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Fishing Report Archive » Old Reports Monday, September 05, 2005 The Herb Nixon group worked the Midway rips, nabbing 12 bass to 20lbs, 12 bluefish, a few seabass to 5lbs and very big porgy! Thursday, September 01, 2005 Charlie and his friend from Easthampton caught 9 albacore and 1 Yellowfin tuna in 50 fathoms southeast of Montauk Point. Saturday, August 27, 2005 Pete burgman group fished off shore in 50 fathoms and caught 5 albacore and 3 mahi-mahi. Thursday, August 25, 2005 Capt. Mark's charter Mike Tescano group made a canyon trip trolling in 50 fathoms and produced 3 50-lb Yellowfin and 2 Albacore in the 35-lb class... At night they set up in the Fishtails and landed a 208-lb Swordfish and a couple of Allisons to 125 lbs, 3 Yellowfin to 60 lbs and 10 Dolphin.... They also had an Allison about 125 lbs at the boat and lost it! Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Capt. Mark's charter Barry Josten, Greg Mechaber, Frank Wolfer, Bob, and John Paradise went 70 miles offshore and caught a 225-lb blue marlin (release to eat another day), 7 Yellowfin Tuna up to 100 lbs, 4 Albacore and 14 Mahi Mahi -- Frank Wolfer was bitten by a 60-lb mako! Sunday, August 21, 2005 Geppy Delorenzo drifted live bait around the point and caught 8 bass up to 25 lbs and 8 bluefish. Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Capt.Mark's charter, the Jason Klup group, caught 12 bass up to 25 lbs and 4 bluefish. Monday, August 15, 2005 Capt. Mark's charter Ben, Joe, Steve Jason, Steve V., and Sal limited out on the bass with 2 fish over 40 lbs. Tuesday, August 09, 2005 The John Frey group drifted live bait and caught 10 keepers up to 28 lbs . Monday, August 08, 2005 The Mike Dominichi group limited out on the bass up to 36 lbs, fluke action was fair at Frizbee area. Sunday, August 07, 2005 The bay shore boys: Anthony, Dan, Nick, Tom, John and John limited out on the bass up to the 30-lb class. Saturday, August 06, 2005 The Ed Bermed group caught striped bass up to 32 lbs., scup and bluefish up to 14 lbs. Thursday, August 04, 2005 Capt. Mark's charter caught a mako shark! Sunday, July 31, 2005 John, John Jr., Lovanne Tully and Cherylann Taylor Petry drifted live bait around the Light House area and caught 4 trophy bass from 25 to 40 lbs. Saturday, July 30, 2005 Hello Anglers! Today the Capt. Mark sailed with great Karma!!! John, Mike, Mighty Joe, Frank, Grace and Lisa ventured out to the deep to do some shark fishing. First we stopped at the Point and caught up 10 VERY NICE Bass up to 40+ lbs!!! WOW! Then we ventured out to do a little shark fishing. Capt. Mark stopped the boat about 26 miles South of the point and we started the chum slick. We hooked a Blue shark and lost it. Then we hooked a small Mako and released it. And then..... A 350-lb Thresher shark took the bait! After one hour of battle and a couple of jumps (one of them clear out of the water), we landed this majestic fish. A superb job done by all!! This was truly a spectacular day. The fish were biting and the Karma was nice. Friday, July 29, 2005 Capt. Mark sailed with Al Melo, Ron Mauro, Bill Pisano, Jim Tedesco, Tom Ledty and Russel Catsoreg to limit out on the bass up to 35lbs on live bait at the point. Thursday, July 28, 2005 Dr Carmine, Stan, Steve and Lou live-lining scup near the Light House and limiting out on the bass... 6 bluefish and a bushel of large scup. Sunday, July 24, 2005 Capt. Mark chartered the Shawn McFarland group to the southwest ledge -- limited out on the bass up to 25lbs, and fluke at Midway produce 25 keepers up to 8-lb class. Thursday, July 21, 2005 Trolling on the north rip for bass & bluefish with Bob, Lou, Allisse, Greg and Louis. Tuesday, July 19, 2005 The Capt. Mark sailed a charter with Glen, Karen, Madison and 10-year-old Ron today and caught 3 keeper bass up to 24lbs and some bluefish for shark bait. Then went sharking 25-mile southeast point and caught 5 blue shark to 175lbs and little Ron caught and played his first shark by himself! Monday, July 18, 2005 Jason Orrio and friends landed 7 keeeper bass in the 20-lb class, with 6 bluefish and 23 fluke to 6 1/2 lbs. Sunday, July 17, 2005 The Herb Nixon charter landed 4 bass in the high teens, but the Fluke fishing was better: 40 fluke to 6lbs. Saturday, July 16, 2005 AM -- The Louis Magalinos charter caught 10 bass up to 20lbs, Fluke fishing with 40 keepers to 5 1/2 lbs. PM -- The Bill Jandoritz charter limited out on the bass up to 24lbs. Friday, July 15, 2005 Ed Savoka Charter limited out on the bass to 22lbs at the elbow, Fluke fishing off new ground with 40 keepers to 7lbs. Saturday, July 09, 2005 Joe Oliveri crew drifting live bait around the Point and caught 7 keeper bass up to 33 lbs. Midway rips produced 12 keeper fluke up to 3 1/2 lbs. Thursday, July 07, 2005 Paul, David, Michael and Jennie Pechman... It was tough fishing but we managed to catch 6 bass up to 30 lbs and Pete Pearson from the Kloudike 9 took a busman holiday and caught the 30-lb bass! Tuesday, July 05, 2005 Rick Vidal and family went shark fishing 25 miles SE of Montauk Point and caught 3 20-lb Bluefin Tuna and kept the limit of 2. Rick Vidal caught a 281-lb thresher shark. Monday, July 04, 2005 Fedders Island Air Corporation -- Brian, Mike, Mike, Billy, Tom and Rob went shark fishing and caught 4 bluefish and 150-lb Thresher. On the way home they stopped at the point to finish with 6 bass up to 25 lbs. Friday, July 01, 2005 Steve, Brian Lasser, Allan and Jake Webber limited out on bass in the 20-lb plus class with some bluefish thrown in. Thursday, June 30, 2005 Limited out on the bass up to 31 lbs at the Pollock rip with fluke and bluefish to boot... Tuesday, June 28, 2005 Bill Bruce and Family fished the flood tide at Midway and caught 4 keeper bass to 18 lbs. Monday, June 27, 2005 Bass fishing in the north rip with Bill Kropt limited out with Bass up to 25 lbs; Fluke fishing with 16 keepers up to 5 lbs. Sunday, June 26, 2005 Angler Pete Zorzy and group limited out on Bass with 5 Bass over 25 lbs. Thursday, June 23, 2005 Hello again! The Capt. Mark sailed today with my Brother NYC Firefighters. Joe, Rick, Bruce and Gary fished an inshore Fluke/Bass combo trip. We caught our Bass limit fairly quickly using parachutes and diamond jigs. The boys tried for some Sea Bass and caught several nice ones before the "DOGS" took over. We had to leave and try for Fluke. Fluking was a tough go but we managed 10 fish to 5 lbs. Lots of throw backs also. The Capt. Mark would like all to know that we have some open dates for charter or open boat. On June 28th there is a "split charter" opening for three anglers for a Bass/Fluke combo. June 29th is available for charter, inshore or offshore. July 1, 4, 5, 7 & 8th we are open for Bass/Fluke combo charters OR for offshore SHARK fishing! The shark fishing is heating up with some very nice large size Threshers and Makos being caught. As a matter of fact, the Capt. Mark weighed in a 312 pound Thresher in the Star Island Shark Tournament for the second largest shark in the tournament. A very nice cash prize went to the crew who did a spectacular job angling! See Photo Gallery (June 2005) for details. Wednesday, June 22, 2005 Mike, Jen, Nancy and Ron limited out on bass up to 28 lbs with 9 keeper fluke up to 5 1/2 lbs caught at the Frizbee. Capt. Mark has some open dates June 28 and 29th for bass, fluke or shark trips. Also has a few open dates around the 4th of July. Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Jason and Burnik Tuson whacked bass up to 34 lbs and fluke to 6 lbs. Monday, June 13, 2005 Rick Riatawo group from Dumont New Jersey -- Bass fishing in the north rip, 12 keepers to 29 lbs Fluke fishing with 14 keeper up to 5½ lbs. Sunday, June 12, 2005 Rick Riatawo group from Dumont, NJ -- Bass fishing in the north rip yielded 12 keeper bass to 29lbs, and Fluke fishing with 14 keepers up to 5½ lbs Friday, June 10, 2005 AM -- Bob Barratt group worked the Pollock rip and limited out on the bass. 12 bass up to 25lb class, 8 keeper and 4 throw-backs. 30 keeper fluke up to 6 1/2 lbs and a 10lb Monkfish. PM -- Vin lorello, John Kenny, Mike Bruno, Al Thalen, Khalid Zaki and Tom felice. Great bass fishing at the Pollock rip with 12 keepers out of 20 bass up to 28lb and 30lb class Monday, June 06, 2005 Herb Nixon group worked the Elbow limited out on the bass up to 25lbs with lots of throw-backs. Fluke fishing on the south side was very good with 36 keepers up to 6 1/2 lbs. Again, bluefish gave them some more action for the day, and Phillip Bloom was high hook with 20 fluke including throw-backs. Monday, June 06, 2005 The Paul Hillia Group. Good bass jigging at the Elbow, limited out on bass up to 22-lb class with lots of throw backs; Fluke fishing on the back end with 18 keepers up to 4 1/2 lbs, and a few bluefish were part of the action. Saturday, June 04, 2005 Joe Purrazzella 36 lb bass Mike, John, Mike, Joe, and Joe limed out on the bass 33 and 36 lbs bass also they had 38 keeper fluke to 9 lbs. Thursday, June 02, 2005 Steve Beuberman Group bass fish at the porgy hump and limed out on the bass to 24 LB class, Fluke fishing on the south side was good with 29 keepers. Don Mitchell caught the 8 1/2 LB fluke. Wednesday, June 01, 2005 Today the Capt. Mark sailed a full day inshore with Rich, his lovely Daughter Annette, Brian, Gary, Bruce & Bill. The boys and Annette had their limit of Bass on parachutes. The Bass were up to 20lbs. We tried for Fluke and ended up with 13 keeper Fluke. The "BIG ONE," caught by Bruce weighed in at 9lbs. Nice job to all! See you next time "Brothers"! Tuesday, May 31, 2005 WOW! What a day it was fishing on the Capt. Mark!! Today the Capt Mark sailed an all day Bass/Fluke Combo trip. Our crew was Vinny, Tim(FD), John, "BIG Dick", Jim, and the lovely Iris. These guys can fish! First we jigged parachutes for Bass and had our limit up to 20lbs in less that an hour. Then we went Fluke fishing and landed on the "BIG ONES"!!! Fluke fishing was excellent with our 40 fish limit caught up to 9 1/2 lbs. That included 10 fish over 6lbs! The pool was taken by Tim(FD)Killion. A superb job done by all. The Capt. Mark would like all to know that we have an open boat BIG Fluke/Bass combo trip this Thursday, June 2nd. First come, first serve. Call us for reservations at (631)668-6773 or on the Cell at (516)885-1932. Monday, May 30, 2005 Today the Capt. Mark sailed two half day trips. The AM group was with Gep, Eric, Joe and John. The boys did a bang up job on the Bass trolling Parachutes with our limit of Bass to 24 lbs. Then we had time for Fluke fishing and it seems that the "Bite is on again". The boys had 14 keeper Fluke to 7 lbs. for a few drifts. The PM group was with John, Bruce "The Cod Man", Rob, Steve, Les and Jim. Lots of birds and lots of blues with the Bass on the bottom, under the Blues. We used the parachutes again and had our limit of Bass to 22lbs. along with plenty of Blues! Great job to both crews! Friday, May 27, 2005 Herb, Bob, John, Bill, Brandon and Ed caught 25 bass at the Elbow with 12 keepers. Fluking was slow after the Noreast blow, had 6 keeper fluke up to 5 1/2 lbs. and 6 bluefish. Capt mark has a open boat on Tuesday June 2nd for Bass and Fluke... Monday, May 23, 2005 Walter, Tim, Herb, Clint and Ed limited out on fluke up to 9 1/2 lbs. Many throw backs. Sunday, May 22, 2005 Hello anglers! Today the Capt. Mark sailed a full day inshore with the "Boys From Brazil". We caught about 35 Bass on Jigs and kept 12 fish up to 28 lbs. We also had about 25 blue fish. The Fluking was not good today for us so we focused on Bass and blues. Then we sailed a "Magic Hour" trip with two gentlemen and their lovely companions. Mike, John, Karen & Jen. They all did a great job working the parachutes, catching about 15 Bass and keeping eight fish up to 26 lbs. "Of course, the lovely ladies jigged up the larger fish"! Sunday, May 22, 2005 Today the Capt. Mark sailed with the Ed Patrowski group. The Bass fishing was good jigging bucktails in a screaming tide at The Elbow. We had our limit of 12 bass to 20 lbs. The Fluke fishing was OK with 26 fish to 61/2 lbs. Capt. Mark would like to let anglers know that we have three open spaces for an open boat Bass & Fluke Combo this Wednesday, May 25th. Call us at (631)668-6773 or on the Cell at (516)885-1932. We also have three days open for Charter this month. The dates are May 26th, 27th & 31st. Friday, May 20, 2005 On Friday, 5/20 we sailed with Bob, Herb, John, Bob, Troy and Sebastian Buonopart? The Bass fishing was excellent with 12 Bass to 19lbs. trolling umbrellas and Diamond Jigs. Lots of throw backs also but the Bass fishing is getting better each day. Fluking on the South side was OK with 24 Fluke taken. Troy was the BIG pool winner with a 9 pounder! Sunday, May 15, 2005 Today the Capt. Mark fished with the AL Korbe group for a Bass/Fluke combo trip. Al K., Nacho, Mario, Joe "Some Pair" and of course, Big Matt "The Ladies' Man" Gross. Heavy fog all day long. The Fluking was picky due to lack of breeze. The boyz caught 18 keeper Fluke and then trolled 7 keeper Bass to end the day. A great time was had by all! Thanks Again Guys! Saturday, May 14, 2005 Hello from the Capt. Mark. Today the "Budwiser Boys" were out for a fun day's fishing -- and fun it was. Big John, Billy "Bud", Uncle Bob, Mark and Mike tried some Bass fishing first for about one hour and managed two keeper Bass out of four. The keepers were 9 and 12 lbs. When it was Fluke time, we fished south of town and caught 35 keeper Fluke to 5lbs. with lots of throw backs. All in all, a great day for the "Bud" boys and myself. Friday, May 13, 2005 The Captain Mark sailed today with Kevin, Jim, Carmine, Len, Rick, and Pete. They caught 35 fluke to 6lbs. Over 20 shorts were thrown back. A few Bass are also beginning to show! Thursday, May 12, 2005 The fluke bite is on, Capt Mark Chartered Bob, Harb, Tony, Sal, Rob and Chio from babylon had 50 keeper fluke, 30 throw-backs. Wednesday, May 11, 2005 Ed Hoglander, Birl Gironda, Raoul Rasch, Sinker Bob, and Horogent Nixon caught 20 keeper fluke up to 7 1/2 lbs, one bluefish and a porgy. Saturday, May 07, 2005 Fishing on the wreck south of Montauk in 60 feet water-- 3 keeper cod to 6 lbs. and 18 blackfish to 6 1/2 lbs. Monday, May 02, 2005 Tim Collans group fished SE block Island in 135 feet of water had over 150 short Cod with a couple of keeper cod, along with a few flounder and pollack... Had some blackfish in 60 feet of water. Thursday, April 14, 2005 We had a mixed bag of Cod, Ling, and snowshoe Flounder. The action was fast & furious with everybody getting multiple double headers - HIT THE BOTTOM AND YOU GOT 'EM - but you really had to weed through the shorts for keepers. Probably 25 throw backs for each keeper. Water's warming up, flounder bite should increase, hopefully a batch of more sizeable cod moves in! Monday, April 11, 2005 Capt. Mark would like all to know that we are open April 12th for private charter or open boat! During the last two weeks in April we will start "mixing it up" with Cod, Ling, Snow Shoe Flatties, and "BIG" Blacks! If you're IN, give us a call @ (631) 668-6773 or cell (516)885-1932. Thursday, April 07, 2005 We managed 20 keepers to 12 lbs. for the George Warren group and released over 100 shorts. Wednesday, April 06, 2005 For sure the Cod fishing has been terrible as of late but we were granted a bit of a reprieve the last couple of trips. We fished with the Bill Gironda group and managed 22 keepers to 10 lbs. We must have gone through 100 shorts also. Most fish caught on bait with several on the Jigs and Jellies. Saturday, March 19, 2005 Fished SE of block Island with Rob, Chris, Mark and John. 35 keepers to 12lbs. and lots of throw-backs.... "GOOD ACTION." Capt Mark has 2 openings for Easter Sunday and some open dates in April for Cod trips (open boat and charter). Monday, March 14, 2005 Capt Mark's fished Cox Ledge in 138 feet of water, Kieth, sinker Bob, Bruce, Peter, Ed and Al caught 70 keeper Cod 30 shorts was release, Capt Mark's still have some open dates in April for Cod trips. Saturday, March 12, 2005 Today the Capt. Mark sailed with Mark Lasar, Jeff, Mike and Dave. Young Stephen Dombrowski also ventured out to catch his first Cod. The boys landed 36 Nice Cod to 15 lbs. along with several throwbacks. We fished despite the increasing wind and snow. By the way, Stephen had six fish! Monday, March 07, 2005 The Capt. Mark fished SE Block Island in 145' of water. His charter Barry, Tim, Steve, Pete, Jim Shawn limed out on the cod, 4 Cod in the 20 plus class, 31 cod in the 8 lb class. Over 100 fish were taken for the Tom Crann group. Saturday, March 05, 2005 Action was HOT. The Capt. Mark fished in 150' of water SE of Block Island drifting clambaits and jigging diamonds for a limit of 80 cod fish, some fish into the mid 30's. The Jim Silberger group was throwing 'em back after that… Sunday, January 30, 2005 Captain Mark began fishing this weekend for cod. Fishing was decent Sat. and Sun. with the six open boat anglers managing 25 keeper cod to 15lbs. along with a small pile of ling. Ken Jasinski was high hook with seven keepers. Marking plenty of bait, and fishing should continue to pick up through the next few weeks. Capt. Mark is sailing open boat by reservation every day we are not booked including weekdays. We have a few spots open for this Tuesday 2/1 and the weather looks great. Capt. Mark can be reached evenings at (631) 668-6773. Sunday, August 22, 2004 Bass fishing excellent drifting live bait on the porgy hump. Kept 12 big bass to 35 lbs. and a few blues. Also 1/2 bushel large porgies, and some seabass and fluke from outer frisbees. Korean ambassador to the U.N. Chun Yung Woo and guests. Saturday, August 21, 2004 Great bite on end of ebb tide in the slot on live bait. 20 fish landed by 8 am with a limit of 12 nice ones kept to 35 lbs. along with a few large blues. Then drifted on inner frisbees for some nice fluke and seabass for Bob Adamski group. Friday, August 20, 2004 Drifting live bait on the porgy hump produced blues and 9 bass to 47 lbs. for the Ed Savoca group. Billy Rand caught the big cow. Then sebass and fluke on the drift at Frisbees. Thursday, August 19, 2004 Live bait fishing excellent on Jones' with unlimited biass to 35 lbs. Some nice fluke and seabass on frisbees then lots of blues on the Wong after a heavy wind came up. Wednesday, August 18, 2004 A.M./P.M. -- Live bait fishing exceptional off Jones' with 17 fish taken retaining limit to 48 lbs. for John, John jr. Mary, Katie and Pete Hagerty. MAGIC HOUR -- Drifted live bait at the slot. 9 big bass to 35 lbs. for Jim Switzer group. Tuesday, August 17, 2004 A.M./P.M. -- Bass fishing excellent drifting live bait on the elbow. 16 fish were taken retaining limit of 12 to 35 lbs. Drifting around porgy hump yielded 1/2 bushel large scup and a few nice seabass for the Bob Specht group. MAGIC HOUR -- Exceptional dusk bite on live bait off north bar w/ 12 fish to 43 lbs. Marc, Sherri, Lana & Brandon powers. Brandon caught a 33lber, his first ever. Saturday, July 24, 2004 Extended Day. Shark fishing 28 mi. SE of point. One 150 Blue and One 125 lb. Mako. Tuna trolling on the way home. 4 caught and released on light tackle. Then chunked for bass at Great Eastern. Limit of 12 18-32 lbs. Stan Sidlowski group. Friday, July 23, 2004 A.M./P.M. -- Bass fishing excellent chunking at Great Eastern. 15 fish to 32 lbs. keeping limit. Fluking good at midway with keepers to 6 lbs. and a few seabass. John Mancuso group. MAGIC HOUR -- Chunking again fantastic. Limit and then some with 4 fish over 30 lbs. Cristy, Matt, Dave and Eric. Thursday, July 22, 2004 Extended Day. Trolled first thing for bluefin 4 mi. SE of suffolk wreck. Caught 15 to 30 lbs. on light tackle keeping limit. Then set up a chum slick for a bit and caught a tasty but smallish mako. Mike and Rich Gasparian w/ friend Tom. Wednesday, July 21, 2004 Shark fishing very slow 180 ft. se of suffolk wreck. One blue shark and no other bites. Stopped at point on way home for a few bass for dinner. Gus & crew. Tuesday, July 20, 2004 Shark fishing 25 mi. SE of point in 190 ft. of water. Slow, caught one 150 lb. blue shark and a 80 lb. mako. Stopped at point on way home for a few bass for dinner. Saturday, July 10, 2004 MBCA shark Tourney. Sharking 30 miles se. 12 blue sharks to an estimated 185 lbs. Bob Adamski group. Friday, July 09, 2004 A.M. -- Bass fishing ok. limilt to 25 lbs. jigging chutes on pollock rip, then anchored for a half bushel of jumbo porgies on 36 spot. Bob Adamski group. P.M. -- Bass fishing picky but managed 8 keepers to 20 lbs. jiggign chutes on elbow andf flats. Rod Gur and Helen Abramson. Wednesday, July 07, 2004 A.M./P.M. -- Shark fishing 28 Miles SE. 3 Blue sharks to 225 lbs. 4 Nice bass at elbow on way in along with 10 blues. Ed Wissman group. MAGIC HOUR -- Bass fishing excellent. 10 Bass to 32 lbs. jigging chutes on inner elbow with Lee, Christina, Brittnay & Julia. Tuesday, July 06, 2004 Sharking slow 28 miles SE of point. 5 Blue sharks to 250 lbs. Stopped at pollock rip on way in for 4 nice bass and some blues. BJ Branti and crew. Monday, July 05, 2004 MAGIC HOUR -- Bass fishing very good on elbow jiggig white chutes. 8 fish to 35 lbs for Alexandra, Felix and Dario who was visiting Long Island from Australia. Saturday, July 03, 2004 A.M. -- Bass tough again. 6 keepers to 18 lbs and a dozen blues trolling chutes on the elbow. Geppy and the Lilco crew. P.M. -- Porgy fishing on the 36 spot very good. 2 bushels of dinner plate scup to 4 lbs. and 1 nice bass and a few blues. Steve Fulg group. Friday, July 02, 2004 A.M. -- Bass slow, a very tough limit to 15 lbs plus a half dozen fluke at midway. MAGIC HOUR -- Bass - good fishing large tubes in the slot. Large limit to 30 pounds. Lee Thompson and friends. Thursday, July 01, 2004 A.M./P.M. -- Bass fishing tough. Managed 8 nice fish drifting live bait from 18-28 lbs. Some nice fluke in Midway rips. Chris Hanrahan group. MAGIC HOUR -- Fishing tough with raging tide but managed 5 large keepers including 2 thirty pounders among a dozen fish caught. Charlie, Mike, & Tory Bingham. Peter & Claire Marie Miller. Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Biss fishing picky. Jigged chutes on Pollock for a limit to 35 lbs. Fluking ok. Managed 12 keepers including a nice 9 1/2 pounder. Ed Hollander Group. Tuesday, June 29, 2004 A.M. -- Bass fishing excellent jigging chutes on Pollock rip. Bass limit to 18lbs. and a few nice fluke in the north Rips. Tom & Sean Fitzpatrick group. Monday, June 28, 2004 Shark Fishing good 25 miles SE of Montauk Pt. 4 Blue Sharks to 175 lbs. for Glenn, Gina, Cory & Miles Giordano. Young Cory faught and landed a nice Blue Shark all by himself. Saturday, June 26, 2004 Good Action sharking 32 miles SE of Block IS. 9 Blue sharks to 225 taken. Bob Wranovics and crew. Friday, June 25, 2004 Montauk MArine Basin Shark Tourney - Fished SE of Block 29 miles. Good Action 10 Blue sharks to 175 lbs. Bob Wranovics and crew. Thursday, June 24, 2004 A.M. -- Bass fishing good jigging white chutes on Pollock rip. Limit to 22 lbs then quick limit of fluke at Midway rips to 3 lbs. Bob & John. P.M. -- Jigged white chutes on Porgy hump and ELbow for limit of bass to 18 lbs. Jerry, Kevin, Jeremy, Jody and Rob from Great Neck South High School. Wednesday, June 23, 2004 A.M. -- Bass fishing excellent pollock rip. Jigged white chutes for 15 bass keeping limit. to 26 lbs. P.M. -- Bass fishing slow but managed six large keepers from 20-26 lbs. jigging white chutes on Pollock rip. Jerome, Bill & Carmine. Tuesday, June 22, 2004 Bass fishing good jigging chutes in slot. Limit up to 38 lbs. and 25 blues. Todd & Christine Bodine. Sherry & Cliff Wallach. Monday, June 21, 2004 Bass Fishing good ebb tide on pollock rip. Limit to 18 lbs and a few blues. Slack water at porgy hump. 2 nice seabass and some large scup. Fluking on Midway rips good, 8 keepers to 3 lbs. Mike Kleban trip. Saturday, June 19, 2004 Bass fishing ok. Limit to 20 lbs jigging chutes on elbow and 36 spot. Fluking in midway rips. Fluke limit to 6 lbs. John Benedetto, John, Bob and Chris Paradise. Friday, June 18, 2004 Star Island Shark Tournament. Fished same spot as day defore. 6 Blue sharks to estmated 175 lbs. John Benedetto, John, Bob and Chris Paradise. Thursday, June 17, 2004 Star Island Shark Tournament. Fished 30 Miles S/E of the point in 200 ft of water. 7 Blue sharks for the day to 175 lbs. Stopped at point for 4 quick bass for dinner.John Benedetto, John, Bob and Chris Paradise. Wednesday, June 16, 2004 A.M. -- Bass fishing excellent on elbow with diamond jigs. Lots of fish, kept 6 to 25 lbs. plus blues. Fluking ok on Midway rips. Bill Connlin & his sins, JAmes and William. MAGIC HOUR -- Bass Excellent on Pollock rip and ELbow. Umbrellas and Diamond Jigs. Limit to 20 lbs. John Benedetto, John, Bob and Chris Paradise. Tuesday, June 15, 2004 A.M. -- Bass Fishing excellent on umbrella rigs & diamond jigs. Bass limit to 28 lbs. plus blues. 7 nice fluke on Jones Rip under light house. Mark Johnson and his family from Minneapolis, MN. Monday, June 14, 2004 A.M. -- Bass Limit to 15 lb. chutes and diamond jigs on elbow. then 12 nice fluke at midway rips. Rick Reitano group. Sunday, June 06, 2004 Very rough with East wind. Fished two hours for 7 bass to 15 lbs. Louis Magalheas group. Saturday, June 05, 2004 AM/PM -- Lots of weed, very little bird activity while diamong jigging. Very slow. Managed some blues and 4 bass. Fluking ok w/ a limit to 4 lbs. Bob Kloz group. MAGIC HOUR -- Fluking off ditch plains. 6 keepers to 3 1/2. then jigged chutes on the elbow. Good action. 20 fish, kept limit of 10 to 16 lbs. Joe Olivari group. Friday, June 04, 2004 Bass Fishing excellent in the slot jigging chutes. 20 fish, kept limit of 8 to 15 lbs. Fluking midway rips. 40 fish, kept limit of 16 including an 11 and a 7 pounder. Jay Celentani Group. Wednesday, June 02, 2004 AM -- Bass Slow. $ keepers plus blues. Fluking good in Midway rips. 40 fish, kept limit of 24. MAGIC HOUR -- 9 Blues, 6 BAss to 18lbs. under fast moon tide. Jodi Friedburg, Marilyn & Jerry Lehrfeld. Tuesday, June 01, 2004 MAGIC HOUR -- Bass Wild on Elbow. 30+ Fish on Diamond Jigs, Kept 12 between 15-28 lbs. Bob Barrett group. Sunday, May 30, 2004 AM -- Bass slow- 6 keepers to 20lbs. at the Elbow. 9 keeper fluke to 4 lbs in North Rips. Mike Ambort Group. PM -- Bass bite excellent in Pollock Rip on umbrella rigs. 20 Bass, kept limit to 26 lbs. Then nice fluke on MIdway rips. Allen Wiesenfeld, Elie John, David. Sunday, May 30, 2004 MAGIC HOUR -- Bass bite excellent on Elbow. Chutes and Umbrella rigs. 30 fish, kept 8 to 20 lbs. Michael Knick/Sarah Park. Saturday, May 29, 2004 Bass fishing still tough with lots of floating weed clogging the rigs instantly. fish to 18 lbs. then limit of fluke up to 5 lbs.off Ditch plains. Bob Duran group. MAGIC HOUR -- Water vleared with the flood tide and the bass bite was much improved. Limit of bass to 20 lbs. and mix of blues for Wes's birthday. Friday, May 28, 2004 Fluking good - Midway rips. 60 fish kept limit to 5lbs. Then a pick of seabass on Outer Frisbee, looks like they are starting to show up. Rick Harrison group. Thursday, May 27, 2004 AM -- Bass Fishing tough - lots of weed in water. Caught several to 15 lbs. then Fluking in North Rips. 24 fish to 5 lbs for Jim Randel. PM -- Bass fishing tough - lots of weed in water. 4 Bass to 28 lbs. jigging chutes on Porgy Hump. Then got 8 fluke to 6 1/2 lbs. Janice got the big bass and doormat. Kevin was ashamed. Monday, May 24, 2004 Excellent Fluking All day on Frisbee 60-65 feet of water. 125 Fluke caught retaining limit of 24. 15 fish 5 1/2 - 9 lbs. Walt Schneider group from Bayonne, NJ. Sunday, May 23, 2004 Bass - quick limit on Elbow jigging parachutes including two 28 pounders. Then power drifting for fluke off Gurneys' Fluke limit and many more released to 7.5 lbs. Mark Petrowski group. Saturday, May 22, 2004 MAGIC HOUR -- Caught an amazingly quick fluke limit of 21 fish on ONE drift off ditch plains including 2 5's and one 6.5 pounders. Then diamond jigging off south side with lots of bird activity. Limit of bass to 15 lbs. Saturday, May 22, 2004 A.M. -- Excellent Bass bite in the fog on the Elbow jigging chutes on the end of the ebb tide. Limit to 22lbs. Fluke fishing off town was rapid fire and we had limit off bass and fluke by 10am. Went hunting for sea bass on some deeper wrecks. Caught a dozen including a 5 pounder and some ling. William Kaft group w/ Willie, Ron, Dave, Frank, Walter. Friday, May 21, 2004 Jigging Chutes on Elbow produced limit of bass to 20lbs. Fluking off Ditch and South of the Elbow in 65' of water. Fluke limit of nice 3 1/2 to 6 1/2 lb. fish. Geppey DeLorenzo group from Con Edison. Thursday, May 20, 2004 Fluking off Ditch Plains in 45' of water and Inner Frisbee. Incredible bite, caught 150 fish, retained limit to 7 lbs. George Steininger group. Wednesday, May 19, 2004 Diamond Jigging good on Elbow w/ blues mixed in. Caught 20 bass, kept limit to 22lbs. Fluking excellent on SOuth side off Ditch Plains 45' of water. Caught approx. 60 fish, retaining limit of fish between 4-9.5 lbs. Bret Balasio Group. Monday, May 17, 2004 Fished today with Ed Savoca group. Had success diamond jigging Elbow + Pollock Rip for bass with 7 fish to 28lbs. Then got a limit of fluke to 7 lbs. Monday, May 17, 2004 Fished today with Ed Savoca group. Had success diamond jigging for bass with 7 fish to 28lbs. Then got a limit of fluke to 7 lbs. Sunday, May 16, 2004 9 Keeper Bass to 22 lbs plus several short bucktailing on Pollock Rip Flood Tide. 35 Nice Fluke to 9.5 lbs. (kept limit). Les Kovacs Gang (Steve Kovacs, John Cummings, Keith Ulmer, George Pent, Danny McMenamy). Saturday, May 15, 2004 10 Striped Bass to 27 lbs plus several shorts jigging chutes on Pollack Rip. 40 Fluke to 7 lbs (retaining limit) drrifting south of the Elbow. Sunday, May 02, 2004 Tried wreck fishing on two wrecks in 180' Pick of cod and a few ling for Joe Olivarie group. Saturday, May 01, 2004 SE Block Island 150' Slow pick of cod and ling for Stan Skiba group. Thursday, April 29, 2004 open boat. S.E. block island 150 ft of water. Slow pick of cod and ling on anchor with single snowshoe mixed in. Sunday, April 18, 2004 Free for all continued on the hook s.e. of Block Island. Boats on top of one another vying for position. 39 Keepers to 16 lbs. Brian Palulis group. Saturday, April 17, 2004 Ok bite on anchor. Crowded mayhem with boat literally yards from each other. Managed 42 keepers to 18 lbs. Carl Brumberg Group. Friday, April 16, 2004 Excellent bite - se block island in 150 feet. Anchored with clam baits. 72 keepers to 25 lbs. Sunday, April 11, 2004 Open Boat – Steady bite drifting on Coxes’. Small fish but lots of ‘em. 12 y.o. Max McBarb had 20 keepers and countless shorts, keeping his limit. Saturday, April 10, 2004 Non stop bite anchored in a lot of traffic SE of Block. 60 fish to 21 lbs for John Prew group. Friday, April 09, 2004 Open Boat – Excellent bite drifting 12 miles SE of Block in 150’ of water 55 Cod with 8 fish over 20 lbs. Thursday, April 08, 2004 Good Bite 12 Miles SE of Block. Caught 22 fish in 1 ½ hours and the boys said they had enough fish and wanted to go home. Wednesday, April 07, 2004 Open Boat – Went to Coxes’ Ledge. Excellent bite while anchored on clam bait. 72 keepers to 23 lbs. On board were Bill, Kevin, Dick, Ken, Brian and Al. Sunday, April 04, 2004 Stopped 12 miles SE of Block before daylight and immediately picked up a few on the drift. Anchored for the rest of the trip on a few nearby spots and managed 48 good size cod up to 32 lbs. Joe Olivaria group. Saturday, April 03, 2004 Made the trip again, but the bite was gone. Marked fish, but not only a few shorts and one keeper seemed in the mood to chew. Made a million drops (ok, seven or so) and couldnt find a codfish intent on becoming dinner. Stuck it out until 3:00 but ended with about 60 ling and one lone cod. John Thompson group. Friday, April 02, 2004 Ventured out to Coxes in big seas but a diminishing wind forecast. Concerned the bite might have slowed, but we found em again piled high. Anchored and caught at least 120 fish, retaining our limit. Chris Fargione group. Tuesday, March 30, 2004 Open Boat. Made the trip to Coxes and found a real big pile of cod. Anchored up and bailed our limit, including 5 fish from 22-26 lbs. On Board were Timmy, Walter, Jack, Terry, & Rudy w/ the pool fish. Saturday, March 27, 2004 Fishing non-stop 4 miles SE of Block. Full on blitz with all anglers having bent rods at the same time on numerous occasions on bait while drifting. At one point Ziggy actually reeled in 4 fish at the same time!! Not quite sure how it happened but apparently someone on another boat must have broken off a double header, Ziggy reeled in those two fish attached to two of his own!!! Hows that for fun!! Stan Skabia and crew ended up limiting out on what was turned out to be a gorgeous day one the little drizzle passed. Friday, March 26, 2004 Open Boat. Cod fishing a bit slow today. Lots of action with jumbo ling and short cod, but ended the day with 16 keeper cod to 12 lbs. We did send the boys home with lots of tasty meat though, as we caught (and I filleted) over 120 jumbo ling. Quick plug here I brought some ling to Wok n Roll and had it done general tso style. Man was it great! Im having leftovers once I finish this!!) Pete and Leo Germinario, Dave Ruth, Steve and Al the ling king. Thursday, March 25, 2004 Open Boat. Good bite on anchor drops with bait at the gateway. Ended up with 74 cod and 35 ling with a few cod in the mid 20s. On board were Dick Meirowitz, John ONeill, Dave Duffy, Keith Greenburg, Ken Jasinski, and Vinny Imbruzzo. Wednesday, March 24, 2004 Open Boat. Good fishing 8 miles SE of Block Island. Caught fish on skimmer clams and jelly worms. Nice catch of 60 cod, with 4 between 22-29 lbs., 1 pollock. Rick Harrison crew, Glen Mullen, and John Mullany. Rick had the 29 pounder. Tuesday, March 23, 2004 Tough day to be fishing. Winter made a last gasp and we fought the cold and ice all day to cobble together a nice catch. Made the long trip to Coxes Ledge. Caught upwards of 75 cod, but most were short. We ended the day with 22 keepers for George Steininger, Marty, Nader and crew. Saturday, March 20, 2004 Open boat. Fishing excellent with 4 codfish in the high 20s. 75 keeper cod, 6 lb Pollock, some ling. Capt. Mark had a 30 pounder. Garrett the hammer Fisher clubbed em along with Herb Nixon and Harry the Hippy. Thursday, March 18, 2004 Great charter with doctors Stan, Carmine, and Vinnie the sleeper. Poked around for most of the day until finding them stacked up while the fat lady was warming up. Ended up with 45 keeper cod with Dr. Carmine taking the pool with a 25lber. Tuesday, March 16, 2004 Open Boat. Snuck out prior to the snow storm and managed to find em good to the East. Caught 60 nice Ones before the coming wind and snow chased us home. Bob Van Velsor has a nice limit including the pool fish. Sunday, March 14, 2004 George Steininger brought his Hudson Anglers out again for Montauk Cod. The ocean was flat, the sun shining, and every boat from Moriches, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Shinnecock was out trying their luck. We poked at spot after spot, but the bite eluded us, having 14 keepers in the boat at 1:30. Capt. Mark decided to press onward towards the East, finally finding a pile just short of Coxes Ledge. By 2:45 we had a full limit of 80 Cod on board, and had released many other shorts and just keepers. Friday, March 12, 2004 Snuck out with threat of hard west wind in the afternoon. Tried a few local spots out by CIA, and found nothing spectacular. Pieced together a catch, but called it a day at 10:30, ending with 20 cod and 1 pollock for the Carl Kruse group. The highlight of the trip was the 12 fresh brown eggs that John Ross brought from his chicken coop. Thanks John. Tuesday, March 09, 2004 Open boat. Ocean in a big swell from the blow. Marked a lot of fish but the bite was slow. Ended up w/ 25 keepers and 40 ling. Garrett Fisher had the pool fish of 20 lbs. on a diamond jig. Tuesday, March 09, 2004 Hi Everyone, Another hot week of Cod fishing here in Montauk. We sailed open boat on Thursday after passing up what turned out to be fishable days on Tues and Wed. Weather was fantastic and the bite was on! We caught over 100 Cod with 65 keepers on Diamond Jig/Jelly Worm combos and Skimmer Clams. Tim Scott had the pool fish and Walter was high hook with 14 keepers. The boys also connected for 2 bushel of ling. Fridays trip was open boat again. The bite started out more slowly than had been the norm, but we persisted and finally found the mother lode! Non stop is inadequate to describe the fishing today. We anchored and chummed once we located the school and double headers were the norm, not the exception. We tallied a full boat limit of keepers, with 80 fish to 12 lbs, as well as countless ling. Truly unbelievable. Saturday was a blowout, but we returned Sunday, sailing a bit later to allow the sea to settle a bit after the blow. Turned out to be a beautiful day for George Steininger, who made the trip for the second time this week for a repeat performance of 50 keeper cod and numerous ling. Monday, March 01, 2004 We left a bit earlier to catch more of the early bite and were rewarded handsomely. We sailed at 4 am and were back to the same spot before first light. We found the area lit up with herring and codfish intent on committing suicide. Over 100 fish were landed for the George Steininger group from the Hudson Anglers. Several fish in the 20s were taken and Marty Stein had the pool fish with an estimated 25 pounder caught on a fresh skimmer clam. With the amount of bait we have been marking in the area it looks like we may have a great spring run. Saturday, February 28, 2004 We sailed our first charter with the Joe Matzinger group and found some great fishing 12 miles SE of Block Island in 140 feet of water. Conditions were ideal for drifting so we wailed the fish on diamond jigs tipped with tubes and jelly worms. The early bite was non-stop with 4-5 fish on at times. Later in the day we tried some anchor fishing and caught a few cod on bait as well as a bushel of fat ling to 5 lbs. The boys totaled about 60 cod for the day and went home with a lot of fillets. Wednesday, January 28, 2004 Three days of exceptional early January Block Island Blackfishing ended my Montauk charter season with a bang. The weather was changing and near zero degree temperatures were in the forecast. On January 6th I got a call from Captains Paul and Rich with invitation to fish on the Viking Starship. A no-brainer. I loaded my camper on my pickup and 25 hours later was enjoying 70 degree temperatures and sun in Tarpon Springs, Florida. That night at 8 pm we set sail for Middle Grounds , a rocky fish rich area 80 miles west into The Gulf of Mexico. At 1:30 a.m. Captain Paul signaled us to drop in and immediately rods were bending. This rod bending problem continued for the next 32 hours as literally thousands of fish came over the rails of the Starship. Black , Red, and Scamp Grouper, Mangrove and Vermillion Snapper, Pink, Jolthead and Margate Porgys, Amberjack, Kingfish, Cobia and all kinds of other colorful reef fish were in the catch. The bite was on both day and night and everyone was arm weary after the trip including yours truly. I was truly impressed with the fishing and am looking forward to the next six trips until I go back North to chase Cod Fish in late February. If you want to escape the cold and get in some exceptional fishing, I highly recommend this trip. Saturday, January 03, 2004 Open Boat Really finishing up with a bang! Fished 6 miles SE of Block Island in 80 feet of water. 77 Blackfish with many fish pushing 10 lbs came up today! Indio won top honors with a brute Blackfish that weighed 16 lbs on the scale at Montauk Marine Basin. Friday, January 02, 2004 Open Boat Fished 6 Miles SE of Block Island in 90 feet of water. A total of 28 blackfish came over the rail including a JUMBO 12 pounder! 5 cod and 3 pollock also came over the rail. Steve from Riverhead Fence was high hook with 8 fish. Monday, December 29, 2003 Open boat trip. Started the day at the MP buoy with NOTHING doing. Made a few drops then off to Block for the remainder of the day. Fishing was good, catching 32 blackfish, Ling and 2 nice Pollock. Young JB Kula had the pool fish and George Steininger was high hook. Sunday, December 28, 2003 Fished SE Block. Had a nice outing with 50 degree temps and no wind to speak of. Caught 34 blackfish, 3 cod and 3 ling. Ron Hoffa group. Saturday, December 27, 2003 Hi, and Happy Holidays. With it being more windy than hoped for this month we haven’t sailed even half the trips we had booked. When we could get there the fish were very often very receptive and nice catches were made. The good news is this allowed us to get our database set up and we will now begin sending fishing reports via email prior to them being posted on the website. Hopefully, you find these reports informative and fun. If you’d like to add a friend, stop receiving these or just say hi, drop a note to captmark@captmark.net. Tuesday, December 23, 2003 Fished SE Block in 105’. 6 nice cod to 12lbs, some ling and 32 blackfish were landed. Bob Bararisi was top hook with 10 Black and 2 Nice cod. Way to go Bob! Sunday, December 21, 2003 Windy NW 20-25. Fished Cartwright again. Fish bit on the morning flood tide, and turned off during hard running ebb. One cod, some ling and 25 blacks were landed. Marty Stein was high hook with 6 blacks to 7 ½ lbs. Saturday, December 20, 2003 Fished SE Block in 107’, 46 degree water temp. A few nice cod and some big ling were caught along with 37 blacks to 9 ½ lbs. Ron Martin group – Ron got the pool winner! Saturday, December 13, 2003 Fished 6 mi. south of Montauk Pt. at Cartwright in 105-110 feet. Tough Conditions – Wind against tide, stiff NW wind 20-25. John Thompson and crew toughed it out for a few ling, 1 cod and 20 blacks to 7 ½. Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Open boat trip – Fished SE Block Island, 98 feet of water. Tough conditions – SE wind against tide. Still managed 45 Blacks to 8 ½ lbs., 8 big ling, 2 jumbo sea bass, and 1 nice cod. Ed Groppe was high hook with 10 fish to 8 ½ lbs. Tuesday, December 09, 2003 Fished SE Block Island in 105 feet of water. Crazy bite with 100 fish landed, including 25 fish between 7-12 ½ lbs. Joe Lacascia from the Huntington Party Boat “James Joseph” was on board along with Nader and his buddies from Huntington. These boys beat them up bad. Thursday, December 04, 2003 Bass fishing is over, having fallen off a cliff the past few days. Still, we managed 6 fish on live herring. Then went to MP bouy and caught 20 Blackfish to 7 lbs for Mark and Gus from the bar “American Trash” in Manhattan. Friday, November 28, 2003 Drifting live herring on jones and north rips produced numerous bass from 15-25 lbs for Kevin Conlon and Janice Lazo. Although this was JAnice's first ever fishing trip she managed to land 6 bass including the biggest Thursday, November 27, 2003 One of those amazing days. 9 Species of edible fish caught today in short sleeves, flat seas and 60 degree weather. Big mackerel and herring at the jetty at first light. Then drifting for bass produced a quick limit to 22 lbs and some blues. Then off to the deep for the first "ocean" blackfish trip of the season. Porpoises playing/eating on the way out. 105 feet of water south of Block Island produced 50 big togs to 11lbs., a dozen 3 lbs seabass, one 6 lb cod, a 5 lb ling, and a few plate sized porgies. Again Pete lewis was the pool winner with the 11 pounder. This type of mixed bag should be the norm through the new year. Tuesday, November 25, 2003 Open boat trip - Excellent fishing w/ lots of Bass action on live herring at alaska rip. 20 bass were quickly caught with 8 released. Blackfishing South of BI red hot with a limit of togs to 10 lbs and several 9 pounders. Pete Lewis took high hook honors. Monday, November 24, 2003 Blackfishing at Fisher's Island pretty good w/ a limit taken to 9lbs on green crabs. Then Fishing live herring at alaska rip. Over 25 fish for Tzvi Bar David and Howard Adler. Howard caught 9 bass to 25 lbs live lining herring on a 10-weight fly rod. A little unconventional but lots of fun. Saturday, November 22, 2003 Unbelievably a repeat of fridays performance. Blackfishing at Fishers produced a mess of fish to 8 lbs, with 45 keepers in the box. Crew was antsy so we left a bit early to go bass fishing and found them stacked a mile high. Within minutes we had our limit and we did catch and release for the remainder of the trip, boating in excess of 40 bass to 25 lbs plus 2 dozen alligator blues. Friday, November 21, 2003 A truly amazing day, a bit bumpy in the early am, then flat calm by 10. 60 degrees and sunny. Fishing was amazing. Red-hot blackfishing over 100 fish keeping our limit to 9 1/2 lbs. Then off to striper fishing. A football field of birds at the alaska rip, 6 fish on at one time within minutes, non-stop action on diamond jigs until we left. Caught in excess of 30 bass to 25 lbs, plus blues, keeping our limit. This is why we fish Montauk late in the season. Sunday, November 16, 2003 Drifting eels on alaska rip produced 16 bass to 25 lbs. Blackfish bite nowhere to be found. In afternoon 15 C-Bass to 5 lbs. on West End. For Garrett Fisher group. Saturday, November 15, 2003 High winds kept us tied to the dock. Friday, November 14, 2003 High winds kept us tied to the dock. Thursday, November 13, 2003 High winds kept us tied to the dock. Wednesday, November 12, 2003 Open boat trip to Fishers Is. produced 75 blackfish to 9 1/2 lbs. Trolled on Alaska rip for 6 quick bass and some blues. Pete Lewis was high hook with 24 blackfish, keeping his limit. Monday, November 10, 2003 Trolling green chutes on north rip produced a nice limit of bass to 22 lbs and blues. Blackfishing at Fishers Is. produced 34 fish to 7 1/2 lbs. For Jeff Spata group. Sunday, November 09, 2003 Drifting eels on alaska rip produced a nice limit of bass to 25 lbs for Mark Ostrowsky group. Friday, November 07, 2003 Drifting live eels on alaska rip, 7 nice fish to 23 lbs and some nice blues. Then Blackfishing at fishers Is.. Again amazing with a limit of 80 fish taken to 10 lbs kept with many others released. Bait was green and hermit crabs. For Rick Videl & crew. Thursday, November 06, 2003 P.M. -- Incredible bite on live eels at alaska rip. 42 bass to 22 lbs were landed, most released. For Alan Rosenberg and crew. Thursday, November 06, 2003 Eeling on Alaska rip produced 8 nice bass to 22 lbs and some very large blues. Then Blackfishing at fishers is. Very good with a limit of fish to 8 lbs for Mike Bunker and Luke Saban. Wednesday, November 05, 2003 Open boat trip at Fishers Is. Awesome with a full boat limit of 80 blackfish to 9 lbs and over 30 more released. George Steininger of the hudson anglers was high hook with 23 fish, keeping limit. Tuesday, November 04, 2003 Blowing hard NE, fishing in somewhat oif a lee at Fishers is. Tough to hook in rough conditions, 29 fish to 6 1/2 and doz. seabass. For Rick Harrison and friends. Monday, November 03, 2003 Bass fishing excellent. Trolling green chutes on Pollock rip. Bass limit to 32 lbs. and doz. blues. Then Blackfishing at Fishers Is. Awesome w/ 55 fish to 8 lbs on green and hermit crabs. For Carl Cypinski group. Saturday, November 01, 2003 P.M. -- Night Bass. Eeling excellent Noth & Alaska rips. Limit to 32 lbs. For Bill Neuth & crew. Saturday, November 01, 2003 A.M. -- Blackfishing first - 70 fish to 9 lbs. at secret spot. Then Bass fishing - north rips. Quick limit to 18 lbs. plus bluefish. For Stucky & the boys. Friday, October 31, 2003 Bass fishing excellent in north rips. green chutes. Limit (12) to 24 lbs in under 1 hour! Then blackfishing at secret spot. Non-stop action, 65 keepers to 8 lbs. For Paul Hilla and crew. Thursday, October 30, 2003 1/2 day bass jigging -- Excellent with chutes in north rips -- limit to 22 lbs. For Mike Kleban group. Saturday, October 25, 2003 Extended day inshore -- Bass fishing first with eels. Very busy with large fish. kept 12 fish from 18-29 lbs. Then bottom fishing south of Block. Is. Some large seabass, scup and 2 5lb. COD. Then over to fishers Is. for blackfish. Over fifty keepers to 8 lbs. and many more that came up just short. For Bob Barrett group. Friday, October 24, 2003 P.M. -- Bass trolling - great eastern. again 20 plus fish on half day plus bluefish!! kept limit to 24lbs. For Richard Schubert group. Friday, October 24, 2003 A.M. -- Eeling at great eastern, troll at shagwong - very good. 20 plus bass, kept limit to 26 lbs. For Louis Dericco Group. Thursday, October 23, 2003 A.M. -- Bass trolling shagwong to avoid weather. Excellent results 20 fish kept 12 to 18lbs & blues. For Keith Hughey Group. Wednesday, October 22, 2003 Bass trolling shagwong - white jetty casters - 25 bass plus blies kept 12 to 15 lbs. then bottom fishing Gardiners I sland 20 blackfish to 6 lbs and 2 bushel scup. For Ken Carroll Group. Monday, October 20, 2003 A.M. -- Bass - excellent trolling great eastern - 30 fish plus blues. kept 12 to 24 lbs. For Dumont Boys. Monday, October 20, 2003 P.M.-- Troll Grteat eastern w/ green chutes/red rind - 20 fish plus blues - kept 12 to 22 lbs. For Joe Vosilla Group. Saturday, October 18, 2003 Bass trolling non-stop on great eastern and the slot. Countless fish (30?) to 36 inches. Then at Fishers Island blackfishing. Still bothers by countless porgies but good action when the tide is moving well. Again, should be a great blackfish season once we get a few days of colder weather and the porgies thin out. Pete Bergman and crew again. Friday, October 17, 2003 P.M. -- Bass trolling on Shagwong excellent. 25 fish on white jetty casters to 22 lbs, kept limit. Pete Bergman and crew. Friday, October 17, 2003 A.M. -- Bass live bait on drift - Limit to 26lbs drift the pollock rip. Some decent blackfish action at Gardiners Island but still difficult to keep the bait down with all the porgies in the area. Fishing should improve greatly once we get a bit of colder weather and the porgies depart. Thursday, October 16, 2003 A.M. -- Bass limit of 12 trolling green chutes on great eastern. kept largest to 35lbs and blues. James Wilson and crew. Tuesday, October 14, 2003 Tuna chunking 35 mi. SE of point in 215 ft of water. 4 bluefins b/t 35-60 lbs. Stopped on way home for 8 bass on Jones'. Alan and sons. Monday, October 13, 2003 P.M. -- Bass trolling on shagwong. 30 bass kept best 12 and blues. Bob Taylor group. Monday, October 13, 2003 A.M. -- Bass trolling excellent - white chutes on middle shagwong. 25 bass, kept 12. 35 blues. For Ryan Rudent group. Saturday, September 06, 2003 A.M. -- Excellent Bass fishing umbrella rigs in the North Rip. Limit of Bass to 24lbs. For Mike Ambort and crew. Saturday, September 06, 2003 P.M. -- Bass excellent in the Midway Rip. Limit trolling umbrella rigs with some Bluefish varying in size. For Rob Malex and crew. Friday, September 05, 2003 Magic Hour -- Excellent Bass diamond jugging on the North Rip. 20 Bass - kept 12 to 15lbs and some Bluefish. For Shane Dubow and crew. Friday, September 05, 2003 P.M. -- Bluefin Tuna diamond jigging south of Block Island 12mi 145ft of water. Thursday, September 04, 2003 Diamond jigging on North Rip on the with the ebb tide - 6oz AVA. 25 Bass to 18lbs kept limit of 12 Bass and 15 Bluefish. For Don Torr and crew - Crows Nest Resturaunt in Montauk. Wednesday, September 03, 2003 A.M. -- Good Bass action trolling in calm seas on Shagwong. Bass limit and Bluefish to 22lbs. For Mike and Jarald Zimmer. Monday, September 01, 2003 A.M. -- Bass chunking on Great Eastern was OK. 8 Bass to 27lbs and some pesty Bluefish. For Tiffany Vassilakis and crew. Monday, September 01, 2003 P.M. -- Trolling umbrella rigs in the North Rip. 9 Bass to 15lbs with 2 dozen Bluefish to 15lbs. ForSaul Bienenfield and crew. Saturday, August 30, 2003 Diamond Jigging Blue Fins in 160 F southeast Block Island. Caught 8 fish to 35 lbs – keeping our limit of 4. Then went sharking in 180 ft and caught 1 small Blue Shark, 1 300 lb Blue Shark, and a 140 lb Mako which almost jumped into the boat. For Charlie Balducci group. Friday, August 29, 2003 Fished 20 min east for 1 ½ bushel nice sea bass to 3 lbs. Then anchor 36 spot for 2 bushels skup. Then trolled flats for 5 bass to 28 lbs and 4 gorilla blues. ForBob Duran Group Thursday, August 28, 2003 Canyon Trip. Trolled north of Fishtails in 70 fathom and caught 2 long fins, 35 lbs each and 35 organic Bonita and some Mahi. Chunked at night in 800 Ft southeast corner of Fishtails for 7 yellow fin to 70 lbs. Thursday caught 50 Mahi pot hopping with spin-rods using fresh spearing for bait. Also caught on rattle traps. For John Bennedetto, John Paridise, Bob Paridise. Tuesday, August 26, 2003 Southeast of Block Island 185’ 70° Water. Released small Mako – Lg 300 lbs 3 lg shark. Also caught 100 lb Mako. Stopped on way in bass limit to 18 lbs and blues on midway rip. For Bob McBarb and group. Max McBarb caught the Mako. Monday, August 25, 2003 Bass excel umbrella rigs midway rips – lots of blues and 4 green Bonita. Bass to 21 lbs. For Aryel Davis and family. Saturday, August 23, 2003 Sharking 22mi SE point 73° water 195ft. Landed 1 nice 100lb Mako and then went to point and trolled using umbrella rigs. Caught limit to 15lbs on the South Rip with few Bluefish. For Brett Smith and Party. Friday, August 22, 2003 Fished East wall of Fishtail in 800ft 78° water temp good. Yellow Fin bite at night chunking with Butters. 8 Yellows to 30lbs landed with as many broke off using 50lb Floro loaders. Conditions a little sloppy. Fought and released an estimated 400lb Blue shark that hit on a light stick squid 300ft down. Trolled an additional 4 Yellow Fin to 60lbs in a.m North of Tail in 55 Fathoms. Also had a White Marlin smacking lures but no connection. Also caught 1doz Skipjacks. For Pete Bergman and Crew. Wednesday, August 20, 2003 Sharking SE point 21mi in 200ft. 3 Blue Sharks to 325lbs. Came in and troled a Bass limit to 18lbs using umbrella rigs. For David Zebroski and Crew. Tuesday, August 19, 2003 Went SE of the Dump in 225ft, 71-74° water. Mahi fishing with light tackle. Great action off highflyers with 44 Mahi to 7lbs landed. For BJ Branti and Group. Monday, August 18, 2003 Bass fishing Owlbowl jigging bucktails on slow site. 6 keepers to 22lbs. Fluking on the Inner Frisbee. Some nice fluke to 4½lbs and a 5lb seabass on squid baits. For Evan Pariser and Family. Saturday, August 16, 2003 MakoMania Tournament -- Fished 28mi SE Block Island in 180ft water. 5 Blue Sharks to 250lbs and 1 nice 6lb Mahi. Overall 3rd place biggest Mako in tournament. Friday, August 15, 2003 MakoMania Tournament -- Fished 30mi SE Block Island in 185ft 75º water for 1 225lb Blue Shark and 1 153lb Mako - largest fish 1st day won all calcutta's. Wednesday, August 13, 2003 Fished Atlantis Canyon 95 mi. SE Pt. released 200lb Blue Marlin. Hot 78-79º water. Steamed 2hr NE to SW of Nantucket Lightship in 225ft water and trolled a 100lb Bluefin, 2 nice yellowfins and a 160lb White Marlin. Night sharking excellent; released over 20 lg Blue Sharks and sm 80lb mako. 2nd day fished lobster pots with spinning rods for 25 Mahi to 5lbs. For Charlie Trasatti and crew. Tuesday, August 12, 2003 A.M. -- Fished large red tubes in the slot for 8 bass to 34lbs. For Jim Gazlay and family. Tuesday, August 12, 2003 P.M. -- Bass fishing excellent on Flats trolling large red tubes - flood tide. 8 bass to 29lbs along with 6 blue fish. Fluking on Washington Shoals produced 7 fish to 4lbs on squid bait. For Bob Murphey and crew Monday, August 11, 2003 Excellent bite on large tubes on Flats - flood tide. 10 fish to 29lbs. For Don and Jew Torey & family. Saturday, August 09, 2003 Bass fishing ok trolling large surgical tubes on the flats. 10 bass up to 27 lbs. 1 bushal of c-bass drifting at 20min east. Fair fluking on Eastern Midway Rips along with 8 bluefish. For Stan Bernstien and group. Friday, August 08, 2003 Bass fishing picky but got the limit on large surgical tubes fish to 32lbs on Porgy Hump. Fluking ok on Midway Rip and a few c-bass. 22 fluke to 4½lbs bluefish also in the catch. For Bob Admanski. Thursday, August 07, 2003 A.M. -- Bass fishing good trolling large surgical tubes on the flats. Some nice fluke east of Shagwong on Washington Shore For Peter LaRocco group. P.M. -- Nice fish on Porgy Hump trolling red surgical tubes fish to 29lbs. For John Myers and group. Wednesday, August 06, 2003 A.M. -- Bass fishing excellent trolling large surgical tubes on the flats 8 fish 26-31lbs. 6 nice fluke on Shagwong. For Brian Tetraunt and group. P.M. -- Trolled Porgy Hump with large surgical tubes. Bass limit 28-37 lbs. For Louis Mollo and group. Tuesday, August 05, 2003 Too rough to fish offshore. Bass limit on Porgy Hump trolling large red tubes to 30lbs. Fluking escellent in Midway Rips 25 keepers to 4lbs. For Chris DiSantos and friends. Monday, August 04, 2003 Sharking 25mi SE point 205ft water. Released 5ft mako jumped off 200lb plus fish after several nice jumps. Caught a 150lb mako and stopped at point on the way in and caught 6 nice bass to 24lbs on large red tubes in Pollock Rip. For Chris DiSantos and friends from Yonkers Fire Dept. Friday, August 01, 2003 AM -- Fished Umbrella Rigs in Midway Rips and had a bass limit to 22 lbs. and lots of Blues. For Mark Brand and crew PM -- Fished Midway Rip with Umbrella Rigs and Green Back Tails. Bass limit to 20 lbs. and lots of Blues. For Adam Bedell and crew Thursday, July 31, 2003 Trolling Red Tubus in slot with a limit between 22-31 lbs. For Bob Caualareo and group. Wednesday, July 30, 2003 Bass Fishing 4 x Cullant in Pollack Rip with fish to 23 lbs. For Allen Wiesenfeld and crew. Tuesday, July 29, 2003 Bass limit 8 fish but 22 – 32 lbs. Trolling Red Tubus at Slot – Eels at dusk. For Bill Williams and crew Tuesday, July 29, 2003 Fished Pollock Rip with Umbrella Rigs for Bass limit to 28 lbs., then Midway Rips for 25 keepers to 4 lbs. For Donn Torr and crew from Crow’s Nest Restaurant in Montauk. Monday, July 28, 2003 Fished Slot – Red Tubes 4 nice fish to 38 lbs. For John Bennedetto and Ming Lee Tuesday, June 03, 2003 Fluking has been good at Block Island;locally on the south side of Montauk; and in the rocks at Frisbee. Catches of 30 to 50 fluke up to 8 lbs has been the average on our all day trips- this after getting our limit of striped bass. Striped bass fishing is excellent. We are catching our limit both jigging parachutes and diamond jigging. Bass to 30 lbs have been a daily happening. Black sea bass are showing up and will be in strong by mid june. They can be caught on all day combo trips. The June moon should be red hot for big bass with eels. I have a few prime dates still available! Friday, May 30, 2003 Striped bass fishing is excellent with fish to 38 lbs taken recently. For anyone who likes diamond jigging, now is the time- it has been very productive. Fluking continues to hold up with fish up to 9 lbs being taken. Black sea bass catches are getting better daily and should be in full swing by June 1st. Memorial Day weekend will start our night trips fishing for striped bass using eels- and also our magic hour trips for striped bass from 5:30 pm to 9 pm. These are both great trips to get in after work or a day at the beach. Thursday, March 13, 2003 The weather finally allowed us to get out Saturday, March 1. We had a great day fishing with a total catch of 70 cod. 5 fish weighed in between 22 and 31 lbs and there were many in the 8-15 lb. range. The guys doing all the catching were Captain Gary Hocking from the Klondike IX, Captain Gary Hocking from the charter boat Deborah Ann II, and their friends Manny Laporte, Henry Rhett and Jack Gollotta. We also brought in 15 ling and 3 small pollack. Water temps of 150 feet with temps of 39 degrees 5 miles west of Coxes Ledge showed an abundance of life- and in addition to our days catch we threw back alot of small cod. Inshore Block water temps were too cold at 37 degrees and yielded not a bite. "All we need is some good weather to go fishing" says Captain Mark who remains optimistic that with the current water temps the cod bite could continue thru mid- April. Made it out Wednesday, March 4 on open boat trip. We had 18 keeper cod up to 12 lbs with 20 throw back cod and one 5 lb pollack as well as a dozen ling. Bill Grond was high hook with 5 keeper cod. Saturday, March 7ths charter scored 28 keeper cod with 5 fish in the 22 to 32 1/2 lb range for George Steininger, Marty Stern, Doug Hall, Bob Harvey, John Holmes and Charlie Weber. We had 12 throw back cod and a dozen big ling as well. The 32 1/2 lb fish was part of a double header caught by Charlie Weber. We have been fishing 5 miles west of coxes ledge; on anchor; chumming with whole cracked skimmer clams and using skimmers for bait as well. Water temps at a chilly 38 degrees. Capt. Mark will continue to sail open boat weekdays when the weather allows. Call for info and to get on open boat list 631 668 6773. Sunday, March 02, 2003 The weather finally allowed us to get out Saturday, March 1. We had a great day fishing with a total catch of 70 cod. 5 fish weighed in between 22 and 31 lbs and there were many in the 8-15 lb. range. The guys doing all the catching were Captain Gary Hocking from the Klondike IX, Captain Gary Hocking from the charter boat Deborah Ann II, and their friends Manny Laporte, Henry Rhett and Jack Gollotta. We also brought in 15 ling and 3 small pollack. Water temps of 150 feet with temps of 39 degrees 5 miles west of Coxes Ledge showed an abundance of life- and in addition to our days catch we threw back alot of small cod. Inshore Block water temps were too cold at 37 degrees and yielded not a bite. "All we need is some good weather to go fishing" says Captain Mark who remains optimistic that with the current water temps the cod bite could continue thru mid- April. When not already privately chartered, Captain Mark will be sailing open boat by reservation on weekdays- weather permitting of course. Monday, July 15, 2002 Fishing Report Week of 7/7/02 -7/14/02 Bass fishing was good this week with fish caught mostly jigging parachutes at the Flats, North Rip and the Slot. Most charter groups caught their limit with some fish in the high 30 lb mark being landed. Fluke fishing remained excellent on the back side with many fish between 4 to 8 lbs landed this week. Inner Frisbees and the new Grounds were the hot spots. Sharking remains slow but on Sunday, 7/14 we landed 2 blue sharks around 125 lbs each, and caught and released 2 80 lb makos. School bluefin tuna weighing about 20 to 30 lbs are showing up and the canyon is beginning to come alive with more and more reports of yellowfins being landed. Look for increased reports of albacore and yellow fin tuna on the edge and bigeye tuna landings in late july. Bass are starting to respond to bunker chunking which will please anglers who like to catch them via this method. Eeling at night has produced some nice fish this week but better catches will be made with the full moon approaching. Sea bass and porgies are plentiful and can be mixed in on our full day inshore trips for anglers who like them. Capt Mark still has some available charter dates open. Call now to reserve and get in on the action. Monday, May 06, 2002 On Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5, fluking on Montauk's backside was good, producing fish to 7 1/2 lbs. On Sunday's fluke trip, the Mike Maroe party landed 16 fluke- 10 between 4 1/2 and 7 1/2 lbs. On Monday, May 6 Frank Koch and friends caught 65 snowshoe flounder up to 41/2 lbs. off Block Island. Bluefish are abundant and Striped Bass are everywhere -- all signs pointing towards the seasons opener on May 8th being a good one.
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