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  1. Matts

    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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    RI is too easy

    My buddy Bob has a friend Henry who lives near Newport. He's a member of Freedom Boat Club. He's a boater, not a fisherman. Bob convinced Henry that if we came up, we could show him how to catch blackfish. Henry told us the boats have downscan and sidescan. We were supposed to leave out of Pt...
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    Bass

    My buddie Wayne and I had an epic trip with Capt. Hugh Chancey, Chancey Charters. We diamond jigged a ton of sea bass and porgies as we waited for the sun to set, then great bass action. One didn't make it, and this 40+ fish looks like someone took a nibble of its tail on the way up!
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    Rhode Island Blackfish

    Great trip with captain Rich Tenreiro. All fish on jigs. Action the whole trip.
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    Striped Bass Diamond Jigging

    I'm never good at keeping fish counts, but I definitely had over 20 bass, prob over 30, to 20+ pounds, in a half day of diamond jigging on @ChanceyCharters with Capt. Hugh Chancey. A few giant blues, a few sea bass and some tray size porgies came up as well. One teen size bass had a big patch...
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    Western Sound Bass

    The season has been good. I've trolled a bunch of overs, but trolling Mojo's is not my favorite way to catch bass. Tuesday morning was slow, but I finally found them at just about quitting time. After putting a few in the boat I noticed they were pretty stacked in the same spot and switched to a...
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    Fireman Joe

    Some folks are on another level. My buddy Joe felt so positive about his years with FDNY, that when he retired, instead of soliciting thanks, he felt he needed to "give back" and has been volunteering at a summer camp for child burn victims. Having worked on "the pile" he was so grateful that...

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