and crew had a limit of bass, fluke action and a few porgies. For best rates and dates give him a call at (917) 543-3115 to book. More
Kenny from Tight Lines Tackle in Sag Harbor let me Montauk is the place to be. The temperature in the Peconics is above 70 degrees making it tough for fishing. It seems like the weakfish have left buo...
Kenny from Tight Lines Tackle in Sag Harbor let me Montauk is the place to be. The temperature in the Peconics is above 70 degrees making it tough for fishing. It seems like the weakfish have left buoy 16. Ken said working the humps in the bay might bay off still. Look for the deeper water also. The bluefish are still at Jessup Neck but are smaller. Fluking around Shelter is still ok. Some porgies are still in the bay up to about 1.5 pounds. Ken did hear of good sea bass fishing in Montauk and recommended using jigs for catching bigger fish. He also said the Gut and Race early and later in the day is good for stripers. And of course the Elbow in Montauk still been hot for stripers. More
Captain John of Shinnecock Star let me know the bay fluke fishing continued to produce for the boat. Sunday saw a 6-pound, 8-ounce fluke hit the deck from the bay. The reef is still seeing a pick of s...
Captain John of Shinnecock Star let me know the bay fluke fishing continued to produce for the boat. Sunday saw a 6-pound, 8-ounce fluke hit the deck from the bay. The reef is still seeing a pick of sea bass when the boat can get out too. Call (631) 728-4563 to book a trip with them. More
Scott from East End Bait and Tackle reported the fluke bite in the bay continues to improve. The keeper to short ratio is improving too. Also theyre hearing of more limits than in past years. Scott ...
Scott from East End Bait and Tackle reported the fluke bite in the bay continues to improve. The keeper to short ratio is improving too. Also theyre hearing of more limits than in past years. Scott personally had my limit this week with a 24 inches to make the day. Both eastern and western parts of the bay are producing but as usual wind and tide together are key. The regular baits of squid, spearing and Gulp all working but the spearing seemed to have the edge. The shop also had reports of a few fluke in the ocean out near the cheese house around 60 feet and Mecox in 40 feet. The sea bass are cooperating on the reef but keepers of 16 inches are tough to find. The reef is holding sea bass, porgies, fluke and ling. The striped bass bite has slowed considerably but the bunkers schools off Mecox did not disappoint with fish to 50 pounds on the live bunker. The bass that are present in the bay are taking drifted live baits near the bridge and inlet. Bluefish have thinned out and can be found in the bunker schools. In Peconic Bay the porgy bite remains good in the regular spots including near Jessup Neck and Rogers Rock using clam baits and clam chum. Weakfish are in the deep holes where the water is cooler and are taking jigs and hi-lo rigs tipped with squid. Theyre hearing about some fluke around Shelter Island. Guys that have run to the Gut have done very well with striped bass too. More
Capt. Phil Kess of the Fishy Business in Orient reports excellent bass and bluefishing with boat limits each trip sailed. In addition, anglers fill the tote with quality sea bass and porgies. There ar...
Capt. Phil Kess of the Fishy Business in Orient reports excellent bass and bluefishing with boat limits each trip sailed. In addition, anglers fill the tote with quality sea bass and porgies. There are still dates open for the remainder of the season. Give Capt. Phil a call at (516) 316-6967. More
Capt. Rich of the Nancy Ann in Orient, reports bass and blues have been excellent limiting out on every trip. Sea bass has been a bit tough due to the new sixteen inch regulation. This new regulation ...
Capt. Rich of the Nancy Ann in Orient, reports bass and blues have been excellent limiting out on every trip. Sea bass has been a bit tough due to the new sixteen inch regulation. This new regulation is hurting the open and charter boat businesses. Still, however, most boats are catching a lot of shorts and definitely enough keepers to keep everyone happy. Porgies still continue to fill the box. There are still openings available from August to early October. You can reach Capt. Rich and his wife Nancy at (631) 477-2337. More
Capt. Tim of the open boat Timothy J Fishing in Mattituck reports phenomenal sea bass fishing with every angler limiting out and releasing many others. The Timothy J is located at 5675 West Mill Road ...
Capt. Tim of the open boat Timothy J Fishing in Mattituck reports phenomenal sea bass fishing with every angler limiting out and releasing many others. The Timothy J is located at 5675 West Mill Road in Mattituck. The boat sails open, no reservations needed from Wednesday to Sunday at 8 a.m. returning at 3 p.m. For more information, please visit his website at timothy-j-fishing-open-boat or give Capt. Tim a call at (631) 960-8204. More
Liz at Mattituck Fishing Station in Southold reports porgies and sea bass are definitely your best bet with many quality fish being caught on worms, clams and clatter jigs. The best fishing is from th...
Liz at Mattituck Fishing Station in Southold reports porgies and sea bass are definitely your best bet with many quality fish being caught on worms, clams and clatter jigs. The best fishing is from the Firing Range to the Motels. Bass and bluefishing has been good off Hortons Point with bass biting best at dusk and dawn and bluefish throughout the daytime hours. Bunker chunks and eels have been the best baits. Fluke fishing remains slow with some shorts being taken by Buoy 5 with an occasional keeper. Spro bucktails and Berkeley gulp remain the best choice of baits for the flatties. No reports of weakfish this week. More
Chris over at Blue Water Ventures in Southold reports his shop regulars and customers are reporting excellent fishing, whether it be striped bass, black sea bass, porgies, fluke, weakfish or blues. Th...
Chris over at Blue Water Ventures in Southold reports his shop regulars and customers are reporting excellent fishing, whether it be striped bass, black sea bass, porgies, fluke, weakfish or blues. The bass and bluefish are really loaded up inside Plum Gut and The Race. Blue Venture striped bass rigs have been hammering the bass and blues. Fluke fishing has been good from Greenport to East Marion on bucktails tipped with spearing and squid and Berkeley gulp. Blue Venture porgy rigs baited with clam are annihilating the scup anywhere from Roses Grove to The Middle Grounds. Plenty of weakfish on hi/lo rigs are being taken in the deep water off Nassau Point. Plenty of cocktail blues are hitting jigs in the early a.m. off Jessup Neck by Buoy 17. Sea bass fishing has been torrid at just about any rock pile from Mattituck to Rocky Point in forty to fifty feet of water. Please make sure to stop in to Chriss shop and load up on just the right bucktails and artificial lures created by Blue Water Venture to manage your favorite species before heading out to Greenport, Orient Point or any of your favorite North Fork fishing holes as Chris has all your bait and tackle needs to make your East End fishing experience one of the best in the business with his many years of fishing experience. You can reach Chris by calling (631) 578-2614. More
Steve from WeGo Bait and Tackle in Southold reports everybodys returning happy as the fishing remains grand inside the bay and out in the Sound. Bass are limitless inside the Race and Plum Gut on li...
Steve from WeGo Bait and Tackle in Southold reports everybodys returning happy as the fishing remains grand inside the bay and out in the Sound. Bass are limitless inside the Race and Plum Gut on live eels both day and night. Bucktails and 3x3s also catch the bass. Bluefish are in the same area and diamond jigging duping choppers to fifteen pounds. Inside the bay, fluke fishing has been incredibly good by The Green Lawns, The Old Fish Factory, Bugs Light and Greenport. Fresh squid and spearing on bucktails are catching many quality keepers. Porgies have been chewing hard from Roses Grove to Jessup Neck and The Middle Grounds. Plenty of weakfish are being caught on hi/lo rigs tipped with squid strips from Nassau Point to Noyack Bay. Sea bass fishing has been super all over the Sound with Pigeons Rip, Mulford and Rocky Point and Mattituck in forty to fifty feet of water being the hot spots. Clams, squid and epoxy jigs are all accounting for sea bass to four plus pounds. Plenty of porgies are mixed in with the biscuits. In other news, the off shore scene has exploded with solid shark and tuna fishing. Please note that WeGos is your one stop fishing supply center which make their own, homemade with love, shark and tuna chum as well as supplies the freshest never frozen squid and bunker. They specialize in both inshore and offshore tackle including all your shark and tuna essential needs like Side Trackers and Flutter Jigs. Make sure to stop by the store and stock up on all your needs. More
