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Hello fellow fishers,
Just an FYI: The past few days I've been prying our waters from the shore and have a few reports for you.
Shinne**** / Moriches: The weakfish are in with a mix flurry of stripers and fluke on small plastics. Also, last Friday morning I nailed my first bluefish of the season and a good friend nailed a striper on a pencil.
Great South Bay / Jones: This weekend I've was somewhat perplexed that the bergels and searobin are in full force! What does that mean to me? Well, it tells me the fluke are in already and that the blackfish has been in our waters for the past two weeks! To confirm my theory… I caught a few keeper togs and actually saw two fluke chasing sandeels on the surface! In addition, the party boats are working close to the shorelines and culling some very impressive flatties of the muddy bottom.
Also.. the shads are in and yours truly nailed a few on a flyrod (9 wt. intermediate line with a small clouser and deceiver).
Westend (North Shore / Manhasset): I also fished with Rich Tenreiro from R&G and had a blast catching all the stripers you wanted on small plastics. Also… we lived lined a few bunker and nailed a few impressive cows!
On the freshwater scene… Connetquot State Park… Is still hosting some very impressive browns, brooks and bows on wholly buggers and small nymphs. The lower beats has been the most productive spots and during some bright mornings… Dryflies and caddis has been the ticket (fish rising)! Massapequa Reservoir and Twin Lakes is hosting some stockies (browns & rainbows) on small roostertail spinner and kastmasters!
Kayaking: I paddled around the Island and found a few stripers in the back bays… and in the freshwater end… the crappies and bluegills are very cooperative as well!
With this kind of report… I can't believe we are still in the month of April!
Anyone out there with any (good or bad) reports?
"Crazy" Alberto
[email protected]
Just an FYI: The past few days I've been prying our waters from the shore and have a few reports for you.
Shinne**** / Moriches: The weakfish are in with a mix flurry of stripers and fluke on small plastics. Also, last Friday morning I nailed my first bluefish of the season and a good friend nailed a striper on a pencil.
Great South Bay / Jones: This weekend I've was somewhat perplexed that the bergels and searobin are in full force! What does that mean to me? Well, it tells me the fluke are in already and that the blackfish has been in our waters for the past two weeks! To confirm my theory… I caught a few keeper togs and actually saw two fluke chasing sandeels on the surface! In addition, the party boats are working close to the shorelines and culling some very impressive flatties of the muddy bottom.
Also.. the shads are in and yours truly nailed a few on a flyrod (9 wt. intermediate line with a small clouser and deceiver).
Westend (North Shore / Manhasset): I also fished with Rich Tenreiro from R&G and had a blast catching all the stripers you wanted on small plastics. Also… we lived lined a few bunker and nailed a few impressive cows!
On the freshwater scene… Connetquot State Park… Is still hosting some very impressive browns, brooks and bows on wholly buggers and small nymphs. The lower beats has been the most productive spots and during some bright mornings… Dryflies and caddis has been the ticket (fish rising)! Massapequa Reservoir and Twin Lakes is hosting some stockies (browns & rainbows) on small roostertail spinner and kastmasters!
Kayaking: I paddled around the Island and found a few stripers in the back bays… and in the freshwater end… the crappies and bluegills are very cooperative as well!
With this kind of report… I can't believe we are still in the month of April!
Anyone out there with any (good or bad) reports?
"Crazy" Alberto
[email protected]