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Long Island Fishing Report – Saturday, June 9, 2007

Thankfully……we got lucky with the weather today. The rain held off until the very end of the trip and the east wind dropped right out in the morning. Todays trip had a ton of action with a few hundred fluke caught with 28 keepers to 6 lbs. We took a few drifts on some hard bottom as well and bailed big porgies. The Sauter family lead the way with 8 keeper fluke, 3 of which were over 5 lbs to

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Long Island Fishing Report – Tuesday, June 5, 2007

My friends tell me that fluking was HOT today! Great bite after the storm! We did not sail yesterday and are doing educational trips today and wednesday with Capt Jerry McGrath. Caught a nice load of porgies with the kids today. A fun day for all the kids for sure. Look forward to getting back to the hot fluke bite wednesday evening and thursday .

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Long Island Fishing Report – Sunday, June 3, 2007

Another very solid day on the fluke. Had a real good shot of fish in the morning and another excellent shot of fish to end the trip. Several anglers scored with 5 plus keepers apiece (orl) Once again, if it was last years limit of 18, it would have been a Bail job! Easily would have limited out the whole boat with high hooks well over 20 keepers! One angler had nine fluke over 18 inches on the first drift

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Long Island Fishing Report – Friday, June 1, 2007

What a day today aboard the CQIII !!!!! The fluke fishing was awesome first thing in the morning on the incoming for the first hour or two. We limited out on fluke to 6 lbs and threw back a ton of 18-19 inch fish. Awesome fishing. To top it off we then headed in off the beach and massacred huge porgies with some weighing in over 3 lbs! Full boat limit was caught in no time. Check out the video

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Long Island Fishing Report – Thursday, May 31, 2007

Very good fluking today! 19 fares had a steady pick of quality fluke all day with many fares limiting out. Tons of 19 inch beauty throwbacks provided lots of action. Even Bob and Tommy limited out! Excellent fluking now!

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Long Island Fishing Report – Thursday, May 30, 2007

Slow morning today on the fluke, but once that tide turned it all changed! Very good bite on the first of the ebb especially on bucktails. That seems to be the magic time the past few days. Plenty of nice fluke to 6 lbs. High hook was 5 keepers. Yesterday saw some great blackfishing aboard the CQIII for Dennis and friends. The blacks were snappin good with a great bite on quality tog to 7 lbs on crabs. A fun

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Long Island Fishing Report – Sunday, May 27, 2007

Some body of fluke around right now! Today was great fishing again. Capt Pete ran the CQIII today and limited out on fluke to 6lbs. in a half day. We had some excellent action on the CQII as well with over 50 keepers and a few hundred 18 plus inch fish released! If it was last years limit, high hooks today would have been over 25 keepers! Nonetheless, several sharpies managed their limit. Lou and John were on fire landing

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Long Island Fishing Report – Saturday May 26,2007

Despite the heavy boat traffic there was some very good fishing. The morning bite for fluke was especially good with a ton of action and plenty of keepers. CQII ended the day with over 50 keepers to 6 lbs. The morning charter on the CQIII saw some very good bucktailing with fish to 5.8 lbs. We also had a few good drifts in deeper water today (30-40 ft). Big body of fluke around right now and a ton of sandeels

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Long Island Fishing Report – Thursday, May 24, 2007

Real good fluking continues. Today's 1/2 day charter on the CQIII limited out on fluke to 5 lbs. Ton of action and at several occasions all four anglers were hooked up at the same time. The CQII also had very good results with 60 keepers for the day and a ton of throwbacks. Pool fish was 6.5 lbs. If we were going by last years standards, today the entire boat would have easily limited out on 18" plus fish !

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Long Island Fishing Report – Monday May 21, 2007

The water chilled down over 5 degrees over the weekend with the northeast wind that blew through. Slowed the bite down over the weekend but nonetheless we still put together some respectable catches of fluke. Some quality fish around with several fluke weighing in over 7 lbs. Largest fluke of the week went to the girl scout troop with an 8 lb beauty! Sunday mornings half day charter on the CQIII saw a lot of action for John and friends

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Long Island Fishing Report – Thursday, May 17, 2007

Awesome fluke trip today. 11 fares limited out on fluke to 7lbs!! Great bite with lots of 18-19 inch fish released as well. High hook was 9 keepers. If it was last years 18 inch limit we would have limited out by 10:30. Bucktails again were the key. If you like shallow water, light tackle fluking at is best, now is the time! This is some run of quality fish right now!

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Long Island Fishing Report – Tuesday May 15, 2007

We didnt have enough fares to sail today, but the crew decided on account of the great fishing to go anyway. The fluke were chewin' once again right outside the harbor. Limited out in no time on bucktails. This is a great early season bite for sure.

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Long Island Fishing Report – Monday May 14, 2007

First day a fluking to day turned out to be a great success! 13 fares fluked for half day landing 35 keepers with many in the 4-5 lb class. High hook was 9 keepers! For those who were willing to bucktail, the fluke action was excellent. Also heard a report from a boat to the west of us that had a great day as well. Lots of sandeels around. Things are looking good. Lets hope the bite holds up.

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Long Island Fishing Report – Friday May 11, 2007

Excellent day blackfishing aboard the CQIII. Dennis and his gang enjoyed a solid bite all day long with many quality tog in the mix. Total for the day was 35 keepers to 8.5 lbs for 4 anglers. Green crabs were definitely the way to go today. Fun day all around.

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Long Island Fishing Report – Wednesday , May 9, 2007

Blackfishing was much improved today! Plenty of nice sized tog today up to 6.8 lbs. Lots of life on the pieces compared to last week. Nice to see the bigger fish finally chewin'.

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