NY fishing reports for May 2009

[DarkSkies]

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Please post fishing reports here.......as little or as much detail as you want to give.

Please note: NO SPOT BURNING! Posts burning spots will be Edited or DELETED!
Some veteran fishermen have put in years developing and learning about certain spots.Some of these spots can only handle a few guys at a time. We are losing enough access as it is, due to the unfortunate behavior of a few selfish people. No sense in making it worse.

For some areas, it would be wiser to say:
OutFront (Ocean) OR -- OutBack (Bay) -- if you feel too many people will figure out what you are talking about. "Spot burning" also could involve mentioning something specific only to that area. If you do this, your post may be edited, or deleted. Remember that thousands of people could potentially read these posts. You don't want to be fishing next to ALL of them at the same time!


IF you are fishing an area that is NOT residential, being vague is less critical. For example, it's acceptable to say (Any)Park, or (Any)Bay, or mention a specific state park that has loads of parking and can handle the crowds.


If you are unclear on this concept, ask yourself:


If I name this place on the internet, will it be too crowded for me to enjoy tomorrow when people hear I got 30 fish here today?


If the answer is "Yes", then you should probably not be so specific.
More discussion on this:
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ead.php?t=3763

We post these reports so our community will have a sense of what is working, what is not. We want to show people how to catch fish, rather than where.Even if you struck out or got skunked, it would be helpful to hear that as well.

If you have any additional details you would like to share - weather conditions, tide (incoming, outgoing, ebb, flood) water temps, bait present, or other mention of techniques or plugs used - feel free.
Some acronyms -

BP -- Breezy Point

CB -- CrossBay Bridge
CI -- Coney Island

FB -- Floyd Bennett
FI -- Fire Island
FT -- Fort Tilden Park
FW -- Fort Wadsworth


GSB - Great South Bay



Jones -- Jones Beach/Debs
WE -- West End

JB -- Jamaica Bay
LB -- Long Beach

MB -- Manhasset Bay
MI -- Moriches Inlet or nearby
MPP -- Marine Parkway Bridge


LNB - Little Neck Bay
OB -- Oyster Bay
PB -- Peconic Bay

RM -- Robert Moses

SB -- Sheepshead Bay

Shinny -- Shinnecock Inlet or nearby

SI -- Staten Island
ST -- Sore Thumb

NS -- North Shore
SS -- South Shore




Mecca -- if you gotta ask where that is, can't help ya

[DarkSkies]

Spent Fri morning on the yak in Jamaica bay in search of bigger bass. Nothing doing for me or any of the boats where I was. They would clam or jig for a while, and then leave. The water was colder, so the bite was a little subdued. My mobility was limited because I'm paddling, not pedaling. I would say I covered only 1 or 2 miles of that bay. I think somewhere in that bay they nailed the fish yesterday, but not in where I was.

Big bass are there, I saw bunker jump a foot out of the water in several low traffic areas. The key is the traffic. I was near the boats, but most of them didn't see the bunker because when they came by, the schools would sound. Fishing in the daytime will become more and more difficult. My next trips will be at night or pre-dawn.

Even though I didn't catch anything livelining bunker, trolling plugs, and jigging deep channels. I learned a lot. I'll write those more detailed reports in the kayak section, as I don't want to clutter up this report section with the agonizingly detailed reports I'm known for sometimes posting.

[DarkSkies]

We have a winner!!


Jimbob, you won the plug in the April random drawing!

We post these reports so our community will have a sense of what is working, what is not. We want to show people how to catch fish, rather than where.

If you struck out or got skunked, it would be helpful to hear that as well. Anyone who posts a report can win a plug even if they got skunked!


This month we're giving out plugs from Ace Baits.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...splay.php?f=83

PM me your info so I can send it out. Thanks for posting and helping to make this a great site!

[stormchaser]

Fished Jamaica bay in the back today. The bluefish were mean and nasty up to 10 lbs. Dark, I don't know how you managed to avoid bluefish with that bunker you were snagging. You must have hit the one area where they are afraid to go. I was throwing pencil poppers and darters. They only stole a few from me. PM me the next time you're out this way. I'll show you some spots on the flats.

[jimbob]

Wow, thats great, the first time I attempt to post reports and I win a plug, thanks.
Now for the report, I went out to a back bay area in Moriches around 6:00 AM. I caught 3 Striped Bass on a Zara Spook 2 of them were keeper sized. I released them all, I just ate a Striper I caught last Wednesday that I did not have time to post a report for. It was raining on and off all morning. I heard that there were Bluefish on Saturday, too bad I had to work. You have to work when you can these days. I would like to get some Blues for the Smoke house.

[nitestrikes]

Fished the front of Jones inlet today, there were bluefish on and off, and a huge school of something about a mile offshore, the birds were going crazy. Got 6 blues to 8 pounds using an a27 with green tail. I started with a bucktail, only got one fish on that. The green tail seemed to be working better for today.

jimbob those are some incredible pics! Thanks for sharing them with us. How did you get that pic of the bass in the water, what camera were you using?

[jimbob]

jimbob those are some incredible pics! Thanks for sharing them with us. How did you get that pic of the bass in the water, what camera were you using?

Thanks Nitestrikes, I took a video of the release of that fish and took just a frame from it. I am using a Olympus 770 SW. this is the second year I am using it. It has some limitations, but it is possible I have not figured all the options out yet.

Congrats on the Bluefish I am sure I wil get in on them soon.

[pescador29]

I fished si last night with my friends, we caught about 35 grande bluefish, some were so big they were like 10 or 12 pounds. bunker chunks. jimbob they are great pictures you took

[BassBuddah]

Behind FI this am on the flats. Before sunrise, swimmers and poppers, incoming tide, water was clean. 5 bass to 30", most were around 22". Jimbob, I was wondering how you take those shots- is someone else fishing with you, or are you snapping them? If so, how do you angle it so you frame your face, or do you practice a lot, and not let anyone see the crooked pics? Really like that underwater shot as well, thanks for sharing.

[stripercrazy]

Rockaway inlet yesterday after work, all the blues you could catch, bunker chunks. I got one small bass 23". Great action!

[DarkSkies]

Jamaica bay last night 12-6am. , I was the only idiot out there in the rain and the wind in that area. I anchored in a piece of open water, but was worried the waves and wind would capsize the kayak.

Stayed at an area of structure for 1 1/2 hours, fishing bunker and clams, nothing, then back to channels where I got 5 bluefish on bunker chunks. Livelining only produced bunker with chunks bitten out of them. Bunker were being harassed, but I think only bluefish were in the mix where I was.

[stripercrazy]

Frontside of FI this morning, 2 small bass to 27", clams. Water was a little rough.

[nitestrikes]

Rockaway area, 3-6pm, 5monster bluefish and one 30" bass, bunker.

[BassBuddah]

Hit a GSB back spot this morning, 2 bass to 27" on storm shad. I thought I was on a roll till the bluefish started tearing the shads up, then it was time to go to work.

[pescador29]

si last night it was raining and there were some big bluefish we caught some were 13 pounds!

[DarkSkies]

Fished Staten island in the rain, started at 10pm, bunker and clam on 2 rods. Got one bass 28" on the bunker pole in the first 5 minutes. I thought that was a good omen, but for the next hour it was bluefish. Fished until the rain was pouring too hard and the bite died. Some other people who were there decided to go home as well.

Went back into the truck and decided to crash, every time I woke up to fish it was raining hard. Finally got a window at 5am, made a move and found fish crashing bunker. They were about 300' out. I couldn't effectively present to the crashing fish.

Thought about taking the kayak down and chasing them. I knew if I got into fish I would not be able to leave, and the kayak thing takes extra time. So I spent the next hour plugging from shore, poppers, chartreuse shads on jigheads, and the Ace baits bunker profile swimmer. Even with a streamlined pencil popper, I couldnt reach the main body of fish.

This is what motivates guys to get kayaks, watching fish feed on bunker and standing there not being able to get in on it.

I tried till 6am with the artificials, and then had to cut out to go to work. Next time I'll try to hit it a little earlier and put the yak in.

It was really nice to fish there, the rain kept a lot of people home. I did run into a few hardcore people I hadn't seen since last year.

I'll take the rain any night.

[7deadlyplugs]

I'll take the rain any night.

I made it out before the rain last night and fished a north shore bay area. 2 bass to 28" on a black and silver rebel windcheater.

[jimbob]

I fished the Moriches Bay area this morning for an hour and a half before work. I caught 4 Striped Bass and dropped one from 22" to 26" on Zara Spooks and Creek Chub Poppers. Nothing on Storm Shads or Slug-Gos. A bit windy out of the SW, but a great way to start the day.

[crosseyedbass]

I fished GSB last night, didn't catch stripers but I did catch a couple of blues.

[DarkSkies]

SI last night, there were few concentrations of baitfish, everything was scattered. Then the fog came in around 1am, and it looked promising. I saw decent fish running through the bait, they were a little too far off (again) The fog lifted, bright moon was back, and the fish stopped feeding


Ran into some internet "characters" I know from somewhere else. Nice to meet ya's, thanks for the bunker you had left over, I'll use it today.