Good Bite

Fishing has been very good the past two days, with up and down fishing, two and three on at times. Some nice ones in the mix but you have to fish through the smaller ones.  The fish are spread over a wide area, and we even left biting fish to try new spots, looking for bigger ones. This fishing is typical for August and should last until a storm pushes them offshore. Don't waste time, the bite is on.

Surprised?

What's with all these other posts on other sites, that captains can't believe the way fluke are biting. Don't they read this site? Everyone can't be a PIONEER with 35 years fluke fishing experience but they try. Last two days they bit just as I said they would, mostly smaller sizes but enough for dinner. Evelyn had a 6lber. to go along with 30 plus shorts. Don't waste time, we will be shoveling snow soon.

Sunday

Classic summer conditions. SW ahead of a cold front, the worst biting conditions next to a Nor'easter. At least it didn't blow hard until the end of the day, but man did it get HOT. A few nice ones in the box but over all a very slow day. I expect to see the fish biting again as high pressure builds in this week.

Friday

The day started off with foggy conditions and a pick of short fluke. The tide changed and the sun came out and the keepers started biting. Joe N. had three in his bag with two going 5lbs. Evelyn had five with a few 4 and 5lbers. Lil' Frankie caught six shorts all by himself (good job). St. Pete managed to keep one nice one on the hook all the way to the net. All the others fell off. Mike L. finally got that weakfish he was after. The weather looks nice all next week and the fish are biting again.

This Week

After the fishing slowed due to the current, I expect it to bounce back after the full moon. Three spots are available for this Friday. Deep water fluke $85 per head. Call if you would like to go.

Weekend Fishing

Friday, Tugboat Fred and the gang had a pretty good day with our best showing of keepers in a while. Pete Z. had the biggest at 6lbs. and Bob B. had a 5lb. in his catch. Randy had three in the box by 10 AM and caught loads of shorts the rest of the day. Saturday Tom P. and family had fun despite the strong current and caught some fish. They went home with a nice fillet bag for "fluke oreganata". Evelyn helped with a 5lber. Sunday was a grind. Lots of shorts and a strong current all day. The fish are around, we just need better conditions to make a catch.

Improving

Fishing seems to be getting better although it's not the slammer we had for the past month.  As Roger would put it "it's regular fluking". Those that fish hard and grind it out get a couple of nice fish. The keepers today were 3 to 6lbs. and we saw a few more weakfish.