We want to hear from our readers. The Causeway Crew is always answering some of the toughest questions by fishermen and women and we want to ask you, What’s your favorite fluke jig?
We would love to hear what you are using to catch the big Fluke! Plus, it would be great to know if the things we sell are working, and if there is something that people love, and we don’t already have it…. THIS will help us stock what YOU need!
If you’ve caught a fluke recently using a fluke jig, we want to see your pictures. Submit pictures to info@causewaybaitandtackle.com. Tell us your name, where you caught the fluke, what you used and any other information that may help a fellow angler lure in that doormat fluke.
OK… here’s a good one. This fish was caught with BARE HANDS… no rod and reel! On 6-25-08, Anthony Giampaolo was fishing at Overlook Beach (Captree State Park) when he noticed something swimming along the beach up shallow. When he got a closer look he noticed it was a Striped Bass and it looked like something was wrong with it. So he reached into the water, grabbed the fish and when he was carrying up on to the shore he saw what looked like a small Fluke or Flounder STUCK IN IT’S THROAT… The fish was basically choking on it. Figuring no one would believe this story, he brought it to us to weigh and showed us it’s mouth. We reached in, pulled it out and it was about a 10″ long Sun Dial Fish pointed head first down the mouth of the Bass!
Although it’s not common, we’ve heard stories like this many times with Bunker, Fluke, Flounder, Porgies, Sea Bass and even Blackfish.
Chris (in the yellow shirt), the official Causeway “Off-Shore” guy, took up an invite with Claudio Facchini, Ralph Facchini and Ralph Facchini Jr. to go Shark fishing on 6-25-08. In addition to a few Blue Sharks and one other smaller Mako in the slick, they hooked and landed this 175 pound Mako while fishing a little North West of “Rock Piles 3″.
Fishing is still good, however the schools of Bunker along the beaches seemed to have thinned out. It’s been pretty quiet in the ocean but there is still plenty of action in the bays. Clam chumming remains the most consistent and the plugging has been improving, especially at first light and in the dark. We’ve even heard of a few fish caught on Bunker chunks around the bridges as well.
The West Bar is always a good bet for clam chumming, any of the bridges are a good bet too. As far as the bridges go, they can get very crowded, so try to stay away from the crowds… less competition always means a better shot at the fish.
If you’re going to give the plugging a whirl, try and fish around high tide… either tide should produce but high water in this area is a great bet. Any of the marsh banks with 4 to 12 feet of water, mosquito ditches, drains and edges of sandbars of mussel beds can ALL hold fish this time of year. The one thing that will kill this style of fishing though is boat traffic. Now that the kids are out of school the bays become much busier, so first light and in the dark are the quieter times of the day around here. The lures we seem to be selling the most of lately are the Smack-It poppers, A-Salt Bomber’s (my personal favorite is the Chicken Scratch color which is actually the “pearl/Yellow”), Bass Assasin’s, Slug-Go’s and the always faithful Bucktail… pretty hard to go wrong with a white one, tipped with pork trailer of some kind.
For the Clam Chumming, it’s kind of “meat and potatoes” fishing. A simple fish finder rig like the Fin Strike 753B rig will do the job nicely. Tie it on, bait it up and get it in the chum slick… it’s THAT simple. If you’re chunking we would recommend a much bigger hook like on the Fin Strike 747 rig. A Chunk is a bigger bait and requires a bigger hook!
It’s a well known FACT that Tuna can be a very “line shy” fish and we’ve personally experienced this many times… first hand.
One particular time was the first time my wife ever came to the Canyon with us. We were anchored up for the night and we were reading the bait and the Tuna on the machine but couldn’t get a bite. We started to slowly scale down our Flourocarbon Leaders from 80lb down to 60lb… down to 50lb… down to 40lb…. down to 30lb…. FISH ON. Ended up with 11 Yellowfin’s up to around 75 pounds that night… all on 30 lb Flouro leaders. Had to back the drags off a bit and fight them gently but that’s what did the trick!
Unfortunately, no significant changes. The fishing still seems pretty hit and miss and it sounds like the bait fishing has been a little better than plugging. From the beaches, the better reports have been coming from Democrat Point and Robert Moses Field 5 on fresh Bunker and Sandworms. Over the weekend, there were some fish caught at Demo on worms and the reports from Field 5 sounded like it was all on chunks. Late last week there was a day or two with some decent fishing on chunks at Jones Beach Field 6, but not much since then.
However, Joe from the shop has been catching the Bluefish pretty well in the evenings at West End 2 on the back side. Last night he said the fishing was real good… and ALL on poppers. He was using the Super Strike Little Neck Poppers and the Gibbs Polaris Poppers.
We’ve also been hearing of some nice FLUKE (yes, Fluke) caught at night at the Coast Guard Station, Jones Beach Piers and Overlook Piers… in the dark, as long as the lights are on. Small white twister tails and the Berkley Gulp 4″ Swiming Mullets, fished on lead heads have been doing the trick!
We, the New York recreational fishing community, needed this BIG TIME!!
Below is a press release with the details of the law suit:
Due to the efforts of The United Boatmen of New York, The New York Fishing Tackle Trade Assoc.,(NYFTTA), and the lawsuits architect , Tony DiLernia, The New York Attorney General, Andrew M. Cuomo, has instructed his office to defend New York’s recreational fishing industry and Long Island’s fishing heritage by filing suit against the Federal Department of Commerce.
Industry has work with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), on the issue that the Marine Recreational Fishing Statistic Survey (MRFSS) is inaccurate and inefficient for allocation of our summer flounder “fluke.” Using MRFSS for a State by State allocation is now being challenged by a single coast-wide allocation. “Over 4 years of work came to fruition today with this lawsuit” said Captain Dennis Kanyuk.
This could not of been done without the efforts and understanding of Governor David A. Paterson, Senator Chuck Schumer, Assemblyman Bob Sweeney, Assemblywomen Ginny Fields and NYS DEC Commissioner Peter Grannis.
Tony DiLernia
Fisheries Consultant
(718) 368-4558
(917) 691-6489
Dennis Kanyuk
President UBNY
(516) 481-2841
John Mantione
Spokesman for NYFTTA
(631) 255-1588
More
CUOMO SUES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OVERTURN ILLEGAL MARINE FISHING
REGULATIONS THAT THREATEN LONG ISLAND’S RECREATIONAL FISHING INDUSTRY
Federal Regulations Based on Unsound and Outdated Science, Severely
Limit Long Island Anglers While Benefiting Fishing Industries in
Neighboring States
NEW YORK, NY (June 23, 2008) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today
announced a lawsuit against the federal Department of Commerce for
violating federal law with its new limits on recreational catches of
summer flounder along the east coast. The suit charges that their
regulations will harm New York’s anglers and the recreational fishing
industry, without benefiting the long-term health of these popular
sportfish.
“The federal government, through its use of outdated and unfair data,
has created a perfect storm for fishermen and recreational boaters
across Long Island,” said Attorney General Cuomo. “Long Island
fishermen should not be at a disadvantage to anglers who come from a New
Jersey port. These arbitrary limits on fluke fishing are hurting our
recreational fishing industry, yet are not properly protecting our
fisheries. My office is working to ensure that New Yorkers are no
longer subject to these illegal regulations.”
Each year, the Department of Commerce, through the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), sets limits on size, daily catch, and fishing
season length for recreational catches of summer flounder - commonly
referred to as “fluke” - for the coastal waters stretching from
North Carolina to Massachusetts. The NMFS then chooses either to adopt
one “coast wide” set of regulations for the entire coast or
different regulations on a state-by-state basis. If the NMFS chooses a
state-by-state approach, federal law requires that all states are
treated fairly and that the regulations are based on the best available
scientific data.
In May 2008, the NMFS adopted state-by-state limits for regulating
summer flounder catches for the current season. In violation of the
laws governing state-by-state regulations, the new regulations subject
New York anglers to the strictest catch limits of any other state,
including neighboring states. For example, New Yorkers can keep four
fewer fish per day than New Jersey anglers. New Yorkers are also only
allowed to keep fluke over 20.5 inches — two and a half inches longer
than those that can be kept by New Jersey anglers — barring New Yorkers
from keeping most of the fish they catch. Furthermore, the NMFS based
the new regulations on a one-year survey conducted almost 10 years ago;
experts have severely criticized this survey as being scientifically
invalid. Finally, there is no evidence that the state-by-state
regulations adopted by the NMFS properly conserves the population of
fluke, which is the ultimate goal of these regulations.
The suit filed today seeks to invalidate the new federal regulations
and to direct the NMFS to adopt the alternative “coast wide”
approach for managing recreational east coast catches of summer
flounder. The lawsuit was filed in the United State District Court for
the Eastern District of New York.
The suit is being handled by Assistant Attorney General Andrew Gershon
under the supervision of Special Deputy Attorney General for
Environmental Protection Katherine Kennedy.
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