Author: captpeter9

Fished the outgoing tide this morning with Davar from Newtown, CT. See a photo and video of Davar in action below.   The first half of the tide was relatively slow but only compared to the second half of the tide.  Having said that, Davar caught a nice striper on his first cast and it… Continue reading Out of this World Bluefish & Stripers

I fished with Sean and his 11-year-old son Cohen yesterday.  We got a late start and didn't get going until after 11.  We started fishing the Eastern Long Island Sound reefs on the flood tide and picked away at bluefish and stripers for a couple of hours.  When we had a lull in the tide,… Continue reading Gator Bluefish & Lots of Stripers

So I had a client reschedule today's trip for next week and another was not able to fish today (but wants to go in August instead).  Since I was ready for clients, I decided to fish myself and took my 15-year-old nephew along with me.  I decided to try a spot I hadn't fished in… Continue reading Giant Stripers Today – My Biggest Ever!!!!

Fished with Robby and Jason from a Phoenix and Bob from Chicago today.  We fished the flood tide early and found only scattered birds on fish. We were actually lucky to pick up a couple of fish early and get the skunk off of us. Bob mentioned something about bananas for breakfast so that may… Continue reading Stripers and Bluefish on Light Tackle and Some Really Big Stripers Late in the Trip.

Today I fished with 12-year-old Joey and his father, Tom, from New Jersey.  The weather was warm but windy - it was actually really windy once we got going.  Joey wanted to catch lots of fish, so fish we did.  On his first cast, Joey caught a big porgy.  He did again on the second… Continue reading Bluefish, Stripers, and Giant Porgies

Summer is in full swing.  Water temperatures are up at The Race, Valiant, Plum Gut, Great Gull, Little Gull, Watch Hill, and even the open ocean water behind Fishers Island.  On all the reefs fishing is as it should be, for this time of year, with the exception of the bluefish.  Where are the bluefish… Continue reading My Angler Caught a Big Striper on the Surface Yesterday!

Yesterday I fished with a Fly Rod fellow from Old Lyme.  He was good with the fly rod and so we were able to cover lots of water in a half day.  We fished from Plum Gut almost to Watch Hill.  We found fish on both tides with a slight nod to the flood tide.… Continue reading Fly Fishing for Stripers in Long Island Sound

I was only able to fish a half day today as we had to get in by 2PM because of the impending thunderstorms.  Also, an odd thing happened today before.  Thunderstorms started around 4PM, and there was so much static electricity in the air that before the storms the fishing rods were actually 'buzzing' with… Continue reading Low Pressure System Over Long Island Sound Has Really Turned the Stripers On! (Big Bluefish Too!!)

Fished early and got off the water by 3.  Had fish all day under birds.  Pretty much all you could catch on the fly rod or spinning gear.  Fish hitting light colored decievers about 4".  On spinning gear they were hitting 5" paddle tail minnows on 1oz. Jig heads. Bluefish clobbering everything on top so… Continue reading Bluefish and Stripers Galore

I fished with two great guys today - Mark from Vernon, CT and Joe from Missouri.  They caught 50 + bluefish between 3 and 8 lbs. and four stripers to 26".  The two of them had 8 or 10 doubles so a good time was had by all.  All caught on light tackle.  All fish were… Continue reading Fishing Report – July 2, 2017