Wednesday, Sept 1, 2010
Monday evening was fantastic on the porgies!!! Tons of big fish and a full boat limit.  THe full day trip yesterday was very good once that incoming tide set up.  Finished up with a full boat limit of scup.  The 9am missed the tide a bit but everyone still went home with some dinner.

Here is a reprot from the pm trip yesterday posted by Bill P,:
Took a ride out to bend the rod on the 4:30-8:30 trip. Light tackle and jumbo oven stuffer pork chops. I had 17 keepers. The sound was glass. Perfect night, unreal sunset. The whole operation is top notch. Mates did a great job. Thanks Desi.

Todays 9am trip was very good again once the current set up.  Lots of porgies came over the rails to end the trip!
 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Aug 30 , 2010
Put together a decent catch  on the full day trip today.  Tons of boats out there for the bluefish tournament made it a little difficult but we finished up by days end with a full boat limit of porgies as well as some sea bass and blues. 

The half day boat had a nice catch of porgies in the morning, a slow pick on the mid trip, and a very good catch of blues on the jigs on the pm trip!

13lb blue!  

 

 

 

 

Saturday, Aug 28, 2010
We had 6 fares on our full day trip today.  Fishing was slow in the morning as only a few dozen porgies, sea bass and blues were landed.  But the afternoon we landed on em big time and finished off with some great fishing!  Everyone easily limited out and big scup a few pushing the 3 lb mark!  Pete Messina was high hook with 30 (orl)  Great way to finish for sure. 

The half day boat with Capt Jared at the helm had a nice catch of porgies on both the morning and mid trip.  Lat night pm trip was also very good on the drift as lots of porgies, blues and sea bass came over the rails.  Solid fishing now.

    

 

 

 

Friday, Aug 27, 2010
Finally the whether has cleared and we have been able to fish the past two days.  Fishing was very good yesterday and the 9am trip saw excellent jigging and some porgies and sea bass.  The full day trip had very good action jigging for bass and blues as well.  6 fares on that trip also had close to a limit of porgies.

Thursdays pm charter was very good.  On the last of the outgoing we had some action on the blues.  At the bottom of the tide we anchored up an d chummed for a very good catch of big porgies, sea bass and many blues as well.  All the kids had a great time.  Fun night!

Todays trips saw some decent action on the incoming tide for blues on both trips.  The full day boat alos had some decent action to start the day, but after that the bottom fishing was a little slow.  All in all though there has been lots of action and everyone has been going home with dinner.

 

 

 

Monday, Aug 23, 2010
Blown out today due to the weather.  Saturday fishing was very slow during the day as the conditions were terrible and limited where we could fish.  The evening trip was great though as the winds subsided and we were able to get out to the middle grounds.  Started off with a nice catch of very large porgies and then had some great action diamond jigging for striped bass and blues. 

Sunday am the jigging was good with plenty of blues.  Tried to switch over to bottom fishing but the current was running very hard and fishing was slow.  Similar results on mid trip as the weather turned lousy.  The pm trip had to be cancelled due to the weather as well. 

Bad stretch we are in with the weather but it looks like it is supposed to clear up by mid week.  Look forward to getting back out there.

 

 

Friday, Aug 20, 2010
Fishing was awesome today on the 9am trip!!! Put some nice porgies in the boat to start the trip and then ran over a huge pile of blues!  Bail job for rest of the trip.  Kids had a blast!

The full day trip had a steady catch of fish all day as 20 fares ended up with close to a limit of porgies, dozen sea bass and few dozen blues.  Another solid day!

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, Aug 19, 2010
Had a great time out there today on a special trip organized by the New York Sport fishing Federation to encourage kids to get involved in fishing!.  This trip was also  sponsored by the Fisherman Magazine send a kid fishing program and Assembly Woman Ginny Fields, who has been an amazing advocate for promoting sport fishing for the our kids as well as all the other work she does on behalf of our industry and community.

Everyone had a great time reeling in porgies all morning.  The weather was great as was the company.  Nothing is more rewarding then teaching the next generation to love and appreciate the water and our way of life as fishermen.    The smiles on their  faces are priceless.!!

Thank you to all who helped put this together and the Ginny Fields for all that you do for our industry as well as the next generation of fisherman to come!

Wednesday, Aug 18 , 2010
Capt Jon reported back that the full day trip started out with slow action on the scup but finished up very well!  Full limit of porgies, some big sea bass to 4 lbs and 50 blues!  Good day

The 9am trip had 75 or so nice big porgies and some sea bass.  Nothing spectacular but some nice fish for dinner.
 

Pm trip was very good.  Here is a report written by Capt Neil who brought his family out for some fun:
WOW!!!
What a trip for the Faulkner Family Annual fishing trip!!! 19 of us arrived for the 4:45 PM captains choice trip. The weather and calm seas were perfect. Capt Chris put us on top of lots of porgys. Grandchildren of all ages had flying fish coming over the rail all evening. Young David says he was hi hook with almost 30. Owen says he had 16 of different sizes. Moms and Dads were not left out as they caught and caught some more. Even the old man caught a few, ha, ha!

We saw a beautiful rainbow and then a double rainbow formed. The sunset was stunning and many pics were taken.

Thank you John and Mateo for all your help from the deck force.

Thank you Capt Des for making this possible.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, Aug 17, 2010
Fishing was very good today. Full limitation of porgies to 3lbs and lots and lots of blues as well for 28 fares!
Very good day!

The 9am trip also had a decent catch of porgies before the tide eased, to go along with some seabass and blues to 10lbs.
 

Fish are settling in very well now at the middle grounds, and the deep water wrecks. Good days are ahead!

 

 

 

Sunday, August 15 , 2010
Earlier in the week the fishing was greatly hampered by very strong east winds and kept us inshore.  A few trips had some decent life with the porgies but all in all it was very slow.  We were able to get back out to the middle grounds yesterday and had some porgies on a few trips and some all out AWESOME! jigging for bass and blues on the outgoing tide.

The pm trip yesterday was fantastic and bass and blues were flying over the rails.  Lots of short bass and half a dozen keepers as well.  Fish were stacked in the rip all tide.  Great trip.

Today was slow on the scup with just a pick of fish.   The  good outgoing tide set up just before  sun set and we were able to get a few very good drifts on the jigs again.  Coming off this moon the bottom fishing should bounce right back to where it was last week. 

 

 

 

Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010
Capt Jon Bowen reported in that fishing was Fantastic this afternoon!!  Tons and TOns of blues and lots of porgies as well.  Another great day.

The 9am boat had some scup but unfortunately the blues didnt school up until it was time to go home!   

 

 

Monday, Aug 9, 2010
Great day today!  The 9am trip saw an all out BAILJOB on the blues!  Fish were everywhere!  Great to see.  We also finished up the trip with a few decent drifts on the porgies.

The full day trip saw 10 anglers put 40-50 nice scup in the boat and several dozen big blues up to 12 lbs!  Solid trip.

Things are really starting to look good at the middle.  Its that time of year!

 

 

 

Friday, Aug 6, 2010
Solid fishing for the blues today on the full day trip.  Anchored up and started catching the porgies and a very large school of blues appeared.  Switched everyone over and put over a 100 in the boat.  Finished up with 130 porgies as well.  Nice day

The 9am trip saw a nice steady pick up medium to jumbo porgies in the deep water.  A few sea bass also mixed in.  Looks like more and more fish are showing up in the middle and the deep water.  Only gets better from here!

 

Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010
Another excellent day today on Full day trip.  Full limit of Porgies for all fares, a few sea bass and couple dozen blues! 
Went prospecting at the end of the trip on some deep water wrecks and there were plenty of fish to be had on those pieces as well.  Our next full day will be on Friday. 

 

 

 

Monday Aug 2, 2010
Great day today!!  Full day trip with Capt Chris at the helm had a full boat limit for big porgies, some nice sea bass, and excellent jigging for bluefish!  Excellent trip!

Local trip had a mix of porgies, few sea bass and also got in on some jigging action for blues.

 

 

 

Sunday, Aug 2, 2010
 Locally it is still been a little hit and miss with some trips doing quite well and porgies, sea bass and blues, with a few slow trips mixed in that saw only a few dozen porgies and sea bass landed.    Best action has been at the middle grounds and some of the deep water drops. 

The full day trips have been excellent!  Lots of fish to go around, limits not a problem!   Porgies, sea bass, blues and occasional striped bass! 

Below  is a nice report that describes the nice family fishing at its best.  It was posted online by John Viol and Diane who chartered the boat this weekend for their family and friends:

Diane and i had set up a very Private Charter on the Celtic Quest, with some of our closest Friends and Co-workers. Please keep in mind that most of these folks have only been fishing once in their lives, a few had never gone fishing before and were joined by a number of their children which ranged in age from 7-10. After stopping to pick up 3 dozen Bagels with all the fixins and 2 tubs of coffee, Diane and i boarded the Celtic quest early yesterday morning. We were greeted by Mates Mark, Brian, and James who helped us load all of our stuff on board. It took awhile to get everyone on board, and settled, but once we managed to get everything under control Capt. Desi gave the word and we backed out of the slip. Karen (one of our closest Friends) had ordered a Sabrett Station with all the fixins, including 25lbs of Sabrett Hotdogs, 10 lbs of Sabrett Hot Sausages, a ton of Rolls, and of course Kraut and peppers. This was an excellent choice and i will be looking into doing this again on our next Charters, as the Hotdogs and Sausages were enjoyed by both young and old alike. We also had various Salads, Chips, and Cookies and Candies for the kids. As we headed out to the fishing grounds i became a bit concerned, especially for the Children on board as we were running into a fairly stiff North wind, but Capt. Desi assured me that it would shortly drop out and switch to the South, and by the time we reached our first stop it did just that, and i am proud to say everyone held it together just fine. Capt. Desi skillfully anchored the Celtic Quest over "what can only be described as" a tremendous school of the biggest kind of Porgies. After a brief instruction on how to work a rod and reel, how to bait up, and of course how to set the hook, everyone, including all of the children on Board, were soon swinging in progy after porgy, including a number of double headers. Most of these Porgies were averaging between 14" - 17" in length, with a few running even larger. Everyone on Board was soon releasing anything under 14", as there were just too many Bigger Porgies. Mixed in with the Porgies were a few nice Seabass, along with a few Blues. Around 10:30 a very Lovely young Girl named Jillian (age 7 ), who was fishing in the bow with her Father hooked into a big Bluefish. Before i could come to her aid Capt. Desi and Mate Mark were by her side to offer any assistance possible. It was something to see this Tiny little Girl fighting this fish. Capt. Desi, and Mate Mark wanted to make sure that this little Girl landed this fish, and we were all overjoyed when Mate Mark sunk the gaff into this 10 lb class Bluefish. For this little Girl it was a fish of a lifetime, and one she will remember forever. By 11:00 Mates Mark, Brian, and James began the task of expertly filleting everyones fish, as everyone on board had already reached their limits. Capt. Desi decided to try a few different areas in search of some more quality Seabass. We now drifted as the wind had died out completely. We picked away at a few quality Seabass on every drift, along with a few additional Bluefish, and of course, a few more Porgies, "which were released". By 1:00-1:30 it was time to head in. Everyone on Board grabbed some Hotdogs or Hot Sausages, a beverage, and enjoyed the beautiful ride back to port. By the time we got 1/2 way back to port, most were fast alseep, with big smiles on their faces. Every person on board "yes including the Children" asked eithe Diane of Myself "when can we do this again". As it turns out Little 7 year old Jillian not only won the largest edible pool with her 10 lb class Bluefish. She also had the heaviest Porgy on board. A beautiful 3 1/2 lb class oven stuffer roaster, which won the Porgy pool. She sure had a day that she will never forget. Hi-Lo rigs were the rigs of the day. we easily got away with 4-6 oz sinkers "depending upon your level of experience", and Clams were the bait of choice. Once again, Capt. Desi and Mates Mark, Brian, and James demonstrated why they are the Best of the Best at what they do. They truely are a 1st class act all the way. It's one thing to limit out a Boat with experienced folks. But to limit out the entire Boat with a group of beginners and Children. Well, thats just something special, and takes one hell of a lot of talent and experience to do. Hat's off to one hell of a Great Capt. and Crew. Before Diane and i left the parking lot for our long ride home. One of our Friends Sons came up to me and said that he had tried fishing twice before, and had never caught anything. He then thanked us for setting up this Charter. Two other Gentlemen who came with one of our Friends also stopped me in the parking lot, requesting information on my next Charter. When we arrived home we received no less than 8 phone calls from various folks thanking us for setting this up. Everyone told us that they had the time of their lives. Folks are still calling us today to thank us. Get out there while this Hot bite is on. The size of some of these Porgies is just incredible, and they are there in large numbers. Capt. Desi knows where they live, and Mates Mark, Brian, and James are there to help you with whatever you need to put them in your cooler. I know that Diane and i will be back very soon.

 

 

 

Thursday, July 29, 2010
Fishing was great again today on the full day trip!!  We have been fishing some of our prime deep eastern waters on these trips and limiting out on big porgies, some nice sea bass, lots of blues and occasional surprise treat striped bass!  Capt Jared had another excellent day again today.  Here are some recent pics!

    

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Fishing was very good today on out full day Capt Choice trip.  All fares Limited out on Porgies to go with some seabass, big bluefish, small bluefish and one 27 inch striped bass.    The deep water drops are producing very well and the quality is excellent.  Yesterday saw similar results as well.   pics to follow soon

 

 

 

 

Monday, July 26, 2010
Fishing has been very hit and miss this week.  Some trips have been very good and others very slow.  We had some good action on sea bass, big porgies and blues on some of the deepwater drops and wrecks on a few trips.  The shallow stuff is still spotty though on the porgies. 

A few trips also saw some very good action on blues and short striped bass.   This mornings 9am trip caught em real good on jigs!!  The best is coming when the big schools of cocktail blues are blitzing around Port Jeff Harbor and old field point.  Hopefully thing will get more consistent now that this heat wave has finally broken a bit.

 

 

 

Monday July 19th, 2010
We had fluke to over 8 lbs the past two days.  tons of action on some trips but the keeper ratio was way down.   Keepers were hard to come by.   Yesterdays full day trip started off strong on the ebb but once the tide changed that was it for the day on the keepers.  Similar results on the local trips.  We are going to change our schedule from full day fluke only to Capt Choice Combo trips for Fluke/porgies/ bass and blues depending on the conditions and latest reports. 

The Middle grounds is starting to come to life with good jigging and bottom fishing.  Hope to see you!

 

 

July certainly had some awesome fluking!!!!
Here are just a few of the highlights!

7/12/10:  20 anglers, 700 fluke, over 30 keepers.

7/11:  Over 1000 fluke landed
57 keepers up to 6.75 lbs!!!

7/9 ANOTHER FULL BOAT LIMIT!
7 fares/ 21 keepers!

7/5 :  16 anglers: FULL BOAT LIMIT!!

7/3/10    ANOTHER FULL BOAT LIMIT OF FLUKE FOR 36 FARES!! 

7/1/10 FULL BOAT LIMIT OF FLUKE TO
7 LBS !
 

Friday, June 18, 2010
Fluking today was absolutely awesome!! 22 fares, over 700 fluke by noon time! 130 plus keepers!!(orl) tons of 5lbders, bunch of 6 lbders, a few 7's and the pool a 10.1 lb Slob!!

Friday, July 16, 2010
The morning fluke bite was awesome this morning first two drifts on the last of the ebb. Tons of bait, birds diving, fluke flying over the rails.

It was shaping up to be some awesome day when sadly our trusty deckhand and friend to many here, young Kris aka fishfinder13, jumped to get a net off the roof, landed wrong and blew out his knee..

He was hurting very bad and we cut the trip short and headed home to get him to the hospital. Not sure of the prognosis yet, but it sucks for the poor guy as he will probably be out of work for quite some time during the peak season. Hope he heals up fast and feels better soon. If you can send him a few good words of encouragement when you get a chance guys. thanks.



the fluking is still very very good. We were able to get the charter back out for a few good hours locally and put a trip together. But the full day trips when conditions are right a down right silly.

Capt Jared found a huge pile of blues outside the harbor tonight and slayed em on jigs so that is heating up as well.

 

 

Thursday, July 15, 2010
Diamond jigging last night at the middle grounds was awesome!  Found a few big piles of striped bass rolling on the surface and 9 fares enjoyed some really excellent jigging.  5 keepers stayed on the boat, lots of shorts and some big blues as well.  Looks like the middle grounds is coming to life!

 

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

 here is a report from John, a customer who fished on this trip who posted this on Noreast.com:

Hit the Celtic Quest yesterday with my wife Diane and a few Friends. We were not going to let a little rain stand in the way of a Fluke dinner. On the way out to the Fluking grounds it started to rain fairly steady, but that did not dampen our spirits, and everyone was at the rail when Capt. Chris slowed down for the first drift of the day. We started off fishing on the slack tide.

However, even on the slack tide we were picking away at the local Fluke population. Within 45 min of making the frist drift, the rain stopped, and the fluke Turned on with the change of the tide. The Fluke fishing went from fantastic to simply stupid fishing.

Anyone who could fish a bucktail was catching Fluke as fast as they could hit the bottom. Capt. Chris joined us at the rail and landed too many Fluke to count, including at least 1 beautiful keeper in the 5+ lb range. When all was said and done we estimated that we had landed at least 600-650 Fluke. Remember, there were only 14 or so Fares on the Boat today.

I managed 5 Beautiful keepers (only retaining my limit of course). My wife Diane had her limit as well including a Beautiful 7lb class Pool fish. Capt. Chris was on his game as he always is, and Mates Christine and Tommy were always there for whatever you needed, and were kept extremely busy today, between netting Fluke, unhookong Fluke, replenishing bait supplies, and doing a beautiful job at the Fillet table.

These Guy's and Gal's certainly were "as they always are" on top of their game as well. Don't have any idea how long this insane Fluke fishing can possibly continue. Get out there while it's hot. You woun't be dissapointed.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, July 12, 2010
Another great day.  20 anglers, 700 fluke, over 30 keepers.  Pool well over 6 lbs.  Sweet!

 

 

Sunday, July 11, 2010
Awesome day today again!  Todays charter was in honor of the great Capt Neil Faulkner!  It took a little lookin but when we found the fluke it was a HOT bite on the ebb!  30 anglers had around 1000 fluke, keeping just a few shy of a boat limit.    Lock and load!  Pool was 6 3/4 lbs!  Very good fishing !  Headed back tomorrow hopefully.

Who is this masked man!!! He catches a lot of fluke!

 

 

 

Friday, July 9, 2010
Another Awesome day locally!!!  We didnt have enough fares to sail on the east end trip so we stayed local and beat on the fluke!  Full boat limit was no problem with 21 keepers for 7 anlgers (orl) with an average size of 4 lbs! Plus  tons of shorts and 25 cocktail blues.  Great trip!
 

With the local fishing we will be changing our schedule a bit next week.  Monday thru Friday will be full day Fluke 7am 2pm. 

 

Thursday, July 8, 2010
Awesome fluke bite locally today!!  First of the ebb was on fire as tons of fluke came over the rails!.  25 keepers were caught on the half day trip alone up to 6.5 lbs. 

The East End trip saw lots fluke caught though the keeper ratio was off today.  Some really quality fish were landed though as 13 anglers had lots of shorts, keeping 16 with a few over 5 lbs including one 6.7, a 7.5 and a 7 3/4 !  The pool winning beauty caught by Noreast Saltwater's  Sal Amendolia!!!  Nice fish!!

Bernie was high hook with 30 plus fluke, 4 keepers including one over 6 and one over 7 lbs!

Sal from Noreast Saltwater magazine

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

We didnt have enough fares today to sail down east.  Stayed local and both boats today had excellent action with a silly amount of fluke caught, decent amount of keepers in the mix.  The pm trip also had similar good results as did yesterdays pm trip.

Pool the past 2 days locally has been up to 9 lbs!!!  So some very nice fish in the mix to go with all the 17-20 inch fluke.  Here is a pic of the 9 lb beauty landed yesterday:

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, July 5, 2010

Another fine day today with Full Boat Limit on Jc's limited load noreast charter. 16 anlgers had 44 keepers on the the day (orl) releasing hundreds of jumbo should be keeper shorts.

Steady bite all day with some real good flurries on certain parts of the tide. Pool was 6.5 lbs. Mike was high hook with 6 keepers followed Togilator and Ken Scott with 5 keepers each. Everyone had an easy 20-40 fluke a man. Another very fine day!

Thanks Jay for putting such a great trip together! Look forward to the next one.

Headed out on East End Specials for the rest of the week.

    
 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Eastend Special:  Full Boat Limit today for our charter of 36!. 

Great bite today, especially the back side of the tide when they really turned on.  Over 800 fluke on the day, keeping a full boat limit. 

Freddie Azaiter was "muy CALIENTE!" today!.   Between touching his good luck crab he caught on the first drift and kissing his Capt Neil Maximizer rod after every fish, he was reelin up fish all day long, finishing up with over 50 fluke easy for the day, 4 keepers (orl)  Way to Freddie!

Really some fine light tackle bucktailing today and great company made it even better.  Thanks Capt Neil for al your work in putting this trip together!

Sailing open boat on these trips everyday next week starting Tuesday!

The local half day trips saw a lot of shorts but was slow on the keepers, not like yesterday for whatever reason.  Try again tomorrow. 

here are the pics!

  

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, July 2, 2010
Fluking was very very good on the morning half day trip!  25 keepers and hundreds of shorts were landed with the pool around 5 lbs.  great trip.

The East End Special was also very successful.  Despite very windy conditions first thing in the morning and then lousy wind against tide for the rest of the trip, over 30 keepers were landed with hundreds of "shorts". 

Very good day all around.  Looking forward to getting back out there tomorrow!

 

 

Thursday July 1, 2010
Great Fluking today on our East End Special! 

     


 

Saturday,Friday, June 25, 2010
The porgie fishing continues to be simply amazing the past few days! This enormous body of scup has pushed right outside the harbor the past few days and it has been an all out BONANZA!

Tonight in 1 hour we landed well over 500 big ill tempered porgies! SAVAGE ! (orl)

Todays charter saw an all out Bail as well. Last night open boat the same.
The reads and piles of fish here is truly mind boggling.

We will be targeting these fish all weekend on our half day trips and evening trips. Bring the kids!!!! This is the time!

On the fluke front, the fishing remains very good though it wasnt quite the torrid pace as earlier in the week. Nonetheless, over 30 keepers to 6 lbs again today, several hundred shorts. High hook with 6 keepers!


Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Solid day today, not as many as yesterday.  15 fares were 4 short of a full boat limit though.  Very fast drift made the latter half of the trip very challenging!  Here are a few pics:

Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The fluke action today was quite silly to say the least! The first and last of the ebb was lock and load on the bucktails. Hit the bottom, get a bite and reel up a fluke.

Over 1000 fluke easy were landed!!, many many limits, too many to list. Pool was caught by 12 year Tyler and weighed just under 8 lbs!! Way to go Tyler.

Mutiple hundreds of fish in the 18-20 should be keeper range.

Trying to go tomorrow if we get enough fares. We will be sailing these full day extended fluke trips every weekday now until further notice. Hope to see you!
 

Monday, June 21, 2010
With all the kids and families out for Fathers Day weekend we opted to mostly bottom fish.    We had some really good porgy fishing on most of our half day trips with a few fluke mixed in.  Everyone went home with a nice bag of fish for dinner.  Saturday and Sunday evening trips were slow for some reason, but most others were very solid. 

Todays East End trip was very good again.  Not the ludicrous numbers that we saw on Friday, though comparing to that is very hard.  Nonetheless, 33 anglers had 450 plus fluke on the day, 37 keepers.   Pool today on the 5 lb class.   A beauty around 9 lbs was lost boat side.  Oh well.  All in all a very respectable catch.

 Headed back out everyday this week.  Weather looks good! 

Friday, June 18, 2010
Fluking today was absolutely awesome!! 22 fares, over 700 fluke by noon time! 130 plus keepers!!(orl) tons of 5lbders, bunch of 6 lbders, a few 7's and the pool a 10.1 lb Slob!!

Left them in all out bail job because enough was enough. The bottom was paved with fish today. Every drift from beginning to end was a bail, even through the slack. We knew it was going to be good when on the first drift the fluke we caught were all being followed up by other fluke. many double headers today. I really dont what else to say about it.

Hit the porgies grounds on the way home and beat on the big porgies as well. A quick 15 minutes was all it took for a our limit of scup and headed for home.

Artie the Veteran was on fire today catching as easy 50 fluke, 12 keepers (orl) and the pool winner, his first ever double digit fluke! congrats artie on that! He is currently in the lead to win the beautiful custom rod built by ralph RODWINDER!

John Viol, the man generous enough to set this trip up for everyone (thank John!) also had a dozen keepers and 50 or more on the day (orl) Johns wife Diane had 9 keepers, Dan kuftak 9 keepers,

Ken Scott had a 7.8 lb beauty as Kevin Roletter a 7.5 lb flattie.

Savage fishing!! A day I wont soon forget!

Man Togilator, I cant believe you had to work today!! :)

Due to this insane body of fluke, we are changing all our trips next week to full day East End Specials leaving at 6 am returning approximately 3:30pm.

 

Porgie fishing on all trips yesterday was a Bail Job.  Pm trip headed home early with a full boat limit in no time!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010
It was too windy this morning to head down east so we stayed local.  And all is well that ends well!!  Caught a ton of fluke all day long as 17 anglers had well over 300-350 fluke on the day.  But the keepers were very hard to come by as we only had 10 or 12 by early afternoon.......

That is until we decided to try one last area where we had marked a nice big pile of bait on the ride out.  The last drift was awesome!  Quite possibly the best 15 minutes of the season so far as 20 keepers came over the rail and a good 70 shorts as well!!!

 Mathew Konefal led the way with 5 keepers(orl) followed by the one and only Ed Sabatino who had and easy 30 fluke on the day with 4 keepers(orl)  Lee Dimitriou, Bernie Reynolds, Bob Jung, Daniel White, even Ray Balchi all limited out! 

What a way to end the day!

Monday, June 14, 2010
The porgie fishing continues to be awesome!  Mixed in a few drops on all our half day trips this weekend and had great action!  Saturday night and Sunday night were slower with slack low in the middle of the trip but a decent amount of big porgies were still caught and everyone went home with plenty for dinner.   The day trips were very good! 
 

The local fluke was on the slow side this weekend with mostly shorts and a few keepers, nothing great though.   We will be headed down east again tomorrow weather permitting.  Here are a few recent shots from the recent great bottom fishing.

Thursday, June 10, 2010
Had a great day with Tim and crew from Engine 225, Ladder 107 in Brooklyn.  Started the day off with a full limit of porgies to 3 lbs in a half hour.   awesome bite.   Then headed to the fluke grounds.  It took a while to get a good drift but once the outgoing set up the bite really turned on.  Finished up with an excellent bite  with plenty of nice fluke coming over the rails.  Ended up with over 200 fluke with 25 keepers for 23 anglers.  pool was  5lbs 13oz,.  We had 4 other fish weighed in over 5 lbs as well and many in the 4 lb range.  We had to leave em biting to head home for the next trip, but it was great to finish on a high note. here are some pics:
    
    

Wednesday, June 9, 2010
A MASSIVE school of humpback porgies today that stretched over 1 mile long!  YES you read the right!!  I have been working on porgie boats for over 20 years and seen some amazing porgie fishing, but  have never in my life have we ever seen a school of porgies that even comes close to what we fished on yesterday!  The school was 10-20 feet high, 50 yards wide by 1 mile in length!!!  Truly a site to behold!  I cant even imagine how many fish were down there.  literally hundreds and hundreds of thousands of scup, many jumbo sized, even SUPER jumbo sized over 3 lbs! 

This massive school was set up right along the bank of the shoal along the edge and stayed there the entire day.  Just checked in with Capt Jared this morning and the school was still there.  They made a quick drop on the way to the fluke grounds and limited out the entire boat in no time.  Last nights trip was a complete BAILJOB as was the day trip.   Amazing!

 Dont know how long it will last but if you like porgie fishing you gotta see this!

Take a look at this!!!!! from our fishfinder.  It read like this all day long!

Image from our side scan sonar.  this shows the boat on the left scanning out 249 feet to the right of the boat. Normally the bottom looks smooth.  All the haze is tens of thousands of porgies schooled up!  This read went on for 1 mile as we ran along side the school!!

 
Customers were all smiles today!!!!

Lucas from Texas with one of his  several double headers!!

On the fluke front, fishing remains solid.  Yesterday morning captain JP  had awesome fluking on his private boat on the last of the incoming.  By the time we got there unfortunately the drift speed was extremely fast around 2 knots which made for difficult bucktailing.  Nonetheless, it was still a decent day with over 150-175 fluke, 25 keepers.  Mike Desena won yet another pool, 2 days in a row now for mike with a 6.5lb  fluke!

Monday, June 7, 2010
Fishing is in full swing on the north shore!!!!

Today, June 7 aboard the CQII Capt bill took a bit of a ride and put over 200 fluke,  27 keepers on the boat up to 7lbs. Many many shorts were landed as well. The Desena brothers were at it again and took home the pool!
 

Members of the garden city police Chartered the CQIV today. What a day it was! Started the day on the scup, bailed them till the guys said enough! Moved down the way a bit and tried for some fluke, picked away and ended up with 8 keepers. On the way home decided to check out the jigging grounds. Bailed the blues and 3 bass, one being a keeper! GREAT DAY!!

Capt. Chris

Sunday, June 6, 2010
Sorry for the late reports here.  Been so busy on the boat everyday slaying giant fish that I couldnt get to my computer! :)
Fishing remains absolutely fantastic for Porgies.  Every trip the past few days has seen lots of jumbos and all the kids are having a blast!  Many fish have weighed in over 3 lbs.  We are also seeing a few sea bass and last night we even caught 6 nice blackfish! (all released)  Super fishing right now on these trips as the scup have piled in on the beaches.  This should hopefully last a few more weeks.  Dont wait till its over.  Now is the time!

Fluking locally has been decent on the ebb tide.  A nice body of fish settled in on one area the past few days.  The morning tide has been quite good.    We will get back to our full day trips tomorrow and are headed out east again on Tuesday.

Thursday, June 3, 2010
Nice day today.  Some big fluke were on order!  We had a 6.5, 7.5, 7.9 and Frank Costanzos biggest fluke of his life, a 8.4 lbder!  24 fares had over 200 fluke on the day keeping 17.  We finished the day up with a quick Bail job on the porgies with several fish near or over the 3 lb mark!  Capt Neil and his buddy Tommy both had huge porgies which weighed in at 3.4 lbs apiece!  Now thats a porgie!!

Paul 7.9lbs

Frank Costanzo 8.4lbs!!!

Charlie 7.5 lbs

joe the "prefessa"

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Very good trip this morning.  8 fares enjoyed great action on the ebb as nearly 200 fluke were caught.    On the slack tide we ran over some huge piles of porgies so we switched over and bailed  jumbos up to 3 lbs!  Switched back to fluke for the first of the incoming and put another mess of shorts and a few keepers in the boat.  Kept 12 fluke to 5.5 lbs and released a ludicrous amount of 18-20 inch should be keepers.  Artie the veteran was high hook with over 30 fluke, 3 keepers including the pool, plus a bucket of jumbos!   The area is like an aquarium right now.  Piles and piles of sandeels and bait where ever you go, blues and bass boiling all over the place, fluke galore, birds everywhere.   Man I lover this time of the season!

Our Pm Porgie Special was awesome as well!!  Big Porgies all night!!! Great trip!  

Big Des with Artie the Veteran and Ray his student.

Tueday, June 1, 2010
It was a little tough out there today.  Drift was flying all day well over a knot with all the wind.  Made for extremely poor bucktailing conditions.  ton of bait around and some nice fluke came over the rail but it was a challenge. 17 anglers had 80 fluke on the day with 18-20 keepers to 6.9 lbs.    Fish were holding tight to one edge.  The Desena boys led the way with 5 keepers between them including the pool!  Anthony senior we missed you!  Heal up soon!  Though without you there was a lot more fish for your boys to catch!  :)

pm trip was cancelled due to the weather.

Monday, May 31, 2010
First off and most importantly, let us all remember today about the tremendous sacrifice made for all of by our military, all our veterans and their families.

As we get to sit here and enjoy a days fishing where our biggest concern is that we have a bad drift with wind against tide or that god forbid fishing is a little slow on the day, thousands of brave men and woman have put their lives in harms way, living in constant danger and fear apart from their families so that we all may live in freedom.

To all our service men and woman, your families and our great veterans...THANK YOU!! we do not forget what you all have done for us!

Brief fishing report:
Excellent porgies on the am trip.  very very good.  some fluke.

mid trip: some porgies, not that good though, just a pick.

pm trip: very very good porgies.  several over 3 lbs.  a great night!!

Sunday, May 30 , 2010
Awesome trip today on Capt Neils Charter.  Took a little while to find them but once we did it was a great pick for the rest of the day.  Finished up with 350-400 fluke, over 50 keepers!  Excellent quality with plenty of fish in the 4-5 lb class, a few 6's, two over 7 lbs and largest over 8 lbs!  A great day with a super bunch of guys!   We will be sailing back to this area again on Tuesday's fluke special.  Give a call if you would like to join us!

Capt Chris had a fantastic morning trip today with the porgies.  the big jumbos were right he left them from the day before.  Plenty of fish for everyone.  They also had a few fluke and bluefish as well. 

The mid day trip was slow as the scup were really scattered up with all the boat traffic.  We had a couple dozen porgies and some fluke but no great shakes.  The PM trip was decent as the porgies started to gather up again off the beach in the evening.   Picked away all night.  Here are pictures from yesterdays festivities!

Jumbo porgies on the fishfinder on the AM trip today!

Jerry 8 lb pool winner!

Big Rack!!!

Saturday, May 29, 2010
Sailed on our East End Special today. Bite was little different today than during the week. The bait moved off the shoal a bit and the fish were hanging on the slope in a little deeper water.    But nonetheless it was a steady pick all morning on the incoming tide. Worked the edge all day and put together a decent catch.   The quality was excellent with several fish in the 5 lb class, 4 over 6lbs and 1 7lb pool winner.   175 fluke on the day, 32 keepers for 27 anglers.  Lee was high hook with 18 fluke, 4 keepers (orl)

Capt Chris had a great day on the half day trips.  Though fluking was slow, there was a huge pile of very large porgies on the slope where he was fluking.   It was great fishing for all the kids and families with lots of jumbos coming up!  Largest weighed in at over 3 lbs!  The best porgie fishing of the year so far!   Everyone went home with plenty of fish for dinner and most important the kids had a great time. Below are some pictures of the fishfinder showing the huge school of porgies frolicking on the bank!

 
18 inch 3lbs!!

Fluke from today!

Friday, May 28, 2010
Another very solid day today on the fluke grounds!!  27 keepers on the day and many more that were released. 
Plenty of room on our East End Special tomorrow.  Weather and conditions look great.  Come one down if you would like to join us!


 

Thursday, May 27, 2010
Great porgie fishing tonight!  Porgies are schooling up thick now on the beach and bit very well on our pm trip.  We also had a bunch of nice sea bass as well.  This is a great trip for the kids!   Sailing every evening on these Porgie Specials

 We didnt sail on our morning trip but are definitely going tomorrow to get back in on the hot fluke bite!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Limited out early today!  Great flukin now!   Larry Wicker had his limit, won the pool and at least 25 fluke on the morning!   Lots of action with many many 20 inch giant shorts.  For the hell of it to top off an already great day Capt Chris made a stop and put some nice porgies in the boat as well.  Awesome day!

Fluke are here and they are chewin!  East end Special tomorrow.  !

Frank from last nights jumbo porgies trip!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Great fishing today!!  We sailed on our East End Fluke Special and had 350 -400 fluke, action all day long.  Many fares had 30 fluke on the day.  Tons of fish in the 20 inch range.  High hook was 4 keepers.  Some nice meaty ones too with the pool weighing in at 7 3/4 lbs!  30 keepers on the day.  Beautiful weather.  All around a great trip!

We are sailing again on another East End Special this thursday and again on Saturday!  Come on!!! Fluke are here!

Sunday, May 23, 2010
Very bad conditions today but we were able to put together a good catch.  Lousy east wind, snotty conditions and outgoing tide against the wind is not your ideal situation when planning a great fluke trip.  Nonetheless the gang from noreast.com hung in there and we found a good body of fluke to work on late morning.  Ended up with 150 fluke, 30 keepers to 6 lbs.  Not a bad day at all!

Fluke are here!!  Headed back out for another Eastend Special on Tuesday! 

Last nights porgies bite was very slow!!!  bite was off sound wide once that east wind came up.  It happens.   Everyone had a few for dinner but not what we hoped for.   They are here though and will be hungry again real soon!

Saturdays East End Special started off very well with plenty of nice fluke coming over the rail.  It died out and the bite really shut down midway through and was slow the rest of the day.  200 fluke, 15 keepers before it slowed down.  Cant wait to get back down there on Tuesday!  Here is a nice report from the Veteran which he posted on noreast.com:

"decided to jump on the CQ's 1st east end trip today with my wife and my little daughter Hailey. i would first like to state that if you have children, Capt. Chris makes an excellent Nanny :) while you fish - i think he's ready for 1 LOL! everybody on the boat helped us out and Capt. John was just great today, single handedly doing all the deckwork and cleaning the fish. we got to the spot about an hour and 45 minutes - immediately, nice action! my wife was into a nice 6 1/2 pounder which turned out to be one of the pool fishes! i myself had 25 shorts and my limit. my wife had 15 shorts and yes, the One keeper - the Pool :) after that, it was sporadic action here and there. when the tide died, Capt. Chris went the extra mile and looked for some piles of porkchops for us but after 3 drops, not even the porkchops were biting. had so much fun with everybody. it was nice to see a few of the regulars - phil, mr lee, mike and his son. my double hats off today goes to capt. jon for breaking his butt and doing a great job. can't wait to go again next week, especially now that capt. neil informed us that we're on on the May 30th trip :) here's a few pictures from todays fun. God Bless and Keep 'em tight...

the Veteran

and again, thanks to the entire CQ family. we missed you Desi! but everybody deserves a day off here and there... but don't start taking too many

Here are a few recent pics:

Artie and his Wife Carmella

and daughter Haily!

Friday, May 21, 2010
Very solid fluke action again today. We had the hudson anglers out on a charter and it was action all day with over 350 fluke landed. Most anlgers had 1-4 keepers (orl) and high hook was 40 fluke. Pool was 6.6 lbs. Bucktails were key once again.
Fluke are here guys!!
 

Porgie fishing was also good last night with plenty of big porgies!  Here are a few pics:

Tuesday, May 17, 2010
No sail today with the weather.  Yesterday was a very solid day all around.  The morning bite was slow where we have been catching well.  We picked a few fluke here and there and waited for the tide to turn to see if the bite would pick up but it never did.  Looked around a bit and Capt Amanda gave us a call and put us onto a nice body of fluke for the rest of the day.  Finished up with over 200 fluke, keeping over 30 up to 5 lbs.   Many 20 inch plus fish were released.   The fluke are here and definitely on the feed.  All the boats in the area caught  well today! 

The PM Porgie Special was very good.  Lots of BIG porgies to over 3 lbs were landed.  Very good tides coming up this week for these trips.  Bring the kids.  Its PORGY TIME! 

Lastly, due to popular demand and some very good fishing reports that we have received from down east, we will be sailing on a EAST END FLUKE SPECIAL leaving at 6:30am this Saturday, May 22 as well as Saturday May 29th!   We will also be running these special trips every Tuesday and Thursday and may add a few more!  These trips are by reservation so please book ahead.

Below are a few pics from both trips

Today I sailed on the CQ for the start of the FLUKE season.It feels as though last year never stopped.The morning started out slow with the bad tide but by 10am the bite was on.We had about 25 fisherman on board and I think at last count 225 to 250 FLUKE came over the rail with 35 keepers over 21 inches.Its just the start of a great season on a great boat.O by the way the CQ now has a second boat at the dock so there is always a spot ready for an eager fisherman.Capt DESI, Capt CHRIS and TOMMY made the day a great start to my season,Thanks for a wonderful day see you all real soon. TWEETY
 

Sunday, May 16, 2010
 Despite the poor drift we put some nice fluke in the boat with a few guys limiting out.  We had to power drift most of the morning and picked at the fish.  The last half hour of the trip we finally started to get a drift and the bite was decent the last few drifts.  Finished up with 50 fluke, 15 keepers.    Some big fish in the mix as well.  We have a new leader in the largest fluke of the season to win the custom rod.  Todays pool was an 8.2lb beauty!

The mid day trip was a slow pick with a dozen or so keepers.  Nothing great though.   A few nice fish.

We had dead low tide on our Porgie trip, the bite came together for the last part of the trip once the tide picked up.  .  Capt Jp worked hard and found a decent pile of porgies to end up the trip.  Everyone went home with fish for dinner.  With better tide the porgie bite should be great this week!

Here are a few shots from todays fluke trips:

8.2 lb pool winner!!

Pete Messina

Saturday, May 15, 2010
Solid fluking today.  The morning was a little tricky with the stiff NW wind and incoming tide.  The outgoing was best on our mid day trip.  Fish were sitting on the slope 22-25 feet of water and it was a decent pick with the west wind.  Finished the day up with some nice fluke including one 5, two 6 lbders, and one 7.10 lbder.  The big flattie was caught by Jay from Noreast.com and he is currently in the lead to win the beautiful custom rod donated by Ralph "Rodwinder" for the largest fluke of the season!    Ken Scott fished both trips for a dozen nice fluke keeping his limit on both trips (orl)   Ten year old Quinn was back for his first trip of the season and caught his limit as well.  Way to start it off Quinn!

Here are a few pics from the day:

Jay, 7lb 10 oz pool winner!

Quinn  is back!!!   Limited out!

My mom and her friend enjoying the day

 
Ken Scott   

Brian Roberts

Friday, May 14, 2010
We did not sail with the weather this morning.  Yesterdays fluke action was great though on the outgoing tide to end the trip.  Capt Chris found a nice pile of fluke to work on and everyone went home with fish!  Several large fluke had to be released but will hopefully be waiting for us tomorrow! 

The pm trip was organized by Jeff Rocco to raise money for Autism Speaks.  He did an awesome job putting a great bunch of people together and raised $1400 to the cause.  Great job Jeff!  The porgie fishing was very good at the beginning of the trip with plenty of nice jumbos coming over the rail and slowed as the current picked up.  All in all a very enjoyable trip!

Looks like the fluke and Porgies are really starting to settle in.  The next few weeks is always some of the best fishing for the whole season! 

Here are a few recent pics:

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
We did not sail today with the weather.  Yesterday, we had a good showing of larger fluke......but there was one problem.   Most of them were too big!  A good problem to have.  We kept a few in the slot and release several more of 20 inches.  We also had a handful of very large porgies as well.

John Brisciana led the way with 11 fluke on the day, 8 of which were over 20 inches up to 6.5 lbs.  Hopefully these big plumpies will be waiting for us on Saturdays regular season opener!
 

Monday, May 10, 2010
We havent sailed much recently with the weather.  Last trip was Friday and we puts some nice fluke in the boat.  Nothing crazy yet but 4 fares had a pick up fluke on the day and everyone went home with fish for the day.  Also, it was great to see that the porgies are showing up.  There were huge piles around on the fluke grounds during the day.  We tried for them on the evening trip Friday and had a slow pick.  That should bust open this week as they are really starting to stack up!

Check out the screen shot from our fishfinder showing a nice pile of scup from Friday.  We will be running these porgie specials every evening starting this week.  Bring the kids and come out and have some fun!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Picture perfect day today with warm temps and calm seas    Everything looks good with lots of Sandeels and terns everywhere.  The fluke bite was slow with just a few fluke here and there.  We kept 5 in the slot size, released one 23 incher and threw a bunch of shorts.  Hopefully very soon the bite will happen!

Saturday, May 1, 2010
Today was the fluke opener!  We did find some life on the slopes, but nothing great yet.   15 fluke were landed on the day largest about 4 lbs.  A few were in the slot of 17-20 inches.  Bucktails had all the action and Joe Deptula was high hook with 5 fluke. 

There was a very good showing of bait on the shoals and the terns are just showing up which is a good sign.  The fluke we did cut were chock full of sandeels.  There have been fluke caught to 8lbs locally within the past week so hopefully  this is just the beginning of good days to come!

Finished up the blackfish season yesterday.  About 45 tog on the day, 20 keepers.  The water temp was actually colder yesterday than when we began the season on April 11!  Slow day but Im sure they will bite their faces off this week now that the warm weather has come back and the season is closed! 

Sailing everyday for fluke and in a week or so we will start to combo in the porgies!!

Saturday, Aprl 24, 2010
Bite was slower today for whatever reason. A few pieces had some life, but not like yesterday.

Finished up the day with 30 keepers, 70 total tog. Bob Mastrangelo took the lead for the largest tog of the season with 8 lb beauty! The largest tog of the season will win a beautiful custom rod generously donated by Ralph"Rodwinder" himself!

Chartered tomorrow and weather looks lousy for monday as of right now.

We will fish for tog all week and then FLuke will begin on Saturday May 1 !! (by special rsa permit)
 

\Friday, April 23, 2010
Beautiful day out there today.  Found good life on several different pieces and put together a nice catch of blackfish.  Finished the day with 60 keepers and over 125 tog for the day.   Johnny sinkers won the pool with a 7 lb beauty.  Out of respect for their father, the Desena boys allowed their father to catch all the fish today, as he finished up high hook with 7 keepers, (orl)  Nice job old timer!  :)

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Good bite today!  Caught em well in several different depths with a better showing of larger fish today 4-7 lbs.  Sandy from the DEC was onboard and kept the official tally today. 20 anglers had  118 tog with 51 keepers to 7 lbs.      The pool fish was an impressive 335 millimeters in length!  :)     Lucky Lindy led the way with 6 keepers (orl) 

Monday, April 19, 2010
Sailed with 7 fares today.  Had good life  in the deep water in the morning.  Tried another drop 60 feet and not much going on.  Headed back to the deep and had some more action to finish the trip.   We ended up with 50 tog, 15 keepers for the morning before heading home early after the wind and current picked up.  Big Glen lead the way with his limit of tog.

Here are a few pics:
     

Sunday, April 18, 2010
Tog are starting to bite!  We didnt sail all week with weather and annual coast guard inspections etc.  Happy to report that we got out today though and the tog are starting to turn on.  Nothing super yet, but we did have 100 tog or so, keeping 25.  Matteo won the pool with a 6 lb tog.  Some good life in the afternoon once the water  warmed up.  all on clams.  Trying to get back out there again tomorrow.  Just a few signed up.  Give a call if you can join us!

Sunday, April 11, 2010
Opening day today.  Beautiful day out there, lots of great customers, but slow fishing.  The water temp was very high in the upper 40's, several degrees warmer than when they started biting last year.  We ended up with 3 keepers and a dozen shorts.  One of the keepers was over 7 lbs though.  Nice fish caught by Winston! 

Also, we are happy to announce that we have some great prizes this year that have been generously donated from one of the top custom rod builders in the country, Ralph Rodwinder himself.  The largest blackfish of the season as well as the largest fluke will win a free custom rod built by Ralph.    Good luck to everyone.  So far Winstons 7.2 is in the lead!

They will start biting any day now.  We are going to try again later in the week.  Please give a call if you are interested in joining us!

Winston 7.2 lbs
 

Sunday, March 21, 2010
Well, we are all done with our cod season and the Celtic Quest IV is now safely back in Port Jefferson!  What an amazing cod season it was though.  We saw some epic fishing for sure, certainly some of the finest local cod fishing our area has ever seen.   It was great to work with some of the finest party and charter captains around and so encouraging to see so many boats working together out there.   I know I speak for my crew when I say how grateful we feel to have been part of it all. 

Not only did we have several huge runs of cod move through the areas south and southeast of block island, the bite lasted for nearly 3 months!   Of course there were some very slow trips mixed in, just as fishing goes, but all in all the average trip saw very good to fantastic catches of cod.  "Limiting out"  was more the norm than the exception, and some of the trips saw some down right LUDICROUS fishing.   It was a great shot in the arm for many boats who are trying their best to make it in a very difficult  industry in hard times.  Lets hope this fishery can continue for years to come!

We will resume sailing for Spring Blackfish on April 17.  Our fluke season will begin on May 1 and our Porgie season around May 10.  Hope to see you then!

Friday, March 19, 2010
Cod are still here! The morning bite was excellent till 9am, then a pick and a very slow afternoon. Beautiful day out there and great to see that the cod are still chewin!

 

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Very slow day out there today for some reason.  We were reading fish all over but just couldnt get them to bite.  Yesterday saw a good morning bite on anchor and a slow afternoon.  finished up with about 150 keepers to 20 lbs.  Ed Palmer and Jim Foley tied for high hook with 14 keepers a piece.  looks like we will be blown out through the weekend.  Hope to get back out there again next week!

Monday, March 8, 2010
Great fishing today in beautiful weather.  Hundreds of cod!  Yesterday was a slow pick on the drift for some reason but today was awesome again.

Saturday, March 6, 2010
INCREDIBLE today!!!  FUll boat limit and many more (orl) by 7:45 am!!!!  Lot of teen sized stuff, several in the twenties and even a few approaching 30 lb!!!  Insane!!

Guys, this video and this report from one of our customers who was aboard today says it all!  AMAZING!!
 

This morning myself and my buds Mark and Tom had just the most unbelievable lock and load cod fishing aboard the Celtic Quest. Desi put the hooks down once and we never had to move. At first light the fish bit well enough. If the bite stayed like it was then for the rest of the day it would have been good fishing leading to many limits. Instead, the fish very quickly got better and nice size cod began coming over the rails at a lock and load pace. By 8 am most had limits.

Then it happened...I cant find words to say how incredibly sick the bite was between 8am and 9am. It was literally hit bottom and lock up on a fish immediately! If you wanted a double header just wait a few seconds after you hook a fish before starting to crank. It was double headers at will. At 9 am my two fishing partners and I had easily caught over 75 to 80 cod. At 9am with the bite still insane. We pulled the hook and headed in with big smiles! We had lots of fish that were in the 15lb range and there were 5 or 6 fish on the boat that were in the 30lb range...monsters. tHE FISHING WAS SO INSANE ...my buddy Mark snapped a rod trying to lift a fish and the guy next to him lost his rod over board trying to do the same. Celtic Quest Cod Chaos!!!... it was unbelievable.



Thanks for a great day Desi, Paul and Amanda!!!

 

Friday, March 5, 2010
Slayed the cod today!  Full boat limit by 9:30.  Headed home early.  High hook close to 30 keepers.  awesome!
      

March 2, 2010
Very good day today!   Capt Paul just reported in to say that 16 fares had a nice steady bite on the drift all morning.  Some nice gaffers in the mix as well.  High hooks well into the teens. (orl)    Beautiful day out there.  Weather looks great for the end of the week and weekend.  Give a call if you want to get in  on the action!

TERRY

Saturday Feb 20, 2010
We had the noreast.com gang out for a day of codfishing. The morning bite was savage, where we put 220 keepers in the boat with just as many shorts. The mid day bite slowed down, but the cod began to bite their heads off once again in the early afternoon, which led to a full boat limit. High hook was 25 keepers ORL. As always it was a great time with the Noreast gang!!!
 

Here is a report from Propellar John who posted this on Noreast.com:

Capt. Paul put us on the meat today. there was a couple of hundred keepers by 8am for 35 of us noreast
boys. and by the finish a full boat limit. i shuffled
through over 50 cod myself with 15 chunky keepers (ORL). the cod were hard on the clam & i only saw one short caught on a jig. all fishing was at anchor. it was an awesome day with thanks to glenn ( CANYONFVR)
and all the laughs and great food & beverage. met a bunch of great noreast bros.crew Tommy & Travis were on top of things. thank you. 2 thumbs up for Capt. Paul and the Celtic quest. Montauk's finest.

see you, CIAO, john.
 

February 20, 2010

Just got the call from Capt. Paul, as of 9am there were already over 220 keepers on the boat! Tomorrow's trip is sold out but there is still room for Mondays trip.
Weather looks good for the next few days so come on out.

 

From 1/312010


From Opening Day

Saturday, Feb 13, 2010
Great day today!!!  Started with a slow pick around dawn.  The bite built up and was excellent for the rest of the morning.  That bite slowed around noon and we headed east a bit to finish up with some RED HOT drifts on the open bottom.  Great way to end what was already a very good day!  Many limits reached and then some.  Some nice quality fish in the teens as well.  Here are a few pics:
       
The party boat fleet working together.  Everyone was catching well!

 

Saturday, Feb 5, 2010
Another very good day yesterday. Anchored up on a nice piece of bottom. Chummed em up for a half an hour and built up a good bite for the rest of the day.

The fish came in waves and by days end, we put together a very good catch. Noreast's very own Sal Amendolia, along with his trusty friends Bob and Bill put together over 30 keepers (orl). High hooks had their limits and then some. All in all and nice day out there with lots of cod!

Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010
Another very good catch today. The morning bite on anchor didnt happen where it has been hot. Looked around and found plenty of fish to work on the rest of the day on the drift.


Plenty of limits and then some(orl) great day!

 

Monday, Feb 1, 2010
Im sure you all have heard by now, the codfishing was awesome for the entire fleet out there yesterday!

We made one drop for the day to catch all we needed. Started out as a slow pick at sun up and built from there. by 9am it was lock and load. Pull anchor around noon and made a few drifts on the open bottom for a few more before calling a day.

Most everyone who braved the elements had their limit and then some. Bruce Coleran was high hook with 20 fish. (orl) Pool fish in the teens.

Great day. video from the trip is now up at http://celticquestfishing.com/

Sailing tomorrow. Weather looks great for the next few days.. Plenty of room.
here are a few recent pics

Thursday, Jan 28th, 2010
Some weather this week!

We did manage to get off the dock with a few guys yesterday. The bite was way off from what it had been though.
12 fares had around 80 cod on the day keeping 24 and that took a lot of work to put together.
 

We didnt sail today and tomorrow is cancelled. We are all sold out for the rest of the weekend but have plenty of room again starting monday.

Give us a call if you would like to join us! thanks

 

January 24th, 2010
Very good day today.  decent moring bite and an very very good afternoon bite.  Here is a report from on of our customers that was posted on Noreast.com
 

Tuesday , January 20, 2010
A Great trip today! Capt Paul just checked in at 11 am to say they have a full boat limit of cod already and then some.
They made two drops and the best bite again was in the dark before the sun came up. The 1 am sail time paid off again.
High hook was Whey An with over 40 cod, 20 keepers (orl) Great fishing now!


 

Lets hope your cooler looks like this at the end of the day!!



 

Sunday, January 17, 2010
Here is a report from one of our customers that was posted on norest.com:

Finally got a chance to get out to Montauk today and was lucky enough to get on the Celtic Quest 1AM cod trip. After a quick anchor fix at the dock, we were under way at 1:12 AM. Took a 2 hour steam and Captain Paul set the anchor at 3:14 AM. We had very calm seas for most of the trip.

As soon as our clam baits hit the bottom, we were into keeper cod. Fast and furious action from the time we got there till around 6:45 AM. I, along with 3 others in the bow had our limit before the sun reached the horizon. Lots of action with shorts as well.Most of the keepers were in the 23-25 inch range with a few going a little bigger.I also picked up 2 four foot silver eels during the morning bite on consecutive drops. I only reeled up 3 times in the pre-sunrise hours without a fish.

My biggest cod came in at 28 inches, 9 pounds, and I ended up with 11 keepers and 5 or 6 shorts, and lost a few.

After the pre-sunrise cod blitz, we tried lots of drifts with the jigs, but unfortunately, they just weren't turning on to the jigs for us today. We picked a cod here and there along with a few dogs, ocean pout, and eels.

At the end of the day I think we were like 5 fish shy of a boat limit for 16 people. Everyone went home with a nice bag of fillets today.
Another cool sight today was a huge Humpback whale that launched itself completely out of the water and then flapped its tail and it was gone.

All in all, it was a great trip to Montauk. The CQ IV is a beautiful, comfortable boat to fish, and the warm cabin was great in between drifts.I think high hook was 26 keepers!(orl)No huge ones today but the quantity made up for it.

Captain and crew worked hard for a very enjoyable trip. Hopefully this great cod bite continues and I can get back out for another trip or two this winter.
         



 

Saturday, January 16, 2010
Tough conditions out there today. Had to look around a bit this morning but found a decent pile to work on for a while.

All fish were taken on the drift, mostly on jigs. Some nice ones in the teens as well. Unfortunately the wind really came on and the drift got too fast. The fish were there but conditions made it very difficult.

The morning bite was good. The rest of the day was tough. We hit one wreck as well that had a nice shot of cod with some larger ones as well up to 16 lbs. From 11am on it was a struggle with the weather with a few cod and ling on each drop.

High hook was 7 keepers. Pool was 16 lbs. 55 keepers for the day.

Thursday: January 15, 2010
What a beautiful day out there yesterday. Flat calm all day and warm (relative to the past week! )

Started up the day on anchor and had a nice pick of fish until sun up. Pulled the anchor and had a few good drifts on bait and jigs. After that slowed we checked out a few more spots. All of them had life with a handful of cod on each and some ling, but no great shakes. One piece had 20 nice keeper cod on it.

Finished the day up on a wreck. Lots of life, put some more nice cod in the boat and many shorts that were released.
Brian Gillespie was high hook catching 25 cod, 8 keepers. Catch of the day was a beautiful 20 lb monkfish!

Weather looks nice for tomorrow and Sunday.
Sunday we will be sailing at a SPECIAL TIME 1AM!. The night bite has been the best so if you want to get out there a little earlier just give a call.

Tuesday, January 13, 2010
Cod fishing has been great. Check out video from opening day at http://celticquestfishing.com/
Yesterday we put together a good catch as well, not the bail job like sunday but high hooks still had their limit of cod.

 

Sunday, January 11, 2010
Just got the hot report from Capt Des. The first trip of the Cod season was a great success! 17 Anglers easily caught their limit, with high hook in the mid 20s (ORL).   The morning bite on clams was great and the afternoon bite on jigs was red hot!

We will be sailing every day weather permitting. As of now the weather for tomorrow (Monday) looks great. Warmer temps with light winds.