Where the fish are bitin!

Wednesday, October 29

Carmelo Leon caught a 16 pound blackfish off of David's Island on Jack's rental skiff on Monday Oct. 27th. The rental boats will be in the water until mid November so be sure to come and rent one soon!

Monday, October 27

End of October Fishing Report

As we approach the end of October fall fishing is at its best! The water temperature has dropped considerably with all the rain and wind we have had these past few days. We do have some rain and wind coming on Tuesday Oct. 28th but from Wed. Oct. 29th through the entire week and weekend into the first week of November looks to be cool and dry.

With these conditions blackfish continue to bite in 20-30 to even 40ft of water around the local rock piles and jetties from the south shore of long island all the way up the north shore of long island into Connecticut. Best spots are Pea Island, Huckleberry Island, Hens and Chicken, Rye Playland is real hot right now and all the way up the Conn. shoreline to the Norwalk Islands. Best bait fiddler crabs, green crabs, Asian crabs and fresh clams. Remember the next 30 days are probably the best 30 days for fall blackfish in the Long Island Sound.

On the bluefish front there are still a few blues being caught out in the middle of Long Island Sound behind Execution Lighthouse on both the Rye and Hempstead sides of the sound. Just chunks of bunker and mackeral to the bottom in 20-50ft of water are producing bluefish between 10-12 pounds with an occasional striped bass mixed in for good measure. Over this past weekend we had fishermen weighing in blackfish from 7-9 pounds with many smaller fish and plenty of action all were caught from the shore on the rental, private and party boats. I can't emphasize enough that time is limited so come on out, get your fresh bait, your fresh crabs, your fresh bunker from Jack's and get out and take advantage of the last month or so of the 2008 fall season!

See you soon!

~Big John and The Boys at Jack's
www.jacksbaitandtackle.com

Wednesday, October 22

Catch of the day

Daniel Blum had a nice catch of blackfish with the largest fish being 9 pound blackfish on his boat Lucky Catch fishing in the local areas off of Rye using green crabs and fiddler crabs in 20-50ft of water.

Sunday, October 19

Mid October Fishing Report

The week of Oct. 19th proved to be a week of change not only has the weather become cooler but the fish have gone on more of a feed. on the blackfish front Danny Brown aka Mr. Softie had 10 keepers blackfish to 7 1/2 pounds off the shorelines of Stanford Conn. He was fishing with green crabs and fiddler crabs and also Asian crabs in about 20 to 35 feet of water. He also tried in 50 feet of water and produced some blackfish as well. Locally Pea Island Huckleberry Island Hen and Chicken Mammaroneck Rye are also starting to produce nice blackfish as the water temperature begins to drop.

Also the next three weeks will be the best fishing for blackfish locally as these north northeast winds continue to blow cooler waters our way. right now the water temp. is 61 degrees and as we approach the 50's the bite will be on.

On the striped bass and bluefish front they continue to do very well with fresh bunker and mackeral anchored up off buoy 42 buoy 32A Throgs Neck and Stepping Stone Lighthouse. Three gentlemen on Sat Oct 18th on Jack's rental boats landed 10 jumbo blues to 12 pounds. As we approach the end of Oct. we must take advantage of any nice day before the really cold winds of November are upon us. Our hours still remain 5am to 8pm 7 days a week.

For those live eel enthusiasts we are stocking live eels for the big striped bass bite down the river. Also a note blackfish from the shoreline off the East River along the wall has been excellent.

Looking forward to see you all here at Jack's Bait and Tackle here in The Bronx.

Big John

Monday, October 6

Fishing Report

The fall fishing this past week has started with a bang! Large porgies and plenty of them are still being caught on all of the party boats in Long Island Sound. There is not a problem catching your limit of 45 fish with fish up to 3 pounds. Best baits are sandworms, bloodworms and fresh clams. Remember Oct. 15 is the final day for porgy fishing on the party boats or charter boats for the 2008 season.

On the blackfish front Bill Hession, Tom Schmidt and Ken Gress caught a 9.5 pound blackfish on The Dream Catcher this Sun. Oct. 5th by Hens and Chicken. They also had a bunch of other fish in the 3-5 pound class. They were using Jack's famous green crabs and fiddler crabs. Other fishermen reported good action along the shorelines of New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Rye, and all the way up through Connecticut. Best depth right now is 15-20 feet of water those depths will increase as the temperature drops throughout the month of October. Realistically we have about 50 days of phenomenal blackfishing so get out while the getting is good! on the striped bass and bluefish front they are still managing striped bass up to 25 pounds being caught on the bottom between Stepping Stone and The Throgs Neck Bridge.

The bunker have left the area but we are still carrying fresh bunker which has been the best bait for the bass and the blues. A shop regular Sal continues to catch striped bass to 25 pounds on Jack's jumbo sandworms. Some fishermen are wandering down under the bridges toward the Laguardia Airport area and drifting with sandworms and live eels and producing fish from 15-25 pounds. Louis another shop regular continues to catch nice striped bass from the shorelines near The Throgs Neck Bridge. He claims the best bait for him is fresh clam and squid. On that note it seems that there are a variety of fish and a variety of bait producing nice fish in Long Island Sound.

Everything seems to be schooling up and getting ready to head to wherever they spend the winter months so now is the time to get out and go fishing.

See you soon!

Big John
www.jacksbaitandtackle.com

PS There are a few fishermen catching white perch from the shore in Eastchester Bay with sandworms and fresh clams.