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Member Posted Reports

Montauk fluking still solid before the storms Mike and Matt with 5 keeper fluke to 6 lbs taken on the Montauk Star 8/17/21

Pete B. 6/2020

Fishing the waters of Montauk in Late June produced a couple of really nice fluke two pool winners, Heres an 8.7 lb fish from the Hammer time.

6/2020

Rich and Ken on the "Hooked-up" found some nice sea bass and lots of action at the local area hot spots, deep water,

as did Mike and Matt on the "Reel Inn" in late June with some keeper fluke to go with the numerous fat shorts and seabassa and even a few ling and whiting!

REPORT FROM THE BASS GROUNDS OF DEBS INLET June 1st:

GOLDFISH CREW has been locking in on the bass as they migrate through the area.. Using Wire line setups and trolling spoons. Rico and Anthony have had good success with fish of 38.63lbs, 34.lbs, and 27 lbs to name a few. They have been fishing hard out there for a few weeks now and its paid off!

From ALLAN M.

5/1 Raritan Bay aboard the Never Enough,

Released 12 due to one per person regs.

fish from 15-30lbs Trolling white and yellow Mojos

9/30

With reports from other members not too good from AB reef, hit the Rockaway Reef with some clams and dropped the hook. Lots of nice porgies keeping only what we needed and only fish over 10 inches. Had a few sea bass with a 17 inch keeper and a couple of really nice trigger fish to around 4 lbs.

Nice day out with son.

MIke & John, "Reel Inn"

9/30

Rico and Anthony on the "Goldfish" fished the Rockaway Reef as well and did good with Porgies and seabass , then headed in fished in the bay for Bass, clam bellying fish to 11.75 lbs

Nice action close to home

10/14

Rico and Anthony on the "Goldfish" Were back on the Reef and did a bang up job on porgies, then hit the local schools of bonita and a few mackerel on Deadly Dicks

AUGUST 16TH MISTY DAWN FLUKING

Great day aboard an open boat trip with capt Marco on the Misty Dawn in Montauk.

We hit all the usual places for qaulity fluke. Limited the boat on seabass and Matt and I had 6 keeper fluke with 2 pushing 7lbs. Poison tail jigs with curly otter tails in white backed up by bait/ strips of mackerel, fluke . belly, porgie or bluefish worked as did putting spearing with the teaser. Blue poision tail worked the best with pink coming in second.

Captain worked hard and mated himself as well as filleted and even kept us out an hr later than usual. He also continues to graciously offer us a club discount on all charters and open boat trips! MIke and Matt B.

Monday July 30th. 2018;

Bill P, and I headed to Montauk for some of the Fluke and Seabass action that area is entrenched with.

The day was spent fishing with the Ebbtide fleet as the only full day boat returning early was the ebbtide with a 6 am departure and a 3 pm return. Fluking wasnt great as the drift they had the day before due to the moon slowed down considerably and left us with the most consistant and at times annoying seabass fishing. THere are so many out there that the idea of the regulators strictly limiting us got more and more aggravating as the day went on. I got a nice 5lb fluke early on in the morning on the first drift then the rest of the day was spent weeding thru seabass and also porgies, sandsharks, skates and bluefish as well as a chubb mackerel or two. Bill caught a keeper fluke late in the day and also had a considerable mixed bag adding searobins to the previously mentioned list of by catch. By days end we had 4 keeper sea bass each, releasing one each, and had a fluke also to come home with. Tons of life both bucktailing and using chicken rigs with teasers and at times gulp, although lots of tails were ripped off from the seabass. For a party boat trip we had the most action weve ever had before and were shot after a three hr drive home thru crazy hamptons and rush hr traffic , making us glad we didnt wait for the 7-4 pm trip.

Mike B.

12/2/17

A report from Mike and Matt, Bill and Marvin, & Ken and Reed...

The club was well represented on the Striped bass grounds as The Reel Inn, Hi-Doc, and Forbelz II were all on the hunt and had great success with jigs & trolled Mojos. Mike made it out there early and found the fish off of the Jones beach west bathhouse just west of the needle. A quick courtesy call to the other club members out there and all three boats did a bang up job with the bass up to 36 inches plus. The largest were taking the mojos but There were fish to 33 inches jigged up, all in only 25 ft of water The fish were anywhere in the water column and busting on top also! All reported that it was the best day they've had with bass!

*A side note, the fishing was the polar opposite the next day in the same local areas with the fish seemingly moving off to the deeper Federal water areas

A report from Mike & Matt Bobetsky of Reel Inn Friday 11/24/17

Went west to Rockaway Reef to a spot we had good blackfishing on last year on Thanksgiving weekend.

WE hit he reef at Mid incoming tide, got right on the numbers first shot and found the resident blackfish were hungry!

Not a lot of big fish but we did have a few keepers to 4lbs out of the 50 plus fish we caught in the three hrs we fished.

Matt took the larger fish and I had two keeperst to 18 inches also.

With the poor weekend conditions the crabs we were able to get at Baypark werent as good as what i would have liked and they had zero white crabs . Green crabs cut in half and legless seemed the most productive, orange belly or green belly didnt matter on the turn to the outgoing the fish started to hit a little less aggressive, but the keeper fish all camed up on the outgoing and the bites did continue right until our time was up.

Hoping for another trip to the reefs before we haul out for the year, but must try the great striper jigging im getting reports on

Tight lines!

A report from Mike & Matt Bobetsky of Reel Inn Sunday

9/24/17 - With the recent conditions out there, decided to let the deep areas settle down some more and headed west to Rockaway Reef. Set up in 44 ft of water and had immediate lock and load action on scup with a load of keeper fish, only keeping what we could eat. 5 keeper seabass found their way into the catch out of the 15 or so we caught making for a great ratio for a change. Left the grounds early quite satisfied and glad we took the box of clam bellies. Waters still warm and seems the recent rough seas pushed some larger seabass into the shallower water no need to fish too deep as of yet.

August 27th 2017:

Hooks for Heros trip

We decided at the last minute to fish the Fluke shootout for Hooks for Heroes foundation. The weather was ok and outside fluking had been picking up. Matt and i Hit the ab grounds knowing it would be a parking lot. We fished there for a few hrs bucktailing and loosing rigs for very limited action.

I hit the area s/e by the tankers and found nothing but sea robins. A quick call to club member Marvin on his Hi Doc indicated some action taking place on the middle grounds. I decided to make the 25 minute run there and found that the angler banks were barren and the middle grounds were inundated with small fish. We did take a few chub mackerel which were fun. With tournament deadline nearing we made a last ditch effort at cholera. I found a line of fish and we picked away at the fluke with a few keepers coming into the boat to 20 plus inches . We werent close to being a winner at the weigh in but the stop at Cholera saved the day. Now if the weather will cooperate the fall at the cholera grounds is primed to be awesome

Mike and Matt on the Reel Inn

7/1/2016

While waiting for my boat to be re powered, decided it was time to sample some ealry season seabass fishing on the Super Hawk with Matt. Took the 7 am trip and found there to be quite a bit of life at the hempstead reef and middle grounds. Captain Steve stayed out fishing until 1210 and made the half day trip much more satisfying with multiple drops made to locate fish. The fishing slowed a bit as the tide slacked by 10 am and the rest of the trip was a pick. We just about had our limit of seabass with Matt taking hi hook honors and largest fish for us also. I took a keeper fluke and we had had quite a few short seabass a few porgies, and a conger eel mixed in with the keepers.The size of the keepers werent very imressive as some reports would have you believe but the pool winner was over 3 lbs. NO fluke were allowed in the pool, or I had a good shot!

wouldnt hesitate going with the Super hawk again as its obvious they want to locate as many fish as they can for their customers.

Mike B.

12/30/15

Fishing has improved off the Reynolds channel area as herring are in the bays . J Lippi and Reed Hit the bay for some nice herring . Magnolia pier is on when the tide is moving at in low light conditions its even better. The mild start to the winter has helped anglers get out to the piers . North shore in port washington has been good on the town dock as well .

Pickled Herring anyone?

Blanche with her nice bass taken while working the bunker pods 10.13.15.

7/25/15

Our trip to the west for fluke produced some good action We fished bucktails, gulp and squid spearing for four keepers up to 6lb 5 oz. We released many smaller fish also in around 1.5 hrs time until the s/e winds started pushing our drift too north as compared to east to west that we had enjoyed earlier in the tide. The reef itself was dead as we had to work further west and try the area near the old ft tilden area in close to 40 ft of water.

MJB

7/20/15

Matt and I had seabass fever so we hit the McCallister grounds for a nice catch with non stop action on seabass of all sizes and some porgies that were big and a lone blackfish. Fresh clams at anchor did the trick.

Marvin on the Hi Doc 7/17/15

Caught on the Just Dear 6/2015:

Taken on live bunker west of Fire Island Inlet

and Heres Steves fish from that trip , weighing in at

44lbs.!

May 10th 2015,

Report from Hi DOC with capt Marvin,

Trolled outside Jones inlet with fellow club members John, and Al, Had some blues up to this impressive 16.50lb fish that Al bested!

5/04/15- 5/17/15 - 5/18/15

Reports from John L.

Had a trip on the Miss Lynn with Ken B.

We hit the inlet and did the clam chum thing for some blues and some bass upto 30 inches on the outgoing tide.

Fished with Ken on Sunday and anchored off the west bar,

used clams and chum to take a few bass to 29 inches. Fishing stalled there , then we headed to Hempstead reef and caught no porgies but plenty of out of season knuckle head seabass were caught and released as were blackfish upto 6lbs. Stunk not being able to keep any of those fish.

Monday went back out again and did better at the bar with 9 stripers, 4 bluefish being caught. No keeper bass this trip, but more action.

8/11/14

Fished Rockaway Reef with Matt looking for some fluke. Found better seabass fishing on the drift using bucktails and fresh local spearing. Gulp no good outside, squid was ok as well as clam for the seabass. Matt took biggest double header i have seen in a while with a 1.45 lb porgie and 1.90lb seabass. Not many keepers 5 but some ok action on shorts. Nice afternoon, fishing still luke warm to the west.

MIKE B.

8/18/14

Fed up with fishing to the west, ran east to AB Reef and was armed with spearing, clams, bucktails and gulp. Had Middle of incoming when we arrived. We fished for 4 hrs from noon on and had over 20 fluke with 6 keepers and a few good fish lost. Only a couple of small seabass out in the 65 ft depths. Great day for a change I limited out and Matt had a keeper or 2 released. Worth the run on a great day with good condtitions. I had keepers of 18, 19. 20, 20.5 and 25.5 inches. Fish like the spearing on the bottom bucktail better than the teaser hooks. A few keepers took the clams 6 inches off the bottom on the teaser hook, strange but true. Only hung up 5 times for the two of which isnt bad, still lost some goodies though.

Mike B.

This in from the HiDoc :

Marvin & Al went out on the HiDoc on 5/20, aiming for stripers. They snagged bunker and had lots of action - Blue action! Several times they were hit before they could get the bunker into the boat. Oft times they brought in head-less and tail-less bait! No stripers, no fluke, but did spot a whale almost a mile off the Pink Hotel!

Striper Run 2013!

The word of the fall run being started reached me on the October 17th, so off to the east I traveled. I jumped on board the Captree Princess for a day of jigging, and hopefully catching, stripers! Armed with conventional tackle i havent used in what seems like forever my pulse raced as we pulled up for our first drift after an hr of riding. THere were bass breaching the surface and birds searching far and wide for a ruckous below. Id like to say that my first cast with the plain Ava 47 chrome jig was met by a a fierce strike from a bass, but it wasnt. We only spent a few minutes on this first drift when the capt blew the horn and further east we went, off moriches is where we ended up. Once there the pick of fish was slow until late morning around 1130. I finally set the hook in a good fish and after a spirited 5 minute battle a nice 13lb bluefish ended up in my tote! Only the first bluefish they have had onboard in over a week!

We worked the jigs on marks and under birds all day and I did indeed limit out on Striped bass. The better drift with the lines going out paid off nicely for us as we were able to keep the jigs near the bottom and on a nice angle to the boat. We used the slow lift and retrieve, like working a bucktail . The fish took the jigs on the drop as they often do.

A nice day out with Rob and the Princess. all 25 people on board had fish as we limited out and the poolfish was a whopping 40 lbs! There were many 25 lb fish and at least 3 30 lb fish as well on board. We got back to dock at 2pm as the boat had scheduled mantainence to perform.

M. B.

My first bass limit of the fall

Big blue next to my first keeper bass

Couple of trips this past week to report on 9/01/13

Headed out for the middle of the outgoing tide at Marine parkway bridge. We were armed with spros , gulp, smelt, peruvian spearing and strips of squid. The drift was actually slow under the bridge with a lack of s/w wind that were predicted. My first drift by the north /east side yielded a couple of short fluke and the next drift under the span earned me a nice fat 21.5 inch keeper. After spending an hr at the bridge working various stanctions with only a few short seabass after that fluke, moved to the 10 bouy area and worked the inlet down to the 12 bouy , both deep and on the edges with the artificials we had some shorts sea robins. Matt pulled our last keeper of the day there it was a fat fish too 19.5 inches. The quantity was down, but the quality in the bay is up right now as we may have had a dozen fluke, but two keepers.

9/07/13

With limited time for fishing this weekend, took Matt out for the Goldfin Mauraders aka Weakfish that have been showing up in reports from our end of the bay . We hit the Mill basin area right at the change of tide 5pm and worked the incoming til 830 .There was already a small armada set up out there. We fished island channel from the 4 bouy to the south all the way to the 2 bouy to the north, off Padergat basin. The drift speeds were made intolerable due to a stiff s/w breeze that wasnt properly forecasted at 15-20 with the wicked moon tide, ( NOOA screwed the forecast up) We had speeds 1.8 knts with the drift sock out! I worked as deep as 50ft and as shallow as 25 ft , which in some spots allowed us a slower drift. The daymarker off Mill basin was the only spot we had any kind of action at all as Matt Snagged a 16.5 inch keeper that we released and lost another fish in that area too. There was a lot of bait throughout the water column with not a lot predator fish on them. We managed to find obstructions all along the channel edge that I dont remember being there last time we fished the area, and had to re rig a few times too, which was fun in the moonless night with all the rocking from the 2-3 ft swells we had most of the time. Coming home in the dark was an adventure and with low visibility a crisp 5 kts was our cruising speed back most of the way. Hope this fall fishing starts to shape us as the weather is already showing signs of changing and the fluke fishing to the west isnt that good. There are some cocktail blues around if your into that kind of fishing, but its still hit or miss.

M. J. B.

BAIT READINGS ALL NIGHT, NOT MUCH ON THEM

Moonless night travels, finally back at Marina!

August 11th 2013

Matt and I good conditions to work the ambrose area, so off we went. We carried an assortment of large baits and artificials as well. Worked 51ft depths on the edge of the 22 bouy and the bank inshore of the channel in 42 ft. Had better quality, but less action out there compared to the bay and inlet. I grabbed a 20 inch keeper on a whole squid, Matt took a 24 inch fish, just shy of 5lbs on a teaser with gulp, a ft up off the bucktail .

One of the few keeper porgies our crew of 5 had

The rain eventually stopped, but action remained a bit longer

Thanks to John for sending this in,

Thursday - August 2, 2012- Keith Bernot and I went to Cholera Bank. West wind in morning switching to south wind 10-15 mph. Saw dolphins chasing a bunker school at sunrise on way out in morning. There were 2-3 swells and we ended up using the drift sock to slow us down. We fished a spot that I had previously marked on the lowrance. We used peanut bunker, peruvian spearing, regular spearing and squid. It seemed they liked the peanut bunker the best. It was a another great day fishing I don't know how many fish we caught between 30-35 each. We had action almost all day from the morning up until around 2:30. Used up to 6 oz. sinkers to hold bottom. We ended up limiting out on fluke. The biggest one was 7 lbs. 5 oz. We also caught 2 keeper sea bass and one mahi mahi each. Miraculously I lost no rigs or sinkers. Keith lost a couple though.. Pictures from August 2, 2012.

Friday - August 3, 2012 - Met Keith Bernot at Bay park in the afternoon and we caught over 1/2 of a 5 gallon bucket of peanut bunker using the cast net. Keith took them home and salted them with kosher salt and baking soda. They are the freshest frozen bait I've ever used. Good job Keith

Saturday - August 4, 2012 - Keith Bernot and I went to the Cholera Bank. South wind 10-15 mph. A little bumpy getting out and 2-4 rolling swells all day. Had to use the drift sock to slow us down again. Ended up using 10 oz sinkers to hold bottom.. We saw one shark driving out and another while we were fishing. Still bunker schools out there. We used mostly peanut bunker and peruvian spearing. We caught a 10 lb 6 oz. bluefish in 80 feet of water. I also lost the weigh slip from freeport weigh station, oh well...We ended up both limiting out with fluke 4 keepers each going to the honey hole we went to the on Thursday. The action was hit and miss all day. It never really turned on different drift - different day. I personally ended up losing about 3-4 whole rigs and 7-8 total - 8oz, 10 oz, and 12 oz sinkers. Grhhh.....I guess it made up for not losing any the last time... Can't wait for the next adventure!

5/29/11

Myself and P. Baressi headed out for a fun filled day of competition on the north shore fluke grounds as part of the Capt. Neil 2 boat fluke challenge. We boarded the Osprey around 5 am and were a bit surprised that we werent the first ones there. We set up shop in the bow and got all the rigs we were going to try ready to go. Capt Amanda blew the whistle to fish around 815 and we were into the game. Fishing was a bit slow with the water temps still a bit cool, and tons of natural bait, mostly sandeels easily available to the fluke. We picked some on bucktail and teaser rigs and Pete managed 2 nice keepers to 4.25 lbs. The strategy on this trip was to release as many 16 inch and larger fish to get a punch on our cards. The fisherman with the most punches would win a Capt Neil custom rod and the fisherman with the biggest fish would also win a custom rod, boat pool, and possibly the dock pool against the Celtic Quest. When the final whistle blew, Pete had the most punches with 11 fish released and won the rod, congratulations to Pete, he did the club proud once again! I did ok, not great with some punches and around 8 fish total for the day, too many of which were not 16 inch or above. Many fish were dropped by anglers on board as the fish werent agressive and they were playing with the bait and going for a ride instead of gorging the baitThe green colors worked for a bit then it became a white afternoon as the sun was up high. Pink had its moments early but died fast as the day went on. I would recommend this kind of trip for the club. All the keepers were fat and the majority were well over the 20.5 inch limit. I look forward to doing another trip out that way when the fishing gets a bit better. Weekend trips will be half day trips now, so I'm looking to do a weekday trip if any member is interested in joining me on the North shore for a change of pace. As for the south shore, stay tuned , my boat is finally in and I will be venturing out of Mill basin soon.

Mike B.

keepers for PEE-TEE!

3/15/11

Myself and Steve C. took a long awaited codfish trip aboard the Hampton Lady , sailing from Dune Road in the Hamptons. The trip was limited to 14 anglers. We left dock at 4am for the first wreck . Conditions were nice for a change this winter. Fishing was a slow pick and competition to get on the the wreck was high. We finally got anchored up and the dogfish were in the house in force, as were the conger eels. We moved onto another wreck and spent a good part of the tide there. We had some keepers and a few shorts to go along with the pests. Pool fish was a nice 32lb. cod, and there were a few other fish in the 20 - 25 lb. range also. Loved the crew on board and the captain was good to us , keeping us out late to get more fish on board. With a light crowd the trip had the feel of a charter and we were all on a first name basis with the captain and mates as well as each other. We will be looking to head out on this boat again during the season, maybe for fluke or blackfish or both. Members stay alerted to my emails for future dates.

M.J.B.

6/19/10- fluking

Started the day at the MARINE PARKWAY BRIDGE at the end of the outgoing around 745. Pete B and myself had some quick action on bucktails through the slack. The action ceased and we headed into the bay towards the blue house. A few drifts there showed lots of bait on the screen with no takers on our hooks. On some urging of my crew, i headed towards the inlet. WE tried Roxbury for one short, then hit the channel . To much work to bucktail out there so i stuck with long squid strips and spearing combos with the heavier lead and of course my green octopus skirts on the hook. Got a nice fat 22inch 4lb. 7 oz. fish near the middle of the channel in deeper water. Ended the day back by the bridge, where all hell broke lose on the mid stages of the incoming, lots of action on fish up to 19 inches there, and they took spros white and green and white gulp swimming mullets. Seems the gulp finally had the edge, even had double headers on the artificials also. A load of fun and a lot of action, throw in a dozen searobins and we went through like 3 lbs of canadien spearing. The shame is we only had the one keeper out of around 45 shorts. Got to work to find the larger ones. Definitely improving out there with water temps around 70 at low tide now.

M.B.

5/31/10

Got to do some fishing with my boys on Memorial day.Had some slow fishing on the end stages of the incoming tide on the tin can grounds only pulling 2 shorts there. Moved into the bay with some of the aramada at bouy 20 and roxbury. We did better in that area with the fluke, with 7 more shorts up to 18.5 inches., and we dropped a few on the bucktails also, in an hour of fishing. Bucktails had the advantage with green octopus skirts on the hooks with long squid strips and spearing doing well too. The best part of the trip was the 3lb Sea Bass John had. Matt caught a few shorts also. A nice day out with the boys.

2/02/10

A group of us headed to Montauk today to fish with Capt. Wasserman on the Capt. Lou VI. Members S. Calabrese, R. Gyer, M. Bobetsky, P.Baressi, along with a couple of friends, joined a group headed up by Nor'easter Fisherman George. The morning was slow and at times we had to use a load of lead to hold bottom while the Capt. jockeyed to keep us over fish. In the middle of the day we went off away from the rest of the fleet to try to find some better sized fish. The results weren't what we hoped for. Before heading back in we hit the first area again, and the bite was a bit better. The last move saved the day as Capt. Mike found a school of cod that were hungry and bigger. Pool fish was 25 lbs. and second was around 20 or so. The capt. did right by us and we all thanked him for keeping us out longer to give us a better shot at the fish. Our group definitely wants to do this trip again, members give me an email if you want a call should we plan another weekday trip.

Mike B.

PART OF THE CATCH

Not quite as good as last season yet (proof below taken on the Rosie).

Rockaway Reef has blackfish, generally not large ones like out east but when conditions allow a good days fishing can be had. There are a few big ones from time to time that come thru the shallow reef which has evil bottom, so be prepared for a tussle should one attack youur crab baits!

Shots from three trips to the reef during the inter club and a couple of weekday trips including veterans day on the "Reel Inn"

Largest catch and release bass for the 2020 season , Anthony and Rico on the "GOLDFISH" with a brute!

10/19/19

Report from Hans Colflesh,

Trolling white Mojos at 60 ft scored this inter club winning fish !

47.75 lbs !

John has been quite busy with blues both here and in Montauk

as you can see by these photos

9/21

Ken and Jeff hit the My Joyce and had all kinds of fun with Porgies and seabass and the false albacore that stole the show!

9/30

Marvin last fluke trip on the HI Doc wasnt too great Just a few small fish for Him and J Lippi Jeff and Ken.

7/20/18

Hit Ab Reef, found slow bucktailing action for fluke and only 5 keeper porgys for our first three drifts. Decided to make the move to Cholera Banks and found there to be a decent drift with some life with short fat fluke to 18 inches and short fat Seabass to 14.75 inches. We got 2 keeper fluke to 22.5 inches and a couple of ling as well . The move saved the day.

Mike and Matt on the "REEL INN"

6/16/18

Hit the local reefs for fluke and found very slow conditions from end of the flood thru the slack, worked all edges and found a patch of fish for the change of tide . Ended the day having released 6 out of season big sea bass and we had 5 keeper fluke to 23 inches on gulps and squid worked on bucktails .Straight bait did not do the trick this day.

Matt and Mike of the "REEL INN" .

6/17/18

Decided to change it up and bottom fish on Rockaway Reef for porgies , fishing was slow but we did manage a dozen nice sized porgies keeping just this biggest one which was 17 inches

Mike & Matt

"Reel Inn"

1/22/18

Mitch G - Went out on Viking Star today,

Had incredible cod Action . Caught a limit by 8 am!

Boat headed back early at 930 with a full limit!

Fish were landed over 25lbs. Had great weather and only 30 pepole on board. Couldnt have asked for a better day!

8/25/15

Spent the day with the boys at the Ab reef. Had some action with short fluke, seabass and skates, took home 4 seabass and a 19 inch fluke for the table. Used spros and spearing for best results. Swimming mullets were not as good today. We had one small weakfish at the er bouy. Nice day spent on the water, wish the results were a bit better.

Mike B.

John on the Hi Doc, 7/12/15 Tough release on this out of season beauty!

Pete Takes honors on the Noreast.com charter aboard the OSPREY out of Port Jeff with fish to 7.25lbs. He had a limit and the pool , well representing the Atlantis Anglers in the process!

Flash back to years past!

2/20/10

The Capt.Lou sailed with 28 of us on a charter.Myself and P.Baressi teamed up with fisherman George and friends to do a job on the cod. The seas were a bit sloppy early 4-6 ft with occasional 8ft wave thrown in for good measure. The fishing on the hook was a bit slow to start. We waited for the right stage of tide. The bite turned on as expected. Fishing was good for over an hr and we had close to a limit for the whole boat. After the bite slowed again we picked a few here and there. The seas eventually laid down a bit, due to constant n/w winds. The trip in was in only 3ft seas. Capt gave us a long day again as he tried a few drops for some ling once we had a limit of cod. The ling didn't turn on and we headed in late. The crew was cutting fish the whole ride in after working the deck perfectly all day, never leaving you waiting for a gaff if you needed it.

Mike Bobetsky

A couple of my better fish, most were in 6-8 lb range

Part of the catch, our second trip of the year was a bit better than the first.

The haul waiting for the knife CAPT AMANDA AND LUCIAN TAKING CARE OF BUISNESS

July 29th:

Joined a group of anglers aboard the Fishark adventures trip aboard the bounty hunter out of Fairhaven Ma. Our targeted specie was large fluke. The fluking started out slow as we had strong tides coming off the moon and a decent breeze early, making the drift too fast. I started out with a whole squid and two hook rig that was smashed by a large fish, evidently a blue, which took me around the boat and was a hot potato up and down until he bit through the snell. We quickly went to our next location with the hope of getting a better drift. It was a bit better, but the fluke weren't as cooperative as the many porgies and a few reel nice seabass . I managed one over 4 1/4 pounds. After a few nice drifts trying to stay with the seabass and away from the porgies., we got to the slack tide and ouir capt made another move. Marc got the barbecue going and we ate well anticipating a better afternoon. Back at our original spot we had a nice pick of fluke, seabass and occasional porgy. My best keeper our of the 2 I kept, was probably over 4 lbs and would have been in strong contention if we had held a pool. (We all agreed to save space and bleed and pool all fish together.) I did have the largest sea bass too, it was an it figures situation of course! LOL. We ended the day with 35 keeper Sea Bass and around 45 Keeper fluke, which up there is 18.5 inches. The boat was nice and quick, and the capt did his darndest for us. The mate cut all kinds of bait and whole squid, mackerel and the best sand eels anyone had ever seen were available . I recommend this boat for groups such as ours up to 10 people. The cabin is a bit limited for all but we still had quite a few of us able to fit in there on the ride home. It was stable and a bit lower to the water than a lot of boats in its class so swinging a fish aboard was a simple task. The only drawback was you should bring aboard boots as waves smacking into the back came through the drainage scuppers at times. You could check out the bottom on the flat screen in the cockpit showing the structure and all the life the capt. was reading inside. There was a lot of great bottom up in Martha's Vineyard Sound. All in all a good time was had by everyone and I would definitely go back. I wish I could have seen the one fluke that would only hang on my mackerel strip , he was on and never pumped until it was gone even though i stuck him, but it was heavy, oh well another fish that got away story! All my seabass were over 1.5 lbs and they put up quite a fight on my seeker inshore stick 15.25lb rating.

M. B.

7/6/2012

Another Surprise out there today!

Spent the day out with my two sons at the Rockaway Reef area. Fluked the outgoing tide and weeded through a ton of robins, a few sandsharks and skates , and 30 short fluke in the few hrs we fished. Snagged and livelined bunker in the schools that were everywhere, nothing. Highlight of the trip had to be the Thresher shark that Matt somehow managed to get tangled up in his rig, hooked in the side after missing the spro, and tail hooked the teaser above that. After 15 minutes of confusion and hoping the 5500c3 i just had serviced wouldnt be spooled, he got this girl boatside with a light 10-20lb tsunami baitcast rod, not a big fish, but after that fight the kids tells me now i can catch anything dad! lol.Swimmers be advised that these sharks are in shallow, this one was off the beach in 25 ft. Cut her free and hopefully momma shark isnt too mad! lol.
I did get two keeper fluke too so theres a meal in the making for tonight! BOth keepers hit the spro with a fluke belly spearing combo, leaving the gulp alone. All other seemed to like the gulp swimming mullets better.

Mike

6/26/2011

Had a late night last night, but Matts says dad lets go fishing, so off we went! Hit the grounds at around 11am , start of incoming tide in Rockaway Inlet. First few minutes 3 shorts in a row for him, before i even wet a line! We worked from the Louie's pier area east into Rockaway wall, making stops along the way at the MPB and FLloyd Bennett field. No keepers ,yet again, fish to 19 inches. Slower than last week by far, and we caught only around 20 shorts in the three hrs we fished. Bucktails didnt seem to do any thing at all ,nor the gulp today. The old stand bye squid strips and spearing bait rigs took most of the fluke. Throw in a few Rockin robins, and thats about it. Great time with my son, cant wait to do it again next week.

M.B.

7/25/11

Another good trip in the bay , off of Roxbury. Fished with spros and gulp swimming mullet for over 30 fluke for Matt and I and a ton of sea robins. Had a keeper each, Matt at 4lbs. and mine at 4.5 lbs. Fished the last of the incoming through the slack and by the time the tide started to go out the bite had slowed and we were only catching one fish here and there. Tried all kinds of bait on the spros, snappers, fluke belly and backs, canadien spearing, and peruvians.. there wasnt much difference as the fish were hotter for the gulp swimming mullet in white up top of the spros. No sharks in the bay, but lots of bait and life in the 42-53ft of water.

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