Sunday, Dec 2, 2007
When the weather allows we have been picking away at the blackfish in the 40 -70 foot depths.    The past few trips have seen 25-40 keepers per trip with the pool 8-9 lbs for mostly light crowds.  Yesterday, 16 anglers had 37 keepers with Joe Deptula winning the pool for the first time in many many years!

We will be sailing again hopefully Wednesday after this windy weather passes.  Here are a few pictures from this weeks trips.

Sunday, Nov 25, 2007
The black fishing was picky this week as the moon tides really slowed the bite down.  18-65 keepers were landed per trip with some big fish in the 8-10 lb class but not the numbers like we saw last week.   

The water is still plenty warm and hopefully after this moon the bite will pick up again!     We will be sailing again on Wednesday.

Sunday, November 18, 2007
BAILED the blacks today!!!!!  Some bite especially on the morning tide!  Many limits with high hooks well into the teens! (orl)  Check out the video on the homepage to see footage from today's awesome trip.      Gotta love it !!

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Slayed the blacks today !!!!!  They were chewin good all day.  Tog to 8 lbs and lots of them.  Check out the blackfish video on the homepage to see footage from todays awesome bite.(should be up by 9 pm)   Below are a few pictures from today:

Saturday, Nov 10, 2007
Terrible start to the day.....awesome finish!!!    It was lousy, rough conditions this morning.  The waves were rolling in good and the bite was non- existent on the first few drops.  We were contemplating even calling it a trip and heading in early when Capt Pete finally hooked a nice blackfish..then a few more came over.....

The sound started to calm down a bit so we decided, what the hell, we made it this far lets keep trying.  Our charter agreed so we rolled the dice and headed off to a little honey hole that we thought should hold a few fish...and boy Im glad we did.

Over 90 keepers for our charter of 25 people were landed in the final 40 minutes of fishing as the blacks were biting their heads off to end the day!!!  Great way to end.

Friday, Nov 9, 2007
Black fishing has been  picky the past few days with 30 -50 keepers per trip.  Considering the conditions today, with the new moon and east wind we put together a decent day.  55 keeper blacks were landed with some real big fish in the mix. 

Chris had the pool winning slob which weighed in at 11.5 lbs !!  Bill had second with another fine tog weighed in a 10 lbs. 

After this blow and the moon pass, it should be some great fishing!


Chris  11.5 lbs !

Bill  10 lbs!

Jim Hardy 

Jim Bogart

Monday, Nov 5, 2007
Lots and lots of blackfish today!!  The bite is on.  Sam won the pool with an 8 lb beauty.
Here are the pics from today:

Sunday, Nov 4, 2007
Finally got out again after a few days at the dock.  Once the sound settled down a bit, we had the best bite of the season so far during the afternoon.  71 keepers to 8 lbs were caught by today's charter.  After a slow start to the day it was a nice way to finish. 

The water has finally cooled down a bit and hopefully this is just the beginning of good things to come.  Below are a few pics from today

Chuck   10/29/07

Monday, October 29, 2007
Finally a day with some calm weather!  Fished Saturday in a southerly gale for 14 keepers to 8.5 lbs.  Sunday, 17 diehards fished a northerly gale for 21 keepers to 7 lbs.

Finally today the sound laid down a bit.  It actually felt like a real blackfishing trip for the first time with the cool temps.  We even had to put the cabin heat on!  Now thats more like it!

The bite was good on the first few drops with 40 keeper blacks coming over the rail.  The bite shut down for the ladder part of the incoming but none the less it was nice to see a decent shot of fish on the morning tide.  We had a few big fish as well including an 11 lb beauty caught by Marlon !!! 

Hopefully this is just the beginning of good things ahead!

Marlon 11 lbs   10/29/07

Jimmy Kim   10/29/07

 

Friday, October 26, 2007
We only sailed Monday and Wednesday this week so far due to the weather.  Similar results as last week with of pick of tog to 9 lbs, some sea bass, and a good amount of extremely large wreck porgies.   Everyone is going home with plenty of fish for dinner. Hopefully this blow and the passing of this moon tide will really get the blacks going for the upcoming week.

Sunday, October 21, 2007
Another beautiful day out there.  Despite the water temp  rising several degrees the last few days we continue to pick away at the tog.  Today we landed 26 keeper blacks, several of them over 5 lbs.  The pool was won by Josh Tally and weighed in at 9 lbs.  Nice fish!

Lots of very large wreck porgies rounded out the catch as well as a few sea bass.  We have had similar results on all our trips this week as the fall bottom fishing continues to be quite decent.  Below are the pics from todays trip.

Thursday, Oct 18, 2007
Another great day!  22 fares enjoyed beautiful warm weather and lots of fish to go with it!  A few of the wrecks had a ton of life on them.  Total for the day was 30 keeper blacks, 45 sea bass and hundreds of very large wreck porgies up to 3 lbs. 

Capt Jack from the Port Jeff Ace was out and easily had his limit of jumbo scup, keeping only 25 large ones which all measured over 14 inches.    Fred Zaiter led the way with 4 keeper blacks and the pool was caught by Winston weighing in at 8 lbs!

We are sailing an School educational charter tomorrow and will be black fishing again on Saturday.

winston

Fred Zaiter

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Great day out there today.  Fished several pieces from 30-60 feet of water and had an excellent catch of blackfish and sea bass.  Total for the day for our 15 fares was 40 keeper blacks up to 8lbs and 55 keeper sea bass many of them jumbo sized!  There was also lots of big porgies for those who wanted them.  Things are just getting started.  Good days are ahead!
Below are a few pics from the trip.

Sal   Editor Noreast Saltwater

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Togs are starting to bite a bit!  Today we fished a few pieces of structure in 20- 40 feet of water and found life on all of them.  Total for the day was 30 keepers up to 8 lbs. 

Yesterday's charter saw great action all day long.   Our first drop was on a deep water wreck which produced an excellent catch of large to extra large porgies, a few sea bass and lots of blues.

As the tide picked up the south rip came to life with tons of blues and birds working.  We had several great drifts diamond jigging the blues.  One the way home we made a stop at B11 for another 4 good drifts on the blues and schoolie bass.  Very good trip.

Below are a few recent pictures:
                             

Sunday, October, 14, 2007
The water temps have cooled off a bit after this blow.    We had a bunch of nice sized blacks today...17 keepers total up to 7 lbs.  Looks like things are picking up a bit compared to the beginning of the week.

Yesterday, we just had a few keeper tog....but lots of big porgies and some sea bass fishing several wrecks and rock piles near the middle grounds.    All in all, good fall bottom fishing right now.

Friday October 12, 2007
We have not sailed all week due to the weather.  There has been a lot of life on the wrecks now with big porgies, decent number of sea bass, blues, and a few blackfish.  All in all, very good bottom fishing right now when the weather allows us to fish.

Hopefully the blow chilled things down a bit and we should see more and more blackfish with each passing day.

Friday, October 5, 2007
Only 2 fares showed up today but with such beautiful weather and the smell of tog in the air we decided it was too nice of a day not to go fishing!

Brian and Billy along with Capt Pete and myself enjoyed a solid pick of nice sized tog today as we landed  20 blacks, 12 of which were keepers up to 7lbs.  Greenies did the trick on the morning tide before calling it a trip around noon time.

Nice day out there and once again amazing to be catching blackfish  in 80 degree weather!

Below are a few pics from today
 

Bill
 

Brian

Monday, October 1, 2007
Well......opening day was a lot of fun but unfortunately the blacks decided to get lock jaw.  We did manage 6 keepers with one which weighed in over 7 lbs but they just were not feeding aggressively like they were a few days ago. 

We used our underwater camera on a few of the spots and you could see many big blacks just swimming by our baits uninterested for what ever reason.  But they are down there and who know maybe tomorrow they might turn on again!

We did manage a bunch of porgies and a few sea bass and a keeper bass.  The south rip at the middle had a decent amount of life to end the trip with a few drifts on the porgies.  Capt Chris slayed the big blues and porgies there on yesterdays pm trip.

All I can say it that it was great to be black fishing even if it wasnt the best trip we ever had.

Try again tomorrow.  Below are a few pics from today





 

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
We did not have any fares to sail today, but with such beautiful weather we decided to go on a crew trip to test a few of the blackfish drops for the upcoming season.

Fishing in near 90 degree temps in shorts and t-shirts...we are pleased to report that the blackfish were biting very well!!

Myself, Capt Chris, Capt Pete, and Capt Rich (SeaHag II) had 19 keeper blacks to 8lbs many of them caught on whole green crabs fishing the morning tide. (see pictures below)

Our season starts Monday for blackfish and we are happy to see that they are biting. Now, it can always be a challenge for the first few weeks of the season and I dont want this report to be blown out of proportion....when the water is still warm sometimes they can get a little tough to find.....but all I can report is that they were biting well today and hopefully starting monday we will catch a mix of nice blacks and a few sea bass to go with the already solid porgy fishing.


The bottom fishing continues to be solid fishing mainly wrecks and rock piles which are holding a good number of big scup, blues and a few sea bass.

Capt Chris just reported in from the evening trip that they had a nice catch of big porgies fishing a wreck in 80 feet of water. On the night 6 fares tallied 70 scup to 2 lbs.

We are Sailing everyday on our wreck/bottom fishing trips for Porgies, sea bass, bluefish......and starting Monday......TOG!!!!!!


Below are a few pictures from today's trip





 

Friday, September 21, 2007
Fishing has been very solid this week.  Yesterday saw a slow start on the jigs to start the trip but improved as Captain Chris hit a few of his favorite wrecks and rock piles for a a nice pick of big porgies and blues. 

Our charter on the CQIII for Joe Deptula, Vinnie and Al  saw  great bottom fishing as over 100 jumbo scup were landed in only two hours fishing a piece of bottom in 40 feet of water.  A few blues rounded out the catch.  Great trip.
 

Captain Pete took out a night charter on the CQII and also fared  well.  He set up in near a wreck in 80 feet of water and had solid action on the blues to 10 lbs on bunker chunks.
 

All in all it has been some real good fall fishing this week as most of the bottom structure now is holding a good amount of big porgies and blues and a few sea bass.  Due to popular demand we will now be doing our Full day Wreck and Bottom Fishing Special sailing everyday from 7am-2pm.  Hope to see you.

Monday, September 16, 2007
Decent day today despite the east winds and lousy conditions.  We were forced to fish Smithtown bay to get out of the weather and found a nice pile of big blues to jig in the morning.  The bottom fishing saw a lot of action but there not too many keeper porgies.  Once things calmed down a bit we hit a few schools of blues off Port Jeff harbor to end the trip.  Not a bad day considering the conditions.

Yesterdays pm trip saw some great diamond jigging for the first two hours of the trip as there were blues everywhere around Old Field Point.  The porgie fishing was slow to end the trip but some nice size scup were kept.

Luck was on our side again on Saturday night as the 30 knot NW winds forced us to fish in the harbor most of the trip.  Thankfully we located a massive school of blues that had the peanut bunker pinned up against the LIPA dock.  We caught a ton of fish to end the trip and everyone went home happy.

Thursday, September 13, 2007
We did not sail Tuesday with the bad weather.  Wednesday wasn't much better as the west wind was blowing up to 30 knots in the am.  Our charter still wanted to go and after a slow morning with the high winds, the conditions finally improved mid day and the fish gods rewarded this hearty bunch as several huge schools of bluefish appeared in the final hour of the trip.  The jigging was great to end the trip and everyone went home happy.

Today's trip was similar to yesterdays as the morning fishing was slow.  Our charter opted to stay with the blue fishing nonetheless and thankfully it paid off.    Capt Chris located a few nice schools boiling around the harbor and the jigging was very good to end the trip.
 

Saturday, September 8, 2007
Fishing has been excellent this week!  The amount of blues around the inlet and B11 is incredible the past few weeks.  Last night, everywhere you looked you could see fish boiling on the surface.  The last several pm trips have seen great jigging!  Some trips we haven't even made it out of the harbor as big schools have been stacked up on the west side of the harbor.    Other nights the fish have been from the inlet all the way to B11.  The un down bite has been especially good.

After everyone has had their fill diamond jigging, we have been switching over to bottom fishing for some decent porgy fishing on the local rockpiles.     It hasnt been a bail job, but everyone is managing a bunch of nice sized porgies and a few sea bass to round out their catch.  All in all, a very good week.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007
It was some savage boil of bluefish last night inside the harbor!!   Go figure...even with all the labor day boat traffic the blues were going crazy off poquot like we haven't seen in years.  Got on them for several amazing drifts until they finally scattered.  Exciting fishing to say the least.

Today started out a little slow on the bunker chunks.  We switched over and picked away at some nice porgies at the middle grounds and then to end the trip all hell broke loose!  There was a massive pile of blues off the harbor and our 6 fares tallied over 50 blues in no time!  Great way to end the trip.

Friday, August 31, 2007
Fishing has been very, very good on most trips this week.   The best action has been right outside the harbor as acres of blues are feasting on peanut bunker.  Last night was a bail job on the blues with several limit catches in the first hour.  Today was also awesome off Old Field again with all the blues you wanted.

The porgy fishing has also been very good as the fish are starting to set up now on some of the deeper wrecks and rock piles around the Middle Grounds.   We had a few drops this week on some of the wrecks which produced very well on jumbo scup.   There also has been some excellent porgy fishing at the mouth of the harbor. 

Saturday, August 24, 2007
Very good fishing the past few days.  Yesterday saw some great action on the jigs all morning long chasing numerous schools of surface blues.  The pm trip saw a few good shots of fish but they were moving fast and more difficult to catch.  Nonetheless, those who were willing to fish hard put together a good catch.

Today the jigging was very good to start the day right outside the harbor.  Lots of cocktail blues were boiling outside the inlet and we had several good drifts to start the trip.  Captain Bill then located some nice schools of bunker with big blues underneath them.  1st mate Tommy worked hard snagging the bunker for everyone.  The fresh bunker was what the big blues wanted as we enjoyed a solid pick of very big blues for the rest of the trip.

Though we did not try bottom fishing today, the porgy fishing broke wide open the past few days at the middle.  Lots of big jumbos have been caught in the rock piles.  We will incorporate some of this fine bottom fishing into our trips when conditions are right to go along with the great diamond jigging.
 

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Thankfully this awful weather is finally moving out.  We did not sail for 3 days with all the wind and rain.  We finally got out again last night but fishing was very slow as everything was really stirred up.  Had a few fish to start the night and there was some cocktail blues in the harbor, but it was a tough trip.

Today was much better though!   We had great action on the jigs with some huge piles of fish on the morning tide.  Lots of blues came over the rails and it was great to see that the fishing was very good like it was before the bad weather.
 

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Yesterdays trips were very slow due to the awful weather.  The NW winds really had everything stirred up out there and the bite was way off.    We were forced to fish in the harbor much of the day as the conditions were just too lousy. Today's am trip was better though.  It wasn't the great fishing from earlier in the week but nonetheless we had some good shots of blues in the morning east of b11.  Once the tide dropped out the bite ended but everyone got a few for dinner.

The CQIII had an excellent day today chunking very large blues near a deep water wreck.  We also had a short bass to go along with all the giant blues you wanted.  Top fish was in the low teens today!
 

Big Des with a huge blue

Friday, August 17, 2007
Very good day today on both trips.  There has been a ton of fish working huge schools of peanut bunker in the deep water off B11.  The day trip started off slow to the west but once the fish were located it was awesome diamond jigging for the rest of the trip. for the rest of the trip.

Despite the lousy weather on the pm trip the fishing remained excellent.  A few very large schools of blues were located on the surface and the jigging was great.  Some fish were very large as well up to 12 lbs!

Thursday, August 16, 2007
Great day today.  Fish were all over the surface and with no wind it was easy to find them.  Hit a few schools with some big fish as well to 10lbs.   All you wanted on the jigs!

Monday, August 13, 2007
Tons of fish out there today.  The CQIII had great action on the jigs today with blues up to 10 lbs.  AS the tide eased off we chunked a deep water rock pile and had a bunch of big blues to 12 lbs and a nice bass of 20 lbs.   

The CQII also enjoyed awesome fishing on the jigs.  The day began in the middle with some big piles of fish on the north side.  We then headed off cranes where there was acres and acres of blues on the surface.  It was excellent fishing to say the least for the remainder of the trip.

Saturday, August 11, 2007
Great day out there today!!!

The CQIII slayed the giant blues on the chunk in the deep water with Capt Dane at the helm. They also managed a few keeper striped bass up to 24 lbs!! Great trip.

The CQII enjoyed great action at the middle ground chasing the bass and blues. The north rip was lit up with tons of blues chasing anchovies on the outgoing tide. We also had a bunch of schoolie bass. The whole rip had fish as there was an extraordinary amount of bait around. Thankfully the wind and seas laid down and the fish really turned on!

 

Thursday, August 9, 2007
The jigging on the north side of the Middle Grounds was an absolute slaughter today!!  All the fish you wanted in 20- 30 feet of water!   Awesome fishing!

The past few days have also been very good both at the middle and on some of the deeper rock piles.    Some nice bass have been coming off some of the deeper spots.  We had a few good shots on the porgies as well on the pm trips but the days have still been slow on the scup.  But hopefully they are starting to improve. 

Sunday, August 5, 2007
We have landed several big bass the past few trips.  Joe Constantino had a 28 lb bass on a jig fishing a rock pile last night.   Lots of cocktail blues have been all along the beach and in the inlet.

The middle grounds has also produced well the past few trips as there has been a decent amount of blues on the north side.  We had a good shot of them this morning until the tide eased off.

Friday, August 3, 2007
The captains choice combo continues to see decent results on the day trip.  The fluking is holding up quite well with anywhere from 10 - 20 keepers being landed on most trips.  The best fluking now is coming off the deeper edges in 30-50 feet of water.    We have also been adding in some bass and blues and a few porgies and sea bass to round out the catch.

The diamond jigging has ranged from red hot to slow.  There have been a lot of surface blues at the middle grounds in the shallow water.  Some trips have seen some excellent shots of fish with some bass in the mix.  A nice keeper bass won the pool last night.  A few trips this past week the blues did a disappearing act and were hard to find.  But all in all jigging has been good.

The porgy fishing has been on the slow side the past several days.  The ones we are catching are very large but hopefully after these hard currents ease off a little the scupin' should improve. 
 

Thursday, July 26, 2007
Today was one of those days fisherman dream of!  On our morning charter Capt Chris located some huge schools of bunker and big blues out in the deep water.   It was a total bail job on giant blues all morning on bunker chunks.  As soon as you got your chunk below the bunker school  you could see countless big blues going after the bait..  It is quite a site to see, one which never gets old!

Yesterday saw the continued awesome fluke action.  Incredible amount of fluke here this year.  With last years regs it would have been yet another limit out trip for all 17 anglers as most of the fish are 18-19 inches.  High hooks would have been in the double digits.   Nonetheless, 18 keepers were landed up to 4.5 lbs and a fun day was had by all.

Thursday, July 19, 2007
Insane fluke bite today!  19 fares landed nearly 400 fluke on the day many of which were over 18 inches.  Nearly 60 of last years keepers were in the boat by 9am. Last year we would have limited out all fares by 11 am.    We did manage 15 keepers on the day.  Some great action right now.
 

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Tremendous action on the fluke with 18 -19 inch fish.  Enough keepers in the mix to keep it interesting. 
 

The PM Middleground trip had some good action for 6 fares.  A bunch of big blues to 10 lbs and a keeper bass hit the jigs on the outgoing tide.  Finished the trip with a pick of some very big scup.  All in all, a nice middle ground mixed bag.

Saturday, July 14, 2007
Great trip aboard the CQIII today.  Capt Pete put em on the meat!  Lots of nice bass to 25 lbs and some big blues.  Finished the trip bucktailing a handful of keeper fluke. 

The CQII again had a ton of action off B11.  Not to sound like a broken record but if it was last year everyone would be saying how awesome the fluking is.  We would have limited out on 18' plus fish!  As it was 18 fares had 18 keepers with over 100 total fluke on the day.  Still a lot of fun!  Below are some photos from the day:

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Awesome fluking today if we were going by last years limit!  We would have had 50-70 keepers over 18 inches for 20 fares.  But nonetheless.....lots of action and 15 fatties were kept for the cutting table. 

Sunday, July 8, 2007
Great rip this morning aboard the CQIII with Paul Buckley and friends.  Chunked up some real nice bass to 32 lbs on the outgoing tide.

 We had a lot of action on our fluke trip today  in Smithtown Bay.  There were enough keepers to go round as the bait rigs out fished the bucktails today. 

Should be some good tides coming up this week for the bass and blues on our middle ground trips.   Below are a few pictures from yesterday:

Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Very good fluke bite going on right now in Smithtown Bay.  Tons of bait up in the shallows 4 - 10 feet of water.  Those anglers working both bait rigs and bucktails are catching very well.  For those of you who like fishing the skinny water, now is the time!!! 

Yesterdays charter caught a ton of bass and blues diamond jigging on the incoming tide.  Largest bass was 20 lbs and several blues pushed the 10 lb mark.  With all the bass and blues around right now and due to popular demand, we have now begun our afternoon Middle Ground Madness trips which will be a combo trip for Striped Bass, Blues, Porgies and Sea Bass.

Saturday, June 30, 2007
The fluking has decent at B11 this past week.  Lots of action on the 18-19 inch fluke with enough keepers to keep it interesting.  Fluking has also been very good in Smithtown Bay this week fishing the shallow water.  Lots of bait in the bay which will hopefully keep the fish around for a while longer.

Besides a few slow trips, the evening porgy bite continues to please as plenty of big scup are providing some great action.  We did an experimental trip to some deep water drops today and were pleasantly surprised with a good catch of very large scup on a few of the wrecks.  The middle grounds also had some solid action as well.

Friday, June 22, 2007
We have seen some good shots of fluke at B11 recently.  Thursday morning saw a very good pick of nice fluke on the morning outgoing tide as 35 keepers were landed for 22 fares and many shorts.  Once the incoming started we lost the drift and fishing slowed for the rest of the trip.   But all in all still a very good day.

It was great fishing on Thursday's pm trip as the big porgies were chewin good off rocky point.  Lots of big scup!

Friday was very slow as the conditions were horrendous with the strong NW winds all day.  The pm trip was forced to fish in the harbor due to the winds but nonetheless caught very well!
Very good porgy fishing was had by all!  Below are pictures from the past few trips:

Capt Pete

Wednesday June 20, 2007
The bass fishing has been awesome this past week both chunking and diamond jigging!  Our small charters are seeing some great action on fish up to 18 lbs.

The fluke action has picked up considerable since last week.  We have seen a few good shots of fish a B11 the last few days.  The bite was tricky today but the fish are there.  High hook was 5 keepers and bait rigs were the ticket today over the bucktails.

Saturday, June 16, 2007
We just came off a week of awful weather.  East winds all week made for some lousy conditions.  The fluke fishing was very slow during the week but improved again the past several trips.  Lots of action on 18-19 inch fluke with enough keepers in the mix to keep it interesting. 

The porgy fishing continues to be great!  Yesterday's pm trip saw another great haul of big scup to end the night. Saturdays Am trip  had a great shot of porgies to end the trip.  Great scuppin'  right now for the whole family!

Saturday, June 9, 2007
Thankfully......we got lucky with the weather today.  The rain held off until the very end of the trip and the east wind dropped right out in the morning.  Todays trip had a ton of action with a few hundred fluke caught with 28 keepers to 6 lbs. 

We took a few drifts on some hard bottom as well and bailed big porgies.  The Sauter family lead the way with 8 keeper fluke, 3 of which were over 5 lbs to along with a bushel of big Porgies.  

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
My friends tell me that fluking was HOT today! Great bite after the storm!

We did not sail yesterday and are doing educational trips today and wednesday with Capt Jerry McGrath. Caught a nice load of porgies with the kids today. A fun day for all the kids for sure.

Look forward to getting back to the hot fluke bite wednesday evening and thursday . below are some pictures from the trip

Sunday, June 3, 2007
Another very solid day on the fluke.  Had a real good shot of fish in the morning and another excellent shot of fish to end the trip.  Several anglers scored with 5 plus keepers apiece (orl)  Once again, if it was last years limit of 18, it would have been a Bail job!  Easily would have limited out the whole boat with high hooks well over 20 keepers!  One angler had nine fluke over 18 inches on the first drift alone!   

Friday, June 1, 2007
What a day today aboard the CQIII !!!!!    The fluke fishing was awesome first thing in the morning on the incoming for the first hour or two.  We limited out on fluke to 6 lbs and threw back a ton of 18-19 inch fish.    Awesome fishing.

To top it off we then headed in off the beach and massacred huge porgies with some weighing in over 3 lbs!  Full boat limit was caught in no time.  Check out the video on the homepage to see some footage from todays trip to remember!

The CQII also got in on the action this morning landing 45 keepers with several sharpies catching their limit of quality fluke.  Great day all around!

Thursday, May 31, 2007
Very good fluking today!  19 fares had a steady pick of quality fluke all day with many fares limiting out.  Tons of 19 inch beauty throwbacks provided lots of action.  Even Bob and Tommy limited out!  Excellent fluking now!  Below are some pictures:

Thursday, May 30, 2007
Slow morning today on the fluke, but once that tide turned it all changed!  Very good bite on the first of the ebb especially on bucktails.  That seems to be the magic time the past few days.  Plenty of nice fluke to 6 lbs.   High hook was 5 keepers.

Yesterday saw some great blackfishing aboard the CQIII for Dennis and friends.  The blacks were snappin good with a great bite on quality tog to 7 lbs on crabs.  A fun day to end the spring tog season!

Sunday, May 27, 2007
Some body of fluke around right now!  Today was great fishing again.  Capt Pete ran the CQIII today and limited out on fluke to 6lbs. in a half day.  We had some excellent action on the CQII as well with over 50 keepers and a few hundred 18 plus inch fish released!  If it was last years limit, high hooks today would have been over 25 keepers! Nonetheless, several sharpies managed their limit. 

Lou and John were on fire landing over 40 fluke between them, 13 of which were keepers!  Bucktails were the way to go.

Light tackle bucktailing at its finest right now.    Below are a few pics from the last few trips:


 

Saturday May 26,2007
Despite the heavy boat traffic there was some very good fishing. The morning bite for fluke was especially good with a ton of action and plenty of keepers. CQII ended the day with over 50 keepers to 6 lbs.

The morning charter on the CQIII saw some very good bucktailing with fish to 5.8 lbs. We also had a few good drifts in deeper water today (30-40 ft).

Big body of fluke around right now and a ton of sandeels to hopefully keep them here for a while.

If it fluke you are after Now is the time to fish the North Shore!

Thursday, May 24, 2007
Real good fluking continues.  Today's 1/2 day charter on the CQIII limited out on fluke to 5 lbs.  Ton of action and at several occasions all four anglers were hooked up at the same time. 

The CQII also had very good results with 60 keepers for the day and a ton of throwbacks.  Pool fish was 6.5 lbs.  If we were going by last years standards, today the entire boat would have easily limited out on 18" plus fish !  It seems that every year the average fish gets larger and larger.  Last year we had a lot of fish 17-18 inch range.  This year, we have a ton of 18-19 inch fluke.

It is making for some great action though, especially for those who like to bucktail.    And thankfully there are plenty of keepers in the mix as well.  Below are pictures from the day:
 

Monday May 21, 2007
The water chilled down over 5 degrees over the weekend with the northeast wind that blew through.  Slowed the bite down over the weekend but nonetheless we still put together some respectable catches of fluke.   Some quality fish around with several fluke weighing in over 7 lbs.  Largest fluke of the week went to the girl scout troop with an 8 lb beauty!

Sunday mornings half day charter on the CQIII saw a lot of action for John and friends who limited out on fluke to 5 lbs.

Todays trip saw a lot of 19 inch fish as the water warmed up a bit and the bite improved.  Ton of throwbacks but many sharpies on board managed their limit.  High hook was 7 keepers. (ORL) Below are a few pics from the trip:

Phil Bloom

Rob


Thursday, May 17, 2007
Awesome fluke trip today.  11 fares limited out on fluke to 7lbs!!
Great bite with lots of 18-19 inch fish released as well.  High hook was 9 keepers.   If it was last years 18 inch limit we would have limited out by 10:30.  Bucktails again were the key.  If you like shallow water, light tackle fluking at is best, now is the time!  This is some run of quality fish right now!

Tuesday May 15, 2007
We didnt have enough fares to sail today, but the crew decided on account of the great fishing to go anyway.

The fluke were chewin' once again right outside the harbor. Limited out in no time on bucktails.

This is a great early season bite for sure.

 

Monday May 14, 2007
First day a fluking to day turned out to be a great success!

13 fares fluked for half day landing 35 keepers with many in the 4-5 lb class. High hook was 9 keepers!

For those who were willing to bucktail, the fluke action was excellent.

Also heard a report from a boat to the west of us that had a great day as well. Lots of sandeels around. Things are looking good. Lets hope the bite holds up.

Below are a few pics from the trip:

Friday May 11, 2007
Excellent day blackfishing aboard the CQIII.  Dennis and his gang enjoyed a solid bite all day long with many quality tog in the mix. Total for the day was  35 keepers to 8.5 lbs for 4 anglers.   Green crabs were definitely the way to go today.   Fun day all around.  Below are some pics from the trip:










Wednesday , May 9, 2007
Blackfishing was much improved today!  Plenty of nice sized tog today up to 6.8 lbs.  Lots of life on the pieces compared to last week.  Nice to see the bigger fish finally chewin'.

Below is a picture of Capt Jack who won the pool and was also high hook with 7 keepers.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
We did not sail over the weekend and have been doing educational trips the last few days.  Today we did some seining for plankton and towed a dredge for some bottom samples.  Dan, our local expert did a great job teaching all the kids about the local marine life.  Below are a few pictures of the plankton taken from the microscope we set up in the cabin.

We will be doing these educational trips all week with the exception of Wednesday and Sunday.  Plenty of room on those days if you would like to join us for some Tog fishing!

             

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Just wanted say thanks to everyone who made yesterdays seminar trip such a great success. Thanks Togmaster, EC, and Noreast for all the support and choosing to host the seminar on our boat. We really appreciate it. It is a great concept and I hope everyone walked away with some new ideas. Hopefully we can do it again sometime.

Thankfully a few blacks finally started to bite. LuckyLindy led the way with a 6lb black. Linda 'Lady Reeler' Tuttle was a close second. I think the only guys who didnt catch anything were Togmaster and EC Newelman!! Just kidding. Actually, they spent their time walking around the boat offering some great advice on how to catch blackfish.

It has been a real late season this year but as the water continues to warm looks like we should have a good week of blackfishing coming up.

below are a few pictures from the trip.




April 26, 2007
It has been a very slow start to the season, but things are looking up!  We began on April 20 and fished the next three days.  The water temp was a chilling 40.7 degrees when we began and there was very little life on the wrecks.

Thankfully with the week of warm weather water temps have now risen into the high 40's and the blackfish are starting to stir.  On account of the slow fishing we decided not to sail for a few days but we did fish yesterday and found a lot more life compared to the week prior.  It wasn't great fishing by any means,  but 6 fares did manage 7 keepers and 20 shorts which was a lot better than catching next to nothing like the week before.  

Just getting started and the bite should continue to improve with these warmer temps.  We are sailing everyday for blackfish.   Plenty of room on all trips.   Just give a call if you would like to join us.

Also if anyone is interested in setting up a blackfish charter for up to 4 guys on the Celtic Quest III, just let me know.