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  1. Matts

    Nice Bite

    Great day, great weather. Life on almost all stops, which ranged from 18 to 40'. All producing equally well. The biggest fish came on one of the least productive spots, and may have been the only fish pulled from that spot, just as I was deciding to leave. 23" and 6.5 pounds. She put up quite a...
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    What a nice weekend

    Saturday I had two friends to help build a bite. We headed to the North shore of Lake LI Sound and started out in 35' with two keepers to 20", then constant action but the fish got small. Went East and spot number two in 25 feet. Started strong, then quickly turned into nothing but tiny pecks...
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    Opening Day

    My buddy Joe invited me on his south shore boat for opening day. The forecast was right about the stiff morning breeze but the seas were not that bad. As predicted, the wind died out by noon. we had action most of the day, putting 4 keepers in the boat to 19.5" for a nice start to the south...
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    Reel EZ Newport

    We had a pretty good day on the Reel EZ yesterday. Boat limit in the early morning, then catch and release. I had the 5 biggest at 8.25-9.25 Lbs. , all on a jig and all released.
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    Western Sound Fluke

    My buddy Wayne and I bounced around various spots from 20 to 50' deep in the Western Sound yesterday morning. We had about 20 total, with 4 or 5 over 18 and 1 just over 19, with some micros mixed in. No bait, just gulp. All my gulp survived to fish another day! '
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    RI Blackfish

    My annual early August blackfish trip with Captain Rich Tenreiro was another success. We were supposed to fish yesterday (Monday) but with the forecast, were able to switch things to an afternoon sail on Sunday. We had lots of action and a few over 4#. My buddy Bob got this fat 8.5# fish. We...
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    Chancey Charters

    How many times can you keep going back to the same well. First stop, catch porgies for bait. The fishing was so hot that could have been a trip in and of itself. Next stop, big bass. The quantity was down from last trip but I still put two 40's in the boat. A bonus was "getting/having" to fight...
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    Chancy Charters

    I think we're gonna need a bigger spool! I had two epic trips with Captain Hugh Chancy in Montauk. About a week ago I got my pb striper at 47# along with 12 or so others, mostly in the 20-30 pound range. What made it special was I caught it casting bucktails on the spinning rod I use for...
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    Chancey Chrters

    I took Bob and Fred on my annual diamond jigging excursion to Montauk. My earlier trip was lost to weather. Fishing was slower than in the past, but that only shows how good it has been in the past. I brought over 15 bass to the boat to 26#, with 5 going over 18#. Almost all the fish were...
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    Good Start

    It's been a good start to the fishing season trolling mojos and bunker spoons in the western sound. The vast majority of fish have been slot size, with a few overs and no unders. I finally started to see some good bait markings in the bay, so I might switch to bait soon enough. The bait I did...
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    Captree Pride

    I had a fun day on the Captree Pride chasing the rare, elusive, striped bass. We broke the inlet, looked a bit to the east, then headed west towards Jones Inlet. A slow pick all day and the captain gave it his all for a full boat limit. No extended, unproductive drifts. The bass were gorging on...
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    Current Direction App

    Has anyone else tried the Predictcurrent App? (I have no affiliation or personal interest) We know that current direction and speed is more important than merely knowing the time of high or low tide. I just started trying this new app, which seems a little too good to be true. It also includes...
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    Newport Blackfish

    My friend in Newport is a member in Freedom Boat Club. The boat was very nice, had a gps and fishfinder, but we could not figure out how to turn on tracking. The boat had a nice livewell, but no washdown hose. I had my first keeper (18") in about a minute from my crab hitting the bottom and my...
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    Chancey Charters Bass

    Excellent eeling with Captain Hugh Chancey in Montauk. We started with light's out diamond jigging for sea bass, keeping 3. Also cod, porgies, mackerel, sea robins, bluefish, and a 16" blackfish. Once the tide turned, out came the eels, and we had hookups on almost each drift, with fish pushing 40#
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    Chancy Charters

    Diamond jigging is a fun way to catch bass, especially when they're mostly overs. Hugh Chancy put us on the fish to 30+ pounds, including a slot limit and too many thrown back to keep track of. Unfortunately, the most exciting catch of the day turned out to be a 20# bass foul hooked right behind...
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    Sand eel City

    I had to see for myself. Shout out to Phil at Cow Harbor for helping with the where and the what. His advice was spot on. So I made the trek all the way to Smithtown Bay and the reports are accurate. Once we found the sand eels, we found the fluke. As many fluke as we wanted. Only one keeper...
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    Striped Bass

    It's been a nice start to the season in the extreme west pursuing the rare and endangered striped bass. I've managed a few bass every trip, but have yet to land the elusive lottery fish in the magical 28-31 slot. Yesterday was my first time chunking this year. I must have had 6-7 short runs...
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    Telling Tall Tailz

    We had a very productive day aboard Tall Tailz out of Newport on Monday. Mine went 9 lbs. as my biggest tog of the year. We also had a 7 and some 4's and 5's. If your goal is the biggest tog possible, Tall Tailz' Captain Conner is focused on making sure your equipment, leader and drag are up to...
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    Montauk Bass

    minutes. All on diamond jigs. Tuesday was a banner day on Chancey Charters. We passed by the fleet and found all the bass we wanted on diamond jigs- unders, overs, and a slot limit in about 10 minutes. When we got tired of bailing bass, we made a few drops for blackfish without traveling too...
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    Chew'in Tog

    Had a great trip with two of my fishing buddies despite the stiff NW breeze. about 20 feet deep. They bit till the greens and asians were gone. Easy double limit but we only kept a few.

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