On the Bass scene, the EPIC run is pretty much over as the water temps have risen and the fish have migrated east. The consistent Bass Fishing will be with the “resident” fish that inhabit the bays in the summer. Main techniques are Read the rest of this entry »

The bass fishing continues in the ocean both east and west of Jones Inlet. It’s just a matter of finding the right pod of bunker. Slammer blues up to 15lbs are now in the mix as well. From the beach, action has picked up as well. Keeper bass have been taken from Field 6 on fresh bunker, and there is good bluefish action at the Inlet.

The EPIC striped bass run of 2010 continues with fish being weighed in the 30 and 40 lb. class on a daily basis. The schools of bunker seem to stretch from The Rockaways east to Shinnecock, its absolutely unbelievable!! In recent days huge schools of large bluefish have shown up which really spices things up. Although scorned by many, there aren’t many fish that provide light tackle action like these fish, they are always willing to bite and Read the rest of this entry »

The strong Striped bass bite continues in the ocean, on any given day it can happen from Jones Inlet east to Fire Island inlet and beyond. Finding the bunker schools is the easy part as they are spread through out the area, find the “right” school that has some fish on it. The fishing is pretty straight forward….snag a bunker and let it swim in the school. There are times when the bass prefer a chunk or bunker head fished on the bottom under the schools, but lately it been the snag and swim technique. Tackle for this is simple, bunker snags, flourocarbon leaders, quality swivels and line and you are good to go. We have been weighing fish in the 30 lb. class on a daily basis evidence of this is on this Saturday 6/26 the trio of Dan Mulac, Rob H and Pauly B had fish of 30, 39, and 34lbs. all on bunker.

Striped Bass fishing is still good in our area. The ocean fishing continues to produce the bigger fish, but not as many as in the bay. Trolling West End bunker spoons, Fin Strike umbrella rigs and 9ERS Lures shad rigs has been pretty consistent, with more fish starting to “settle in ” between Jones and Fire Island inlets. There are still plenty of bunker both east and west of Jones inlet in the ocean. The key to this fishing this time of the year is time of day..meaning start fishing at day break or fish into the night. Snagging bunker is also a productive method but the bass are not always with the schools of bait. Read the rest of this entry »

Striped Bass: The bass fishing continues to be solid both in the bay and ocean. The West Bar gave up a 45 pounder yesterday, and a 22 pounder was taken under the bunker schools off Long Beach. Ocean trolling also remains strong in 50 feet of water between Read the rest of this entry »

Striped bass fishing has been very good both in the bay and ocean the past week. In the ocean, finding the bunker schools has been the deal. Read the rest of this entry »

Bass fishing is still good in the bay and bridges. Read the rest of this entry »

We haven’t heard of any bass locally, but there are some fish being caught in Little Neck Bay which is typical of this time of year. As much as we want the season to “POP” it usually doesn’t get going good until Mother’s Day. Read the rest of this entry »

The recent striped bass activity had set up some great expectation for Long Island anglers but the fish God’s did not seem to feel the same way. We received various reports from Jones Inlet and Fire Island as well as from the charter boats. Read the rest of the report now. Read the rest of this entry »