NY was ranked the 20th best State for Fishing . Agree or Disagree ?

I fish Florida every year and maybe this is my bias but I wouldn’t trade the fishing I do on LI for any of that. Want the definition of boredom? Stare at kites while sail fishing for 6 hours without a single bite. Happened to me 3 straight years in the Keys and finally wised up and insisted on no sailfish fishing when chartering down there…..

I had the exact same experience when I went Sailfishing out of Islamarada in the Keys. I rented a Boat with my father and went Sailfishing on the reef. We trolled rigged Ballyhoo for hours and not one hit. Big sportfishing Boats all around us were fishing with Kites and they caught one Sailfish after another . Looks like they were going 1 knot , very slow with the kites and they fished with spinning Tackle. I trolled fast, slow , nothing. We fished for 5 or 6 hours.Very Frustrated ! I went into the Tackle shop after we got back and asked what we did wrong. I don't remember if we had a skirt over the Ballyhoo or not, but the tackle guy said the Ballyhoo will spin if it has no skirt. He said with a properly rigged Ballyhoo we'd get a few Sailfish. It's tough when you don't fish that area on a regular basis. I caught Sailfish off Mexico , I really wanted to catch one on my own. Fished off Florida in 2003, wish I went back again. I went out again on a Rental boat and Caught a 35 Pound Bull Dolphin.