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.