Long Island Fishing Charters

Capt. Joby Vinarski – (516) 502-8837

Capt. Andy LoCascio – (516) 978-1634

 

Recent Long Island Fishing Reports

30 Jun

Posted at 06:55h in Reports

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...

25 Jun

Posted at 09:39h in Reports

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...

19 Jun

Posted at 08:57h in Reports

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! ...

07 Jun

Posted at 11:25h in Uncategorized

Long Island Fishing Charters donated their flagship boat to the 23rd Annual Manhattan Cup held on June 7.  Captains Joby Vinarksi and Andy LoCascio hosted three warriors along with Tarin LoCascio for an amazing day of striper fishing. Most of the fleet headed south from Liberty Landing to fish in the ocean. The LI Fish Charters team of John, Ed, Roberto, and Tarin chose to head back north to their home waters. When asked about the decision Captain Andy said "We knew there were probably going to be some huge fish...

07 Jun

Posted at 08:11h in Reports

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! ...

06 Jun

Posted at 05:50h in Reports

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...

04 Jun

Posted at 07:11h in Reports

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...

29 May

Posted at 10:10h in Reports

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! ...

28 Apr

Posted at 11:53h in Reports

As if it was a completely different day, the afternoon turned cloudy, windy and cold, but amazingly the bite just got hotter with bigger fish! Scott S. and his son Hunter braved the far from perfect elements and were rewarded with some above average April stripers. Not only did Hunter catch his first line-sider ever, the duo managed 8 bass, four of which weighing in at just over 20 pounds. With more favorable weather on the horizon, we will soon see more and more bunker moving into...