Any fish? or just dead water? ... Still lots of fish in Jersey and the south shore [ling,blacks,seabass,a few cod and whiting etc.] I have not heard much of winter fishing in the Sound... Do the head boats run etc??? ... not going to fish there just curious..... bob
LI Sound in dead of winter??
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Anything but dead
Black fish are around all the rock piles and wreckes in the mid-depths. If you can get near the warm-water outflows from the power plants you can jig stripers with a slow jigging motion. You might also get into some black sea bass too. I've also caught weakfish by the power plants. What-ever you're fishing for, just fish slower.
-Scott
Black fish are around all the rock piles and wreckes in the mid-depths. If you can get near the warm-water outflows from the power plants you can jig stripers with a slow jigging motion. You might also get into some black sea bass too. I've also caught weakfish by the power plants. What-ever you're fishing for, just fish slower.
-Scott
Seabass,weaks?? even in the freezing cold of Feb??.... blacks and stripers I can understand, but I've never heard of weaks inshore in mid winter this far north even by power plant outflows... are they there in "fishable" numbers or more of a bycatch? .... bob
Stipers are around but only will feed where the water is warm and thus the only place with a bite in the dead of winter is the power plant.
Blackfish feed in the winter but only in very deep water. There are some deep spots in the sound but not many. I think the fish all migrate in the winter out of the sound to waters where there are consistent stretches of deep water where they can move around in comfort.
That being said, the trends in the last twenty years in this region have been increases in water temps. Perhaps more fish will mover into the sound in the coming years.
Blackfish feed in the winter but only in very deep water. There are some deep spots in the sound but not many. I think the fish all migrate in the winter out of the sound to waters where there are consistent stretches of deep water where they can move around in comfort.
That being said, the trends in the last twenty years in this region have been increases in water temps. Perhaps more fish will mover into the sound in the coming years.
Stipers are around but only will feed where the water is warm and thus the only place with a bite in the dead of winter is the power plant.
Blackfish feed in the winter but only in very deep water. There are some deep spots in the sound but not many. I think the fish all migrate in the winter out of the sound to waters where there are consistent stretches of deep water where they can move around in comfort.
That being said, the trends in the last twenty years in this region have been increases in water temps. Perhaps more fish will mover into the sound in the coming years.
Blackfish feed in the winter but only in very deep water. There are some deep spots in the sound but not many. I think the fish all migrate in the winter out of the sound to waters where there are consistent stretches of deep water where they can move around in comfort.
That being said, the trends in the last twenty years in this region have been increases in water temps. Perhaps more fish will mover into the sound in the coming years.
Stipers are around but only will feed where the water is warm and thus the only place with a bite in the dead of winter is the power plant.
Blackfish feed in the winter but only in very deep water. There are some deep spots in the sound but not many. I think the fish all migrate in the winter out of the sound to waters where there are consistent stretches of deep water where they can move around in comfort. Seabass are similar. Both can be caught in deep water in the ocean in the dead of winter.
That being said, the trends in the last twenty years in this region have been increases in water temps. Perhaps more fish will mover into the sound in the coming years.
Blackfish feed in the winter but only in very deep water. There are some deep spots in the sound but not many. I think the fish all migrate in the winter out of the sound to waters where there are consistent stretches of deep water where they can move around in comfort. Seabass are similar. Both can be caught in deep water in the ocean in the dead of winter.
That being said, the trends in the last twenty years in this region have been increases in water temps. Perhaps more fish will mover into the sound in the coming years.
SeaJay, I have to disagree with you about both the migration of the blackfish and the depths of the Sound. The Sound is actually very deep compared to most inland bodies of water around Long Island. You can find depths in excess of 100 feet within a mile of shore.
This terrain, combined with the great food supply and the blackfishs' tendancy not to migrate great distances would suggest that most of the tog we catch in the Sound spend their entire lives here.
This terrain, combined with the great food supply and the blackfishs' tendancy not to migrate great distances would suggest that most of the tog we catch in the Sound spend their entire lives here.
Doc Fish:
I am aware of the deep holes in the sound. There is a 110 foot hole just a few hundred feet south of execution rock to name one. There have been Novembers past when blackfish have been bailed out of that hole. Most of the holes in the sound are surrounded by shallow water that I presume would make it diffucult for the fish to move around in the very cold months. I would love to be proven wrong on this, but I not seen or heard much to suggest that feeding blackfish could be found in those deep LI sound holes in the dead of winter. If I'm wrong and you know of a spot let me know and I'll bring bait and gas money and join you.
I am aware of the deep holes in the sound. There is a 110 foot hole just a few hundred feet south of execution rock to name one. There have been Novembers past when blackfish have been bailed out of that hole. Most of the holes in the sound are surrounded by shallow water that I presume would make it diffucult for the fish to move around in the very cold months. I would love to be proven wrong on this, but I not seen or heard much to suggest that feeding blackfish could be found in those deep LI sound holes in the dead of winter. If I'm wrong and you know of a spot let me know and I'll bring bait and gas money and join you.
More than just holes
If you break out the charts you'll see that the center of the Sound from Greenwich all the way to Orient Point has deep water. There are literally hundreds of square miles of deep water. Take a look at this stretch North of the Eaton's Neck triangle. It's got depths of almost 200 feet deep! As the contour lines suggest, this terrain is anything but deep isolated holes. These waters hold blackfish throughout the entire 12 months of the year.
If you break out the charts you'll see that the center of the Sound from Greenwich all the way to Orient Point has deep water. There are literally hundreds of square miles of deep water. Take a look at this stretch North of the Eaton's Neck triangle. It's got depths of almost 200 feet deep! As the contour lines suggest, this terrain is anything but deep isolated holes. These waters hold blackfish throughout the entire 12 months of the year.
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