NY fishing reports for May 2010

[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

Demo -- Sore Thumb/ Democrat Point


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


GSB - Great South Bay



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

JBay -- 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

NS -- North Shore
SS -- South Shore




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

[DarkSkies]

Pescador29 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, or something similar.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...splay.php?f=83

Thanks for posting and helping to make this a great site!

[nitestrikes]

NS spot today with small bucktail, small rubber shads. Had a great time with schoolies until sunrise when the bluefish moved in. Boy can they chop up rubber quick.

[pescador29]

we fished staten island today and it was raining a lot. we got 10 bluefish some of them were very big. one short striper and we put him back. bunker

[blitzhunter]

Fished the north shore last night. After several hours of plugging I decided to pack it in. At the last second I decided to do one more cast. Seemed to give me some luck, I caught a 12lb blue on a rred and white popper.

[7deadlyplugs]

Staten Island early this morning. Got myself a couple of blues.

[williehookem]

Fished the north shore early this morning before I had to hit the sandbox. The action was great with blues. Threw them all back, hated to leave.

[crosseyedbass]

Fire Island last night. Too windy, but wanted to give it a try anyway. I should have stayed home.

[nitestrikes]

Rockaway area 5-7 a, top of the tide. 2 bass to 31", 1 monster blue, tsunami shads.

[7deadlyplugs]

Caught a nice keeper on a bomber last night at the back of a SS inlet It was the only thing I hooked up with. Let it go.

[blitzhunter]

North Shore early this morning. One blue after a few hours.

[plugginpete]

I decided to hit up Jamaca bay yesterday last afternoon until early evening. I caught a couple of nice size blues on bunker. I am going to head out again tonight.

[BassBuddah]

Fished a NS cove area on the incoming late last night. Got a few runts on rubber and bombers.

[nitestrikes]

Walked a lot of beachfront this AM 4 to 6 incoming FI area. 2 bass to 26", shads. Went through a few as I also hit some small bluefish.

[blitzhunter]

Set up in an area e of that today 4 to 7am. Fresh bunker. Got one bass on a head, 38", one 28", Since I already had the 28" I let the other one go. The 38" put up a nice fight.

[crosseyedbass]

Last night after work I headed out to FI. On bunker I got one bass.

[stripercrazy]

Fished a NS location from 3-7 in the morning. Shads and bucktails, a mess of small bluefish.

[rockhopper]

I got a great opportunity to go out this morning with a couple of buddies of mine. I landed a 28"bass on a black bomber, backbay.

[7deadlyplugs]

jones area 8-11:45am, outgoing. Some medium blues, diamond jigs.

[crosseyedbass]

Decided to head out FI last night got there around 8:30 the bite was great and ended up with three bass, all catch and release.