Fishing Reports

Another beautiful day out there. Despite the water temp rising several degrees the last few days we continue to pick away at the tog. Today we landed 26 keeper blacks, several of them over 5 lbs. The pool was won by Josh Tally and weighed in at 9 lbs. Nice fish!

Lots of very large wreck porgies rounded out the catch as well as a few sea bass. We have had similar results on all our trips this week as the fall bottom fishing continues to be quite decent. Below are the pics from todays trip.

Another great day! 22 fares enjoyed beautiful warm weather and lots of fish to go with it! A few of the wrecks had a ton of life on them. Total for the day was 30 keeper blacks, 45 sea bass and hundreds of very large wreck porgies up to 3 lbs.

Capt Jack from the Port Jeff Ace was out and easily had his limit of jumbo scup, keeping only 25 large ones which all measured over 14 inches. Fred Zaiter led the way with 4 keeper blacks and the pool was caught by Winston weighing in at 8 lbs!

We are sailing an School educational charter tomorrow and will be black fishing again on Saturday.
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Fred Zaiter

Great day out there today. Fished several pieces from 30-60 feet of water and had an excellent catch of blackfish and sea bass. Total for the day for our 15 fares was 40 keeper blacks up to 8lbs and 55 keeper sea bass many of them jumbo sized! There was also lots of big porgies for those who wanted them. Things are just getting started. Good days are ahead!
Sal Editor Noreast Saltwater

Togs are starting to bite a bit! Today we fished a few pieces of structure in 20- 40 feet of water and found life on all of them. Total for the day was 30 keepers up to 8 lbs.
Yesterday's charter saw great action all day long. Our first drop was on a deep water wreck which produced an excellent catch of large to extra large porgies, a few sea bass and lots of blues.

As the tide picked up the south rip came to life with tons of blues and birds working. We had several great drifts diamond jigging the blues. One the way home we made a stop at B11 for another 4 good drifts on the blues and schoolie bass. Very good trip.

The water temps have cooled off a bit after this blow. We had a bunch of nice sized blacks today…17 keepers total up to 7 lbs. Looks like things are picking up a bit compared to the beginning of the week.

Yesterday, we just had a few keeper tog….but lots of big porgies and some sea bass fishing several wrecks and rock piles near the middle grounds. All in all, good fall bottom fishing right now.

We have not sailed all week due to the weather. There has been a lot of life on the wrecks now with big porgies, decent number of sea bass, blues, and a few blackfish. All in all, very good bottom fishing right now when the weather allows us to fish.

Hopefully the blow chilled things down a bit and we should see more and more blackfish with each passing day.

Only 2 fares showed up today but with such beautiful weather and the smell of tog in the air we decided it was too nice of a day not to go fishing!

Brian and Billy along with Capt Pete and myself enjoyed a solid pick of nice sized tog today as we landed 20 blacks, 12 of which were keepers up to 7lbs. Greenies did the trick on the morning tide before calling it a trip around noon time.

Nice day out there and once again amazing to be catching blackfish in 80 degree weather!

Well……opening day was a lot of fun but unfortunately the blacks decided to get lock jaw. We did manage 6 keepers with one which weighed in over 7 lbs but they just were not feeding aggressively like they were a few days ago.

We used our underwater camera on a few of the spots and you could see many big blacks just swimming by our baits uninterested for what ever reason. But they are down there and who know maybe tomorrow they might turn on again!

We did manage a bunch of porgies and a few sea bass and a keeper bass. The south rip at the middle had a decent amount of life to end the trip with a few drifts on the porgies. Capt Chris slayed the big blues and porgies there on yesterdays pm trip.

All I can say it that it was great to be black fishing even if it wasnt the best trip we ever had.
Try again tomorrow.

We did not have any fares to sail today, but with such beautiful weather we decided to go on a crew trip to test a few of the blackfish drops for the upcoming season.

Fishing in near 90 degree temps in shorts and t-shirts…we are pleased to report that the blackfish were biting very well!!

Myself, Capt Chris, Capt Pete, and Capt Rich (SeaHag II) had 19 keeper blacks to 8lbs many of them caught on whole green crabs fishing the morning tide.

Our season starts Monday for blackfish and we are happy to see that they are biting. Now, it can always be a challenge for the first few weeks of the season and I dont want this report to be blown out of proportion….when the water is still warm sometimes they can get a little tough to find…..but all I can report is that they were biting well today and hopefully starting monday we will catch a mix of nice blacks and a few sea bass to go with the already solid porgy fishing.

The bottom fishing continues to be solid fishing mainly wrecks and rock piles which are holding a good number of big scup, blues and a few sea bass.

Capt Chris just reported in from the evening trip that they had a nice catch of big porgies fishing a wreck in 80 feet of water. On the night 6 fares tallied 70 scup to 2 lbs.

We are Sailing everyday on our wreck/bottom fishing trips for Porgies, sea bass, bluefish……and starting Monday……TOG!!!!!!

Fishing has been very solid this week. Yesterday saw a slow start on the jigs to start the trip but improved as Captain Chris hit a few of his favorite wrecks and rock piles for a a nice pick of big porgies and blues.

Our charter on the CQIII for Joe Deptula, Vinnie and Al saw great bottom fishing as over 100 jumbo scup were landed in only two hours fishing a piece of bottom in 40 feet of water. A few blues rounded out the catch. Great trip.

Captain Pete took out a night charter on the CQII and also fared well. He set up in near a wreck in 80 feet of water and had solid action on the blues to 10 lbs on bunker chunks.

All in all it has been some real good fall fishing this week as most of the bottom structure now is holding a good amount of big porgies and blues and a few sea bass. Due to popular demand we will now be doing our Full day Wreck and Bottom Fishing Special sailing everyday from 7am-2pm. Hope to see you.