Duffy's Bait and Tackle

Blaise from Duffy’s Bait and Tackle in Glenwood Landing reports porgies and sea bass along with blowfish can be found by buoy 28 C with worms and clams on hi/low rigs doing the trick. Anchoring and doling out clam chum is paramount if you want to stay knee deep in action. Lots of small fish should be returned into the water however by days end that cooler should look hefty. Fluke are still around in large numbers with a high short ratio. With a bit of perseverance you should put a few keepers in the box. The key is to use bucktails dressed with a long strip of sea robin or sand shark bellies as it seems that is what the bigger fluke are attracted to. Otherwise if you prefer to catch shorts with an occasional keeper then hi/low rigs fished with Gulp will keep you busy especially fishing by Matinecock Point and around buoy 11 B. Striped bass are everywhere but are eating best during dark or at the very least at dusk or dawn. With such an abundance of dogfish in the water, its best to use live bait such as spot, bunker or legal size porgies. Snappers are tiny but are starting up at the docks and piers.

Blaise from Duffy’s Bait and Tackle in Glenwood Landing reports lots of porgies being taken by boats anchoring by buoy 28c and also by anglers fishing from the beach. Worms and clams provide the best action. A few sea bass have been mixed in along with a few spots. Fluke fishing continues to be good although most fish are shorts; however, there were a few fluke to 9 pounds being weighed this week. Squid, spearing, Gulp on fluke rigs or bucktails are all producing. Striped bass fishing remains good especially by buoy 11b and the Obstruction Buoy off Eaton’s Neck. There’s plenty of small porgies being taken from the docks and jetties inside the harbor.