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A Great Blackfish season for sure!!!
12/6/08  120 KEEPERS !!!
12/5/08  22 ANGLERS LIMITED OUT !!!
12/3/08   110 KEEPERS!!!!
11/21/08 33 FARES 130 KEEPERS!!!
11/20/08 19 FARES 76 KEEPERS!!!
11/11/08 30 FARES LIMITED OUT!!!
11/10/08 115 KEEPERS
11/8/08 157 KEEPERS
11/7/08 33 FARES LIMITED OUT!!!
11/5/08 30 FARES LIMITED OUT!!!
11/4/08  165 KEEPERS
11/3/08 44 FARES LIMITED OUT!!!!
11/2/08 46 FARES LIMITED OUT!!!!
10/30/08 22 FARES LIMITED OUT!!!
10 27 08  19 FARES LIMITED OUT!!

Saturday, December 6, 2008
Another good day out there today!  37 anglers had 120 keepers to 8 lbs.     9 year old Gregory Hodulick had a great day catching 10 blackfish, 5 of which were keepers!  Rob Lupinacci was high hook with 10 keepers.  Its been a great blast of fish to end the season!

We are not sure if we will continue this week after this gale comes through.  If the weather clears up and the water temp holds we might try again later in the week.  We will keep you posted!

 

 

Friday, December 5, 2008
Great day today.  22 anglers limited out on tog to 11 lbs by 10:30 this morning!   Pat was high hook with 12 keepers (orl)  Pool winner today weighed in a 11 lbs and was caught by Mark Golde!    Here is a picture of Marks big tog:

 

 

Thursday, December 4, 2008
Still chewin.  7 fares today plus the cre had 34 keepers.  Definitely sailing tomorrow!

 

 

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Togs are still biting good!!!  We didnt sail the past few days due to the weather.  Today was very good though as 29 anglers had 110 keepers to over 10 lbs!  Charlie Kennedy was high hook with 8 keepers.   We are definitely sailing tomorrow not matter what, even if just the crew shows up!  Come on down if you would like to join us.  Here is picture of todays pool winner:

 

 

Friday, November 28, 2008
Still pickin some nice tog.  Our Thanksgiving Day Special saw 50 keepers come over the rails before heading home at 12:15.  Today despite some tough conditions we picked away at the tog and finished up with 64 keepers with 3 fish over 9 lbs including Rocky's pool 10.4 lb pool winner!  We will continue trying to sail through the upcoming week for as long as the tog continue to bite!  Here are pics of todays big tog:
     
Rocky                                                                                           Smithtown Joe 9.5 lbs

 

 

 

Monday, November 24, 2008
Nice pick of fish today.  21 anglers had 65 keepers with the pool fish over 9 lbs.  John Briciana was high hook with 10 keepers (orl).  Not sailing tomorrow due to the weather.  Plenty of room on upcoming trips including Thanksgiving!  Togs are still chewin!  Give a call if you would like to join us.  Here is a picture of Richie SeaHag with todays pool winner:

 

 

Friday, November 21, 2008
Biting good today.  Our charter of 34 anglers had 130 keepers to 10 lbs.  Whit Tweedy was high hook with 17 keepers (orl).  Chris Bell had 13 keepers.  Brian Gillespie had a the 10 slob tog pool winner.   

Here is a picture of Brian's pool winner:

 

 

 

Thursday, November 20, 2008
Fishing was slow earlier in the week and several trips were cancelled due to the weather.  Today was good though!
Things settled down today and after a bit of a slow start the bite picked up and we caught well for the rest of the day.  19 fares kept 76 blackfish to 7 lbs .   Here are a few pics from todays trip.

       

 

 

Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tough pick yesterday as 35 keepers were landed on the day.  We did not sail today with the weather.  Sailing again tomorrow!

 

 

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Today was our annual Veterans' Day Charter from Noreast.com.  30 fares limited out on tog to 7 .5 lbs!!!  Fun day!
Thank you to all who have served this great country!

 

Monday, November 10, 2008
Windy day today but good Toggin!  35 fares had 115 keepers to over 10 lbs!  Pool was 10.8!  Here is a picture:

 

 

Sunday, November 9, 2008
30 fares today had 85 keepers with some real big ones in the mix 8-9 lbs.  Despite the windy conditions it was a good day!

         

 

 

Saturday, November 8, 2008
Little picky to start the day today but we got em going good by the end!  Finished the day with 157 keepers!
Still plenty of room on Monday, wednesday, thursday and friday next week.  Hope to see you.

 

 

Friday, November 7, 2008
33 fares Limited out on tog to 8 lbs!!!
 

 

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
BAIL JOB!!!!  Full boat limit by 10:30am!  High hook was 28 keepers (orl)    A day to remember!

 

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Another good day today!  50 anglers had 165 keepers to 8 lbs.  Biting good right now!  Here are a few pics:
          

 

Monday, November 3, 2008
Thankfully, we had another very fine day today. 45 anglers limited out and then some on tog to 8.5 lbs. (only retaining limit) Joey pizza was high hook with 15 keepers (orl)


Sunday, November 2, 2008
Awesome day today!!!  46 fares limited out and then some (only retaining limit)  Lots of big fish!!  Pool was was 9.5 lbs.  High hooks in the double digits.  Togs are feasting!  Here are a few pics from today:

       

     

 

 

Friday, October 31, 2008
Good day today.  Over 100 keepers to 8.5 lbs despite very difficult anchoring conditions.  Tyrell was high hook with 8 keepers. 

 

Thursday, October 30, 2008
Limited out again today!!!  We were blown out the last two days but thankfully conditions improved in time for todays trip.  The togs were biting very well again as 22 fares limited on tog to 8 lbs.  Seung Bum Kim won his second ever blackfish pool with an 8 lb beauty.  He was also high hook with 15 keepers (orl)  Bite is on!

Here are a few pics from today:
   

 

 

 

 

Monday, October 27, 2008
Great day today!!  19 fares limited out on blackfish to 7 lbs.  They were chewin good all day as over 100 keepers were landed only retaining our limit.  Mike, Phil and Ted were out from the party boat Brooklyn and had nearly 30 fish between them.  Johnny B had 12 keepers,  Phil Bloom had 12 keepers and the amazing Bob Hicks was high hook with 15 keepers (orl)

Bite is on!!! Looks like we will be tied up fro the next two days but hopefully they will be nice and hungry when we get back out there!  Here are a few pics from today:

                       

 

 

Sunday, October 26, 2008
Things were not looking good when we first started today.  The wave height was up to 8 feet on the weather buoy at midnight and the water was all stirred up when we started.  No bites at all on the first wreck.  Tried a few other drops with very little success.  As the tide changed we moved off into some deeper water and luckily the togs started to bite!  Finished the day with 80 keepers up to 8 lbs.  High hook was 11 keepers (orl).  Not a bad day at all considering how stirred up the sound was after that blow. 

Togs are chewin!  Plenty of room for tomorrow.  Only a few signed up so far but we are definitely going!  Here are a few pics from today:
   

 

 

Friday, October 24, 2008
Nice catch of tog today!!  30 fares enjoyed a solid catch all day as 90 keepers, many on the meaty side were landed.  Pool was 8 lbs.  Many fares had their limit.  Special guest appearance was made by the one and only Kenjz who was high hook with 7 keepers, none of which were caught on chowder clams :)    Here are a few pics:

 

 

Thursday,  October 23, 2008
Awesome black fishing today!!!  We did not sail yesterday due to the weather.  Today we sailed on an educational school trip during the morning.  After the trip was over, Capt Paul said he would like to try his hand at black fishing as normally he only gets a chance to catch giant fluke on the south shore.  So on the way home, Paul, Chris and I decided to make a quick drop.

Well to say the least black fishing was awesome!!!  Paul, a very aggressive fisherman, snapped his rod on  a big black, landed  the fish and then proceeded to catch another dozen keepers with half a rod.  It was quite a performance.   The three of us easily managed our commercial limit and threw back some more (ORL) in no time.  Red hot bite!!  Quality fish to 8 lbs!

Looks like this weather has got em stirred up and angry.  Tomorrow looks beautiful.  Plenty of room if you would like to join us!  Here are a few pics from the trip.

       

 

 

 

 

Monday, October 20, 2008
Very windy start to the day but it finished up beautiful.  18 anglers had 32 keepers plus 10 sea bass.  A few sharpies had their limit of tog to 7 lbs.  Water cooled a few degrees since friday.  Good days are ahead!  Here are a few pics from today:

 

 

Sunday, October 19, 2008
We did not sail the past two days due to the weather.  Fridays trip was slow as 12 tog were landed and some sea bass in tough conditions with the wind and strong tide.    Hopefully coming off this moon with the cooler temperatures they will start to bite good!

 

Thursday, October, 16,2008
We did not sail today as only a few fares showed up.  Definitely going tomorrow though!

The past 2 days were on the slow side as the screaming moon tide had the bite shut down a bit.  Managed 300 porgies, 14 blackfish and 30 sea bass on Tuesday.  Wednesday saw about the same amount of porgies, 8 blackfish and a dozen sea bass. 

Wow...that was some amazing run of fish the past few weeks.  We were very fortunate to have located the super jumbo porgies  as massive schools of huge porgies were pushing offshore getting ready to leave for the winter.  That was a lot of fun and Im glad so many of you were able to get in the tremendous fishing.  Lets do it again next year!

Now we turn our full attention to Blackfish.  Looks like finally some cool temperatures will be here to get things rolling!  We will keep you posted.  
 

 

Monday, October 13, 2008
400 porgies, 14 blackfish, 35 sea bass.

 

 

Sunday, October 12, 2008
Today we  had 30 nice blackfish to 7 lbs, 20 sea bass and 500 porgies.  The porgies were a bit elusive today and we had to search a bit to find them.   But we put together a decent catch by the days end.  Only 3 more days left in the porgy season.  Hope to see you!

 

 

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Super fishing now!!  21 keeper blackfish to 7 lbs, 24 sea bass to 4 lbs and 1,400 jumbo and Super Jumbo porgies some which weighed in over 3 lbs!!  Many had their limit no problem on the first drop!  Just a few days left.  This has been some of the finest quality fish we have seen in a long time.  Still plenty of room on mondays trip!

 

Friday, October 10, 2008
Lots of fish today to go with the beautiful weather.  Over 1000 porgies were landed as well as 20 keeper blackfish and some sea bass.  Good fishing all around!

 

 

Thursday, October 9, 2008
Lousy sea conditions today.  Very rough in the morning but thankfully things calmed down a bit by the afternoon.  Had a nice catch of fish despite the conditions.  Over 30 keeper blackfish, 20 sea bass and 500 porgies were landed on the day.  Joe from the Captree Princess led the way with 4 blackfish, 4 sea bass and over 50 porgies (ORL).  below are some pics from today.

 

 

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Beautiful day out there today.  Not a wave on the sound.  Nice mixed bag action again today as 25 fares had 24 keeper blackfish, over 50 sea bass up to 4 lbs and 400-500 porgies to 3 lbs.  Plenty of room on upcoming trips if you would like to get in on the the great fall bottom fishing!

 

 

Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Awesome day again today.  28 keeper blackfish, 20 sea bass and over 1,200 porgies, most of which were jumbo and super jumbo sized. (ORL)  Left them biting in an all out slaughter as we certainly had enough..
  We had to call in the reinforcements and get Chief mate Tommy to meet us at the dock to help cut fish even though the crew had already been cutting for hours.  Some day!  Plenty of room tomorrow if you want in on this awesome bottom fishing!
     

 

Monday, October 6, 2008
What a day today!!  58 keeper blackfish, 30 sea bass, and all the jumbo and Super Jumbo porgies you could want!
Full coolers all around!  The wind laid down, the sun came out , fish were flying over the rails and there was much rejoicing!
Great fishing now!  Here are the pics from today:

      

 

 

Sunday, October 5, 2008
Lousy conditions today with rain and east wind.  Had a decent catch of porgies at the middle grounds and finished the day with 20 keeper black fish. 

 

Saturday, October 4, 2008
We did not sail on thursday or friday due to the weather.  Much better conditions today!   We tried a few drops up near the beach to start the day but only had a few tog as well as some porgies and sea bass.  Stopped on another wreck which had some nice sea bass and 2 more blackfish.  Moved off to some rock piles and caught a ton of porgies and a few sea bass.  Tried another wreck and again had lots of big porgies.  Total for the day - hundreds of big porgies , some nice sea bass to 4lbs and a few blackfish.  Plenty of room tomorrow if you would like to get in on the action!

 

 

Wednesday, October 1, 2008   Opening Day!!!
A great success!!!  11 fares plus 4 crew had a great day today as 42 keeper tog were landed on the day.  A few of the drops also had all the porgies you wanted as well as some sea bass.   Stopped off in the deep water to top the buckets off with a some big jumbo porgies. A great way to start the blackfish season. Here are a few pics from today:

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Awesome fishing right now!!  Hundreds and hundreds of porgies leaping in the boat today! (Only Retained Limit)  Middle Grounds is packed with fish!

Blackfish starts tomorrow!!! Only two people signed up so far :(    We are going no matter what.  Cant imagine missing opening day.  Winds are light, conditions are good.  Come on down!
 

 

 

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Finally got a break in the weather and sailed for the first time since Wednesday.  Fishing was a slaughter on the am trip!!!
Many anglers had their limit in only 2 hours of fishing!    Clam down...Porgy UP !!!  Giant Scup!!  Oh my !!

The mid day trip had a decent catch of big scup as well with a few sea bass in the mix.  The fish are really chewin right now!!  Blackfish starts on Wednesday!  Add a few nice tog and sea bass to the awesome porgie fishing and it should be a lot of fun!

 

Thursday, September 25, 2007
Here is a recap of the past few days.  Sunday's trip was very good with lots of porgies and a few sea bass.  Once the tide picked up we switched over to end the trip with great blue fishing.  Sundays pm trip saw about a dozen blues to start the night and then a decent pick of porgies to end the night.

Monday we did not sail either trip.  Tuesday we did not sail on the morning trip but 5 fares had a a very good catch of porgies on the pm trip.  Wednesday morning we had a great educational fishing trip with Port Jefferson High School as tons of porgies were caught, many of which were tagged and released.  We also caught some interesting sea life in the plankton seine which the students enjoyed viewing under the microscope.  Great trip.

We did not sail on wednedays pm or either trip on thursday.  Weather looks pretty bad for the next few days.  When the wind dies down we look forward to getting back out there for some great fishing again.
 

 

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Silly fishing today.  Our day trip saw a great catch of big porgies and then slayed the blues to end the trip.  Our pm trip was a bloodbath as tons of blues were caught as well as a bunch of bass, 2 of which were keepers.  Some of the blues were quite large up to 10 lbs.  The entire rip from south of the lighthouse all the way north for  over a mile was loaded with fish.  Great night!!

 

 

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Only 3 people showed up for the pm trip last night but it was such a nice evening and fishing has been so good we decided to go anyway.  We slayed all the blues they could want to start the trip then switched over to porgies.   Put the chum down and built up an excellent bite as double header porgies were coming over the rail in no time.  Headed for home with lots of fish and fond memories!  Great fishing now!

 

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Here is a report from Capt Neil who fished with us on Tuesday PM trip and posted this on noreast.com:
"Well, I sure had a fantastic evening fishing, catching and enjoying everything about the trip. Capt Chris put us over marauding blues, cocktails to bubbas! It was during this blitz that a fish picked up my jig as soon as I lifted it off the bottom. Knew I was in trouble when I saw the reel spool just about emptied, and fast! My trusty and proven MAXIMIZER #1 and Stradic 400 combination was gaining line back on the spool when under the boat the fish takes off again. I managed to get to the stern and realized the line might be caught under the stern. Line goes slack, Capt Paul comes from the other side of the boat and throws an ALBIE at my feet that weighed about 8-10 lbs. Holy Toledo!

After the tide and bite slowed down Capt Chris took us to a porgy spot. Right away 'pork chops" coming over the rail. I kept the biggest and my bride and I will have a tasty porgy dinner tomorrow.

A beautiful night to be on the water with a beautiful sunset. Thank you Capts Chris and Paul! "
 
We did not sail on Monday nor the Am trip on Tuesday due to the weather.  Fihsing is great now!!! THe jigging has been all out!  The porgies are very large and hungry.  Love this time of year!


Capt Neil

 

 

Sunday, September 14, 2008
Most trips continue to be awesome!!!  Yesterday's first two trips saw an excellent catch of very big Porgies!  The pm trip had a few hits on the blues and a pick of porgies and sea bass to end the night.  Today's charter was excellent!!!  Lots and lots of very large porgies with some anglers easily landing their limit.  On the way home we stopped on the blues for a nice little bail job to end the trip.  70-80 foot piles of blues were north of B11 in the deep water.  All you wanted!  Tomorrow looks like a blow out.  Try again maybe on the pm trip or tuesday.

 

Friday, September
Here is a report from Captain Neil that he posted on Noreast.com:

If you thought about fishing on the Celtic Quest this morning but did some thing else instead, maybe you should pass by this report.

Fred, Bob, Tom and I chose to fish the CQ today. What a CATCHING trip we had! So did all the other anglers on board! Capt Chris stopped to mug some of the cocktail blues that were jumping all over the surface. You could see and hear the water gurgling, sounded like a rushing mountain stream. For every blue we boated we lost as many of the surface and we had all the blues we wanted within the limits.

Then we went pork chop catching. We caught, caught and caught some more! It is wonderful when you can porgy fish using a 4 oz sinker in the middle of Long Island Sound. I loved the way Tommy cuts the clam bait, nice thin strips that fits on the hook and the porgys grab the hook as they suck in the clam bait. Way to go Tommy!

It was almost 1 stop catching porgys. When you can release keeper size porgys knowing that you will catch enough of the bigger and biggest size to take home, it does not get any better. Capt. Chris you had us on the fish

A hugh blue fish caught on a flounder spin pole took the pool. Our friend Tom did it to us again.

On top of all that the sun stayed in, no humidity, calm seas and just perfect fishing conditions for me. And, I also get to be the Go Home Capt! What a day!

So no rods were constructed today. Hey guys, I need a day off every now and then.

Folks this is the time of our fishing season when mayhem breaks loose almost every day. Get a day off and get on a Port Jeff party boat.

Neil

 

 

 

Thursday, September 11, 2008
Here is a report from one of our customers from yesterdays trip.
"Slow pick in the AM.. But then it started. My first fish was a 5 lb Sea Bass then some big Scup. We only had (9) fisherman and still we filled up 4 totes with fish. While fishing for Scup we also hauled up 6 or 7 big blues on Scup rigs, from 3 lbs to 8 lbs. That was a lot of fun on those light rods. Lots of action and plenty of fish to take home, what more could you ask for. Desi thanks again for another fine day. Can't wait for BLACK FISH SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

Here are a few pics from the trip:

           
Rich                                                                                               John L

 

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Here is a fishing report that one of our customers posted on Noreast.com:

"A 4:30 PM trip on the Celtic Quest with Capt Desi at the wheel became PORGY HEAVEN. On monday evening we had 5 fares and Desi said lets go fishing. Forty minutes to middle grounds 3 Hrs to fish and I limited out. I only took 30 porgys home, I threw back at least that many. The porgys were on the hook (2) at a time. If I could guess,5 of us had caught 200+ in 3 hours. PORGY HEAVEN...PORGY HEAVEN...PORGY HEAVEN... DESI thanks a lot for another great trip.  TWEETY..."


 

 

Sunday, September7, 2008
Fishing was very good all week long!!!  The porgie fishing has been excellent at the middle grounds with lots of big scup both on the deep water wrecks and rocks as well as the shallow rocks near the light house.    The size has been excellent with fish to 3 lbs almost everyday.  The south rip has also been holding some real quality fish as well.  Mixing in has been some nice sea bass to 4 lbs.  

This weekend was a blow out as we did not sail at all on Saturday.  We did get out on b our mid day trip in today but it was slow as the water was still very churned up and murky from the storm.  Hopefully things should settle down by tomorrow and we can get back into the some good fishing again.

 

 

Tuesday, September 3, 2008
Solid fishing today!  9 fares enjoyed a good pick of fish today as many very large porgies and  dozen sea bass we landed on the day.  To go along with the porgies and sea bass we also had 25 -30 blues.  High hook was around 30-40 porgies, 3 sea bass and 5 blues.  Some real quality fish today in the rip both on the drift and at anchor. 

Yesterdays' pm trip was also very good.  After jigging a few blues,  one drop was all that was needed for 6 fares to catch lots of big porgies.  We threw a few back for a while and then called it a trip!

 

 

Sunday, august 31, 2008
Awesome fishing continues!  Great jigging and porgie fishing yesterday.  This morning we followed a huge school of blues east of the middle grounds.  The midday trip was  a bail job.  The pm trip was awesome as well!  Great fishing now!

 

 

Friday, August 29, 2008
Insane fishing now!!!.  Awesome fishing continues!  Tons of jumbo porgies and and blues.  Yesterdays am trip saw a one drop limit catch of big porgies as over 400 scup were landed in no time.  We finished off the trip with some very good diamond jigging.  The pm trip saw nearly 200 blues landed as once the tide picked up the blues really piled up good along the rip.  Today's am trip was awesome as we jigged a ton of blues and had a great catch of porgies, many of which were on the huge side up to 3 lbs!  This is some of the best fishing we have seen in years at the middle!  Great ides coming up this weekend!
Come on out for some great action for the whole family!

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The last few days the Middle Grounds has been on fire!  The jigging has been off the hook as the blues have been ferocious with limits in no time on blues to 10 lbs..  Today we had all we needed for 19 fares in an hours time and left them in an all out frenzy.  To go along with it we had a very good catch of big scup up to 18 inches long and some nice sea bass as well.  Awesome day!  Check out the video of the trip @ http://celticquestfishing.com/video_library.htm

Last night we did not have the right tide for the jigging with the slack water in the middle of the trip but the bottom fishing was Fantastic!!!  One stop shopping as a limit of big porgies was landed in no time!  Great night.

Now is the time.  Middle Ground Madness in full effect!!!


Picture of the fish finder from today's BAIL JOB!!!

 

 

 

Friday, August 22, 2008
SAVAGE FISHING!!!!

 

 

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Absolutely SAVAGE fishing right now !!!  Middle Ground Madness in full effect!   This has been the finest jigging we have seen at the Middle Grounds in years.  Both tides have been amazing as the south rip all the way past the lighthouse to the north green can has been lit up everyday!!  Blues form 1 pound to gaffing teen size fish and all you want.  Some trips are also seeing a lot of short striped bass with an occasional keeper.  Amazing right now!

 

 

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Besides a rather slow trip for no apparent  reason yesterday evening, the Middle Grounds has been on FIRE!!!  This week has been some of the best diamond jigging we have seen in a long time.  Many drifts have lasted up to 30 minutes, bailing blues the whole time.  Both the outgoing and the incoming tide has been great!   Amazing diamond jigging right now!

The porgies bite has been ok, with a pick of quality porgies. Once these hard tides pass it should get really good.  Some nice fish around as well as a handful of sea bass each trip.  Bring the kids.  They will love it!!

Sunday, August 17, 2008
Very good bottom fishing and diamond jigging right now!  Saturdays mornings trip saw a very good catch of big porgies Off Old Field.  The mid day trip  was a bloodbath as the the blues were all over the place!  Our pm trip started out with a good porgie bite,, then the bite slowed after a brief thunderstorm.  We moved over to the shoal and had another good drop on the porgies which made for a decent night.  We tried one last rock pile to end the night which was slow.

Today's  Noreast Charter was a blast!  The morning conditions were very poor as the flood tide against the west wind made it nearly impossible to sit still.  Nonetheless we picked away at some nice sized scup.  Would have been great had we been able to anchor properly.  Then we headed out to the Middle Grounds and slayed the blues.!!!   The rip was lit up as the blues feasted on a ton of anchovies, butterfish and even baby snappers.    Bail job!!!

Once the tide eased we switched back to bottom fishing for a pick of some big scup and a handful a sea bass.  To end the trip we took a few token fluke drifts, managing 1 keeper a few shorts and 1 big sea bass.  To top it all off there was more food than we could possibly eat.  Total for the day was several hundred blues (ORL) 150-200 porgies, 8 sea bass, 1 striper and 1 fluke.  Thanks guys for a great day!

 

 

 

Friday, August 15, 2008
Sorry for the long delay in fishing reports!  Things have been a little busy lately.  Fishing remains very good on most trips right now.  The porgie bite off of Old Field has been awesome on some days.  We have been anchoring up with heavy chum with very good success.  The hard moving tide has been the best.  Diamond jigging has been a little hit and miss the past few days.  One trip you slam them, the next trip they have been hard to find.   But the good trips are very good if you find them.

Capt Chris did a little exploratory trip to the Middle Grounds earlier in the week and had very good catch of Porgies and sea bass.  Look like that area is starting to heat up as well.    Good fishing now.  Hope to see you!

 

 

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Fishing has been great!! Today fishing went from good to ludicrous on the last of the ebb.

There was a solid mile of blues and bass and all ten fares easily limited out on blues by 8:30. Had a dozen short bass, no keepers. Released a bunch more and then switched to bottom fishing and limited out on big porgies!! What a day. I love when its like this.
Took one token fluke drift to end the trip. Had a mess of shorts, 1 nice keeper, called it a terrific day and went home.

Last night was an insane bail job as well. All the big blues you wanted plus a few nice bass to 24 lbs plus a bunch of big scup.

Below is a picture of the fish finder as we came over the hill. It speaks for itself as to how many fish are on the shoal right now. Who knows how long it will last, but it is all out right now!!

Video from todays trip we be up on the site this evening. @ http://www.celticquestfishing.com/video_library.htm

Here are some pics from the past 2 trips:

 

Pic of the fish finder as we came over the hill last night.  The entire boat was hooked up into fish at the same time.
 Some pile of fish!!!

 

 

Friday, Aug 1, 2008
Great trip today!  25 anglers had 250- 300 fluke, 35 were keepers as well as dozens of blues and porgies.
Pool fish was a beautiful 8.5 lb fluke.  George led the way landing his limit on his secret bait as did Roger who limited out on fluke as well. 
 We started the day on the west side of the shoal as piles of blues and porgies were on the edge of the shoal.  Then we moved to the east side of the shoal and  that is where we had the best fluke action.  The first of the ebb was the best (as it usually is) as the fluke really started snappin.   Both bait and bucktail rigs caught well.   Plenty of room for this weekend.  Give a call if you want in on the action.  Here are a few pics from today.

                             

 

                 

 

 

Thursday, July 31, 2008
Great day out there today.  Only 5 fares today and they enjoyed great action all day long.  The shoal had a ton of life on it as we finished the day with over 50 fluke, 13 were keepers, 40 nice porgies as well as 30 blues.  A lot of fish for 5 people!
Fun day.  Bring the kids out!  The action is fantastic right now!

 

Tuesday, July 29,2008
Awesome Fluke action at B11 right now!!! Insane amount of fish up on the shoal. Tons of fluke, lots of throwbacks, enough mini doormat keepers to keep you going. We have had mutilple 7 lb fluke the past two days.Todays 17 person charter caught a ton of fish and kept 18. Our Pm trip saw 24 fares bail aprroximatley 200 fluke, 18 were keepers.

If you are any good at fluke fishing, especially bucktailing, you will do very well indeed. Come catch em while they are here!

Only a couple of fares for tomorrows trip. We will start the day bottom fishing for porgies and sea bass which has been solid (see Amanda's post for further verification on that). Then once the tide picks up we will hopefully get back on the fluke action.

As for me, I will be joining Captain John(CQ), Capt Cary(Lori C ), and Capt Rich (Hag) for a busman's holiday codfishing for the day. Have fun to whomever shows up. We can hopefully trade great fishing reports when we return!


Monday, July 28, 2008
Great action on the fluke today. 18 anglers had over 150 fluke, 21 were keepers. Johnny B won the pool with a 7 lbder. Lots of fish right now at B11 and B9.
Bucktails worked the best.      Here are some pics from today

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008
This past week saw some very good porgy fishing on a few of the trips off Old Field.  20-25 feet of water on the rocks had some good sized scup.  The hard moving current either direction was the best.  Action slowed for Saturday's trips.  The CQIII had some good action on bunker chunks though as many very large blues were landed.

 Fluking has been excellent the past few days at B11 and B9.  Tons of fish mostly 18-20 inches but enough keepers to go around.  This mornings trip saw lots of fluke with some anglers landing over ten fluke in no time with a few keepers in the mix.  The rest of the day was cancelled due to the weather.  We will continue to follow these fluke for as long as we can.

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008
This week saw mixed results.  The fluke fishing saw lots of action on nice sized fluke but the mini doormat keepers were tough to come by.  We had some very good action on the porgies on several trips, especially on the afternoon trips.  There are a lot of 10 inch fish in the mix but plenty of keepers as well with the occasional jumbo to go with a few sea bass.  The diamond jigging was been a pick as the fish are very scattered up on the shoal.   A few of the trips on the outgoing tide did ok near B11.

We will be sailing on our East End Fluke Special tomorrow.  Plenty of room if you would like to join us!!

 

 

Monday, July 14, 2008
We sailed on our East End FLuke Special today. COnditions were excellent for a change as we had a nice drift for most of the day. We picked away at the fluke all trip mostly on bucktails. 16 fares plus Capt James and his brother from the Rosie finished the day with approximately 125 fluke, 26 which were keepers, plus 30 blues. Mr Chen won the pool with a 6 lbder. Capt James has been practicing a lot recently and was high hook with 20 fluke, 5 of which were keepers. (orl) Will post some pictures later.

Yesterdays am trip was very slow as the keeper fluke were hard to come by and the jigging was not much better.

Luckily the pm trip as great though as it was one stop shopping all night! 600-800 porgies were caught, 250-300 of which were keepers. A great trip for all the families and kids!


 

Saturday, July 12, 2008
The am trip yesterday started with some fluking around B11. Had action with the shorts but the keepers were hard to come by. Switched to diamond jigs and had a decent pick of blues to finish out the trip.

The mid day trip saw a few blues on jigs to start. Once we lost the tide though it was over. Then we decided to try out in some deeper water drops for porgies and sea bass. One wreck only had a few big porgies on it but another drop had a pick of big porgies and few big sea bass to 4 lbs. Things are just staring out in the deep water. Nothing great yet though.

The afternoon trip saw a slow pick of blues on jigs to start the trip. Then we switched over to bottom fishing and had a very good catch of porgies for the rest of the trip. Lots of action, many throwbacks with some nice big porgies in the mix as well. Good trip!

 

 

Friday, July 11, 2008
We sailed on our second east end fluke trip today! The trip started off very well during the morning tide as there was plenty of action with some real nice fluke in the mix. Bucktails were working quite well with green and pink the hot colors of the day.

Once that tide eased off it was a slow pick for the rest of the trip. 16 fares tallied around 100 fluke, 26 were keepers. Pool was caught by Chris which weighed around 7 lbs. Not quite as good as our first trip but still a good day. Looking forward to getting back there on Monday!

Capt Dane ran the CQIII on a bass and fluke charter and had a great trip! Chunking was awesome on the first of the ebb this morning as they easily limited out on bass to 28 lbs on bunker. They switched over to fluke and landed a few nice keepers with lots of action to finish up the trip.

Last nights pm trip saw a pick of blues on the jigs up on the shoal. As the sun set we then switched over to porgies. Chumming up on the shoal produced very well as and nice catch of big scup rounded out the catch to go along with a beautiful sunset.

Sailing three trips tomorrow and we head on down to the eastern grounds again on monday. Plenty of room if you would like to join us.

 

 

July 8th 2008

Excellent fishing today on our East End Fluke Special!!
We arrived on the last of the ebb and from the first drift you could tell there were a lot of fluke around. The shoal was loaded with sandeels, birds everywhere. The first 2 drifts wer good as a dozen big fluke were caught.

The current eased off around 9:30 and the next few hours we had very poor drifting conditions. Noentheless, we managed to pick away at the fluke through the slack.

Once the incoming started the bite really turned on again. They were really starting to snap good the last few drifts but unfortuantely we had to leave them biting to get home for our 4:30 trip.

Finished the day with over 100 fluke, 50 were keepers, many of which weighed between 4-7 lbs! Quality fluke today! If we had good conditions it would have been even better!

Highlights include John Briciana with 5 keepers , Matt Jenkins with 5 keepers, Rob Laurice with 5 keepers, and Ted Golja with 5 keepers and the pool (ORL!)

 

Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Fishing has been quite good the past two days.  Yesterday saw tons of action all day long with the fluke and porgies.  Lots of throwbacks but enough keepers in the mix to put together a good catch.  The pm trip saw a good late bite on the porgies around 7pm as most fares limited out.

Today saw a ton of action again on the fluke with both bucktails and bait working quite well.  The fluke have really turned on this past week.  With last years limits we would really be doing awesome.  But despite the limits there are still enough mini doormats around to make the effort worthwhile.  Here are some pics from today.

 

June 26, 2008
Nice catch of fluke today!!  Started the morning with some diamond jigging.  Landed about a dozen blues and a few short bass but the fish were scattered.  We decided to switch over to fluke on the last of the ebb as the drifting conditions were excellent.

The fluke were biting very well until the tide dropped out.  We landed over 70 fluke, keeping 22 with some nice fatties in the mix up to 7.9 lbs!   Straight bait rigs with spearing were the ticket.

 We have excellent conditions again for tomorrow morning.  Only 1 person has signed up so far for tomorrows trip.  Come on down if you want to get in on the action!  Here are a few pics from today.
 

           

 

 

June23, 2008
We did not sail today with the weather.  Yesterday saw some great jigging on the CQIII on the last of the outgoing tide.  Tons of blues were stacked on the edge of the shoal.  The CQII had a slow pick of porgies first thing in the morning but the bite died as we lost the tide.  We managed to jig 25-30 blues to end the trip up on the shoal. 

The pm trip was outrageous!  Thousands of blues were pile up right outside the inlet and our 6 fares bailed fish for the first two hours of the trip!  All the rain and storms that were predicted never came and a great time was had by all!  Here are a few recent pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

June 19, 2008
Fishing remains very solid right now.  The diamond jigging has been terrific on many trips as there are a ton of blues chasing the sand eels up on the shoal right outside the harbor.  The porgy bit has been very good in the morning in particular.    As for Fluke, today saw a ton of action as 14 fares had over 70 fluke.....only 4 were keepers though.  Last years regs it would have been an excellent trip!

On Wednesday, we had a charter with Capt Jerry McGrath and his Fish N Kids Program.  50 kids from Oxhead Elementary School had an awesome trip as they Limited out on Big Porgies in now time.  Great time for the Kids!!!

 

June 16, 2008
Bail Job today!!!  Our charter of 24 anglers started the day with a limit catch of Porgies!  Then we switched over to diamond jigs and absolutely slaughtered the blues and schoolie bass!    Several hundred fish were landed before calling it a day!
Great trip!!

 

June 15, 2008
Yesterday was awesome.  BAIL JOB on the Jumbo porgies and lots of great action diamond jigging!  Had a family group who chartered the boat and it was great to get the kids into so many fish!
Today, the porgies were there, but the bite was very picky.  They were schooled up in huge piles and were spawning. Unfortunately they had other things on their minds besides eating our delicious clam baits.   The fluke bite was also slow.  Oh well, hopefully they will bite again tomorrow!

 

 

June 13, 2008
What a day! Beautiful weather, beautiful people and lots of fish!!!

BAILED the big porgies to start the day. 30 anglers easily limited out in a
1/2 hour. Tried a few drifts for fluke but with the drift conditions it
wasnt looking to promising so we switched over to diamond jigs. There were
lots of blues and a few schoolie bass up on the shoal chasing sandeels. The
jigging was very good for the remainder of the trip. Great all around day!

It is an extraordinary body of porgies around right now, more than we have
seen in several years.

Video from this mornings trip is now up.
click on PORGY BONANZA!!


June 12, 2008
What an opener to the Porgy Season today!!!
WE pulled up to the grounds on the charter boat CQIII to find a school of porgies literally 7 football fields long this morning. Our 4 person charter BAILED porgies until they could not take it anymore, keeping only the largest 40.
The CQII pulled up shortly thereafter a proceeded to Bail several hundred porgies as well (ORL). Amazing pile of fish right now off Port Jefferson.   Ahhh....I love when it like this!




 

 

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The last two days have been awesome!!  Working with Capt Jerry Mcgrath and his Fish N Kids program, over 90 children and their parents have experienced some truly great fishing!!!    Jerry's educational program is second to none as the kids were taught a variety of classes from marine ecology to navigation and safety before switching over to enjoy some truly remarkable fishing.  Right now the local area is ALIVE with tons of fish.   Huge schools of big porgies are piled up on the local rocks.  The bluefish have been everywhere.  And today thousands of schoolie striped bass were all over the shoal!
Incredible fishing right now!  Cant wait for the PM Porgy Bonanza tomorrow Night!   

   

(ALL PORGIES WERE RELEASED!!!)

            

 

Monday, June 9, 2008
Nice catch of fluke again today.  7 fares had over 50 fluke on the day with 8 big keepers.  Two fish weighed in a 7.5 lbs.  Lots of action and bucktails are the way to go.    Here are some pics of the big ones:

                       

 

 

Sunday, June 8, 2008
Nice catch of fluke today!!!  With all the sandeels around the fluke finally decided to bite today after  a slow 2 weeks.  23 fares kept 14 big fluke with nearly 100 fluke caught, many of which were over 19.5 inches.   Sharpies on board who were casting bucktails had great action today.    Pictures below!

            

 

 

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
We continue to have a great time doing our educational school trips!!! These trips have really been a blast for the kids!  From seining plankton and using microscopes to dredging all sorts of sea life from different types of bottom, to just plain fishing, it has been a pleasure to spend our days with so many great kids, teachers, and families.    Hopefully, these programs will inspire a few of the kids to become fishermen! or at least help them gain an appreciation for our amazing marine environment!  
As for our regular fishing trips, the fluke bite has been on the slow side with a handful of big fluke caught and a lot of fluke released.  Tons of porgies are hitting the baits in certain areas (all released).  Lots of blues have been feeding on the sand eels and we have enjoyed some great diamond jigging on a few of our pm trips.    June is usually the month the fluking really gets going so hopefully any day it should pick up!

 

 

 Below are a few pictures from our recent trips.    (All porgies caught were released, some were even tagged and released!)

  
This is 9 year old Samantha and her proud Dad.  Samantha won the top angler award by catching an incredible 33 porgies!...Here she is with one of her multiple doubleheaders! ...not to mention all the help she gave her friends untangling lines, baiting hooks and taking fish off the lines!
Way to go!
 

 

 

Capt Chris teaching a student about fluke

 

Hauling the dredge

 

Mrs Smith and her class

 

 

 

Mark and his son with a huge porgy

Plankton we seined projected with a microscope onto the table. 


Zoea larva under the microscope.  This larva will eventually become a lobster, shrimp or crab.

 

  
A Happy Angler!

 

 

 

A young Captain in the making learning how to run a party boat!

 

 

Smiling Faces!

Here is a copy of Captain Jerry McGraths report which he posted on Noreast.com:
 

 

 

Monday , May 26, 2008
We had a great week with our educational school trips.  From seining plankton to bottom trawl surveys, the kids had a great time learning about our local marine environment.  We resumed fishing again this past weekend but unfortunatley the bite was very slow.  Some nice big fluke were landed but not the numbers we had last week.  There were many shorts on some trips as well as blue fish.  On a few of the evening trips we also had a lot of porgies which we released...though the kids still had a lot fun reeling them in.  Hopefully the fluke bite picks up again soon.  We will be doing more marine education trips again this week on our day trips, so we most likely will not have another fishing report until next weekend.  Hope to see you soon!

 

 

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Bit if a slow pick for us out there today.  15 keepers were landed on the day.  Some big fish though with Steve Abromowitz winning the pool with a 7.5 lb beauty.

 We will be sailing educational school trips during the day through this thursday, so we may not have another fishing report up for a few days.  All the afternoon trips are open though as well as all trip friday through monday.  See you soon!

 

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Little breezy out there this morning but conditions settled down a bit by mid morning.  Picked away at the fluke on the outgoing tide as 11 anglers caught 18 keepers for the am trip.  Rich Healy won the pool with a 6 lb flattie !  Not a bad day at all.  Here are a few pictures:

                        
 

 

 

 

 

Friday, May 16, 2008
Fluke were biting very well today!!!
Only 4 fares today so we just did a half day trip. Total was 13 keepers to nearly 7 lbs! Quality stuff today!

jh
 

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Great to be fishing again!!!  Today was the long awaited fluke opener.  6 fares landed about 30 fluke on the day, 7 of which were keepers.  The keepers were all quite large and bucktails were the ticket today.  Lots of sandeels around up on the shoal and hopefully this is just the beginning of good days to come.   Here are some pictures from the day:

Tommy

         
Nick                                                                                                   Freddie Azaiter

 

 

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Today was our final trip of the year.  Picked away at the blackfish and ended the day with 57 keepers.  Not a bail job by any means but some nice fish to 6 lbs in the mix.  Due to the regulations, we are now tied up for two weeks because there is nothing to fish for.  We will begin again on May 15th when Fluke opens!   Hope to see you then!

 

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
It was a cold, rainy, windy day out there for our Noreast.com Blackfish Seminar.  Thankfully the great company and about 50 keeper blackfish made it a fun day again.  Tough conditions but a lot of great information was shared among all aboard today.  Thanks again to our team of Captains : Chris, Mike, Steve, Jerry, Neil and Anthony from the Barbara Ann Charter boat.  You all are a wealth of knowledge and and it has been a pleasure to do these trips with you.  I look forward to next year!

 

 

Sunday, April 27, 2008
After a slow start we finished up strong today.  First few drops were picky but thankfully the last few had some decent life on them.  We ended up with 70 keepers to 6.7 lbs.  Sung Bum Kim won the pool for the first time in his life !  Only a few days left.  Hope to finish strong!

 Not sailing tomorrow with the weather, but still some spots available for Tuesdays seminar and Wednesday.

Here are a few pics from today

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Seung Bum Kim       Pool winner

 

 

 

 

April 26, 2007
Fishing was slower than yesterday as the conditions were much tougher.  Nice easterly roll all day, but luckily the sun came out around mid day.  Total for the day was 35 keepers.  Few nice fish in the mix with Tony Alesi winning the pool.  Here are a few pics from today. 

     

 

     
 

 

April 25, 2007
Great day with the gang from Noreast today!  The weather was perfect, the company was great and to to top it all off the Tog bite very well!!  80 keepers were landed as both clams and crabs caught well.  Pablo won the pool with a 6.11lb tog.

A lot of great information was shared between all the Captains and fisherman.  Thank you to Noreast.com for putting this trip together, especially Togmaster for all your hard work.  Look forward to the next seminar on Tuesday!

Here are a few pics from today:

              

     

 

April 23, 2008
Blackfish were biting good again today!!!  We had a lot of families and kids out today to enjoy the great weather.  Luckily the fishing was again quite good as nearly 80 keeper blackfish came over the rails.  Mike Hayman was high hook with 8 keepers (orl)  Pool fish was 7.5lbs.  Nice to see all the kids having fun catching fish today!  Plenty of room on all trips coming up.  Just give a call or book online.

Below are some pictures from the trip.

 

 

April 22, 2008
Nice catch of Tog today!!!

Hit a few drops in 50-70 foot range and had good life on all of them!  14 anglers enjoyed a solid catch of blackfish as 37 keepers were landed.  Some quality fish in the mix as the pool weighed in over 8 lbs today.  Clams worked best and the bite was aggresive.  Plenty of room on most trips including our Noreast seminar on Friday. 

Below are some pics from today:

 

  

 

 

 

April 19th, 2008
Togs are starting to bite!

The water is 8 degrees warmer than when we started last year. With temps in the high 40's now, the blackfish bite has begun.

We had a decent pick of fish on the morning tide yesterday with 24 keepers coming over the rail with about that many shorts. Once the tide turned that was it though as the bite shut off the rest of the day.

High hook was 5 keepers. Not a bad start considering the full moon and tides. We hope to sail again after this east wind dies down, maybe by Tuesday. Lots of room on all trips including  our Noreast Seminar trip on the 25th.

Here is a picture of the pool winner Paul Buckley:




 

 

 

 

 

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