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  1. KayakFisherman

    What Not to Do...

    Last night I fished the bridge in foggy windy conditions until sunrise this morning. I went home, slept and woke to find messages on my phone inquiring about my wellbeing because a kayak with a bass still attached to it washed up in Shinnecock inlet this morning. Like I said. I know how it ends.
  2. KayakFisherman

    Misfit Kayak Fishing - Putting in the Work

    At Ponquogue it went from lights-out fishing to slim pickings, then back to a solid bite again - with a little chaos mixed in - all in a span of about 5 days. How's that for a report? I'll call it hit-or-miss. The fishing was great until a surge of newbies and out-of-towners arrived and really...
  3. KayakFisherman

    What Not to Do...

    He was, which made me wonder how he could have overlooked the obvious need for lighting at night, if for no other reason than to see what you're doing. Interestingly, however, I was working near Tiana Bay and watched a guy outfitted for fishing, by himself, and without a PFD. So much can go...
  4. KayakFisherman

    What Not to Do...

    It's not surprising that this holiday weekend brought an influx of fishermen to our East End's local spots. The pandemic alone had generated an increase in the number of folks populating the bridges, jetties, and waterways out here. I am surprised to see how ill-prepared many of them are for...
  5. KayakFisherman

    Ponquogue Sunrise Stripers

    Have your fishing license and your parking permit or it will be an expensive trip. There are a lot of places to fish for those willing to look. It's a shame that the Canal would get crowded, but back in the day the Canal would have a hundred people there and everyone got along fine. For that...
  6. KayakFisherman

    Ponquogue Sunrise Stripers

    I can only seem to Avoid the massive blue fish that have moved into the area by getting off the water at sunrise. There are still plenty of bass to be had but the vast majority seemed to be about 24 to 26". In my experience, I'm doing better on the troll than the jig. Beautiful morning to be...
  7. KayakFisherman

    Tournamental

    These days I'd be releasing them anyway, as I don't eat fish and there's just a one-fish limit. But you're exactly right: it can't be helping the survival rate to be laying it on my lap for 2-3 minutes each time while I get a picture.
  8. KayakFisherman

    Tournamental

    Yes, I was definitely burned out by the end of last season's Striper Cup, but the experience enabled me to better gauge that line between "labor of love" and "labor." It's rarely a bright line, and that has been the epiphany for me: that there shouldn't be a "rule" about when to fish. Rather, it...
  9. KayakFisherman

    Tournamental

  10. KayakFisherman

    Misfit Kayak Fishing Team invades NYC

    Half the team made it to Jamaica Bay for some striper action. "Pistol" Pete Kelly was the high hook with bass up to 34 inches. He had what they wanted, sand worms up in The Patch. I trolled up some smaller bass on deep-swimming lures and got two on a yellow popper when we were in the skinny...
  11. KayakFisherman

    Tournamental

    I consider myself fortunate in a lot of ways, not the least of which is that most recently I am able to pursue my favorite activity largely unaffected by closures and personal distance restrictions. (Misfit Kayak Fishing Team has proudly been socially distant for over a decade now ?.) Anyway...
  12. KayakFisherman

    Ponquogue Keepers

    Fished the top of the tide @ Ponquogue and had a nice pick of schoolies and one keeper (pictured). I used a deep-swimming crystal minnow for mine.
  13. KayakFisherman

    Anyone fishing

    I don't know. The Shirley Chisolm State Park was still open, as was Riis Park, just south of MPB.
  14. KayakFisherman

    Anyone fishing

    Important Update: I drove out to fish J-Bay from Floyd Bennett Field yesterday and found that they had closed the park on Monday. We were able to park outside a gated lot and still fish, but the kayak launch by the Cross Bay Blvd and the kiteboarding launch across from it were both closed and so...
  15. KayakFisherman

    Anyone fishing

    Launched from Floyd Benett Field. Don't know about the bridge.
  16. KayakFisherman

    Anyone fishing

    I drove out to Jamaica Bay 2 days ago when it was too windy and I could see birds and fish crashing bait. So I came back yesterday for the same morning tide and had my best day yet, numbers wise, in Jamaica Bay. I even had my first keeper of the season. Most of the fish were 24 to 26 in and fat...
  17. KayakFisherman

    First stuck truck of year

    I spend a lot of time on the beach. I've been regularly driving on LI East End beaches for over 25 years. Three times a day, every day (that it doesn't snow.) You're right, everyone gets stuck. I've been stuck four times, but I've probably pulled 60 or 70 people off the beach over those 25 years...
  18. KayakFisherman

    Misfit Kayak Team - Winter Bass

    Wanted to post a pic of one of Pete's bass. There were bass to 36" taken that January afternoon. This one looks close to keeper-sized. Soft white plastics (jigged slow), light tackle, tons of fun.
  19. KayakFisherman

    How Many Hours Do You Put On Your Engine(s) In A Season?

    Because I kept track recently, I know that the most trips I made in any one season was 78 fishing trips, and a few of those included multiple locations (Mtk, Shin. Inlet, Ponq Br.) in one trip. This season I was fishing with a purpose and it's been about 70 trips so far and I'll be fishing into...
  20. KayakFisherman

    How Many Hours Do You Put On Your Engine(s) In A Season?

    I might be twisting this into a Kayak Fishing Forum topic, but I had the opportunity to have my father's 26-foot Colombia, a Hampton Boat Works custom inboard with full electronics, a tuna door, cockpit controls at the gunwall (because, like me, he often fished at ridiculous hours by himself)...

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