Long Island Fishing Charters

Capt. Joby Vinarski – (516) 502-8837

Capt. Andy LoCascio – (516) 978-1634

 

Recent Long Island Fishing Reports

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...

28 Apr

Posted at 11:52h in Reports

Although a bit brisk at first light, the bright sunny morning quickly warmed up with some red hot striper action for Charlie and Henry Ramsay. The brothers managed to land 10 bass to 12 pounds by mid-morning, not bad for only a couple hours of fishing! Mojos and Al Gags Whip-it Fish were the key to both covering a lot of ground and enticing these beautiful spring stripers to bite. ...

22 Apr

Posted at 08:29h in Reports

The striper season is open and the striped bass are available in the biggest numbers we have seen in many years! Though Jai and his family did not have the best possible conditions, there were plenty of fish.  The strong northerly breeze combined with the low tide should have made it very difficult.  However, Captain Joby had no problem finding fish and getting them to eat. They had 8 striped bass including one in the slot, three over the slot, and four just under the slot. ...

26 Oct

Posted at 06:19h in Reports

The fall trips are what Long Island Fishing Charters is so famous for! Once the migration starts, the bite just keeps on getting better and better. However, some days are simply amazing and it doesn't much better than this. Light wind, sunny skies, and hungry fish! Erik Sr, Erik Jr and Ryan hopped on board with Capt Joby for an absolutely stellar morning trip, landing well over 30 bass and bluefish only 5 minutes from the dock! While the size of the bass varied from schoolie to just keeper sized, the...

06 Oct

Posted at 15:37h in Reports

Bring on the Fall fishing! The shorter days and cooler nights have brought the water temps down quite a bit, and the fish are preparing for the fall migration. We are seeing full-on bass blitzes in the bay, as well as schools of huge bluefish thrashing on peanut bunker. Despite a few rain showers, Kim and John hopped on board with Capt Joby for an action packed afternoon of incredible Western Sound fishing. The duo managed to land 7 bass and over a dozen bluefish, all within 10 minutes of...

02 Oct

Posted at 15:16h in Reports

Tara and Michael from the Cornell Cooperative Extension had over 20 striped bass ranging from 26 to 38 inches.  All of the fishing was done using eels.  Most of the fish were well over 28 inches.  At least a dozen fish were over 33 inches.  The fish were caught in four different spots throughout the trip.  However, some of the spots held fish that just didn't want to bite!  Fortunately, the Long Island Fishing Charter boats are very fast and can cover a lot of ground. The migration is well under...