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Long Island Fishing Report – September 9, 2005

Both night have been a bail job on the big blues and bass. Wed trip – It was all out blitz style fishing for BIG blues and bass with all fares hooking up almost every drift. Fish ranged for 7-12 pounds. Many Blues going over 10 lbs. The pool was taken by a keeper size bass. Thursdays trip – Again saw excellent diamond jigging on BIG blues. The blues were all over the surface crashing bait. They were feeding on

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Long Island Fishing Report – September 6, 2005

We weren't able to sail on the day trip yesterday due to the weather. We did get out on the pm trip though and fishing was awesome! Bailed Big porgies till the sun went down! Great night.

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Long Island Fishing Report – September 3, 2005

The past two days have ranged from decent to excellent. Both yesterday and today saw some decent jigging, but only for a short window of time on the incoming tide. Many short bass with a few keepers in the mix. The porgy fishing on the evening trips remains excellent as the sun set bite has been very very good. Last night on the first of the incoming we had a great catch of nice size porgies drifting east of the

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Long Island Fishing Report – August 29, 2005

The fishing was on the slow side on the last two day trips with the insane amount of boat traffic for the wicc bluefish contest. The porgy bite continues to be very good though most trips at the middle grounds both day and evening. We have had some great drift fishing east of the light on very big porgies which should hold up from here on out. Today's charter of 4 kept 60 big scup to 2 lbs. Great fishing

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Long Island Fishing Report – August 22, 2005

Middle Ground Madness has arrived in full effect!! Today was an all out slaughter on the bass and blues. We started the trip on a deep wreck for a decent pick of Jumbo scup. Largest scup measured an impressive 17 inches long!! The blues soon showed up and shut down the bite so we decided to switch over. That is when the Bail began. All out mayhem ensued as all rods doubled over with blues and bass for the next

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Long Island Fishing Report – August 17, 2005

We did not sail the last few trips with the lousy weather. Finally got out again last night for a Bail Job on Big Porgies! Many guys limited out on the big 1-2 lb oven stuffer roasters! The blue fishing has been tremendous in Smithtown Bay. Hopefully the great fishing will continue forever!

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Long Island Fishing Report – August 12, 2005

The last few days have ranged from excellent to very slow for no apparent reason. We have had some great shots of big blues in the middle with some bass, and cocktails inshore on the surface. Yesterday was slow for some reason on both the blues and the porgies, but go figure, we had a great fishing for nice size porgies on the afternoon trip and some decent shots at the blues off Miller Place. Today, the morning bite was

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Long Island Fishing Report – August 7, 2005

Great day today. It was a bail job on the bass and big blues once the incoming tide set up. We had a few keeper bass in the mix, lots of shorts and all the blues you wanted. Many of the blues were good size 5- 10 lbs. We tried one quick drop on a wreck for sea bass and porgies. Only caught a few big scup before we decided to call it a day. The porgy fishing is really

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Long Island Fishing Report – August 1, 2005

Lots and lots of cocktail blues all over the surface on most days. Today we fished in Smithtown Bay as acres of blues were on the surface. The smaller diamond jigs have been the ticket as the blues are feeding on very small peanut bunker right now. Porgy fishing has been a little slow the last few days on the inshore grounds. Our best drops seem to be in the deeper water now where it has been quality over quantity.

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Long Island Fishing Report – July 26, 2005

All out slaughter of the blue fish today. Huge schools of blues were all along the beach from Mt Sinai to Smithtown Bay feasting on peanut bunker. Limited out by 8 am with several guys easily catching over 30 blues a piece of which of course they only retained their limit. The huge schools of bluefish was quite a sight to behold. Everywhere you looked today you could see huge schools of blues like the ones shown here. Picture of

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Long Island Fishing Report – July 25, 2005

Porgy fishing has definitely improved a lot this week with some quality fish now starting to show on the local rock piles. Had some good drops recently off both Cranes and Mt Sinai . Also the last few days there has been acres of cocktail blues on the surface off cedar beach. Bring your spinning pole if you have one as the casters especially are having a blast with all these fish. Today was incredibly rough which put a damper

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Long Island Fishing Report – Wednesday, July 20,2005

Nice day with Tom Rock and friends today. Enjoyed some ferocious bass and bluefish action on jigs in the morning. Some real big blues to 10 lbs and a few keeper bass in the mix. Chunked one 18lb Striper on the slack. Finished the day with some decent fluke action off B11. Fun day!

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Long Island Fishing Report – Monday, July 18, 2005

Well, it was a remarkable fluke season, the best I can remember. So fun while it lasted. Wednesday was the last good day of fluking and it has been slow ever since. As of today we will be switching over to our Mixed Bag Bonanza trips!!! We have had some great results the last few days on both the bass and blues as well as BIG scup. This mornings trip saw all fares limit out on scup by 9:30! Last

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Long Island Fishing Report – Wednesday, July 13, 2005

The Fluke fishing was excellent on the outgoing tide this morning at b11. Our crew was out bass fishing today and reported incredible fishing with bass up to 33 lbs on chunks. We had a school trip today and missed it all! Anyway, we hope to keep up with these fluke for as long as we can. Also we are going to incorporate the bass fishing into our trips when the conditions are right! Mixed bag bonanza is here now

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Long Island Fishing Report – Monday July 11, 2005

Today wasn't crazy fishing like it has been, but still it was a good days fluking at B11. About 50 keepers to 4 lbs, tons of shorts. Beautiful day out there.

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