OCTOBER 18, 2015

fishing reports

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports that we fished every day this week, with an open trip on Columbus Day Monday, a reservations-only blackfish trip on Wednesday, charters during the week and open trips on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Columbus Day Monday showed excellent bluefishing, on both tides with the diamond ijgging, I know we say this all the time, but literally as many as you wanted. If you wanted to catch your limit and then release 40 more fish you could have done it. The blackfish trip on Wednesday was decent, we had togs up to 8 1/2 pounds. As on every blackfish trip, there are people that are better at it than others. It truly tests one’s fishing ability. Some people handily had their limit, while others struggled to catch one, and a few others didn’t even have a fish. That’s tog fishing. Do yourself a favor, if you go on any boat, private or a charter or party boat, get braid line, a good rod suited for that depth and that sinker wait, get the best of hooks and the best of terminal tackle and learn the secrets of successful tog fishing.
Saturday and Sunday was just absolutely dynamite seabass and porgy fishing, limits of both all around the boat, with double headers coming over the rail. It just can’t get any better. A few codfish caught amongst the slaughter, a few blackfish caught, and even a few bluefish thrown into the mix. If you’re looking to fill your freezers, now’s the time.
A noteworthy catch this week, congrats to Capt. Bob and the Sunbeam fleet in setting a new state record on the tautog, smashing the previous record of 23 pounds. That’s the third state record to come out of Two Tree Island Channel, which just goes to show we’ve got some monster fish off the Connecticut Coast. Congratulations Bob!
Heather from the office wants to remind everyone that we will have an open trip this Friday at 7:00 am. We do not have an open trip on Saturday, and Sunday is a special trip with reservations required. We will return to our regular schedule, open trips on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 7:00 am, on October 30. We also have a few dates open for our “semi-private” charters. Contact Heather for more info about these. As always, visit our website or Facebook page for updates, reports and more!

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