April 24, 2024 - 10:55:31
John at J&J Sports in Patchogue said the locally stocked lakes continue to see a good pick at brown trout on all sorts of lures and baits. Common lures being used are Kastmasters, Blue Fox spinners and Phoebe lures. Bait fishermen have been using nightcrawlers, meal worms and Berkley Powerbait (dough). Largemouth bass at the lakes is picking up too. The warming water has got the bass to feed more aggressively. Using a Senko or Berkley worm (rigged weedless) can draw some strikes too.
April 24, 2024 - 10:55:31
Pablo from J&J Sports in Patchogue reported a pick of stripers from the shoreline in Bayport in the mornings on Storm Shads. He mentioned Patchogue docks and Sayville also producing fish in the early mornings on sandworms and Yo-Zuri poppers. He did know of some fish being caught after dark near the Smith Point Bridge on Bass Assassins rigged on jig heads.
April 24, 2024 - 10:55:28
John at J&J Sports in Patchogue said they have had only a few reports of flounder or blackfish yet, we are stocked with baits and rigs so that you can try your luck at catching a few. Seeking warm water in the early spring season is critical to success for flounder or blackfish. Chumming heavily will increase your odds greatly on getting a bite going. Skimmer clams and sandworms would be the dominate bait for both. For weeks now we have been hearing about the loads of bait in the local bays and creeks. Bunker and big spearing are the two main baitfish people have been spotting. This is an excellent sign for the early season. Our local creeks and rivers tend to hold a decent population of holdover bass too. With all these baitfish around we are starting to see a good pick of fish coming from the west end bays. Jamaica Bay has been producing solid bass from 20 to 35 inches. A lot of anglers have gone the kayak route and are trolling tubes tipped with sandworms, while others are fishing soft plastics on light jig head. In another few weeks, bluefish will start making an appearance. Fluke is scheduled to open May 4th and weakfish are not far behind.
April 22, 2024 - 08:09:56
John at J&J Sports in Patchogue said the locally stocked lakes continue to see a good pick at brown trout on all sorts of lures and baits. Common lures being used are Kastmasters, Blue Fox spinners and Phoebe lures. Bait fishermen have been using nightcrawlers, meal worms and Berkley Powerbait (dough). Largemouth bass at the lakes is picking up too. The warming water has got the bass to feed more aggressively. Using a Senko or Berkley worm (rigged weedless) can draw some strikes too.
April 22, 2024 - 08:09:56
Pablo from J&J Sports in Patchogue reported a pick of stripers from the shoreline in Bayport in the mornings on Storm Shads. He mentioned Patchogue docks and Sayville also producing fish in the early mornings on sandworms and Yo-Zuri poppers. He did know of some fish being caught after dark near the Smith Point Bridge on Bass Assassins rigged on jig heads.
April 22, 2024 - 08:09:40
John at J&J Sports in Patchogue said they have had only a few reports of flounder or blackfish yet, we are stocked with baits and rigs so that you can try your luck at catching a few. Seeking warm water in the early spring season is critical to success for flounder or blackfish. Chumming heavily will increase your odds greatly on getting a bite going. Skimmer clams and sandworms would be the dominate bait for both. For weeks now we have been hearing about the loads of bait in the local bays and creeks. Bunker and big spearing are the two main baitfish people have been spotting. This is an excellent sign for the early season. Our local creeks and rivers tend to hold a decent population of holdover bass too. With all these baitfish around we are starting to see a good pick of fish coming from the west end bays. Jamaica Bay has been producing solid bass from 20 to 35 inches. A lot of anglers have gone the kayak route and are trolling tubes tipped with sandworms, while others are fishing soft plastics on light jig head. In another few weeks, bluefish will start making an appearance. Fluke is scheduled to open May 4th and weakfish are not far behind.
April 15, 2024 - 09:16:27
John at J&J Sports in Patchogue said trout stockings are fully underway and nightcrawlers are working well. Anglers have been successful using small gold or silver tins - Kastmaster fished with a slow retrieve. West Lake is the place to be as it was recently stocked with 320, 12 to 15-inch brown trout and 630 yearlings rainbow trout in April. Swan Lake (East Lake), in April, is scheduled to receive over 500, 8-inch rainbow trout. Yellow perch are keeping anglers busy over at Great Patchogue Lake and Other local lakes. Nightcrawlers are a great bait to go with fish them under a small float or tip a small jig head with a piece of nightcrawler.
April 15, 2024 - 09:16:27
Pablo from J&J Sports in Patchogue reported another week of his customers picking away at small stripers from the local docks in Patchogue and Blue Point. One of his regulars came in and said top of the tide and soft plastics hooked him into a handful of smaller bass last week. Pablo also knew of some blackfish caught from the shore over at Mt. Sinai on clams and green crabs.
April 15, 2024 - 09:16:13
John at J&J Sports in Patchogue said bass season is officially open and many anglers have been seeing fish throughout the bay well before the opener. Most of the fish caught have been schoolies, but there have been a few slot keepers in the mix. Guys have been successful using SP Minnow or Redfin hard baits, but using clams will also work. Try fishing the mouths of creeks and rivers as well as some warmer water in shallower areas. A couple of days of warmer weather should really "turn the fish on," so get out there and give them a shot. Theyre also catching small bass in the Patchogue and Carmans rivers, and in Bellport Bay on soft plastics and Yo-Zuri lures. On the blackfish front, fishing has started to pick up as the water temps increase. Clam seems to be the bait for this spring season. Keep in mind the spring season is a two fish, 16-inch limit and closes on April 30th. The shop has also heard of some flounder reports, caught on sandworms and heavy chumming with bank mussels. The two best areas have been the Smith Point Bridge and Quogue Canal areas. The tidal creeks are also still holding a good amount of white perch. Nightcrawlers on a jig-head around drop offs during outgoing tide has seen better results than the incoming.
