
Black Sea Bass on Long Island Sound: What to Expect
There's something deeply satisfying about black sea bass. They fight hard, they're beautiful up close — all dark scales and bold markings — and when the mate cleans your catch

There's something deeply satisfying about black sea bass. They fight hard, they're beautiful up close — all dark scales and bold markings — and when the mate cleans your catch

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,

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

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,

Every spring, something shifts in Long Island Sound. The water warms just enough, the light starts arriving earlier, and the porgies — scrappy, hard-fighting, and absolutely delicious — show up

Imagine stepping off the dock at Port Jefferson Harbor on a clear morning, coffee in hand, the Sound stretching out in front of you, and absolutely nothing on your schedule

Summer on Long Island moves fast. One week it's Memorial Day weekend and the next, the kids are back in school and everyone's wondering where July went. If your family

Every spring in Port Jefferson Harbor, something remarkable happens: the striped bass start moving through the Sound, the bluefish are running, and a whole new class of young anglers is

There's a moment that happens on almost every corporate trip we run. It's usually somewhere around the second hour out, when someone who walked aboard looking like they hadn't slept

Porgy fishing is the most approachable way for first-timers and kids to fish Long Island Sound. Here is everything to know about scup fishing out of Port Jefferson.

Catching porgies is one of the most popular fishing trips out of Port Jefferson for families, beginners, and casual anglers. Porgies bite often, the setup is simple, and the pace