NY fishing reports for May 2011...www.StripersandAnglers.com

[DarkSkies]

NY fishing reports for May 2011...www.StripersandAnglers.com

LI fishing: NY fishing reports for May 2011

Important when registering on our site -- use an active email address so you can activate your account to be able to post.

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]

_Rockhopper,
you won the plug in the April random drawing!
PM me your address so I can send it out to ya!




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]

Fished a SS beach this morning, 4-7am, incoming tide. It was a little windy. 1 bass 33", and 10 feisty bluefish to 33", all on tins.

[BassBuddah]

South Shore, from sunrise to 8, there were a bunch of small blues and a few dink bass. Metal was the ticket, the fish are around fellas.

[pescador29]

I fish jambay and I and my friend we got 8 bluefish they are very nice 8pounds and we got 2 stripers 30" and 32". We was using bunker this morning before the sunrise.

[nitestrikes]

Fished the same SS beach, back to the night fishing, last 2 nights we had bass to the mid teens and some monster blues. Throwing heavy skinny swimmers, darters, and bucktails when it's too weedy.

[BassBuddah]

South Shore, the blues were bigger this time, 10-15lbs, metal, 4-6am. No bass.

[7deadlyplugs]

Bluefish in the GSB! I fished last nite at an early season spot. Got some bluefish up to 10pounds and 2 short stripers, yellow bombers.

[williehookem]

Fished the SS from 6-9 this morning, it was snotty and a little rough. One 27" bass on a darter at sunrise, and then a few big blues later on.

[rockhopper]

Back bay from 8 to 10p. It was nasty but the blues were there. Got over 10 on small poppers and jigs. Bluefish were 3-8lbs, no bass. Darkskies I wanted to thank you for the plug, that was very generous and was much appreciated. I will use it to slam the bluefish and maybe some fat bass!

[crosseyedbass]

Behind an inlet from 5-7 incoming tide. I got a good pick of blues 4-7lbs on small poppers. Even in the rain they were hungry!

[BassBuddah]

SS area for the sunrise today. It wasn't much of a sunrise because of the fog. 1 bass about 14# on a big darter.