Fishing Report

Today is July 13th; the past week and over the weekend we saw a transition in the kinds of fish being caught from large striped bass to smaller schooly sized bass, to an abundance of porgies and a nice assortment of fluke. Snappers and bluefish seem to also be on the list of fish to catch.

On the striped bass front fish to 20 pounds are still being caught on Jack's fresh bunker, Jack's jumbo sandworms and live clams. These fish are being caught in 5 to 10 feet of water along all the shorelines and bridges and Harts Island. Best time to catch these bass are early morning around sunrise.

On the bluefish front the best bite is also early morning and early evening. These fish are being caught in the backs of all the harbors, under the bunker schools. Also you will get an occasional blitz by Stepping Stone Lighthouse off of the south end of City Island.

On the snapper front kids are enjoying catching these snappers off the beaches, the piers and anywhere in the local waters using snapper lures, snapper poppers and spearing.

As far as the fluke go we had weighed in a few 5 and 6 pound fish. One young fisherman, Carmine Pedoto landed a 5 and a half pound fluke on Sunday morning. The fluke fishing is picking up as the water temperature goes above 70 degrees. These fish are being caught in 15-20ft of water and some as deep as 30-40ft of water, they are drifting in Eastchester Bay, Harts Island, Stepping Stone Lighthouse, Prospect Point, Sands Point, Hewlett Point and Matinicock Point. Also drifting by any barges, structures in the water seem to be where the fluke hangout. Best bait to use are spearing, squid, sand eels and filets of Jack's fresh bunker.

The number one fish of the week are porgies. These fish have invaded the Western Long Island Sound and are making for a fun day on the water with porgies to 2 and a half pounds being caught. These fish also like a structure or rocky bottom and are being caught in 15-20ft of water off of all the points, Prospect Point, Sands Point, behind Execution Lighthouse, Pea Island, Huckleberry Island and along all the areas of New Rochelle. Best bait is Jack's famous jumbo sands and blood worms, fresh clams, squid and of course plenty of chum. I say use plenty of chum for the one reason that you need to keep these fish around your boat and with chum it attracts smaller fish which attract bigger fish in short making for a steady catch.

Jack's Bait and Tacke is now stocked with plenty of live and fresh bait, chum pots, chum, hooks, rigs and sinkers. I can not emphasize enough that time is of the essence to get out, enjoy the summer weather, take a your friend, your family, get on a rental boat, get on a party boat or your own pivate boat and get out on the water.

See You Soon!
Big John