It’s been a while since we posted a report, and now everything I tell you is contingent upon Hurricane Earl. Bass/Blues Bass fishing has been slow, but should steadily improve as the water cools. Bluefish in the 3 to 4 pound class are abundant in Jones Inlet. They are hammering tins like the Charlie Graves J-7, Crippled Minnow, and Krocodile. Kastmasters and Hopkins will also produce. There are alot of sand eels in the water so the tins should produce bass very soon. Try a bucktail teaser tied on a dropper loop about 18 inches above the lure. Fluke- Fluke season ends at Midnight on Monday, Sept. 6, but some open boats will continue to fish for them with R.S.A. permits. September is the month for big fluke, Fish whole squid or live snappers. Causeway has boxes of 8″ California squid, a perfect bait for this fishing. Sea Bass-Porgies-Prior to the storm, Bottom fishing on local wrecks and the Rockaway Reef was very good. Fish were responding to clams and squid, and many were keeper size. The recreational bag limit for Porgies will increase to 40 fish on Tuesday, September 7, but that is for Open and Charter boats only. Offshore-Offshore fishing for Bluefin Tuna has been outstanding for the past five weeks The Compass Rose is the hot area, and most of the fish have been taken on jigs. Causeway is very well prepared for this fishing! We have Avet HX 5/2 reels in stock as well as the complete line of Shimano Trevala jigging rods. We also have a tremendous assortment of hammered jigs from 6 to 16 ounces. New in the shop this week is a wide selection of “Stingo” Jigs in both gold and silver ranging in size from 5 to 14 ounces. Causeway crew members, Chris and Pete had an epic day last week using these jigs. We also have sardines in stock when the Yellowfin chunking gets going in the Canyon. That’s about it for now. Hopefully conditions will return to normal very soon and we will be into a Fall pattern. Good luck and be safe.

North short bottom fishing has been very active over the last couple of weeks according to the Matura Brothers. Porgies have been making up much of the catch with a few fluke and black sea bass mixed in. Read the rest of this entry »

The Fluking in the same areas has picked up and should only get better as the season wears on. For the fluke, any combination of bucktail or fluke bullet fished below a teaser will work. Hot items have been Spro Bucktails in white, white and green or glow, West End fluke bullets and our locally tied teasers in white, pink and orange glow. We wouldn’t be fluke fishing if I didnt mention Berkley GULP..this stuff is truly fish food, as in they LOVE IT! The swimming 4″ Mullets in white or chartruese or the 4″ shrimp in new penny or Natural are top sellers and more importantly fish-catchers.

“Federal Judge Denies Dismissal of New York Fishermen’s Claims Against Regulators”

Just saw this posted on thefishingline.com, by Rich Johnson.

Although it’s only SLIGHT progress… it’s a BIG, small, win for us recreational Fluke fisherman!!

Don’t forget, you can donate to this lawsuit right here on our website!!

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If you haven’t… you NEED TO!

With no doubt, this stuff was the hottest item in the store this past season and we were sold it faster than we could get in stock. The most popular application in our area was for Fluke fishing, but people used it for just about everything… Bass, Blues, Seabass, Porgies, Cod and even for Blackfish.

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Robert Moses Filed 5 has been consistently producing fish for about a week now. Sounds like the Sandeels have shown up there and brought the Bass with them. Joe from the shop had over 40 fish the other day and a number of our customers have reported similar result. Considering the bait that has been around, tins have been the way to go. Diamond jigs and sandeel shaped lures like the Point Jude Pojee have been out producing just about everything else! Sounds like mostly small Bass and a few big Blues…. but plenty of action!!

Other than that, the surf has been rather quiet around here with scattered reports from other beaches. We did have a couple reports from people fishing with bait in Point Lookout and we weighed a 20 plus pounder for one person who also had 5 other shorts.

Seems like this warm weather isn’t helping the fall run but we’ll keep our ears open!!

The bottom fishing has slowed a little, probably because of the full moon we had but we would expect things to pick right up again. In the bays, there have been plenty of fish around the bridges and piers although they seem to be smaller than they have been. This happens every year though, the keeper sized fish get caught up and it slows to a slower pick… but the action typically remains steady.

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Snapper fishing is at the height of the season right now with reports of fish up 14″… that’s a big Snapper! ALL the usual creeks and canals are holding the Snappers and as always, try to fish around high tide. We have had a number of reports from Jones Beach Pier and the cove right next to the piers with some really great fishing. Sounds like Read the rest of this entry »

Locally, things are still a bit on the slow side but we ARE hearing of some schoolie sized fish here and there. I guess we could call it a slight improvement ove last week… but things have a way to go yet. We had a report this morning,  of a few fish caught over the weekend in Long Beach on plugs. There have also been a few small fish at Read the rest of this entry »