With the much-anticipated Fluke âTil Ya Puke tournament coming up on Fatherâs Day weekend, you still have plenty of time to enter and then overthink the living @#$% out of your game plan. If you do it right, and perhaps heed a few of the following suggestions, youâll be off-your- thorazine looney by the time D-Day arrivesâso jingled up the morning of, your bathrobe flapping in the apparent windâthat the very sound of the word âflukeâ will trigger your gag reflex. Remember, the more voices you have going inside your head, the more ideas youâll have when your plan A, subsection 4-L (lines 13-2 though 14-1) unravels the day of.Zach HarveyMay 1st, 2016
With massive schools of bunker riding up the West End, South Shore and western Long Island Sound each May for the past few years, striper fans have been delighted with aggressive linesiders that will smash poppers, tins and live bait. Still, there are days, especially if the bunker schools are spread out, when covering ground is the best way to catch up to the heavy hitters. Under those conditions, trolling large bunker spoons is a great way to connect. This approach, however, entails more thought than simply dragging a couple of big metal lures behind your transom.Tom SchlichterMay 1st, 2016
Starting with the first full moon in May, adult blue crabs start crawling out of their winter mud holes to molt making them prime prey for birds and fish, as well as the rest of us and the crabbers who scoop them up for sale to restaurants.Lisa Helme DanforthApr 1st, 2016
It was one of those mornings when the wind wants to blow right in your face no matter where you stand. You know the type of day - blustery and cold, dark and damp, loud like a freight train - in other words, a typical April morning for trout in the tri-state area. Tom SchlichterApr 1st, 2016
I probably shouldnât admit this. Hell, I should probably be writing about âsituational awareness,â or chanting Safety First. I really should, after way too many years on deck, know better. Still, I love fishing in fog or snowâin the bubble. Zach HarveyApr 1st, 2016
The Army Corp of Engineers is moving forward, more quickly now, to implement $30,000,000 in Sandy Funds to replenish Asharoken Beach. Approximately 600,000 cubic yards of sand will be relocated to the Sound side beaches following a bill approved by the Senate on Jan. 28.Lisa Helme DanforthApr 1st, 2016
For about a month (as of this writing), Iâve been boning up on my knowledge of fisheries management current events, reading a ton of backlogged groundfish news, trying to nail down some specifics about a recent crusade by several environmental groups advocate for deep-ocean coral beds that have been discovered in a number of the notches in the continental slope where we target tuna or billfish.Zach HarveyApr 1st, 2016
Everyone loves our own Pabst Blue Ribbon Fishing Tournament! Along with the excitement generated by the big bucks prizes we love the great family photos of multiple generations, kids, girls, dudes and babes that participate. While we will miss the photos from the bait and tackles that come with landing the fish, we are proud to support PBR Fishing as they move to 100% catch and release.Lisa Helme DanforthApr 1st, 2016