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Rockaway Inlet /
Sheepshead Bay:
Big
bluefish have emerged seemingly from nowhere to invade the bays
and even create havoc along the dock lines and piers along
Emmons Avenue, 69 Street Pier and Canarsie Pier. Their smaller
cousins, snappers and cocktail blues, are joining blue claw
crabs at the North Channel Bridge to give anglers instant
gratification. Even a spate of 4 pound weakfish materialized off
Floyd Bennett Field and Beach Channel High School to happily
surprise folks looking for fluke. Note: if you are lucky enough
to nail a weakfish, it must be 16 inches with a creel limit of
one. Although short fluke are ubiquitous, larger specimens may
be found on the edges of Ambrose Channel and deeper reaches of
the VZ Bridge. Striped bass are still AWOL, but porgies and sea
bass are still holding their own at Rockaway Reef and assorted
wrecks and rock piles.
Ocean Eagle V
(718-258-4126)  :
Capt.
Greg Nardiello reports they
sailed on Thursday (8/26) after a few days at the dock because of
weather. The fishing was really good with no left over sea making for a
gorgeous day on the water. It was a very good day, lively fishing with
plenty of action and good porgy fishing with very good sea bassing. They
did catch a nice fluke as well but it was very good fishing for porgies
and sea bass with a big, almost 4 pound sea bass.
They sail daily at 7 a.m. from Pier 5 in Sheepshead Bay,
Brooklyn.
Listen to Capt. Greg's Interview & Tips on
Early Fall Blackfishing Here or listen to
Capt. Greg Nardiello's Interview On Winter Blackfishing Tips & Technique
Belt Parkway-Knapp St. / Brooklyn
Flamingo III (718-763-8745)  :
Capt. Bob reports
they
sailed on Thursday (8/26) after a few days at the dock because of
weather. The fishing was fantastic no stop action and they were home at
noon! A small group had massacre fishing for four hours and eventually
they all dropped their rods and said take us home. The fish ranged from
4 pounds to a pool winning 16 pounds! They were hungry after the storms
and they bit their heads off. They had all sorts of sizes and most were
the 8 to 12 pound bruisers. Every fish caught had a half dozen followers
as well.
Friday
and Saturday (8/28) saw the same great action hold up with bluefish to
15 pounds.
Sailing daily now at 6:30 a.m.
The web site is
www.Flamingo3.com.
Capt. Bob
and
the
Flamingo 3 was featured on
The Fishing Line TV Show a couple of times for spring flounder
fishing and jigging bass on another episode. Bob & RJ scored big time on
both shows on giant bass with fish over 25 pounds. You can
order the extended 55 minute home release video which is longer than the
30 minute show version by clicking the link.
Do yourselves a
favor...make sure you visit them this season. They have some awesome
action and the
 Flamingo
IS the bluefish boat to hit! New York’s topwater,
lure & jig specialist for blues, weakfish & bass. The
Flamingo
III started
it over 50 years ago and while others may imitate them, no one can duplicate
them. The
Flamingo
III is a family fishermen’s boat catering to all anglers
and pride themselves in a keeping a clean and courteous boat with the most
experienced crew. The
Flamingo
III is located at Knapp St. & Belt Parkway
and the UA Theater with plenty of free & safe parking.
Jamaica Bay & Broad
Channel:
Smitty's Fishing Station
(718-945-2642) :
Delores
reports as
August makes eyes at Labor Day, bluefish are entering center stage in both
the bays and ocean. Anglers are catching them at the 69th Street Pier,
Canarsie Pier and their little cousins, cocktail blues, at the North Channel
Bridge. Color the NC Bridge different shades of blue as snappers and blue
claws are both in thick. Although striped bass have temporarily deserted the
western end of Long Island, a handful of weakfish in Jamaica Bay have been
nailed on sandworms. Porgies and sea bass on local wrecks, reefs and rock
piles are fairly consistent, but quite a few are throwbacks. Status quo on
the fluke: great action, few keepers in both the bay and ocean.
Jones &
Deb's Inlets
Point
Lookout
Scotty's
Fishing Station (516-432-4665) :
Tom
reported while a gazillion short fluke are caught and released in Reynolds
Channel, Haunts Creek and other tributaries, keepers are in short supply. An
ever-increasing squadron of bluefish, however, are bending rods in the
inlets and bays; look for diving birds in locating them. Big blues have
invaded the State Channel hitting fluke baits as well as fluke themselves in
an insatiable quest to eat anything not nailed down. They have plenty to
eat, too, between spearing and short fluke paving Reynolds Channel, Debs and
Jones Inlet and all their tributaries. Occasionally a keeper fluke can be
netted, but the patience of Jobe is necessary.
A mix of
triggerfish, porgies, sea bass and fluke can be found bottom fishing on the
Hempstead, Atlantic Beach and Fishing Line Reefs; use either squid, spearing
or clam strips to entice these guys.
Porgies and sea bass are consistent on the inside bridges along with the
triggerfish now too.
Offshore, bluefin tuna to 200 pounds are
hitting 8 and 10 ounce diamond jigs some 45 miles southeast of Jones Inlet.
There is a creel limit of one per angler for the tuna.
On the web at
www.scottysfishingstation.com
Capt. Al
(516-623-2248)  : Capt.
Tom Weiss says the
last day or two has seen terrible bottom fishing as ground swells from the
last passing stormed stirred up the bottom. Wednesday (9/1) saw a nice
rebound though in the action as they stayed inshore all day and even though
it was very hot on the water, the picked away at large porgies, some nice
sea bass, a keeper fluke of 5 pounds won the pool with a bunch of shorts
caught too and they had a short striper and a handful of bluefish. Things
are only getting better so jump aboard.
They sail daily at 7 a.m. from the
East Marina in Point Lookout. They also sail 7 p.m. for striped bass and
bluefish Friday and Saturday evenings.
They got out to
bluefish Friday (8/27) night from 7 to midnight and it was a massacre. Great
bluefishing is going on right now and only 40 minutes or so from the dock!
They had 17 anglers all limit out with tired arms and Bill and his son had
25 between them in a short period of time. One side note, the Super
Hawk is not bluefishing every night or even every weekend night for that
matter. They only jump into the night bluefish game when they have no booze
cruise…thus taking a chunk of business on occasion from the Capt Al that has
been bluefishing at 7 p.m. every Friday & Saturday night all season. Show
your support and when you get to the parking lot or walkway at Point
Lookout…make a beeline to the far left and get on the Capt. Al…the boat that
knows where the fish are, close to home without super long rides, because
they have been doing this every weekend all season...not occasionally. They
also sail 7 p.m. for striped bass and bluefish Friday and Saturday evenings.
Listen to Capt. Al Lindroth's radio Interview explanation for the return
of Long Island codfish
Click Here.
Listen here to
Capt. Al's Radio Interview for Tips on Sea Bass Fishing.
Capt. Tom Weiss was featured on
The Fishing Line TV Show in 2001. Tom &
RJ scored big time on the giant sea bass with ling in the mix. You can
order the extended home
release video which is longer than the 30 minute show version by
clicking the link.
Fire Island Inlet
&
Great South Bay:
Fluke fishing in
70 to 80 feet of water south of Moriches Inlet has been yielding nice
catches of fluke. Ron and Greg Anonymous each weighed in fish over 6 pounds
from these waters. A big body of ocean fluke seems to be moving east of Fire
Island.
Inshore, snappers are terrific at Patchogue and Blue Point Dock, creating a
daily double of snapper and blue claws to enchant everyone. Suggestion: save
a snapper or three for use as a fluke bait; if you use them, they will come.
The Fire Island Reef it is still holding porgies,
triggers, sea bass, blues and some decent fluke on the deeper southern part
of it. Inside you have the same mix only the ratio of throw backs has
started to slow down and we saw some nice quality fluke taken at the inlet
right up to the entrance buoy. The Sore Thumb had some nice
kings with heavy chumming at the turn to give the triggers their shot at
the table pushing the smaller sea bass aside. More and more blowfish are
showing up in the traps. The big talk by the stones was the wall to wall
crabs walking along by the dozens being seen netted by some bathers.
Captree
Island Princess (631-587-6024)  :
Capt.
Nick Manzari says the awesome fluke fishing continues at a record breaking
pace on all the trips now as millions of fluke are caught every day both on
the Island Princess and the charter boat Bay Princess. They do see a few
keepers on most trips, but no all and there is no problem keeping everybody
busy catching fluke, sea robins, cocktails blues etc with people catching 30 to
50 fish per person each trip. Great fun and action for kids, groups etc.
They have seen some good crowds on occasion and the fishing continues to
hold up no matter how many people are on the boat. They continue half day
fluke every day as always 7 a.m. and at noon.
The evening 6 p.m. trips saw fantastic
bluefish action with fish 2 pounds to gator size earlier in the week with a
low down in the action come Wednesday. They sail every night now on their usual
evening schedule of 6 to 10 p.m.
The
Island Princess
has been featured on
The Fishing Line Television program many times over the last 15 years
including this
upcoming 2010 season with a fabulous show on
Jigging Giant Bass & Blues off Fire Island Inlet filmed just this past
November.
Order yours here ONLY $10. On the web
www.IslandPrincessFishing.com.
Also
just a note to say their NEW second
boat (see below), the
Bay Princess specializes in private charters up to 80 passengers.
See below...Get gift
certificates through their web site at
www.islandprincessfishing.com.
The
Island
Princess
continues to offer discount savings on their trips by checking with their
web site at
www.islandprincessfishing.com.
Bay Princess (631-587-6024)  :
Capt. Nick says they had a few charters on
the Bay Princess this week with most of them fluke fishing. They were out
with large kids group early in the week that caught everything in creation
it seemed as the kids had a wonderful time. They caught fluke, a couple of
keepers, bluefish, sea bass, an odd porgy or two. Sea robins, skates it was
a day at the aquarium which is just what you need to get kids started. Now’s a good time to
book a group private charter for the prime time fall bass, blackfish
and bottom fishing that's coming up.
See their
NEW TV Spot and see for yourself how great this vessel is for your large
groups and fishing or night excursions.
The
Bay Princess
is booking 2010 charters
now. Call now for best dates, times and tides.
The
Bay Princess
handles up to 80 anglers with Sweet 16 parties, fishing trips,
moonlight cruises, retirement and just about any excuse to get on the water
gets you folks this great new and clean boat.
Moriches Inlet:
Silly Lily Fishing
Station
(631-878-0247):
Gary reports the more things change the more
they stay the same. Beautiful weather this week and weekend sees many of the
boaters and rental skiffs on the water and now 10 to 15 pound bluefish
stormed the in the bay spooling fluke fishermen and causing havoc. You can
chunk them if you want to use plugs in the morning.
Striper
fishing is excellent with bunker schools outside the inlet the last few days
and fish 25 to 45 pounds were caught under the bunker schools. Also
excellent bass action in the east and west cuts and over at buoy 26 where
clams are king.
Otherwise the main game in town is fluke,
fluke and more fluke. Anywhere from buoy 14 out to buoy 27 with 3 hours
front and back of high tide best bet. You will cull through a ton of fish
for any keepers but this area does have the higher keeper ration around.
Work the edge of the bar from buoy 14 out to 27. White or green are the best
colors and a combo isn’t bad either. Triggerfish still plentiful at the rock
pile inside the inlet and also as they drift past any of the buoys inside
the bay using clams or squid strips. Porgies are now mixed in with a keeper
or two once in a while. Lots of snappers in the bay and blue claws too.
On the web at
www.sillylily.com.
Gary and
Silly Lily were featured on
The Fishing Line TV Show a couple of times with the most recent
Triggerfishng just this 2010 season. Also shows on Moriches bay Flounder and
Bucktailing Fluke
the others when Gary & RJ scored big time on the flounder with
over 30 fish in a few hours, 20 or more of them were keepers and they threw
back keepers as well. You can
order the extended home release DVD which is longer than the 30 minute
show version by clicking the link.
Shinnecock Inlet/Hampton Bays:
East End Bait & Tackle
(631-728-1744):
Scott says
the big news continues to be large fluke in 80 feet of water
south of Shinnecock Inlet on squid/spearing combos. The keeper
ratio is 1 in 4, numbers that any angler will appreciate.
Shinnecock Canal features snappers, getting larger and feistier
by the day, while porgies rule the day in the Peconics. Bottom
fishing for sea bass off Shinnecock Reef is consistent on
sandworms and clam strips, while Ponquogue Bridge plays host to
mainly bluefish with a smattering of striped bass along for the
ride.
Shinnecock Bay/Inlet/Ocean
The ocean bite has been great all week with fish over 21” being the norm.
Plenty of 7lbers with 10’s and 11’s showing daily as well. The bay bite
continues to please as well but you still have to weed through the shorts.
Blues are in the inlet. Bass are around the Ponquogue bridge and in the
inlet.
In the
Peconic Bay porgies are found south of Robins Island
and over at Roger's Rock.
Offshore:
Tuna bite southwest of the
Coimbra continues to be worth the trip. The Dip area is holding
plenty of bait but fish are tough to find. The bite seemed a
little better to the east at the Tails.
NEWS:
East End Bait & Tackle’s 2nd Annual Fall
Striped Bass Tournament- This year we will include two divisions, one for
the surf and one for boats. This runs Sept. 15 - Nov. 20. Stop by the shop
or give a call for more details. Teh big raffle drawing on August 22nd was
won by Mike Maloney of Hampton Bays area. Mike has not yet decided which
package he wants. Open seven days now 5 a.m.
weekends and 6 a.m. weekdays and we
have extended our evening hours until 7 p.m. to better accommodate our
customers. Live killies, live eels, local baits & fresh bunker when
available, call ahead to check our stock.
East End B&T received equipment from the NYSDEC
and are now able to sell the new saltwater fishing license as well as
freshwater and hunting licenses, stop in any time and avoid the last
minute rush.
On the web at
www.EastEndbaitandtackle.com
East End/Montauk
East End Bait & Tackle
(631-728-1744):
Scott says strong
northeast winds earlier in the week kept even the hardiest of mariners
tethered to the docks. When the weather relented, however, striped bass were
back at their old haunts by the Point as folks limited out on keeper bass in
one hour! Oodles of bluefish are around, too, so bring extra rigs along and
leave that spinning rod in the garage. Porgies and sea bass are ubiquitous
on any rocky terrain, while fluke have been fickle, tide to tide. Offshore
fishing may become impossible if predicted swells develop as a result of
distant tropical storms and hurricanes.
Open seven days now 5 a.m.
weekends and 6 a.m. weekdays and we
have extended our evening hours until 7 p.m. to better accommodate our
customers. Live killies, live eels, local baits & fresh bunker when
available, call ahead to check our stock.
East End B&T received equipment from the NYSDEC
and are now able to sell the new saltwater fishing license as well as
freshwater and hunting licenses, stop in any time and avoid the last
minute rush.
On the web at
www.EastEndbaitandtackle.com
Editor's note**
East End B&T is the only shop on the east end of Long Island to
support The Fishing Line and what we do. They are are a member of our
family and we strongly urge you all to stop by
East End B&T in Shinnecock on your way to Montauk or eastern parts
to get the supplies and tackle you need for your Montauk fishing
excursion.
They have increased our surf
fishing inventory to now include Aquaskinz tops and accessories;
Northbar Plugs; as well as other surf fishing accessories. Stop by the
shop or give us a call for more details.
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