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10/28/2006
We had our final trip of the season on Friday. Perfect
weather, light tides plenty of fish. The Oyster Bay Angles lead by
Ed Ireland took 60 blackfish in about two hours of red hot fishing
in the sound. Most fish were in the 4-5 pound range with Fred and
Mike taking fish of 7 pounds each. We switched to scup for a while
and the big ones were still cooperating. Perfect day sandwiched
between some seriously bad weather.
10/26/2006
We hid from the wind behind Plum Island and picked at a
few blackfish, porgies and seabass as we waited for the tide to
change in Plum Gut. The group lead by Dave Horowitz and Hector Mayo
then bailed the blues and bass as we had all rods bending on every
drift. Lots of action, lots of fish and lots and lots of wind
10/24/2006
On Saturday we delayed our start in order to fish
the ebb in the Gut with a favorable nw breeze. Plenty of blues and a
few decent keeper bass for Burt Katz and friends. Andrew Keane had
the two largest bass.
On Sunday John Caruso and friends fished the Gut on the ebb.Matt
Werner's 22 pounder was the largest bass. Plenty of blues. Fished
for scup during the slack . Lots of big ones still around.
On Monday the East End Asphalt annual trip took place . Very
windy,and a bit choppy. Plenty of blues in the Gut . Todd Brewer had
the largest bass of 18 pounds. Todd Junior, about 9 yrs. old, had
the largest blue,an 11 pound chopper.
10/16/2006
Tried blackfish for the first time on Sunday with the Oakdale
Sportsmen Club. We had a dozen on the Connecticut side and returned
to our area as the tide increased. Caught another 15 or so locally.
Porgies still a bit of a bother locally. Some guys gave in and
caught a bunch of them. Doug Schroeder stuck with it and had 5 nice
tog.Ralph Ranghelli's 6 pounder was the largest. Anthony Pilisi had
5 nice fish too. See photo page
12/16/2006
The east Islip Fire Dept.,lead by Walter Muller, fished the Gut for
many blues to/ /10 pounds. Switched to scup and did very well during
the slack
A twi-light trip for the Steve Aller group saw pretty big seas out
in the sound. The group battled big blues at Pigeon Rip for a while
and then fished the Gut for more blues. Gusts to 40k for a brief
period..Intense to say the least.
10/12/2006
Fished the Gut Friday afternoon with Joe Chingas and company. Lots
of blues and smaller bass . Pretty big rip this whole weekend.
Had to cancel Saturday morning. Very nasty. Managed to fish Friday
afternoon with the Holbrook F.D. Frank Tarantino and Jason Stahl
split the pool with equal sized bass.
On Sunday Pete Castro and friends concentrated on blues in the Gut
and at Pigeon. Non-stop action everywhere.
The Reverand Colter and friends from Philadelphia came to Orient to
try their hand at porgies.Local fishing has diminished a bit but if
the conditions are right you can travel some and still find the big
ones. There were many jumbos in the catch. High hook was 38 scup in
around 2 1/2 half hours fishing. Could have had many more but the
boys had trouble finding their way from Philly.
Tom Sadowski organized a bachelor party fishing trip for buddy P.T.
Rutigiano on Monday afternoon. P.T. is about to be wed this coming
weekend. Fishing the Gut on the ebb the boys took many blues and 4
keeper bass including P.T,'s pictured here. Best wishes PT.
On Mnday Linda Rodriguez and friends fished the Gut for bass and
blues.Jimmy Quiles and Raoul Velazquez had the largest bass. Plenty
of blues . A few more keepers in the catch.
10/1/2006
We showed up at the dock on Sunday...stood at the
breakwater for a few minutes and ruled out any thought of sailing.
Stiff 35k se wind ,marina opening very rough...Here are the boys who
will try again on a twilight trip next week.
10/1/2006
Postponed Friday's porgy trip due to high winds and rough seas.
On Saturday we fished with The Lay Reelers. The goal was to catch
blues and porgies and then donate the catch to Long Island Cares for
distribution to needy folks around the Island.
The ladies accounted for 55 blues in a little more than an hour in
Plum Gut and then switched to scup.
The porgy bite was ON and more than 350 nice keepers were amassed
along with some nice seabass. Pictured are the Ladies by the
refrigerator truck that picked up the catch,Grace Licato and one of
her many porgies and Charlene with one of the seabass. Great job
Ladies.
9/29/2006
On Wednesday afternoon a group of employees from the Plum Island
facility fished with us in Plum Gut. There is no more active fishing
than Plum Gut on the ebb in the fall. Blues, bass, birds all over
the place. Still a lot more blues than bass (aren't there always?)
Audra Hyek was high hook with 10 big blues while Hector Lavasseda's
11 pounder was the largest.
9/25/2006
Sunday's trip for the Holbrook Fire Dept. saw the boys land a few
hundred blues in Plum Gut as well as at Pigeon Rip. Most of the fish
were 7 to 9 pounds and were released to fight another day.The highly
contested pool was won by George Kortlang with a 9.75 pound chopper
closely followed by Pete Iovino's 9.5 pounder.
9/24/2006 Steve Hiro and friends fished with us this
Friday.Started the day with a pick of big blues in Gardiners
Bay...too big to eat, these were released. Switched to bottom fising
and loaded up on big porgies and some large seabass. Garret Moorer
had a 5 lb seabass.Steve's wife Ann had numerous blues as did Anns
Dad,WW ll vet. Mike . Switched back to drifting in the Gut on the
ebb and caught many medium sized blues.All the stripers were just
shy of keeper size. Should improve very soon.
9/18/2006
On Saturday the Malvern Fire Dept. fished for blues at Pigeon Rip
for the morning tide. Tim Sullivan's blue )pictured) was the
largest. They then tried their hand at seabass and porgies and did
fine near Plum Island. Little Liz and Chris Aresta had the largest
seabass and largest porgy
Ben DiVenti and friends went Porgy and seabass fishing in the am and
did very well. Switching to blues on the ebb resulted in non stop.
action with mixed sized fish of 5 to 10 pounds.
On Monday we had the pleasure of taking a light house tour of Little
Gull Light. MerLE Wiggens lead the group and we were granted
permission to go onto the island. A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
9/13/2006 On Saturday the 13th annual Frank Ricciardo
bluefish tournament took place on the Orient Star ll. Lots of blues
at Pigeon Rip allowing young Jim Ricciardo Jr. to take first place
with a nice 10 pound blue.
On Sunday Dave Horowitz and friends fished the flood in Plum Gut for
lots of blues and then loaded up on large scup and some nice seabass
near Gull Island.
On Monday , Tom Golon and Wonderland Tree Care fished the Gut with
great success taking eight keeper bass and lots of blues. Great
action all tide.
9/05/2006
We fished Plum Gut on the ebb on Sunday. Left the dock at 11am when
seas quieted down after Ernesto. Gut was loaded with blues and bass.
Rick Osmer's 16 pound striper took the pool.Porgies were spotty as
the bottom was very riled up. Had a good shot later in the day .
On Monday we stayed in the Gut throughout the ebb tide with Howie
Habberstad and friends. Non stop action with blues . More and more
bass seem to be arriving. Ira Mally's 18 pounder was the largest of
the keepers. Blues reached 12 pounds
9/2/2006
Al Lipmann and friends sailed with us on Wednesday. We opted for
porgies all day and did very well with large scup and some nice
seabvass. Megan Touhy had a 3 pounder.
Dennis Cataldo headed a N.Y.Sportfishing Federation trip on Sat.
The weather held off until mid afternoon allowing the anglers to
fill their buckets with big scup. You can see recent photos of these
trips in my Photos
8/28/2006 The Shoreham-Wading River Fire Dept came out
to Orient for some super scup fishing. A little choppy in the
morning but the group had a steady pick of porgies throughout the
day. Lots of large fish and a few seabass as well. Missy Yacubich
and Kenny Hennessey each had 2 1/2 pounders.
The Steve Molinaro boys joined us for a twilite bluefish trip on
Sat.pm. There were plenty of schoolie blues in the Gut but we went
to Pigeon Rip for the last of the ebb and the blues were large and
hungry. 10 rods fishing? Ten hookups, no problem.
8/26/2006
Dave Chichanowics from Creative Designs brought his crew to Orient
on Wed. The Gut was a bit spotty but Pigeon Rip was stacked top to
bottom with medium to large blues. When the tide was right the boys
bailed large scup near Gull Island. Great fishing, great weather,
great bunch of guys.
8/23/2006 On Saturday we took the Vema Construction co.
fishing. The tide was perfect for jigging blues in Plum Gut and the
boys did a great job onfish to 10 pounds. Switched to scup and found
mixed sizes in all the likely spots. Some were over 2 pounds and
others were ...uh...somewhat smaller. Selectivety is the key word.
On Sunday Mike Shapiro and his brother and young sons started the
day with scup north of Plum and did very well with large fish.
Switched to bucktailing the Gut on the ebb and did fine.
Wednesday the Triola family targeted porgies all day and maxed
out with beautiful fish.
8/21/2006
The last few weeks have been pretty much carbon copies as far as
itinerary goes. We target he jumbo Scup in the Gut area when tides
permit and then switch to bass and blues when the tides begin to
run. Some days see truly gigantic porgies taken and the next day can
be spotty with mixed sizes.The bluefishing has been steady on jigs
and bucktails. All the trips are filled with action and everyone is
bringing home plenty to eat.
8/18/2006 The Orient Star ll has been targeting large
scup in the Plum Island area as well as blues and bass in the Gut
and the Race. Linda Rodrigues and her group filled their coolers
with jumbo porgies and switched to blues as the tide strengthened.
8/1/2007 Recent trips include great porgy action for
the Linda Rodriguez group with some fluking highlighted by Steve
Rentz's pair of 4 pound flatties.
On Wednesday Gerry McGrath brought his Scopes course students
fishing and they did very well on large scup and blues in the
Gut.Erin Garland had a beautiful 4 lb seabass.
Sean Tomasello hosted a bachelor party fishing trip for Joey
DiPalma. Blues were spotty and the porgies were picky. Still, the
boys kept at it and brought home enough fillets to have a
barbecue.You don't always have to fill the coolers to have a great
time.
Alure Basements, lead by Rob Viola started the day with fat and
cooperative scup. They traveled east to the race in search of blues
and bass and were rewarded with non stop action with blues to 10
pounds. Jim Kilhorn's 15 lb bass won the pool.
Another bachelor party fishing trip on Saturday afternoon for
Jon Nowak proved to be awesome. Fishing 10 rods per drift in the
race resulted in10 hookups everytime. That's a lot of fish in a few
hours! Most were released. A few few keeper bass were in the mix.
Good luck Jon!
On Sunday Charlie Burst with family and friends fished
Gardiners bay for a nice catch of porgies, seabass and fluke.
Everybody caught fish and had lots of fun. Weather was perfect.
7/28/2006 On Monday the Linda Rodriguez family had a
fine porgy day with many 1 1/2 pound scup They went to Gardiners to
find some fluke and Steve Rentz again proved to be the flukemmeister
with a pair of 4 pounders.
Jerry McGrath brought his Scopes class out fishing with us once
again. The group targeted large porgies near Plum Island and did
quite well. Once the flood tide got going they switched to blues
and the gut was alive with 4 to 8 pound fish.
7/26/2006 Burt Katz and friends fished with us last
thursday and loaded up on blues in Plum Gut. They targeted the jumbo
porgies in the area at the change of tide and caught lots of truly
BIG porgies.
On Friday a group of Coast Guardsmen from Moriches went
bluefishing in the Gut and caught as many as their arms could
handle. These fish ranged from 3 to 12 pounds. Jason Hochstein
nailed a 4 pound fluke in the Sound when they boys wanted something
a litle more leisurely .
Paul Misthos from Vema Construction headed up a group of 32
anglers. They nailed a few hundred Jumbo Porgies, some sea bass and
as many blues as they wanted. All fishing was done within minutes
of the dock!
A half day trip on Sunday for David Kantrowitz's birthday
present run by daughter Lisa Coen saw the family catch hordes of
mixed sized blues. Great act ion.
On Monday Linda Rodriguez and family fished for porgies in the
am with great success. The afternoon was spent targeting fluke.
Steve Rentz lead the way with a pair of 4 pounders in the Gardiners
area.
7/17/2006
Dennis Cataldo and friends from the N.Y. Sportfishing Federation
sailed with us on Saturday looking for a big fluke or two to enter
into this week's big tournament. Tom Caruso junior nailed two
beauties One over 8 pounds and the other about six and a half. The
fish were weighed in at WeGo in Southold. Rich Stiglitz had a
monster of 10 lbs 4 oz. but was not entered in the tournament. Young
Bryan Feliccia had a nice 7lb 3oz fluke. There were 15 nice fluke on
the boat. Plenty of large porgies and a half dozen seabass. Pretty
good fishing boys!
On Sunday the Imperial Sportsmen and friends fished the same area
as Saturday. They totaled 20 keepers but the giants from the day
before were replaced with 3 to 5 pounders. Nice fish but not
contenders. Those targeting the seabass and porgies had no trouble
catching plenty.
7/13/2006 We fished for porgies and seabass for the
Steven Tse group on Saturday. The morning bite was nonstop with
some very nice seabass in the mix. We were impressed with the size
of the scup. Tried the fluke for an hour and caught some but
returned for more porgies. All in all a very good day, lots of
action and plenty of fish
On Sunday the Harry Triola group fished for porgies and seabass in
the am. Avery Nowak, age 5 had the biggest about two pounds . Alexys
Nowak. age 10 had a nice 3 pound seabass and Ashley Nowak, age 4 had
a beautiful 4 pound fluke. Most of the fishing was within eyesight
of Gardiners Island.
7/4/2006
Tom Elberfeld and friends fished Gardiners Bay for fluke on
Saturday. There seems to be a new mass of fish in the area as the
boys took home 25 nice fluke. Tom, Ron Casabianco and Bill Ryan all
had fish in the 5 pound class. The boys also had a few sea bass and
there were many large porgies for those using clams.
I have to say that this group works very hard for their fish. They
bucktail a lot, freshen their baits and are very attentive to the
gentle fluke taps others might miss. Great to have them aboard.
6/27/2006 The Freddie Sachraft party battled incessant
rain on both Saturday and Sunday aboard the Orient Star ll. Young
Chris Wurglics had 4 big fluke on Saturday including a 6 pounder as
well as a beautiful 4 1/2 lb black sea bass
On Monday the Cutchogue Knights of Columbus fished Gardiner's and
battled many, many short fluke (not short by much in many cases).
Bill Egan's 4 pounder was the pool fish.
6/22/2006 Took the J Paul's Pub boys
fishing at Gardeners for fluke. Rips were very active and we had a
pick of fish all day. Vinny Maisto had a 6 pounder followed by Ray
Detwiller's 5 lb fish.
The Mastic Beach Yacht Club Anglers fished the Gut with great
bluefish and bass action. They managed 6 keeper bass, many shorts
and all the blues they could handle.
Felix LoCicero and his buddies worked the Gut for 6 bass and many
blues . Randy Braun took the biggest bass again...20 pounds. All
action was on the flood.
The annual Jackie Baauer trip for fluke saw good fishing in the
Gardiner's area. Tom Borst ha a 6 1/2 pound flattie followed by Pete
McCarthy's 5 3/4 quarter. There were some nice quality fish taken by
this group.
On Father's Day we fished the same area as Sat. and had a great
morning bite....a slow pick and then another bite late...Same
pattern as the previous day. Sean Reiloy had the pool with a nice 5
pound fluke.
6/14/2006
Last Friday we took he Oyster Bay Anglers fluking in East Marion.
Most of our catch took place on the first two drifts. The fishing
slowed as the wind increased...just the beginning of a very windy
weekend. Ed Ireland won the pool with a 4 pounder and Bill Dorste
took second with a 3.5 lb. fish.
On Saturday the Jimmy Jacobson charter tried the Gut on the flood.
Mountainous rip and a tough drift made fishing tough until the ebb
came through. The group battled many bass including 8 keepers and
unlimited blues. All rods were bent each drift. Jim Braunsdorf and
Jim Goubeaud each had 16 pound bass.
On Sunday the Environment East charter had more blues than fluke in
East Marion. 10 yr old Victoria Piechnik had the largest blue and
perennial champ Joan Chambers won the fluke category again with a 4
lb fish.
Today, tuesday, we tried Gardiners for the first time as conditions
were favorable and some nice fish were taken by the J Pauls Pub
group. Vinny Maisto's 7 pounder was the largest and Ray Detwiller
had one of 5 lbs. The fish were scattered and long drifts were the
ticket. Lots of shorts in the area.
Took the Joe Chingas group bass fishing in the
Gut on Friday. Missy Saladino's 28 lb striper was the biggest.
Antoinette Spano and Amy Oliver each had fish in the 20's. There
were other keepers and plenty of blues to keep all busy.
On Saturday the 10th annual Dennis Cataldo fluke tournament took
place. Great conditions with favorable wind and tide directions plus
light boat traffic (Very Foggy) resulted in steady fluke action.
There were some blues as well as large porgies in the mix. Joe
Feliccia's 5 lb flattie won the tournament.
Fishing was tough on Sunday morning for the John Panasuk trip. We
only started catching well at 1:30 pm!
We stayed out a little later than normal to take advantage of the
bite. Husband -wife team of Terry and Larry Watklevicz took first
and second in the pool with 5 and 4 1/2 pounders respectively.
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