Celtic Quest Updates

After getting blown out for a record 13 days in a row, we finally sailed the past two days aboard our new boat! Yesterday saw a slow pick of blackfish

The great fall fishing continues! Most days have seen a fantastic catch of mainly extra large Porgies to 3 lbs, a mix of sea bass and a few keeper blackfish.

Our first blackfish trip was a success! We started out the day with a slow pick of blues waiting for the hard current to ease off a bit. We then

Fishing continues to be very good at the middle grounds. The jigging was incredible earlier in the week off Cranes though slowed down on the quarter moon. The bass and

Right on schedule with the moon tide, the bass and blues were feasting in the middle grounds today. Great action all morning on the incoming tide. Spent the rest of

Am Trip – We started the trip by jigging blues at the 11 buoy. It was a very steady pick of blues in 80 feet of water. We also jigged

Fishing remains very good. Fishing in horrendous conditions yesterday morning with the easterly winds and outgoing tide, we enjoyed a Bail job on the blues! The fish were stacked up

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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,

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

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

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

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

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

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