Nice Mike!
I splash 2moro, but tonite we eat well. Shrimp w/lemon and garlic over linguini.
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"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
Finally, some redemption in the Peconics!
Yesterday I ran my annual half day Fluke charter for Rick, Kevin, and Mike, that is, of course, in between rounds of golf for these avid players!
For the last 7-10 days Fluke fishing has been picking up in the Peconic’s and I got a tip from a good friend about a consistent bite locally. So, we waited for the clouds to clear and headed off at a very leisurely 11 a.m. start to fish the last 3 hours of the flood tide.
Once the wind and tide settled into a steady drift, we began picking Fluke on every drift finishing the tide with a total of 23 fish hitting the deck. No real monsters but the guys did manage to find 6 keepers to 22” so everyone went home with a nice dinner.
Only disappointment for the day was the still erratic Weakfish bite. Tried for an hour at the start of the ebb but didn’t mark many fish and only managed one short. Sure hope this turns around soon.
Yesterday I ran my annual half day Fluke charter for Rick, Kevin, and Mike, that is, of course, in between rounds of golf for these avid players!
For the last 7-10 days Fluke fishing has been picking up in the Peconic’s and I got a tip from a good friend about a consistent bite locally. So, we waited for the clouds to clear and headed off at a very leisurely 11 a.m. start to fish the last 3 hours of the flood tide.
Once the wind and tide settled into a steady drift, we began picking Fluke on every drift finishing the tide with a total of 23 fish hitting the deck. No real monsters but the guys did manage to find 6 keepers to 22” so everyone went home with a nice dinner.
Only disappointment for the day was the still erratic Weakfish bite. Tried for an hour at the start of the ebb but didn’t mark many fish and only managed one short. Sure hope this turns around soon.
CaptainOriginal Crew1,853 postsSince 2018
Nice Mike!
I splash 2moro, and so tonite we eat well in celebration. Shrimp w/lemon and garlic over linguini.
I splash 2moro, and so tonite we eat well in celebration. Shrimp w/lemon and garlic over linguini.
"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
Partial Fluke Report 🙂
With the Small Craft Warnings posted I had some serious concerns about running yesterday’s charter for the Chris party. Especially since they wanted to fish Bass in the Gut with a wind vs. tide situation! But they claimed to be experienced rough water fisherman so all I could promise them was a rough ride.
Started early morning in the Bay with a steady breeze but reasonable conditions on the last 3 hours of the ebb tide. First few drifts for Fluke only produced birds and one small short. Made a shift across the bay and found a small patch of Fluke with 6 more fish taken and 4 keepers including 2 pretty decent fish measuring 23” and 26” respectively. Also found one pretty Weakfish just a little under 4 # for the box.
Next headed off to the Gut and conditions were pretty much as nasty as I expected them to be. Had to concentrate intently on running the boat into the wind to properly present the Bucktails and avoid too much time in the washing machine at the end of each pass. First fish on was a nice 33” slot Bass followed by a number of Blues in the 5-12# range. The pick of Bass was a little slower than on recent trips but slowly we filled our limit with 3 more keepers all in the 30’’-34” range along with a few more short Bass and a pretty steady diet of Blues. So, ultimately the guys were rewarded for their toughness on a not so pleasant day to try and fool a few Bass on the North Fork.
A couple of more local trips early this week then we all anticipate the NY opening of Sea Bass season. It will sure be nice to round out the catches with a few tasty biscuits!
Capt. Mike
With the Small Craft Warnings posted I had some serious concerns about running yesterday’s charter for the Chris party. Especially since they wanted to fish Bass in the Gut with a wind vs. tide situation! But they claimed to be experienced rough water fisherman so all I could promise them was a rough ride.
Started early morning in the Bay with a steady breeze but reasonable conditions on the last 3 hours of the ebb tide. First few drifts for Fluke only produced birds and one small short. Made a shift across the bay and found a small patch of Fluke with 6 more fish taken and 4 keepers including 2 pretty decent fish measuring 23” and 26” respectively. Also found one pretty Weakfish just a little under 4 # for the box.
Next headed off to the Gut and conditions were pretty much as nasty as I expected them to be. Had to concentrate intently on running the boat into the wind to properly present the Bucktails and avoid too much time in the washing machine at the end of each pass. First fish on was a nice 33” slot Bass followed by a number of Blues in the 5-12# range. The pick of Bass was a little slower than on recent trips but slowly we filled our limit with 3 more keepers all in the 30’’-34” range along with a few more short Bass and a pretty steady diet of Blues. So, ultimately the guys were rewarded for their toughness on a not so pleasant day to try and fool a few Bass on the North Fork.
A couple of more local trips early this week then we all anticipate the NY opening of Sea Bass season. It will sure be nice to round out the catches with a few tasty biscuits!
Capt. Mike
CaptainOriginal Crew1,853 postsSince 2018
@captmike28 That's a great day on the water! Keeper weakfish, striped bass, and fluke! You sure don't see that every day! If you kept a porgy you would have had a grand slam 🙂
George R. Scocca
george@nyangler.com
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CommodoreOriginal Crew5,174 postsSince 2018
Ocean Fluking has turned on in NJ. 30' of water was the magic number this morning, 3 man limit in < an hour.
Once in a while you can get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
First MateOriginal Crew286 postsSince 2018
Nice catching starting to happen. Meantime, I'm still stuck trying to address an ignition miss issue that refuses to reveal itself. Every time I think I've found the problem, it turns out not to be the case. Can't fish until I fix it.
The battle continues. . . and I'm not winning it either.
The battle continues. . . and I'm not winning it either.
"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
Read on, Fluke fans. There are some mentions in this long post!
It has been a jam-packed week aboard the Captain’s Table and thankfully the fish have been extremely cooperative on all trips.
Starting last Wednesday, the Tony party of 5 came out on a kind of dreary rainy day with the persistent showers coming down most of the trip. However, that did not dampen their spirit or ability to fill their coolers with nice fat Porgies, mostly in the medium size range with a few jumbos mixed in. These guys wanted maximum production and the Peconic Bay drops I favor delivered full limit coolers for all anglers.
Friday saw the James party of 4 looking for a multispecies trip so we started with the very reliable Striper fishing in the Gut. Many more Blues have now infiltrated the local waters but the guys were still able to catch 6 Bass with 2 very nice slot fish in the 30-33” range and also having to return 2 very nice fish approaching 40”, each over the 20# mark. Although a few less Bass filets there is no doubt that catching a Bass like those over slot fish is always exciting for my clients.
Next stop was north of Plum for our first crack as Sea Bass. Initial drop yielded only 2 keepers and a bunch of shorts. So, we shifted a little further north and found a better pile of keeper sized fish nailing 8 more for the box up to 19”. Finished the day drifting the ebb tide inside Orient harbor and the numbers of Fluke have improved nicely here. Fluke were landed on almost every drift and the guys managed to cull 8 keepers to 22” out of 16 fish total.
Yesterday found my long-term customer John, his son in law Ricky and grandson Daniel on board for another multispecies trip. Same plan as Friday worked once again with just s few changes to the overall numbers. John landed a nice 32” slot Bass on the first pass but then the Blues started to take over. I noticed the natural drift speed was a little slow so I began to power drift and we started to nail Stripers with much more regularity. First Ricky comes up with a real fat 34” fish, very close to the 20# mark, then on successive passes we caught 9 more Bass with 2 in the slot size for a full boat limit plus several more Blues.
Moved north to the Sea Bass grounds and the Saturday boat traffic kept the overall catch down a little. Still, we managed 5 nice keepers to 19” among about 20 more shorts. Back to the bay to finish up with Fluke and found about the same keeper ratio as Friday with half of the Fluke landed reaching the 18.5”-20” mark. So, the day was capped off with 5 Fluke out of 11 fish on a slightly tougher drift and once again more boat traffic to make things a bit more challenging.
It has been a jam-packed week aboard the Captain’s Table and thankfully the fish have been extremely cooperative on all trips.
Starting last Wednesday, the Tony party of 5 came out on a kind of dreary rainy day with the persistent showers coming down most of the trip. However, that did not dampen their spirit or ability to fill their coolers with nice fat Porgies, mostly in the medium size range with a few jumbos mixed in. These guys wanted maximum production and the Peconic Bay drops I favor delivered full limit coolers for all anglers.
Friday saw the James party of 4 looking for a multispecies trip so we started with the very reliable Striper fishing in the Gut. Many more Blues have now infiltrated the local waters but the guys were still able to catch 6 Bass with 2 very nice slot fish in the 30-33” range and also having to return 2 very nice fish approaching 40”, each over the 20# mark. Although a few less Bass filets there is no doubt that catching a Bass like those over slot fish is always exciting for my clients.
Next stop was north of Plum for our first crack as Sea Bass. Initial drop yielded only 2 keepers and a bunch of shorts. So, we shifted a little further north and found a better pile of keeper sized fish nailing 8 more for the box up to 19”. Finished the day drifting the ebb tide inside Orient harbor and the numbers of Fluke have improved nicely here. Fluke were landed on almost every drift and the guys managed to cull 8 keepers to 22” out of 16 fish total.
Yesterday found my long-term customer John, his son in law Ricky and grandson Daniel on board for another multispecies trip. Same plan as Friday worked once again with just s few changes to the overall numbers. John landed a nice 32” slot Bass on the first pass but then the Blues started to take over. I noticed the natural drift speed was a little slow so I began to power drift and we started to nail Stripers with much more regularity. First Ricky comes up with a real fat 34” fish, very close to the 20# mark, then on successive passes we caught 9 more Bass with 2 in the slot size for a full boat limit plus several more Blues.
Moved north to the Sea Bass grounds and the Saturday boat traffic kept the overall catch down a little. Still, we managed 5 nice keepers to 19” among about 20 more shorts. Back to the bay to finish up with Fluke and found about the same keeper ratio as Friday with half of the Fluke landed reaching the 18.5”-20” mark. So, the day was capped off with 5 Fluke out of 11 fish on a slightly tougher drift and once again more boat traffic to make things a bit more challenging.
CaptainOriginal Crew1,853 postsSince 2018
@captmike28 It's good to see all of these species back on the menu!
George R. Scocca
george@nyangler.com
www.nyangler.com - Your Secret Spot Online !
george@nyangler.com
www.nyangler.com - Your Secret Spot Online !
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,174 postsSince 2018
Well, today is a big day for Team Leprechaun - I FINALLY fixed my boat. After a month of false leads and multiple electrical component replacements, today out of frustration I broke down and bought a new Pertronix distributor. Spent the morning installing, wiring, and adjusting it - and that did the trick - she now runs like a new boat! Let's go fishing!
"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
First Trip of the Season
With my electrical/ignition issues now resolved (whew!) Capt. Mike, Ken the Chef and I headed straight out to my offshore office, a.k.a. "the deep grounds." A gorgeous day on the ocean, great drift for most of the trip - but we just couldn't find a consistent bite. Probably 15 or so shorts and three keepers to 4lbs, plus a few other edible bottom critters. That was it. Maybe the prior few day's worth of ground swell had something to do with it, but it was what it was.
Pic is of my first 2022 keeper - about 4lbs. Not the biggest of bottom denizens, but for me it represents a major triumph, as I really was beginning to think this season was turning into no-go situation. Better trip results to come, I'm sure.
One point worth noting - I ran the JI East Jetty on dead low in the morning, and found approx. 7' of water in that "channel."
With my electrical/ignition issues now resolved (whew!) Capt. Mike, Ken the Chef and I headed straight out to my offshore office, a.k.a. "the deep grounds." A gorgeous day on the ocean, great drift for most of the trip - but we just couldn't find a consistent bite. Probably 15 or so shorts and three keepers to 4lbs, plus a few other edible bottom critters. That was it. Maybe the prior few day's worth of ground swell had something to do with it, but it was what it was.
Pic is of my first 2022 keeper - about 4lbs. Not the biggest of bottom denizens, but for me it represents a major triumph, as I really was beginning to think this season was turning into no-go situation. Better trip results to come, I'm sure.
One point worth noting - I ran the JI East Jetty on dead low in the morning, and found approx. 7' of water in that "channel."
"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
I took advantage of Friday’s great weather to do a little prospecting on the east side of Gardiner’s Island in preparation for some upcoming charters later this month. First scoped out the Porgy grounds and, as usual, no shortage of small to medium sized Scup. Next began hitting my favored Fluke/Sea Bass drifts and found fairly slow action to the southern parts of the grounds with only a few short Fluke and Sea Bass landed. Moved further north on my way to the Race for Slack tide and I did find a small pocket of Fluke where in less than an hour I decked 6 Fluke with a pair of keepers to 5#. On to the Race and picked up my limit of Sea Bass to 3.5# in about an hour. Then on the flood tide quickly nailed 2 short Stripers just to convince myself you can still catch some Bass in the daytime heat of summer!
CaptainOriginal Crew1,853 postsSince 2018
Headed out solo early this morning (No crew - mental health trip for me) to some open bottom drops that I wanted to give a shot. They haven't produced in a couple of seasons, so maybe it was time? Yeah, no. A few shorts and a bunch of sea robins and that was that. It was a bit sporty out, a 3' swell with a SE breeze driving a wind chop on top. Messy and rocky. I really wanted to stay close, as fuel ain't exactly cheap these days.
But it was not to be. After an hour of really trying I gave in and headed to my usual haunts, a.k.a.: "The Deep Drops."
Went right to one of my favorite drift lines, ran up wind and dropped in, bingo, didn't jig more than three times and a fat 19" fish came aboard for the cooler. It was a bit of a pick after that - a bunch of shorts, some plus-sized biscuits and a couple of fat ling. Had to put the drift sock in the water and that did the trick - much better bite with the sock knocking the drift back to .9 - 1.5mph. Put a pair of identical 22" fish in the box on consecutive drifts which pulled much harder than they should have - too much current and drift speed made them feel pretty husky.
As an aside - I've been playing around with the sinkered B/S Rig over the past couple of seasons and have found that lengthening the dropper to around 12" really makes a difference on those days you need a 6oz or more sinker to stay in the game. Actually, what I do is to make a 6" dropper loop and then cut one side of it to make a single "leader," and then reverse snell my hook onto that. It really does work - try it and see if it works for you.
Meantime the breeze backed down nicely around 10:30 or so, and it turned into a beautiful late morning/early afternoon on the offshore grounds. After the turn the bite improved and I put a fat 24" fish in the box to complete my limit. Stayed 'til 1p.m. and put a three more 19-20" keepers in the net - which I did return to fight another day - big believer in good karma.
And speaking of karma, I cannot tell you how happy I am that I've FINALLY resolved the boat's electrical problem once and for all. After two seasons of intermittent B/S, its now runs good as gold. Whew, one of the toughest diagnostic issues I've ever had the displeasure of working on. All good now!
Nice 24" fishy
The mandatory "Solo Trip Crossed Swords":
But it was not to be. After an hour of really trying I gave in and headed to my usual haunts, a.k.a.: "The Deep Drops."
Went right to one of my favorite drift lines, ran up wind and dropped in, bingo, didn't jig more than three times and a fat 19" fish came aboard for the cooler. It was a bit of a pick after that - a bunch of shorts, some plus-sized biscuits and a couple of fat ling. Had to put the drift sock in the water and that did the trick - much better bite with the sock knocking the drift back to .9 - 1.5mph. Put a pair of identical 22" fish in the box on consecutive drifts which pulled much harder than they should have - too much current and drift speed made them feel pretty husky.
As an aside - I've been playing around with the sinkered B/S Rig over the past couple of seasons and have found that lengthening the dropper to around 12" really makes a difference on those days you need a 6oz or more sinker to stay in the game. Actually, what I do is to make a 6" dropper loop and then cut one side of it to make a single "leader," and then reverse snell my hook onto that. It really does work - try it and see if it works for you.
Meantime the breeze backed down nicely around 10:30 or so, and it turned into a beautiful late morning/early afternoon on the offshore grounds. After the turn the bite improved and I put a fat 24" fish in the box to complete my limit. Stayed 'til 1p.m. and put a three more 19-20" keepers in the net - which I did return to fight another day - big believer in good karma.
And speaking of karma, I cannot tell you how happy I am that I've FINALLY resolved the boat's electrical problem once and for all. After two seasons of intermittent B/S, its now runs good as gold. Whew, one of the toughest diagnostic issues I've ever had the displeasure of working on. All good now!
Nice 24" fishy
The mandatory "Solo Trip Crossed Swords":
"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
Headed out solo early this morning (No crew - mental health trip for me) to some open bottom drops that I wanted to give a shot. They haven't produced in a couple of seasons, so maybe it was time? Yeah, no. A few shorts and a bunch of sea robins and that was that. It was a bit sporty out, a 3' swell with a SE breeze driving a wind chop on top. Messy and rocky. I really wanted to stay close, as fuel ain't exactly cheap these days.
But it was not to be. After an hour of really trying I gave in and headed to my usual haunts, a.k.a.: "The Deep Drops."
Went right to one of my favorite drift lines, ran up wind and dropped in, bingo, didn't jig more than three times and a fat 19" fish came aboard for the cooler. It was a bit of a pick after that - a bunch of shorts, some plus-sized biscuits and a couple of fat ling. Had to put the drift sock in the water and that did the trick - much better bite with the sock knocking back the drift to .9 - 1.5mph. Put a pair of identical 22" fish in the box on consecutive drifts which pulled much harder than they should have - too much current and drift speed made them feel pretty husky.
As an aside - I've been playing around with the sinkered B/S Rig, and over the past couple of seasons and have found that lengthening the dropper to around 12" really makes a difference on those days you need a 6 or more sinker to stay in the game. Actually, what I do is to make a 6" dropper loop and then cut one side of it to make a single "leader," and then reverse snell my hook onto that. It really does work - try it and see if it works for you.
Meantime the breeze backed down nicely around 10:30 or so, and it actually turned out to be a beautiful late morning on the offshore grounds. After the turn the bite improved and I put a fat 24" fish in the box to complete my limit. Stayed 'til 1p.m. and put a three more 19-20" keepers in the net - which I did return to fight another day - big believer in good karma.
I cannot tell you how happy I am that I've FINALLY resolved the boat's electrical problem once and for all. After two seasons of intermittent B/S, its now runs good as gold. Whew, one of the toughest diagnostic issues I've ever had the displeasure of working on. All good now!
Nice 24" fishy
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The mandatory "Solo Trip Crossed Swords":
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AdmiralOriginal Crew25,821 postsSince 2018
Headed out solo early this morning (No crew - mental health trip for me) to some open bottom drops that I wanted to give a shot. They haven't produced in a couple of seasons, so maybe it was time? Yeah, no. A few shorts and a bunch of sea robins and that was that. It was a bit sporty out, a 3' swell with a SE breeze driving a wind chop on top. Messy and rocky. I really wanted to stay close, as fuel ain't exactly cheap these days.
But it was not to be. After an hour of really trying I gave in and headed to my usual haunts, a.k.a.: "The Deep Drops."
Went right to one of my favorite drift lines, ran up wind and dropped in, bingo, didn't jig more than three times and a fat 19" fish came aboard for the cooler. It was a bit of a pick after that - a bunch of shorts, some plus-sized biscuits and a couple of fat ling. Had to put the drift sock in the water and that did the trick - much better bite with the sock knocking back the drift to .9 - 1.5mph. Put a pair of identical 22" fish in the box on consecutive drifts which pulled much harder than they should have - too much current and drift speed made them feel pretty husky.
As an aside - I've been playing around with the sinkered B/S Rig, and over the past couple of seasons and have found that lengthening the dropper to around 12" really makes a difference on those days you need a 6oz or more sinker to stay in the game. Actually, what I do is to make a 6" dropper loop and then cut one side of it to make a single "leader," and then reverse snell my hook onto that. It really does work - try it and see if it works for you.
Meantime the breeze backed down nicely around 10:30 or so, and it actually turned out to be a beautiful late morning/early afternoon on the offshore grounds. After the turn the bite improved and I put a fat 24" fish in the box to complete my limit. Stayed 'til 1p.m. and put a three more 19-20" keepers in the net - which I did return to fight another day - big believer in good karma.
I cannot tell you how happy I am that I've FINALLY resolved the boat's electrical problem once and for all. After two seasons of intermittent B/S, its now runs good as gold. Whew, one of the toughest diagnostic issues I've ever had the displeasure of working on. All good now!
Nice 24" fishy
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The mandatory "Solo Trip Crossed Swords":
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Commodore5,031 postsSince 2020
Killer Day on the Offshore Drops today. Full boat limit of mixed-size flatties to my pair of twin 6lb fish. Had my "West End" crew aboard, Frankie and Darryll of the Teresa V, who worked hard to help put together a truly quality catch. Forgot to shoot my customary deck dump or cooler snaps, but here's my two big ones from today's excursion.
"Luck" is when preparation meets opportunity.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
I prefer fishing evolution to fishing extinction.
If ya want to clean up the water, ya gotta get the pigs out of the creek.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,216 postsSince 2018
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