Long Island Fishing Charters
Capt. Joby Vinarski – (516) 502-8837
Capt. Andy LoCascio – (516) 978-1634
With the bass bite being a bit unpredictable, we have been switching it up a bit and have been trying our luck at bottom fishing for fluke. All of our trips this week produced a fair number of shorts, but it seemed the larger fluke waited until after remnants of the hurricane passed through to show themselves. Without a doubt, the highlight of the week was little Ms. M's 25 1/2" doormat, her first fish ever! ...
After a short hiatus for some scheduled mid-season maintenance, we got right back into some incredible fishing, doing what we do best: STRIPED BASS BEATDOWN!!! Rob Hecht and his crew for the second year in a row took a city tour with Captain Joby, and decided to try their luck at one of the captain's favorite spots in the East River. From the first drift to the last, the group managed to finesse too many bass to count. With the huge amount of bait flowing up and down the river,...
While the back bays are still loaded with peanuts and mid-sized bunker, it seems that the adults have moved to deeper waters and remain elusive. Despite this, the LIFC team has been able to stay on a steady bass bite, using whatever tactics necessary to keep the customer reels screaming! Hopefully in the coming weeks we will see more bluefish making their way down the Sound, the added competition will be sure to keep the bass bite going well into the summer. The fluke numbers continue to improve and now...
The week certainly ended on a high note- the bass bite remains as strong as ever! With great weather came some great fishing, one of our groups even opting to do a little "mixed bag" trip and tried some local fluke fishing for a bit. As we have seen over the past few weeks, live bunker is the absolute key to a successful trip. With the abundance of bait in our local harbors, and the lack of large numbers of bluefish, we can certainly expect this bass bite to continue...
The McCloy crew could not have picked a better morning for their first ever striper trip- warm sun, light winds and a RED HOT BITE! Despite a slow start, once the tide started moving it was game on! Drifting live bunker on drop rigs, the group managed a few bluefish and 16 beautiful line-siders to the boat, including 3 fish in the slot. A huge congrats to Matthew, Jack and Mike, who all had their first stripers ever! ...
The amazing Spring Run continues to get better every day! The Feintuch boys- Jeremy, Josh and Stu, joined Captain Joby for an absolutely incredible evening trip landing over 21 quality stripers up to 28 pounds. As we keep seeing this season- live bunker is the key. The trip began with the first fish hooked up in less than a minute, and finished with a perfect sunset triple header! ...
The Western Sound is absolutely teeming with bait and HUGE stripers! Both of Saturday's trips, morning and afternoon, were a full-on picture perfect display of what striper fishing should be. Out at sunrise, the DeFeo boys managed to entice about a dozen beautiful stripers to 25 pounds and bluefish to 12 pounds, all on live bunker. For the afternoon round, Kimarie and her friends managed close to 20 bass, the biggest weighing in at a hefty 28 pounds! As we have seen so many times, live bunker was the key...
The Gabig family hopped aboard for an evening trip with Capt Joby, and were treated with absolutely perfect weather and an amazing bass bite! Starting off with a little bit of trolling, everyone managed to hook up with some quality bass, all of which were well above the slot. As the sun began to go down the team switched over to live-lining, and boated another 6 bass, the biggest tipping the scales at 24 pounds! With the spring run in full swing, we can expect the next 3 to 4...
This week, massive amounts of bunker had finally arrived in the Western Sound. We thought last year's spring run was great, but this year's is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! On every trip this week, at all of our spring spots, we ran into huge schools of striped bass blasting bait on the surface. Live bait and trolling did the trick to entice fish up to 22 pounds, including too many slot fish to count. The bite over the next few weeks should only get hotter and hotter as we get into June! ...