Yes, from what I've seen that is the way the FW guys do their rigs.
Here's young Stephen's lure. He runs the hook all the way thru to the tail, than hangs the belly on the hook as a trailer.
Looks almost exactly like the "bay anchovies" (rain bait) that we see out there. I find it...
I don't think its much of a "secret lure" and really, it looked nothing nothing like that. That's just a fancy swing-hook fluke ball cast to look like a swimming minnow jig. I have a few of those stashed somewhere in my garage. What Stephen used looked kinda like a life-like minnow, with a dark...
How’s about pan-seared fresh fluke, topped w/sautéed tomatoes, red onion, diced celery, cuban peppers, garlic, basil and capers? Very quick to prep and super-delicious!
Sailed to my offshore office with Stephen E., the younger better looking(!) version of you-know-who (IYKYK), except w/o the ball-buster gene. Great kid, big ups to his Dad for steering him right. A pleasure to have on the boat. No bull.
Anyway, had action right away with shorties to 18"...
Here's a bit of clarification that may help. So, if you look at any decent chart plotter's cartography you will see that the NYS 3-mile line of demarcation almost completely bisects the ABR from West to East. So if the Jersey boats stay just on the other side of it, they are fishing Federal...
That we all fish the NY Bight and have different regs is just ridiculous. Having a mini-fleet of Jersey boats (including charters and on occasion head boats) on the Atlantic Beach Reef every Summer day, putting the net under fish we New Yorkers have to throw back is beyond effed up. Not to...
Well, I guess its an improvement
Sailed today with Stephen, son of Capt.XXX, to my home office, which hasn't as yet felt like its really so. Decided its a "No Ling" day, complete concentration on the fluke was the intention.
We fished hard and had them really coming thru the morning...
Hey buddy, at this point that’s a 1000% improvement over what it has been! I have Capt. XXX “Junior” on the boat 2moro. Hoping for an upturn here as well.
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When The Ocean Gives Lemons (Ling), Make Fishcakes!
Made them tonight, my first try ever, and they came out as great as any I've ever had in a fish-oriented restaurant. Really super delicious!
Wifey had hers on a bed of arugula. Topping is a combination of Tartar Sauce, Gold's...
Last weekend sailed with Capt. Mike (my boat), went deep, caught zero keepers, finished with 20 Ling. Love those things. Very few and far between biscuits, no keeps there either. Maybe a dozen short flatties. Fish came up feeling like they were packed in ice.
Yesterday, return trip with the...
Capt. Neil's Wake
Visitation
Thursday
July 2, 2026
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
West Sayville Funeral Home (245 Main St., Sayville, NY)
245 Main St.
Sayville, NY
https://www.raynordandrea.com/obituary/Cornelius-Faulkner
My dear friend Capt. Neil passed last night. He was as good a man as I've ever met, and he will be greatly missed by everyone who's life he touched. I'm proud to have known him and I'm sure he's with his maker now in a far better place.
Rest in Peace, my old friend.
With Capt. Mike @...
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