Hi everyone,
I love the idea of fishing off a dock or boat.

Unfortunately, living in Northeast Queens, there ain't a lot of places to go fish so I usually go out to Captree state park and either fish off their dock or sometimes, spend the money and take a party boat. The problem with party boats is as soon as you start getting bites, they decide to move and take you someplace where there are no bites...!!! what is that all about?

I sometimes take the train out to Oyster Bay and fish near the marina as well as along the sea wall at the Teddy Roosevelt park. Bayside Marina is around the corner and they have a dock or pier, so to speak. My problem with docks is that I never catch anything, never.

I have a few friends with boats but they don't like the mess associated with fishing. So I'm stuck.

When I was young, about 10, my uncles took me to Hempstead Harbor where we would catch dozens of snappers, bring them home and fry them up - wow, what a good time! Can't go near that place now due to pollution.

I think that's where I caught the fishing bug.


Red.