Updated: June 29, 2009 - The saltwater fishing in the New York waters has continued to improve so has the ocean bottom fishing. Our latest reports indicate that Sea bass Read the rest of this entry »
Ocean bottom fishing has still been good but there has been an influx of dogfish this week which makes things difficult. As the water warms, they should thin out.
Sea Bass have been the dominant fish being caught with some big porgies in the mix. Try fishing the reefs from 50′- 60′ of water.
Our first blue fish reports are trickling in to the shop. Anglers are reporting the blue fishing has been “okay” from the mouth of the Jones Inlet to the 3rd Wantagh Parkway Bridge in the state boat channel. Early mornings or evenings before the boat traffic begins has seemed to be the best time. Look for the birds diving. We recommend casting 007 Diamond Jigs or 1 oz. Kastmasters.
We are starting to hear of some reports coming in from the North Shore of Long Island. The good news is there are fish around. Mostly in the form of Blue fish and Striped Bass. There seems to be some good action to the west in [b]Hempstead Harbor[/b].
Some of the stripers are decent sizes. Some of the bigger keepers were in the 30-35 inches. From what we were told, the action is coming from the boats. Unfortunately, we have not heard anything from the surf so if you have an opportunity to get out on the sound, do yourself a favor and start trolling.
With a less then desireable weather forecast this weekend, we don’t expect to hear much. Keep those reports coming. The fishing is getting good.
We’re off to a slow start, BUT, there are some fish around! We’ve heard of a few small fish caught way up in the back on artificials and we had one report from the West Bar on clams. To the west of us, in Jamaica Bay, it sounds like things are a little better with fish being caught on lures AND on live bunker! As we’ve mentioned, this is typical for early spring and with this STELLAR weather coming for this week, we should see some improvement in our area any day. People are reporting a ton of spearing, even some sandeels and bunker around the beaches as well as the bay.
We would say that clam chumming is a really good bet this time of year, especially closer to the inlet area. The West Bar, East Bar, Big Meadowbrook and Swift Creek bridges would all be good places to try.
Cody Costa, fishing on his grandfathers boat the “Fish Magnet”, caught a nice 7lb Blackfish on a clam! Sounds like they were fishing in-shore and they had a pretty good catch all day, with that one being Cody’s biggest! Good Job Cody!
So… the weather is killing us… we haven’t had a single report since the last post we put up. Flounder fishing is difficult enough these days but with big winds and tons of rain, effort has been practically non- existent.
Wish we had some better news!
Bass season opens April 15th, so we’re sure we’ll get some activity here pretty soon. Haven’t heard about any Bass activity in our area just yet but there have been reports of a few fish in Little Neck bay and Jamaica Bay… typical of early spring, so these fish will make there way towards us any day now.
A few people have made it out to the Blackfish spots and we did here of a few caught recently. We have Green Crabs in stock again and we do have fresh clams as well. If we hear of anything more reliable we’ll put it up!
Well…. Flounder season is off to a slow start, as expected. Mother nature hasn’t been very cooperative, with 50 mph gusts and rain on opening day and more wind today.
BUT, we had one customer just stop in and tell us he jad a few keepers yesterday, fishing in the mouth of one of the canals in Seaford. He caught his on Bloodworms and chumming with clam chum and mussels.
A second customer stopped in shortly after that and reported a few keepers this morning in Milburn Creek in Baldwin. These fish were also caught on Bloods while chumming with clam chum and mussels too. By the way… just for the record… this spot is one that we mentioned in our “Top Ten Flounder Spots”!
With the rotten weather, we haven’t had many people even going out but it looks like we’ll get a little break the next couple days.
Things have been very quiet lately, probably because there haven’t been many people even trying for the Herring. We did hear of a few fish taken from behind the Long Beach Hospital… in that 50′ hole in Reynolds Channel. Other than that, not much to report but we suspect we may here a little more once Flounder season opens and we get more people on the water again. We’ll post any new news!!
Flounder are NOT being caught…. YET! The Flounder season opens April 1 and we are almost fully stocked with the tackle, chum pots and bait you’ll need to start your season!
We would love to hear YOUR FISHING REPORTS too! Leave your fishing reports in the comments section and we’ll be happy to post them! Don’t forget to include your pictures too!
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