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Fishing Reports 2007November 25, 2007Today's black fish trip was for Joe and his crew for Excelsior yacht club. Fishing right from the morning was a little tough, it was a slow grind of fishing all day , we hit at least nine drops for the day. We were never able to get the fish going on each piece, soon as the fish started they shut right off. Total black fish for the day was 37 keepers up to 8 pounds. November 24, 2007Today's black fish trip was for Johnny o and his crew. The fish never really turned on, it was a slow pick of fish throughout the day. Each drop were only hold a few fish. Total catch for the day 35 keeper black fish up to 8 pounds. November 22, 2007Just want to say thanks to all our customers for such a great season so far, and to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving and the family November 21, 2007Today's black fish trip was for Mikey bagels and his crew. It was drop and stick fishing for Mikey and the boys by 11:30 a.m. the customers had their limits, each piece that we hit had good numbers of fish on it. The fish ranged between 3 pounds and 9 pounds. November 18, 2007Scheduled black fish trip was planned for Joe from Excelsior yacht club. We canceled due to weather. November 17, 2007Today's black fish trip was for Warren and John from a A&Z autobody. Right from the morning there was a steady pic of black fish, they would come and go throughout the day. Only needed to hit two drops that day. With all anglers limiting out, the fish ranged between keepers to 7 pounds. November 12, 2007Today's black fish trip was for Jim and his crew. The morning started out a little tough with the wind against the tide it just made anchoring conditions, a little crappy in the morning. Once the incoming water started to come in, the fish started to bite. In all the different areas that we fish that day. When all said and done we limited out the boat, and we played catch and release. The fish ranged from keepers to 6 pounds. November 11, 2007Today's black fish trip was for Joe from Excelsior yacht club and his crew. The morning bite was a little tough on the outgoing water for us, but when the tide started to come in, we couldn't get the bait down fast enough. Once the bite let up we hit a few other spots and it was the same results, the fish were chewing hard on each spot. The boat limited out by 12 o'clock. The guys were totally amazed how fast and furious it was, it was just awesome day. November 10, 2007A scheduled black fish trip was for Johnny o and his crew. Due to the weather we canceled the trip. November 9, 2007Today's black fish trip was for Dr. G. and his crew. Black fishing that day really okay, but we needed to hit a quite a few drops that day, it was a longer day for us, but it was well worth. With each piece producing fish. the boat limiting out - with black fish up to 8 pounds coming over the rail. November 4, 2007Today's black fish trip was for Mike and Darryl. We didn't expect too much to happen in the way of black fishing that day, from the hard easterly winds that blew in on Saturday upwards 40 kn. We hit a quite a few drops in the morning and the life was almost non-existent. With a fish here and a fish there, we decided not to waste anymore time, so we switched over to sea bass fishing. And that was definitely the right choice. With all fish ranging between 2 pounds up to jumbos. November 3, 2007A scheduled black fish trip was for Barnabe and his crew. Due to the weather we canceled the trip. November 1, 2007Today's black fish trip was for Dr. Rob Simeone and his crew. Black fishing that day was definitely tough with not enough black fish on each piece it definitely put a toll on our mates working the deck that day, with numerous drops we managed to put together 43 keepers up to 7 pounds with a couple of real nice jumbos sea bass mixed in. October 20, 2007Today's black fish/sea bass was for Steve and his crew. We finished a little bit in the morning for black fish, and the fish wasn't cooperating too well. With a pick here and they pick their. We switched over to sea bass which produce decent numbers. With fish ranging between 1 1/2's to 2 pounds, October 13, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Teddy and his crew of three. The morning started out slow, once the tide changed the fish started to bite, the 4 anglers landed over 60 keepers sea bass up to 4 pound. So by 12 o'clock Teddy and the guys decided they wanted to give black fishing a shot, we made one drop, and landed 16 black fish up to 6 pounds. We fished for just a little over one hour and landed those fish. Teddy and the guys were very happy with the amount of fish that had landed that day. total catch that day was over 78 fish not bad for four anglers. October 7, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for John and his carpentry team. John's buddies never fished before from a boat with a little coaching within a half hour they had the conventional real down pat. The morning started out a little slow, with the wind's blowing around 20 kn it made drifting conditions A-bit fast in the morning. It was a pic of fish in the morning, by the afternoon things settle down and the sea bass started to bite. But We needed to do a lot of travel. By the end of the day the guys had landed 90 keepers sea bass up to 3 pounds, also in the mix were black fish up to 3 pounds. October 6, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Lou and Mike and his crew. Another ideal day, with wind against the tide it made great drifting conditions. Sea bass fishing was a pick all day with fish ranging from 1 1/2 pounds to 3 pounds also in the mix was some black fish up to 3 pounds. We needed to do a lot more travel to produced good numbers of fish but by the end of the day, it was well worth it. They were in the triple digits with all keepers sea bass. October 5, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Sam and his crew. Right from the morning Sam told us, it was going to be a early day. He want to be in by 1 o'clock to do some business so the pressure was on. Drifting conditions was ideal, at one point there was no drift at all. Which was in our favor, right from the morning there was fish being landed. We needed to hit a few more spots than usual but it paid off by 12 o'clock the guys had landed 70 keepers sea bass up to 3 pounds with also a nice treat a 20 pound striped bass, and some nice black fish in the mix up to 3 pounds. Sam and his crew were very happy with the amount of fish they had landed by 12 o'clock. September 29, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Barbara and her crew. Got off to a late start in the morning due to customers getting into a little car accident on the way down, luckily everybody was okay. Once we got out to the fishing grounds there was fish coming over the rail with good numbers. Fish was ranging between 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 pounds by the end of the trip Barbara and her crew put together a nice catch with 80 keepers sea bass, for getting off to a late start they managed to do a good job September 8, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Lou and his crew. Fishing today was a little tougher than usual it was definitely a slow grind throughout the day , we needed to hit a whew more spots than usual, by the end of the day the guys manage to put together a decent catch with 90 keepers sea bass ranging from 1 1/2 pounds to 2 1/2 pounds the fish were a little smaller from the last few trips but still nice, there was a couple of fluke mixed in also. September 5, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Earl and his workers. Fishing that day was okay, the guys were new to fishing with a little coaching they managed to put together 75 keepers sea bass ranging from 1 1/2 to 3 pounds also in the mix were a whew keeper fluke. Earls workers were very happy for the amount of fish they had landed for the first time being out they really did OK. Despite the conditions also weren't the best in the morning. September 4, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Archie and his crew. It was a excellent day of sea bass fishing. with everything cooperating wind currents it just made ideal conditions for drifting. That just made a excellent day of fishing with triple digit numbers and fluke mixed in the mixed it was just a great day overall. Archie and his crew was totally excited about the amount of fish they landed that day, fish ranged from 1 1/2 pounds to 3 pounds. August 25, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Ted and his crew. Fishing that day was excellent with triple digit numbers and fish ranging from 1 1/2 pounds to 3 1/2 pounds. Also in the mix was some fluke and a nice black fish around 6 pounds that was released and Teddy said they'll be back in November for that black fish. The most valuable fisherman that day goes to Justin, he out fish the whole crew. Justin is nine years old and he stayed fishing all day to show off his catch of fish that was in the cooler. He did one hell of a job contributing to that cooler. August 15, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Jack and his crew. Fishing that day was ok every piece held some fish by the end of the day they boated 80 keepers sea bass. Also in the mix was fluke once again. August 4, 2007Today's sea trip was for Rudy and his crew. The morning started out a little snotty with a hard East wins and continued most of the day. Despite the wind we put together a fair catch of fish, the guys managed 55 keepers sea bass ranging between 1 1/2 pounds to 3 pounds. Some nice size fluke from keepers to 4 pounds and also in the mix was some Ling. It was Rudy first time out with us and his crew they are a great bunch of guys, to fish with and boy they work hard that day. They stayed out on the deck all day despite the conditions. July 29, 2007Today, sea bass trip was for Joe from the Excelsior yacht club. There was plenty of action all day, with fish ranging from 1 1/2 pounds to 3 1/2 pounds. Joe and his crew were in the triple digits with all keepers sea bass. Also in the mix was a striped bass, and some really nice ling. July 28, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for John and Jeff and their crew. It was another great day with triple digit number with all keepers sea bass, with fish up to 3 1/2 pounds. Also in the mix was a winter flounder that was released, a keepers striped bass which was a nice treat for the plate. It was John's first trip with the Outcast, and his crew and they were pretty happy with their catch. With ken landing a nice 3 1/2 pounds. Sea bass. July 21, 2007Today sea bass trip was for Rob and John and his crew. It was at another exciting trip with once again with triple digit numbers with the fish ranging between 1 1/2 to 3 pounds. This time in the mix was those beautiful blackfish up to 7 pounds, all blackfish was released and waiting for opening season. July 18, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Ray and his guys. Right from the morning the action was good. But With a little heavy current. It made drifting conditions, a little tough for the guys. But They were right on top of things and getting the lines right down to the bottom for the few seconds that we had to go over the pieces, and they were producing fish on each pass. By the end of the day they had landed 90 keepers sea bass. Up to 3 pounds. July 14, 2007Today's trip was for Mat and Joe from platinum plumbing. The trip was planned to do some bluefishing, as Mat son started to get a little sick we weren't able to make it out to the fishing grounds. Where we needed to go, so we decided to do some sea bass fishing. Fishing that day was OK. We landed 60 keeper sea bass, up to 2 1/2 pounds. July 13, 2007Today's trip was for Jimmy and his crew from the fire house. They wanted a day of action so we took them bluefishing, and it was a real productive day with fish up to 8 pounds. It was steady action, all day. Also in the mix was a nice treat for the guys a 70 pounds dusky shark. June 24, 2007Today, sea bass trip was for Rollen and Lee and their crew. See bass fishing for those guys was excellent with triple digit number of sea bass and a lot of nice size ling up to 4 pounds. And this time blackfish was up to 8 pounds on light tackle outfit, those fish put up some good action for the customers. All blackfish needed to go back due to out of season. There's been quite a few blackfish on all the sea bass trips. It really looks great for the black season to come. There are some quality fish out there. June 23, 2007Today's sea bass trip was for Lou Tommy and the guys. It was a carbon copy of Wednesday's trip with all guys making their limits, all the fish were ranging between 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 pounds. June 20, 2007Wednesday's trip was open boat for sea bass. Larry and Larry and John and Rob. There was no shortage of sea bass that day, with all angle limiting out. And also in the mix was very nice size ling up to 4 pounds and a very good amount of black fish up to 6 pounds that needed to be released due to out of season. It really looks like a good sign for the blackfish season to come June 17, 2007Today's trip was for Joel and his crew. We did another day of bottom fishing, which also produce great numbers of sea bass and quality size, fish been ranging on all trips between 1 1/2 to 4 pounds. Sea bass action been red-hot, and also there has been a lot of blackfish in the mix which are a nice treat for the customers that are using light tackle, all blackfish need to be returned to the water due to regulations. It's a very nice sign for the season to come for those fish. June 16, 2007Today's trip was for Darryl and George and friends. We did another day of bottom fishing that produced good numbers and quality fish. All anglers went home very happy with the amount of fish that day. With Darryl also taking the pool fish with a 3 1/2 pounds Sea bass . June 15, 2007Today's trip was for Jerry and his friends. We did a day of bottom fishing. Fishing that day was great with good numbers with fish ranging between 1 1/2 to 4 pounds. All the anglers produced good numbers, and they were extremely happy about the size of the fish. June 10, 2007Today's trip was for Barry and his daughter and friends. They were looking for a lot of action. So we did some bluefishing, as everybody knows the action was great with fish up to 13 pounds. June 9, 2007Today's trip was for Lou and his guys. We started bass fishing to the east, and there was a pic of bass to 20 pounds, and plenty of action also with the bluefish. Overall the day was great, and there was plenty of action to go around with the fish. June 3, 2007Today's trip was for Lee and his wife and friends. We started out with live bunker and it was the same result bluefish. We made a move to the east and started claiming. We had a fish on right away, we thought something was going to happen and it did it shut right down completely with no life whatsoever. So we decided to make a another move to the north to set up on a piece of bottom to do some Porgy fishing. The bottom action was real good. We were catching porgies up to 21/2 pounds, bottom fishing that day was good. June 2, 2007Today's trip was for Darryl and Jimmy and his crew. The morning started out great with netting a hundred or more bunker to live line with. As soon as we hit the fishing grounds and casted the live bunker into the water, the bunker didn't even hit the bottom it was ripped apart from bluefish. We tried quite of few areas that day and the same results. More bluefish. It was our first trip to be shut out with the bass. All in all the day was great and there was plenty of action with the bluefish. May 30,2007Tonight striped bass trip was for John and his crew. Bass fishing that night was spectacular. It was dropped and stick with live bait. The action continued for two hours straight, with everybody cashing in on the action and even my son Robbie. That was out for the evening to help. It was his first time seeing that kind of action. And some times the live bait would shoot out of the water with the striped bass right behind it. It was a totally awesome site seeing the striped bass in a total feeding frenzy like that night. All the fish ranged in the mid-20s. After two hours of fishing, we called it a night. It couldn't get any better than that. And also, my son cashing in on the action to. It was a little tough for him to handle with a little help he managed. He was more excited about netting the fish, For the guys. May 28, 2007Today's striped bass trip was for Fred and the guys from the beach club striped bass fishing today was good, with Tony Son, nailing a nice 27 pounds striped bass for his first time out Bass fishing, and also catching his limit. There was plenty of action between the bluefish and striped bass. you needed to be on the point that day with the bass, and setting the hook. The fish was definitely being picky with their bite. Overall, it was a great day, and great action for all. May 27,2007Today's trip was split half-day striped bass fishing. The other half was sea bass and ling. For Darryl and his dad Jimmy. What a difference a day can make, we went right back to where we left off yesterday morning, where the fish was biting. This time there was very little action, we had one striped bass in the morning and some bluefish and a few potential runoffs that wasn't executed. By mid morning we decided to do some sea bass fishing and ling. For The amount of time that we spend on bottom fishing we put together a good catch, with sea bass. Up to 2 1/2 pounds and some nice size Ling. May 26, 2007Today's striped bass trip was for Barbara and her crew from the Bronx. Bass fishing that day was good. We had a shot of bass in the morning and then we had a another shot on the tie change in the afternoon. The afternoon, bite was good. We had the fish for at least a good hour. May 25, 2007Tonight striped bass trip was for, Ed Gregory & friends and kids from Pennsylvania. Bass fishing was ok, that night, with the kids beating their parents, there was a lot of action that night between the bluefish and the striped bass. These guys had a great time nailing the bluefish and the striped bass. Overall, the weather was beautiful, and the action was good. May 24, 2007Tonight, striped bass trip was for Peter and his girl and the guys. Pete's girl was high hook that night. It was her first time out striped bass fishing after that. She was totally hooked. She put the other guys to shame that had all the experience. As the bunker schools went by, we would cast our bait into them. And then there was a hook up with either a striped bass, or bluefish. At some points. The bluefish was totally insane but also gave a lot of action that night to. By the end of the night she was showing off her catch and adding to the cooler for the guys that came up empty. 5/20/2007Today, striped bass trip was for Rollen and his crew. We went back to the area where we had the weakfish and striped bass. There was only some bluefish and one lonely striped bass. We didn't waste no time there. We picked up and made a move right away. We headed east and found some marks, and we dropped the anchor. Right away, a fish on, it looked real promising than the bluefish took control. We needed to stop fishing for a while to try to get rid of those bluefish. The action was great, but going through 75 hooks was torture on hands. We started fishing again, and we found some more bass. The fish were definitely being picky that day. They did not want no heads, only small chunks at some points, we thought the striped bass were bluefish. The way they were running and in stopping. They definitely were not feeding that day right we managed to get six quality fish. And a whole load of bluefish. All in all the guys had a great time, and they all went home with some nice striped bass 5/19/2007Today's striped bass trip was for Steve and Bobby the ball breaker. We headed out back to the area where he left off that night, what a difference. As soon as we set up anchor and started to chunk. We had a couple of bluefish right away. Then the striped bass came through, we had a good solid 1 1/2 hours on the fish with the guys limiting out, after that. The bluefish started to come back with force. We stuck it out for a while. It was just more bluefish. So we decided to go into great kills to throw the net to get some live bunker. After that, we went to a new area and it paid off again with landing a nice 14.2 pounds weakfish and also some striped bass. 5/17/2007 PMTonight's striped bass trip was Lou and his crew. We headed out right to the same area where we left off. And what a difference a whew hours can make. This time, as soon as the lines hit the bottom. It was a bluefish invasion, we were reading the bass on the bottom. But no matter what you did, they wouldn't take the bait. We decided to take a move, a little west of where we were fishing, and we started to mark the bass again. So we decided to drop the anchor. We started to chunk, and we had our first bass on. Then the striped bass started to come as fast as it came on its shut right off. The wind started to blow hard from the east end with the hard outgoing water. The striped bass, shutdown. And made terrible conditions for fishing. 5/17/2007 AMToday's striped bass trip was open boat. By request, the guys needed to leave later in the morning due to their night shift. We hit the fishing grounds by 10 a.m. in the morning. As soon as the first piece of bunker hit the bottom. The line scream, off once we started to throw some chunks in the water. We started to build up the bass behind the boat, for every casts. There was a striped bass hook up. You couldn't get any better than that. The customers were totally pumped up. Within the hour, we limited out. Then we started to play catch and release also in the mix was the pesky yellow eyes demons, which we call bluefish. They also were a load of fun for our customers to. By request again, they decided to call early day. May 12, 2007Today striped bass trip was for Sam and Steve and his crew. The morning started to a little slow, bluefish was the first ones to show up after a few bluefish were landed, the striped bass moves in, with fish ranging between 14 and 20 pounds after pulling out about eight fish the bluefish showed up again. When slack tide came through the decided to go to net some live bunker full live lining. After that, we decided to go to a new area and it paid off, we managed to limit out that day and played catch and release with bass and bluefish and with a beautiful 35.7 pounds striped bass. Another great day on the water and the action was good, and the customers hooked up. Once again. May 10, 2007Today's striped bass trip was for Jimmy and John and the guys. The morning action started out great. As soon as the bunker hit the bottom. The action started, with landing a couple of 20 pounds striped bass. After that there was another one on that was a 25 pounds Striped bass. By 8 a.m. in the morning. The guys all limited out with striped bass, ranging between 15 pounds to 25 pounds. After that we played catch and release for awhile. When slack tide came through, we decided to go in to catch some live bunker to do some live lining. Went right back to the same spot, and this time. It was bluefish bluefish bluefish and more bluefish with a occasional striped bass. The action overall that day was great, and our customers had a great time hooking up. 1/29/2007We had a scheduled trip for blackfish for Sunday that we had to cancel on Friday, due to mechanical problems. We jumped right on the problem, and we worked right through the night into early Sunday morning. We finished up Sunday morning, and we took her out for a test ride, and everything seemed to be OK. So it was still early enough to get a crew together to head out fishing. We hit the area late morning. From that time on, it was nonstop fishing it was one fish after another. And they were all big fat slobs, there was a 13 pounder. A couple of 12 pounders, and a few 10 pounder and the rest of the fish had to be between 3 and 8 pounds with everybody easily doubling their limits. This trip, was one of the best. The togs really wanted only white crabs, and the bigger fish jumped all over the leatherback crabs. The big slobs would rip the sinker right off the bottom and The line would just go slack, and you say, oh my God and swing for the skies an reel as fast as you can to catch up, and when you did catch up those togs would not give up for nothing that day it just was totally unbelievable. The only disappointing part was not having our customers on the boat that day to cash in on the big fish. So Danny, we need to make it up to you, and we will try to put you on them fish again. 1/23/2007Today's blackfish trip was for Joe, the butcher. All anglers, limited out on Tuesday trip with a few extra fish being released, some of the togs were nice size some that were 10 1/2 pound fish. And a few 9 pounds fish, and the rest of them ranged between 3 and 4 pounds. We fished between 65 feet and 105 feet, and only hitting a few drops. 1/22/2007Today's blackfish trip was for John and his crew. The morning started out good and ended great with everybody doubling their limits, with the ocean flat calm, and the tide and the little wind that we had working together. It made ideal conditions, we couldn't get the bait on fast enough that day. It didn't matter if it was green, or white crabs they were just chewing everything. There was a few 9 pound fish, and some 7 pound fish bag to. And the rest of the fish were between 3 and 6 pounds. January 3, 4 & 7 - 2007The blackfishing on Anthony V.’s charter on Saturday was good, and the anglers were new to tog fishing, and it takes some skill. But the anglers managed to land four or five blacks apiece that weighed up to 8 pounds, and Larry the mate helped them bag a bunch of extras. On a crew trip Friday Capt. Joe and friends limited out on tog to 10 pounds and released a few extras, and the bite was good, though they had to hit lots of drops, so it wasn’t like one spot held loads of fish. Another trip for Ron and Bruce, Black fishing was OK, these guys are new to black fishing an the bite was a little tough, it was the first time out since last year trip, which was an all out slaughter that trip. They couldn't believe when the bite is that tough how the experience pays off, Larry, the mate was helping out to fill the cooler for the guys. And producing good numbers of fish, and it showed how experience pays off. And it was a really tough bite for the guys oppose to last year trip. The guys managed 40 keeper blackfish up to 8 pounds Fishing Reports 2006Fishing Reports 2005
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