
What Deep Sea Fishing on Long Island Really Looks Like
Summer is just around the corner, and if you've been thinking about getting out on the water for a real Long Island fishing adventure, there's no better time to start

Summer is just around the corner, and if you've been thinking about getting out on the water for a real Long Island fishing adventure, there's no better time to start

Some mornings you pull out of Port Jefferson Harbor and the water is so still it looks like glass. The ospreys are circling overhead, the village is just waking up

There's something genuinely special about a summer morning on Long Island Sound. The air is warm, the harbor is coming alive, and by the time you clear Port Jefferson and

Over 200,000 people have come aboard Celtic Quest since Captain Des O'Sullivan launched this fleet out of Port Jefferson back in 2001. That's a lot of mornings on the water,

Long Island Fishing – Port Jefferson NY There's a moment that happens on almost every corporate trip we run out of Port Jefferson. It's somewhere around the second hour on

There's a moment that happens on almost every porgy trip — usually somewhere around the second hour, when the rods are bent and everyone on the boat is reeling at

Over 200,000 people have stepped off a Celtic Quest boat with a bag of fresh fillets, salt air in their hair, and a story they're still telling at dinner. If

Fluke — or summer flounder — are one of the most popular inshore targets on the East Coast, and for good reason: they're hard fighters, they're delicious on the plate,

There's something genuinely special about stepping onto a fishing boat on a crisp fall morning in Port Jefferson Harbor — the salt air, the coffee, the quiet excitement of a

Imagine pulling up to a sun-warmed dock on Long Island's North Shore, the smell of salt water in the air, a 70-foot boat waiting at the pier, and a crew

More than 11 million Americans go charter fishing every year — and a huge number of them are searching for the best charter fishing near me, hoping to find something

There's a moment that happens on almost every trip — somewhere between leaving the harbor and dropping the first line — where you can actually watch people relax. Shoulders drop.

There's a reason people drive from all over Long Island — and from the city, too — to go on New York fishing charters out of Port Jefferson. It's not

Spring arrives slowly on Long Island Sound, but the fishing? That wakes up fast. If you've been wondering about the best fish to catch Long Island spring, you're not alone

There's a moment that happens on almost every trip we run out of Port Jefferson — somewhere between leaving the harbor and reaching the fishing grounds — when people stop

There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over people about ten minutes after we clear Port Jefferson Harbor. The village disappears behind you, Long Island Sound opens up ahead,

There's a moment on a May morning out on the Sound — the water still glassy, the harbor quiet behind you, and then the rod doubles over and everyone on

If you're dreaming about a day on the water on Long Island Sound, you've already taken the best first step. Celtic Quest Fishing Fleet has been sailing out of Port

What if you could trade those stomach-churning Atlantic swells and a four-hour round trip to the Hamptons for a calm, successful day on the water?…

Last Saturday at 5:30 AM, while the rest of the town was still sleeping, our crew was already busy scrubbing the deck to ensure a family from nearby…