NY fishing reports for April 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]

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!

[DarkSkies]

I probably don't need to say this, but just a reminder that the 2010 Bass season doesn't open till the 15th. Please be careful with the big girls if you're releasing em.

[pescador29]

We fished jamaica bay last night and we caught 3 smalll stripers and we put them back. We were using bunkers and hooked some more when they passed by. The fish they are there.

[7deadlyplugs]

Hit up a early season jbay area near a channel this morning. Fished from 4 to 7, one bass 30" on a bunker chunk.

[crosseyedbass]

SS beach before work, bucktails and shads, water was cold.
Here's wishing everyone the best of luck for the season!

[williehookem]

Went out to to the back bay early this morning. Got a 16" short on a yellow bucktail. Water was calm.

[7deadlyplugs]

Fished near an inlet today, 4-6am, jones area, one runt on a buck and P.R

[plugginpete]

NS this morning got a keeper on a storm shad, but threw him back.

[crosseyedbass]

Jones area last night on the last of the outgoing, 2 bass on bombers fished real slow.

[plugginpete]

Got in on some of the jbay action with 2 buddies last night. We got 3 bass deep into the night, bunker chunks. All keepers to 32". Kept 2.

[rockhopper]

Came in about an hour ago. I caught a couple of nice size keepers in the back of a ss inlet, bucktail and pork, incoming. I put them both back. I want to help increase the population.

[7deadlyplugs]

Jones area from 5-8this morning, incoming. I fished bucktails, tins, and poppers. One blue around 6# on the popper, that was it. It was pretty windy out too.