Category: REPORTS

Heather from the Black Hawk office reports that things picked up last Monday after the storm. We had a few days of good fishing before the next storm came in and kept us tied up for a few days. Tuesday’s trip was the highlight of the week- we had a private charter who wanted to go for some bluefish, and what a day we had! Loads of blues, a few stripers, and seabass too. Definitely the highlight of the week. We were able to get Wednesday’s trip in before the conditions started to deteriorate, with the winds picking up as the day went on.

Like everyone else, we stayed at the dock on Thursday and Friday, before returning to the grounds on Saturday. It was a bit of a tough trip- we found some piles of fish, but everyone had to work at it. Those who fished hard went home with solid catch of fish. Nothing like before the storms, but not bad for the first day back. It should get better and better as things calm down after the high winds.

We plan on fishing daily through October- check our website for updates, as there are a few days when we have private charters and aren’t available for open trips. At this time of year, it’s always a good idea to call the day before your trip as well, to check on weather conditions and updates. We’ll continue to fish in November as well, and our schedule will be posted soon, so stay tuned. All trips starting November 1 are very weather-dependent and by reservation only. As always, check our website and Facebook page for updates and details.

Heather from the Black Hawk says it’s a short report this week! We lost all week due to the strong winds and rough seas. As of this writing (Sunday afternoon) the boat is still out on our first trip after the storm. We never know exactly what it will be like after a storm like that- fish can move around, the water gets all churned up, and we just never know what to expect. Check our Facebook page for updates once the boat gets in.

We’re planning on fishing most days- but, as we learned this past week, Mother Nature can be tough- so please give us a call the day before your trip for updates. As always, check our website and Facebook page for updates as well. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Heather from the Black Hawk office reports that we had another great week of fishing. The porgy and seabass fishing out at Block Island keeps getting better and better. Limits all around of jumbo porgies and giant sea bass. Wednesday was a highlight of the week, with an epic day of huge sea bass, monster porgies, and even a mako shark! You may have seen the video on our Facebook page- it put on quite the aerial show, jumping out of the water several times before it was released unharmed. If you haven’t seen it, go check it out on our Facebook page!

We had private charters on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s trip wanted bluefish, and despite the wind we still loaded up. The conditions were definitely not in our favor but that didn’t stop our group of diehards! We had a bunch of short striped bass and a few keeper sea bass mixed in as well. Saturday’s trip wanted to bottom fish, and they got ’em- an excellent day of fishing meant everyone left with bags of fillets.

Our night bass trips last week were a mix of good and not so good. As with all of our trips, we don’t sugar coat our fishing reports. Although our night bass trips on Saturday and Sunday were very successful with fish to 35lbs last night’s trip was a bust. Anyone who fishes Montauk on the flood tide with an east wind can tell you it creates tough drifting conditions and poor results. Unfortunately, Monday night had all of these. We only had one short bass caught with a handful of bites and a few that popped off on the way up. We hope for better results and conditions on our upcoming trips.

As always, at this time of year, it’s a good idea to give us a call the day before your trip to check on weather conditions. We plan on sailing daily, but there may be days when we are not sailing based on weather- Mother Nature can be a tough partner! You can also always check our website and Facebook page for updates. We look forward to seeing everyone soon.

Heather from the Black Hawk office reports that the fall bite continues! We had another week of excellent bottom fishing with plenty of porgies and sea bass, a few cod mixed in, and even a few striped bass in the mix as well.  Earlier in the week we had a bit of wind to contend with, but had a plan B and stayed local – and did well with the porgies and seabass.

Our private charter on Friday had a great group from Cheshire and simply phenomenal catching! The porgies were huge and hungry and the monster sea bass flying over the rails all day long! We ended the day with a boat limit of big sea bass and bonus season limits of XL porgies all around the boat.

Saturday’s night trip was the first of our fall night bass trips, and it was a beautiful night.  With many first time customers, we had our boat limit many happy anglers- for many of them, it was their first striped bass.  We’ll be doing more of these trips as the fall bite continues.

We’d like to give a special thanks to our customer Paul, who brought a huge donation of cleaning supplies, sheets, and blankets down to the boat for Always Home, a local organization helping families overcome homelessness.  They were thrilled with the donation and we were so happy to be able to help.  We’ve got the best customers around!

The fall bite is red hot right now! Join us soon- we continue to fish daily at 7:00 am.  There are a few dates we don’t have open trips due to private charters- including next Friday and Saturday, October 4 & 5- so check the website for updates and details.  We hope to see everyone soon!

Heather from the Black Hawk office reports that we had another good week of fishing. We had some weather to contend with on a few of the trips, but we went to some alternative spots and overall the fishing was excellent.  We had an absolutely perfect weekend, with beautiful weather and excellent fishing.  Plenty of seabass and porgies- now’s the time to fill the freezer!

Night bass trips will be heading out next week- tickets will go on sale this week. Check the website for dates and times.

We continue to fish daily, with a few dates reserved for private charters.  Be sure to give us a call or check the website when planning your trip.  We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports that it seem like the wind fan was on high for most of this past week, limiting where we could go. We still stayed local and clobbered the porgies with a good mix of Seabass, and even a few bluefish and a few fluke. We seemed to have quite a few kids in the mix the last few trips and everybody had a ball with their parents catching jumbo scup and filling the coolers. On Friday, Capt. Matt even went outside to a few close wrecks and did a pretty good number on the jumbo seabass. We’re starting up our night bass trips this week with our first trip being on Monday so stay tune for the report.

Heather from the office reports that we had our last “sunset seal watch” of the season on Saturday night and it was a great success. Lots of seals and everyone had a great time. We’re proud to have raised well over $2,000 for 6 different local organizations. We can’t wait to do some more seal watches in the winter!

We’re fishing every day, leaving at 7am. We’ll be posting some more night trips soon, so stay tuned for dates and times. As always, check the website and Facebook page for info and reports. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

“It just doesn’t get any better,” reports Capt. Greg Dubrule from the Black Hawk. The Montauk/Block Island areas are simply loaded; providing red-hot action at the rails. Satisfied customers have jumbo sea bass and monster porgies, with an assortment of fluke, trigger fish, bluefish, mackerel and even a few striped bass mixed in. Check out our website or Facebook and get the straight scoop, right from the wheel house; no “sugar coated reports” here. Don’t forget, we’re sailing daily at 7:00 AM, so plan your fall trip or charter accordingly.

Tuesday was the CT Charter Party Boat Association’s Promotional Fishing Tournament “Fishing with Fisch”, to raise funds for the Hometown Foundation, including Special Olympics and breast cancer research.  The blockbuster event involved most of the party and charter boats in the CCPBA, along with many corporate and local sponsors. A great afternoon, with perfect weather and wonderful fishing was had by all. Hundreds of participants and boat crews gathered afterwards for food and prizes. A smashing, successful event, that will hopefully get bigger every year.

Hurricane Dorian put the scare in everyone as the weekend approached. Capt. Matt got Friday’s trip in by fishing the protected Watch Hill areas with calm conditions, in spite of stiff Northeast winds that kept everyone else tied to the dock. Saturday’s trip was a different story and unfortunately was cancelled as high winds Friday night and early Saturday morning made every boat cancel trips.

As of this report, Capt. Matt is currently out on Sunday’s trip and as of mid day that fishing is excellent, with many customers approaching their limits on jumbo sea bass.

Heather from the office reports that we continue to fish daily at 7am.  Our last Sunset Seal Watch was postponed due to Dorian, so we’ll be heading out this Saturday night instead.  Come join us!

We’re getting loads of calls for our night striped bass trips- we know you’re excited to get back out there!  We will be posting trips soon, and at this time it looks like we’ll be heading out around the 3rd/4th week in September.  so stay tuned for the exact dates and times.  Get your bass bucktails and eels ready!  We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Capt. Greg of the Black Hawk reports that the porgy fishing and seabass fishing still remains nothing short of excellent.  Now the bonus season (September & October, 50 porgies and 7 seabass per person) makes it even more attractive.  Now’s the time to come fishing!  On our all day trips we’re fishing the Montauk/Block Island areas- coolers are filled, limits are met, and people are happy.  We’ve even had some triggerfish, fluke, and  a handful of bluefish on these bottom fishing trips.

Our half day weekend trips came to a close this Labor Day weekend.  These trips had been fishing in the local areas where there is very good porgy fishing- not the sizes of where we go on the all day trips and not nearly as many seabass- but still providing excellent half day fishing.  From now on, all of our trips will be our full day trips.

Our After Work Special trips, on Thursday and Friday afternoons, have been fishing for blues and bass.  We’ve had a variety of blues both big and small, a lot of short striped bass and handful of seabass hitting the diamond jigs.  Our last After Work Special will be Friday, September 6, so plan on joining us!

A lot of people have been asking about night bass trips.  We haven’t done them in August because historically it’s been a slow month.  However, we have every intention of adding more for September and October so stay tuned.

Heather from the office reminds everyone that our schedule is now one trip daily leaving at 7am.  We’ll try to have 1-2 days a week be bluefishing, and the others will be bottom fishing.  Stay tuned to our website and Facebook page for details on these trips.

Our last seal watch of the summer is this Saturday, September 7.  We’re looking forward to another great night raising funds for some great organizations.

As always, check our website and Facebook page for updates, reports, and more.  We look forward to seeing everyone for some fantastic fall fishing!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports another excellent week of weather has provided simply sensational fishing on the all day trips, leaving at 7 am for monster sea bass and jumbo porgies. The Montauk-Block Island areas are still the place to be, with full limits on both species, with a few fluke, codfish, and short striped bass added to the mix. If you’re thinking of filling the freezer, now’s the time and the Black Hawk is your boat.

On the weekend half day trips, we’ve been fishing in the local Watch Hill areas. Again, we’ve had excellent fishing on mostly medium and large porgies, with only a handful of keeper sea bass.

Capt. Matt reports the bluefishing in the “Race” has greatly improved, providing a lot of action in the Thursday and Friday After-Work Special 4 pm trips. These trips are by reservation only and limited to only 30 fishermen. The blues have been on the large size, providing tackle-busting action. If you want to receive sore muscles, these are your trips! An assortment of sub-legal striped bass are climbing on the diamonds as well but not much on the keeper variety. When conditions and time permits, Capt. Matt has been doing some bottom fishing on the scup and sea bass on some of these trips besides.

Still tremendous amounts of bait around the entire area; quite a few big mackerel being caught on all the trips. Thresher sharks are seen quite a bit in the surface while traveling. One actually came up and chased a porgy out of the customers hands last week. Capt. Matt had one in in the Race the other night, along with other boats. Quite a number of threshers around.

Heather reports that we had another very successful seal watch last week, with a sold out crowd helping to raise money for several non-profit organizations. We’ll have our final seal watch of the season on September 7, and tickets are going fast, so be sure to grab yours soon! We also had a beautiful sunset cruise last Saturday night, our final one of the summer. We look forward to more of these great trips next year!

We continue to fish daily, at 7am Monday-Friday and two trips on the weekends. Our schedule will change slightly after Labor Day. On Tuesday, September 3, we’ll have a half day trip go out at 6am so we can be in in time to head out for the “Fish with Fisch” CCPBA fishing tournament. We’re looking forward to a great day! Then, starting on September 4, we will sail every day at 7am. We have a few After Work Special trips left, and we’ll be adding some night trips soon, so stay tuned. We look forward to seeing everyone soon.

Another tremendous week of bottom fishing reports Capt. Greg of the Black Hawk. The Montauk and Block Island areas are producing larger seabass and porgies with an occasional fluke. It seems the local areas along Fisher’s Island and Watch Hill are just loaded with smaller size porgies with a handful of keeper seabass. Smaller in size but fantastic quantities. You can almost drop a piece of clam, sandworm or squid anywhere and catch one. Blue fishing still remains spotty with certain tides and certain areas producing a limited amount of fish. We’re still hoping that it improves although time is running out.

Heather from the office reports some good news for Capt. Greg. As an active member in the Marine Trades Association, Capt Greg played in their annual golf tournament last Thursday. The tournament was played at River Ridge golf course and the Black Hawk not only won with a low score of 58, but Capt. Greg made a hole in one! He was even luckier when he found that the hole had a prize attached, and Capt Greg won a brand new 2019 Subaru Forester from Reynolds Subaru in Lyme. Congrats, Greg!

We continue to fish daily at 7am during the week and at 6am and 1pm on the weekends. Our schedule will change slightly after Labor Day, so be sure to check the website for updates. We have a few dates left for charters at the end of August and early September, but they’re going fast, so if you’d like to get your group out there, be sure to contact us now. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Simply red hot fishing on the seabass and jumbo porgies reports Capt. Greg at the Black Hawk. Customers are having no problem filling their coolers with their limits. There’s also been a shot of a fluke, a lot of shorts with an occasional keeper to this week up to 5 pounds.  Action has been fast and furious. The half day trips on the weekends we’ve been fishing the Watch Hill areas where the porgy fishing has been very good. Not quite the size at Montauk but still plenty action with an occasional seabass.  If you want the very best in fishing, the most action with huge porgies and jumbo sized sea bass, with an occasional fluke or trigger fish mixed in, then the boat you want is the Black Hawk!! 

On the local scene the Race and adjacent areas has been exceptionally quiet.  The lack of consistent bluefish is disturbing. Bottom fishing is adequate during times when the tides aren’t screaming but no where like the size, numbers and consistency of the fishing in the Montauk / Block Island areas . We’re all hoping it improves soon since there’s a huge fishing population out there anxiously waiting to diamond jig these bluefish on all the local boats. Time will tell I guess . Follow us on Facebook for daily reports and pictures. We post every trip every day. No “Sugar-Coated Fishing Reports ” here. Just honest reports to help you.

Heather from the office reports that we’ll continue to fish daily, Monday-Friday at 7am and two trips on Saturdays and Sundays (6am and 1pm) through Labor Day.  Our schedule will change a bit in September when we’ll go down to one trip per day on the weekends.  Be sure to check the website for a full schedule.  We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports that the sea bass fishing has been very good. We’ve been going over to the Montauk area. Fish up to 5 pounds, beautiful jumbo knothead seabass and all the porgies one could ask for. Now is the time to take your kids fishing before they head back to school- pick a day and come join us!

We’ve noticed lately that it seems like some of the local fishing reports are a bit sugar-coated. People catch a handful of bluefish in the Race, and all of a sudden the bluefishing is excellent. A couple short striped bass and the striped bass fishing is great. Truth be told, the bluefishing is poor locally. Are there some bluefish around? Yeah, there’s a handful of bluefish everywhere, we’re even catching a few while we’re bottom fishing, but it’s certainly not good. Hopefully this will improve soon, we know that many of you want to get out there and catch ’em- we do too!

Heather from the office reports that we had another great sunset cruise last Saturday, and we’ve got another coming up this weekend for the WARM Center in Westerly. Come join us and support a great cause!

We continue to fish daily, Monday through Friday at 7:00 am and at 6:00 am and 1:00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. We have our After Work Special trips running through August, and we’ve got our “Summer Seal Watch” coming up this Wednesday, and another coming the 20th. Come join us soon!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports a week of simply fantastic porgy fishing. Saturday saw the most gigantic, ferocious, dominating porgies you’ve ever seen.  Drop it to the bottom and you got ’em.  Unbelievable fishing.

There are seabass mixed in with ’em, but on the all day trips, the majority of the seabass are in a different area.  So, what we try to do on the full day trips is  go get the porgies first, then go over and get the seabass.  Boat limits all around for both porgies and seabass on most trips.

Heather from the Black Hawk office reports that we had a great sunset cruise fundraiser Saturday night.  The Coast Guard Eagle was docked in New London, so we were able to get a close up view.  Everyone had a great time.  Don’t forget, we hold sunset cruises every Saturday night as fundraisers for various organizations.  Join us on one this summer!

We continue to fish daily, with weekday trips leaving at 7am and weekends at 6am and 1pm.  We also have our special “Summer Seal Watch” trips coming up on August 7 and August 20. These are fundraisers for various non-profit groups in the area, so grab your tickets before they’re sold out.
We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports that our night bass trips this week were a little bit picker than we were used to over the last few weeks. We’re still getting some nice fish, but we didn’t get the full boat limits we were accustomed to. Some of the nights were so crowded with boats I can understand why they didn’t bite. We’re looking forward to more trips coming up.

Locally, the bluefishing is still slow. That’s one of the reasons we’re sticking to the bottom fishing over at Montauk every trip. When the bluefishing improves enough, we’ll certainly start diamond jigging on them. I know there’s a lot of people who want to go, so stay tuned.

Bottom fishing remains excellent on both tides on all trips. Limits of porgies and sea bass all around. We’ve had some great kids out on the boat lately, who have been having a great time. Now’s the time to bring your kids fishing!

Heather from the office reports that we had a great turnout for our annual “Christmas in July” fireworks cruise. We collected loads of toys and books to be distributed to local children. We’ve added two very special trips, our first “Summer Seal Watches”. As part of our Black Hawk and the Community Program, these will be fundraisers for various non-profit organizations. Check our website for details and info.

As always, check our website and Facebook page for updates and info. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Heather from the Black Hawk office reports another week of great fishing.  On our day trips, we had excellent porgy and seabass fishing, with most customers easily getting their limit of jumbo porgies and seabass.  Special congrats go out to 6 year old Brendan, who celebrated his 6th birthday by catching his first fish with us!  Congrats, Brendan and we hope to see you again soon!   We were also excited to have the junior anglers from Big Doug’s Memorial Saltwater Shootout fish with us on Saturday and Sunday.  They had a great time and we were thrilled to be able to introduce fishing to some youngsters who have never fished before!

Our After Work Special trips were successful this week, with a good mix of bass and blues, along with some seabass and porgies during the slack tide.  These trips head out on most Thursdays and Fridays at 4pm, and reservations are strongly recommended, as space is limited.

We’ve got some more night bass trips coming up this week, so stay tuned next week for the report on those.  We’re looking forward to some great trips.

We’d like to thank everyone who joined us on the Sailfest fireworks cruise last Saturday.  We had a great time, and collected over 2,000 diapers for the Riverfront Children’s Center.  We are looking forward to our “Christmas in July” trip for the Celebrate East Lyme fireworks trip next Saturday.  As always, thanks to everyone for supporting our Black Hawk and the Community Program and helping us to help the local community.

We continue to fish daily, leaving at 7am Monday-Friday, with 2 trips each Saturday and Sunday, leaving at 6am and 1pm.  We have a few dates left for charters in July and August, but they’re filling up fast.  As always, check our Facebook page and website for updates and reports.  We look forward to seeing you soon!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports that the last five big bass night trips have been nothing short of spectacular, I don’t know how else to say it.  Full boat limits on every trip with fish consistently between 30 and to over 50 pounds, it just doesn’t get any better. A lot of customers opt to release their catch which is good to see. We will be posting more trips in the next week or so, when the tides and conditions are right again. They fill up fast, so be sure to stay tuned so you can get a spot on board.

Porgy fishing still remains excellent, with no problem getting your full limit and releasing a lot more nice. Nice big hubcap porgies to fill the freezer.  Sea bass fishing is been very good.  Most customers get through the shorts and have no problem filling their limit of 15 inch fish or bigger.  There’s been a few fluke mixed in with them, and and handful of bluefish.

Bluefish locally in the race area is a little slow, but from time to time here are a lot of bluefish at Montauk, so hopefully some of ’em are going to swim in this way so we can start blue fishing soon.

Heather from the office reminds everyone that we’re sailing every day, Monday through Friday at 7am and two trips on Saturdays and Sundays, leaving at 6am and again at 1pm.  We’ve got our Sailfest fireworks cruise coming up this weekend, on Saturday, July 13, and our Christmas in July trip for the Niantic fireworks on July 20.  Both are part of our Black Hawk and the Community Program and we’d love to have you join us!  As always, visit our website or check our Facebook page for updates, reports and new trips.  We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports that our first After Work Special trip on Thursday afternoon was a success, with a lot of action on striped bass. We had 6-8 keepers with a bunch of shorts. Nothing monstrous like the night trips produce, but fish up to 20 pounds. During the slack Capt. Matt took the customers bottom fishing where everybody caught a handful of porgies and seabass now that the New York Seabass season is open.

The porgy fishing remains nothing short of excellent- no problem getting your easy limit with little difficulty and then switching over to Seabass. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of short seabass and you have to weed through them to get the 15 inch and above keepers.

We’ve got more night big bass trips coming up this week, so stay tuned for the reports on those.

Heather from the office reports that we only have a few dates left in July for charters, so be sure to call the office to get your group on board before we fill up. We’ve started taking reservations for the Sailfest and Niantic fireworks. Those are always popular and fill up quickly, so grab your spots soon. As a reminder, we are fishing every day- two trips on Saturdays and Sundays at 6am and 1pm, and one trip during the week, at 7am. Night bass trips, After Work Specials, and our new Sundown Scup and Seabass trips are all posted on our website, so be sure to check them out and join us soon! We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports that the three nights of  striped bass fishing trips this week were nothing short of excellent.  Beautiful weather and big fish up to about 45 pounds.  We couldn’t ask of for anything better.  We’ll be posting more soon, so stay tuned.

Porgy fishing all week has been very,  very good with easy limits.  On the weekends, it’s a little tougher but still nice fishing.  With the seabass opening on Sunday, the boat is out as of this writing and we’re picking away on some nice Seabass and porgies.  Some bluefish,  short striped bass, and a few fluke mixed in too.

Heather from the office reports that we have a few dates open for charters, but they are filling up fast, so be sure to call the office soon to grab a spot.  We are currently sailing 7 days a week, leaving at 6am on the weekends and 7am during the week.  Please note that there is no open trip on Saturday, June 29th.

Our full July schedule is posted on our website and tickets are available for purchase online.  We’ve added some After Work Special trips and some new night bass dates, so grab your spots soon.    As always, check our website and Facebook page for updates and reports.  We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports that the night big bass trips this week were very productive on both bucktails and live eels.Fish up to 40 pounds were taken during the past week, with a lot of action on short fish that were obviously released.

Porgy fishing has been very, very good all during the week, with the exception of Saturday, which was a little tougher. We jumped around and made a trip of out of it. The Sunday, Father’s Day, trip, which did better than Saturday.

Squid fishing is done for this spring, but we will be running some squid trips in the fall, so stay tuned for those.

Heather from the office reports that we have a few dates open for charters, but they are filling up fast, so be sure to call the office soon to grab a spot. We are currently sailing 7 days a week, leaving at 6am on the weekends and 7am during the week. Please note that there is no open trip on Saturday, June 29th.

As always, check our website and Facebook page for updates and reports. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Capt. Greg from the Black Hawk reports that we had excellent porgy fishing all during the week. Boat limits all around, the scup were really cooperating. Saturday was a different story.  With bright sunshine and beautiful conditions, there was a lot of boat traffic and the fish just didn’t cooperate.  We put in some overtime, but the fact remains that it was just a tough day.  As of this writing, Sunday looks to be much  better.  The porgies are smaller, but there’s a steady pick.  Is it as good as it’s been during the week?  No, but with the bright sun and flat conditions, it’s not too bad.

We went on a CT seabass trip on Thursday, and some people had their limits, other people struggled. The fish were all nice size seabass and there was a good amount of  scup to go around to fill the bags.

We had two night trips last week.  There were a lot of short fish and a lot of action with a handful of keepers.  This is getting better and better by the day. We’ll have two more night trips, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Saturday night’s squid trip was average.  The sharpies had their half bucket, and the the first timers had 12-15 each.  It was a beautiful, flat calm night.  While we marked a lot of squid, and we saw a lot under the lights, they just didn’t chew until the start of the flood tide.  We stated a little later to get the bite, and it kept getting better as the night went on.

Heather from the office would like to thank everyone for their support for the Uniting for United food drive.  We delivered our food last Friday, and were happy to be able to contribute to such a worthy cause to help those dealing with food insecurity in our local area.  As always, thanks for all of your help!

We have night trips coming up this week, and our full schedule will start on Monday, June 17.  As always, check our website for a full schedule.  We look forward to seeing everyone soon!