Fishing Reports

Decent day today despite the east winds and lousy conditions. We were forced to fish Smithtown bay to get out of the weather and found a nice pile of big blues to jig in the morning. The bottom fishing saw a lot of action but there not too many keeper porgies. Once things calmed down a bit we hit a few schools of blues off Port Jeff harbor to end the trip. Not a bad day considering the conditions.

Yesterdays pm trip saw some great diamond jigging for the first two hours of the trip as there were blues everywhere around Old Field Point. The porgie fishing was slow to end the trip but some nice size scup were kept.

Luck was on our side again on Saturday night as the 30 knot NW winds forced us to fish in the harbor most of the trip. Thankfully we located a massive school of blues that had the peanut bunker pinned up against the LIPA dock. We caught a ton of fish to end the trip and everyone went home happy.

We did not sail Tuesday with the bad weather. Wednesday wasn't much better as the west wind was blowing up to 30 knots in the am. Our charter still wanted to go and after a slow morning with the high winds, the conditions finally improved mid day and the fish gods rewarded this hearty bunch as several huge schools of bluefish appeared in the final hour of the trip. The jigging was great to end the trip and everyone went home happy.

Today's trip was similar to yesterdays as the morning fishing was slow. Our charter opted to stay with the blue fishing nonetheless and thankfully it paid off. Capt Chris located a few nice schools boiling around the harbor and the jigging was very good to end the trip.

Fishing has been excellent this week! The amount of blues around the inlet and B11 is incredible the past few weeks. Last night, everywhere you looked you could see fish boiling on the surface. The last several pm trips have seen great jigging! Some trips we haven't even made it out of the harbor as big schools have been stacked up on the west side of the harbor. Other nights the fish have been from the inlet all the way to B11. The un down bite has been especially good.

After everyone has had their fill diamond jigging, we have been switching over to bottom fishing for some decent porgy fishing on the local rockpiles. It hasnt been a bail job, but everyone is managing a bunch of nice sized porgies and a few sea bass to round out their catch. All in all, a very good week.

It was some savage boil of bluefish last night inside the harbor!! Go figure…even with all the labor day boat traffic the blues were going crazy off poquot like we haven't seen in years. Got on them for several amazing drifts until they finally scattered. Exciting fishing to say the least.

Today started out a little slow on the bunker chunks. We switched over and picked away at some nice porgies at the middle grounds and then to end the trip all hell broke loose! There was a massive pile of blues off the harbor and our 6 fares tallied over 50 blues in no time! Great way to end the trip.

Fishing has been very, very good on most trips this week. The best action has been right outside the harbor as acres of blues are feasting on peanut bunker. Last night was a bail job on the blues with several limit catches in the first hour. Today was also awesome off Old Field again with all the blues you wanted.

The porgy fishing has also been very good as the fish are starting to set up now on some of the deeper wrecks and rock piles around the Middle Grounds. We had a few drops this week on some of the wrecks which produced very well on jumbo scup. There also has been some excellent porgy fishing at the mouth of the harbor.

Very good fishing the past few days. Yesterday saw some great action on the jigs all morning long chasing numerous schools of surface blues. The pm trip saw a few good shots of fish but they were moving fast and more difficult to catch. Nonetheless, those who were willing to fish hard put together a good catch.

Today the jigging was very good to start the day right outside the harbor. Lots of cocktail blues were boiling outside the inlet and we had several good drifts to start the trip. Captain Bill then located some nice schools of bunker with big blues underneath them. 1st mate Tommy worked hard snagging the bunker for everyone. The fresh bunker was what the big blues wanted as we enjoyed a solid pick of very big blues for the rest of the trip.

Though we did not try bottom fishing today, the porgy fishing broke wide open the past few days at the middle. Lots of big jumbos have been caught in the rock piles. We will incorporate some of this fine bottom fishing into our trips when conditions are right to go along with the great diamond jigging.

Thankfully this awful weather is finally moving out. We did not sail for 3 days with all the wind and rain. We finally got out again last night but fishing was very slow as everything was really stirred up. Had a few fish to start the night and there was some cocktail blues in the harbor, but it was a tough trip.

Today was much better though! We had great action on the jigs with some huge piles of fish on the morning tide. Lots of blues came over the rails and it was great to see that the fishing was very good like it was before the bad weather.

Yesterdays trips were very slow due to the awful weather. The NW winds really had everything stirred up out there and the bite was way off. We were forced to fish in the harbor much of the day as the conditions were just too lousy. Today's am trip was better though. It wasn't the great fishing from earlier in the week but nonetheless we had some good shots of blues in the morning east of b11. Once the tide dropped out the bite ended but everyone got a few for dinner.

The CQIII had an excellent day today chunking very large blues near a deep water wreck. We also had a short bass to go along with all the giant blues you wanted. Top fish was in the low teens today!

Big Des with a huge blue

Very good day today on both trips. There has been a ton of fish working huge schools of peanut bunker in the deep water off B11. The day trip started off slow to the west but once the fish were located it was awesome diamond jigging for the rest of the trip. for the rest of the trip.

Despite the lousy weather on the pm trip the fishing remained excellent. A few very large schools of blues were located on the surface and the jigging was great. Some fish were very large as well up to 12 lbs!

Great day today. Fish were all over the surface and with no wind it was easy to find them. Hit a few schools with some big fish as well to 10lbs. All you wanted on the jigs!