2017 Long Island Fishing Reports Thread

[Monty]

Out East again this morning, fished ocean side. One 25 inch bass around 2:45. Then lost another nice fish around 8:00 AM on SS popper. That was it, lots of solitude, water was cool, fun trip, most physical trip of the year so far. I have lost my 3 largest fish of the year the last 4 weeks, crazy. This one I had on for what felt like 2 minutes+. got into some rocks and got off. No bent hooks and no scratches on the popper. Using a different rod next few trips, one with more backbone. I'm getting schooled by these fish.

[aage]

Very nice

[williehookem]

Nice going. The One That Got Away LOL very frustrating. I have a lot of stories like that. Maybe sharper hooks?

[Monty]

Nice going. The One That Got Away LOL very frustrating. I have a lot of stories like that. Maybe sharper hooks?

Sharpened them all before last trip, These three fish I had on for a while, enjoyed the fights. The one with the bent hooks, maybe they were not sharp. The one on the Hogy.....maybe not sharp.
Working on it, rod is very light, flexible.. Using different rod for a while and will slam and set heavy.. Like Rip Plugger says.

[buckethead]

Sometimes I have gotten hit when I was tired and paying less attention than I should have. That's when I used to fish at night and was much younger though. We've all been there. Better luck next time.

[Monty]

This past Sunday AM trip fished 2:15-8:15 AM.
Only managed a couple short bass, but was a great night to be out. Nice weather, great to be on the water.
Still learning the ropes of getting on and fishing from the rocks. Had the place to myself, then around 5:30 a couple guys went out on the rocks a few hundred yards from me, saw one guy get knocked off a few times,they moved on after 20 minutes.

[stripercrazy]

Nice going. Most of my SS spots have a lot of bait but not much in the way of stripers. May be taking a trip to Cape cod soon. Trying to find the right day.