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2018 8 Tuna East Chatham

Tuna “East of Chatham”

Quite often you’ll see the reference to “East of Chatham” when reading the offshore fishing reports in regards to summer bluefin tuna.

2018 8 Gardiners Island

Gardiners Island

Gardiners Bay is approximately 10 miles long and 8 miles wide, and sits between the two forks at the eastern end of Long Island.

2018 6 Lobster Claw Map

Lobster Claw

As bluefin tuna have been summering over in Jersey’s midshore waters the past few years, an oft overlooked spot is in the limelight again – the Lobster Claw.

2018 6 Noyak Bay

Noyak Bay

Nestled between the North Haven Peninsula and Jessup Neck and southward of the western end of Shelter Island and part of the Peconic Bay estuary sits Noyack Bay.

2018 6 Matiecock Point

Matinecock Point

The fall season of 2017 along the western end of Long Island Sound went into the history books as one of the best weakfish runs in recent times.

2018 5 Axel Carlsonn Reef

Axel Carlson Reef

Tied with Atlantic City Reef for size at 4 square miles, and one of the two oldest of the artificial bottom layouts, Axel Carlson Reef is second only to the Cape May Reef (4.5 square miles) for size.

2018 5 The Greenlawns

The Greenlawns

Along the west side of Shelter Island in Peconic Bay is a landmark and fishing hotspot known as the Greenlawns.

2018 4 Garden State Sisters

Garden State Sisters

Twins, almost, birthed by the New Jersey Bureau of Marine Fisheries (the dam) and then artificial reef coordinator Bill Figley (the sire).

2018 4 Milford Harbor

Milford Harbor, CT

Milford Harbor, called “The Gulf,” is a square bay measuring one mile by one mile.

2018 4 Silver Hole

Silver Hole

Located deep inside Jamaica Bay bordering the Train Trestle and Cross Bay Bridge, Silver Hole is a deep water depression once known for its exceptional early spring flounder fishing, which has declined dramatically here, just as it has in most bays and harbors surrounding Long Island.

2018 3 Delaware Raritan Canal

Delaware & Raritan Canal

Can’t say much for the snail-like crawl of the current in the combined 60-mile Delaware & Raritan Canal (D&R) and its Feeder Canal sibling, but the fishing for myriad species is certainly high octane and ignites in late February and continues through until ice up.

2018 3 Cross Bay Bridges

Cross Bay Bridge

Spanning the eastern complex of Jamaica Bay from Howard Beach in Brooklyn to Rockaway Beach, the North and South Channel Cross Bay Bridges set the stage for some fine all-around action on a variety of species through the course of the season.

2018 2 The Klondike

The Klondike

Roughly 5-1/2 miles off the coast between Manasquan and Shark River inlets, the Klondike (40 08.956/73 54.565) is an easily accessible, bottom fisherman friendly paradise.

2018 2 South Beach Fire Island

South Beach, Fire Island

I’m always amazed that there are still surf fishermen out there who spend little or no time on the backsides of our South Shore barrier beaches.