What a year it has been for the weakfish! Many anglers up here in the ‘north country’ refer to these rare, colorful sea trout as unicorns because we see them so infrequently. But, 2021 has been the year of the weakfish, especially on Long Island and throughout upper Narragansett Bay. Weakfish are known to be highly cyclical and many local anglers are hopeful that they are back on the upswing. Only time will tell us for sure, but there’s a big contingent of northeast anglers that have crossed weakfish off of their bucket lists in 2021. Did you catch yours yet?
Jim Luce made a trip with Capt. Mike Roy of Reel Cast Charters and fished the lower Connecticut River. He nailed not one, but two weakfish on Fin-S fish that day, along with many striped bass.Jake Morel made a trip with Awestruck Charters in upper Narragansett Bay and caught this beautiful weakfish on the fly.
Contributing writer and charter skipper Capt. Christian Awe with an upper-Bay squeteague that ate Clouser Minnow on a beautiful day in late May.
Mike Radziszewski entered this 7-pound beauty into The Fisherman’s Dreamboat Challenge. He caught the 28-incher while bouncing jigs for sea bass in Buzzards Bay. The fish was weighed in at Red Top Tackle.
Fisherman’s World regular and all around solid angler Sam with a pair of nice weakfish taken from the Norwalk Islands at the end of May.
The Black Hawk, running out of Niantic has been all over the weakfish bite in Peconic Bay. On some days it seems like every angler onboard has landed at least one weakfish along with piles of porgies. If you’re looking for that kind of action, give Heather in the office a call!
