Long Island Fishing Report – October 18, 2012
Another very good day today!! Tog were hungry, the quality was good and the sun was shining!!! High hook was in the double digits! (ORL) Now is the time for tog!!!
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Another very good day today!! Tog were hungry, the quality was good and the sun was shining!!! High hook was in the double digits! (ORL) Now is the time for tog!!!
Beautiful day out there today!! Was slow the first few drops as we fought the hard current a bit this morning but when the conditions came together the tog were hungry to say the least!! Excellent bite with nice quality blackfish! Darren Was High hook with 20 (last years size limit ) 10 k for this year (orloc) Many guys limited out and it was certainly a promising bite considering the moon and all. Capt Chris also had lots of
Yesterday was our first blackfish trip! Nice showing of tog on the day with 100 blackfish, keeping around 50 with some nice quality as well 7-8 lb for the pool. Weather prevented us from getting to the blackfish grounds today but we did put together a nice catch of porgies none the less. Also had a great catch of porgies on our half day trip today!
Looks like the Tog are Biting! Tested the grounds yesterday in the short weather window we had and found a few beauties! Blown out again tomorrow but the weekend looks good! Sailing daily now for Blackfish, Porgies and Sea Bass!!
Despite the cloudy, chilly and sometimes rainy conditions, we had a real nice day today with lots of big porgies, blues and some sea bass. 7 year old Ava caught the biggest one of the day with a nice big sea bass. !! Sailing as an open boat two trips tomorrow. 7-3pm fullday and 9-1 half day. Plenty of room and the weather looks fantastic! Hope to see you. Blackfish starts Wednesday!!!!
BAIL JOB THIS MORNING!!!! Really great fishing for quality porgies. Caught all we wanted and even threw back a lot of keepers. Great trip.
HOT FISHING NOW!!! Yet another great day out there today. Tons of fish, lots of smiles, joy abounding. The local area are lit up with life right now. Porgies, sea bass, blues, striped bass. This is the time to come enjoy so really great fishing! The pics below tell the story!!!
We have been fighting the wind a bit the past two days stuck inshore. Yesterday was a little slow on the pogies though everyone went home with 10-20 scup a man. Today the conditions were poor again in the morning but by days end we were able to put together an excellent mixed bag catch. The jigging was red hot and it didnt take long to catch all blues you could want!!. The bottom fishing was much improved once the
Today we had Smithtown high school on board for a day of learning and some fishing as well. In the short time we did fish, the kids wacked the scup, blues, fluke and even a blackfish was captured(released). Great trip!!
From Capt Neil posted yesterday on Noreast.com: “Flying porgys last evening. Young children, Cub Scouts and a family party, were screaming with delight all evening. Capt Jared had us on the drift outside of the harbor and it was screaming catching. What a blast. Porgy time at Port Jeff. Time to get on your favorite party boat and treat yourself to a ball. “
We havent sailed the past two days with the weather. Hoping to get back out there this evening!
A Great few days of fishing!!! The diamond jigging has been on fire both tides in the middle grounds! Some trips were just insane action as the blues were just feasting in the rips. We also had a nice keeper bass, sea bass and a fluke take the jigs as well. The kids have been having a ball on these trips! The bottom fishing on the ease of the current was also very good. Plenty of quality scup and some
Just heard from Capt Jared who was steaming home from another very good trip! Lots of big porgies with blues and some sea bass in the mix. The fish finder was lit up today with life and it looks very promising for the upcoming Super Jumbo Express trips!! PM Trip Capt Des Reports they has Awesome fishing!!! Tons of porgies and blues, some of them very large. Really excellent trip. Some pile of fish in the area right now! Night
Another excellent catch today!!. Lots of porgies. Plenty of blues. A big WEAKFISH again!! great weather. What a stretch its been!!!! Pm trip: Just in from Capt Jared, slammer fishing continues. In his words"everyone got what they need some played catch and release". Mostly scup tonight with some blues. Another great trip!!!!