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    Tis The Season

    Reminds me of my Sunday at MTK. First drift, jig wasn't on the bottom for even a minute and I hooked what felt initially like bottom but turned out to be a fat 25" fluke. The rest of the day was a struggle.
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    Need party boat recommendation please

    King Cod puts in a sincere effort at putting people on big fish. It is full day but Joe Christos and Mike will take care of your needs and put you on fish. If the ocean is rough you may want to consider any of the half day boat. the Princess, Pride, Jib VI and Laura Lee are all great...
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    No keepers but nice days

    As a guy who has his boat on the North Shore, I feel your pain regarding the lack of fluke in the water. I headed on a Captree party boat this past weekend and did some ocean fishing for fluke. I was keeping count in my head and had roughly 75 fluke on a full day trip. Only one of...
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    The End

    Had similar results yesterday at MTK on a full day pb. Steady bite throughout. 8oz to hold bottom. around noon time winds laid down a bit and managed to get by with 6oz. Sea bass would hit the rigs if they weren't being jigged . Managed 2 keepers out of about 10 fish total. Dropped...
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    Fluke / Oyster Bay

    i've got a Boston Whaler 13 and had my bimini up. Sometimes that interferes with my ability to raise the rod high. The net was buried a bit as I move a lot of stuff around in my boat to put up the bimini top. Hard to really judge how big it was as the fight was so short. But the fish felt...
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    Fluke / Oyster Bay

    left Saturday about 9 am from TOB ramp and only planned to fish a few hours so I stayed local. Targetted fluke. Hit Lloyds Neck for 1 17" fish. Shamrock soon fished near me. Saw a few fish pulled up but they headed west. Tried a little deeper near the gren buoy but nothing there...
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    Lock Jaw

    I was out yesterday as well and same results. I tried from OB to Northport with stops along the way. Decent sized fleet of boats of EN Lighthouse and saw a few pull bass. Not seeing much in the form of terns, sand eels or any other bait in the water. Fished the entire outgoing...
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    Fluke/Stripers

    thanks.. from what I found online it stated otherwise but what you wrote makes more sense. Never heard of fish carrying fertilized egss. Always thought that the fertilization occurs in the water like trout.
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    Fluke/Stripers

    Fished Memorial Day afternoon, Oyster Bay to Lloyd's Neck for fluke. Had only 1 short fluke and a missed hit. Not much appeared to be going on with the boats near me. No surface activity, no apparent bait in the water or birds working anything. Headed back in an tried near the CSH...
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    Captree - King Cod

    Fished the opening day full day trip on the King Cod. Fish were caught on every drift with a good bunch being keepers. The conditions were not bad with the wind. My buddy had the pool fish and a little after noon I had a substantial weight on the line. Initial thoughts were a...
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    Is It Time For A separate Boats for Hire category

    They should simply keep fluke at 19" year round in NY. As you indicated.. who fishes late into the year for fluke? Well I do and did quite well last year fishing for them off Montauk in October.... but the reality is most people are done fishing for fluke and have moved on to other species...
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    Tough grind

    Looks like the winds will be blowing the rest of the week. Was fishing Westchester side all day yesterday and nonstops bites only yielded 1 16 keeper. Lot better than last week though where most all fish were very small. Lots of 15" fish yesterday. Just need the water to get...
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    Blackfish

    Headed to Rye late on Sunday. Only got there around 11:30. tried my usual spots. Immediately into short fish, biggest was about 15. Burning thru bait fast. Explored a bit and struck out . Headed back to my original spot around was back into fish. While my sinker was hung up on...
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    Not a good day

    We all know what boat you are referring to as their reputation runs long and deep. Worst of all he will even bleach bomb a spot if he knows he wont fish it for a few days. He's been known to yell at customs if they drop fish. The guy thinks he practically owns the Celtic wreck spot...
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    PB fluking MTK

    Jumped on my go to party boat in MTK for fluke on Sunday. Had my hopes up as they seemed to hit them pretty good on Wednesday. got up at 3, hit the road at about 3:20. A bit earlier than I normally leave. Turned out to be a good thing. As I turned the corner near my house I hear...
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