Many varieties of fish are in. Large porgies are being taken off Eatons Neck Coast Guard Station. Keeper Striped Bass trolling in Cold Spring Hrb., Flounder are definitly up over the past couple of years. Black Fish are being caught in CT near rock jetties.
Captain Dennis' dog and Bass caught off Eatons Neck this past week.
The hot Bass action slowed a bit this week, but still plenty of keepers around. Capt. Dennis of TowBoatU.S. caught some nice bass and fluke off the West side Eatons Neck. Chunking seems to be the best bait. Got a report from Joe who had great action on Fluke drifting in the mouth of Oyster Bay. No doormats but several keepers mixed in with the shorts. Lots of Porgies off Caumsette State Park and Center Island Reef. I even saw some nice blackfish (6-8lb range) brought up in some lobster traps. All were released, but maybe a good sign for the fall run?? Some fun cocktail bluefish action mid sound between Norwalk and Lloyds Point, just look for the birds. For those lucky enough to find the bunker schools off Hempstead Harbor (very spotty this week) there were some nice bass to 35lbs.
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This will be a weekly report of what’s happening in the local fishing scene. Even though we don’t get to fish as much as we would like to we do hear and see a lot in our travels.
Please let us know how you make out on your fishing trips.
Good Luck!
Capt. Mitch Kramer
Monday June 6th, 2011:
Lots of big bass in Hempstead harbor reported last week, up to 42lbs. caught on Bunker. Many of the big schools of bait in the Oyster Bay Cold Spring Harbor area have moved West. Chunking off 32A producing some keeper Bass and blues to 12lbs. Some sea bass were caught bottom fishing in the same area. Fluking dropped off some this weekend. Lots of shorts in 10-20ft. of water. Some bigger fluke still were caught off Norwalk and Eatons Neck in 25-40 ft. water. Big Porgies all over.
