Fishing Report

This first week of August has proven to be a great week for bluefish, striped bass, fluke and porgies.

On the bluefish front they have returned with a vengeance, fish to 10 pounds are being caught at the Stepping Stone Lighthouse, Throgs Neck Bridge, Orchard Beach, Hart's Island, Manhassett Bay, and Half Moon Beach. These fish are here eating the schools of bunker. To catch big blues you need to use fresh bunker and mackeral which works best by putting the bait on the hook to the bottom. There are a few striped bass mixed in with the bluefish in the 25-30 pound class and hopefully this run of bass and blues will hang around for the next 3 months eating at the bunker every day.

On the porgy front they are catching large porgies at Pea Island, Huckleberry Island, The CBS Tower, New Rochelle, Larchmont and Mamaroneck. These porgies are in 15-25 feet of water and the best bait to use is sand worms, bloodworms, fresh clams and squid. And remember you much use plenty of chum to keep these porgies around your boat. Chumming is a must!

Meanwhile on the fluke front the season will be closed 2 weeks from today on Aug.17th. For the die hard fluke fishermen they are now starting to catch fish over 21 inches. These fish are being caught off all the points, bridges, barges in the Western Long Island Sound in 20-30 feet of water with spearing, sand eels and squid combos as the best bait. Remember to catch fluke you need to drift and cover a lot of bottom until you find them and then drift over that same spot again and again and again.

There is still plenty of good fishing left for the 2009 season so I suggest to all to take advantage of every nice day and get it done. Good Luck!

See You Soon!
Big John
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