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 Labor Day weekend is here and there are sure to be a lot of fishermen out and about along the oceanfront. If you are fishing from shore the outlook is poor.  From a boat you have a much better chance at finding something although that act

We are less than a month away from albie fishing. While there may be some bonito around right now the albies are basically a September fish.  Note this is a photo from last year. Already I saw a report this past week about albies and bonito off

Me and my beautiful other half took our dogs for a little ride on the Mount Maker today of coarse I had a rod or seven on board just in case. Well I found great signs of life today everwhere from inside to out. Caught nice grey trout (16-18")in t

 A massive amount of bait hit the oceanfront in the last two days. The bait was bay anchovies of 2 to 3 inches and big time numbers of stripers were on them.  It was fall blitz-like action that I haven't seen in a long time. Thousands

It was an August with the most keepers I have ever landed this month from shore. By far it was the best August fishing I have ever experienced for stripers. For me it was a month filled with loads of big keeper fish as well as countless numbers of s

I found very good numbers of schoolies along  the oceanfront today in some rough water.  I know it is only one day after Labor Day but already the fishing along the oceanfront has taken a big uptick for the better.  Today seemed to ha

Views: 2Dog days of summer are here. Don’t seem to bother the fish much though. Reds are chewing good at low and high tides. The tarpon are doing their thing crashing baits in select spots. Acres of Spanish makers can be found off the beaches a

Another albie comes to the boat as I snapped this photo before grabbing it. With an eye like that you have to think they have fantastic vision.

 I had two of the best back to back days that I've had in a long time. It was a bonanza of big stripers with nearly all the dozens of fish that I landed being slots and even overslots.  There's been a shortage of these larger fish

  There are some bonito around but it is a hit or miss deal.  I landed this one yesterday from shore.  I'm being generous when I say the shore fishing here in RI is mediocre.  Compared to other years at this time it is way of

Fished with Darryl Matt Dave and Bill in Montauk. After a weather intermission the bite continued and the albies and blues were on the feed. We also had one bass. The bite was very good but a shade slower than epic. Morning was better than the after

First bonito of the year for me landed today. It was a wild week of striper blitzes from the shore this week. And today was a wild one from the boat as my brother Steve and I got more than just stripers. Oh the stripers and the bait were just about

Had Don Beshada out with the boys today Tony Frankie and Jesse. Frankie got us going early with a nice bluefin then we jigged over 50 albies and bonito time to move made a long run to find the right water which we did which was lifeless changed gears

Reports from Port Fairy Portland and Port Mac have still been trickling through during the week and with some decent weather forecast over this coming weekend there should be plenty more to come. Both albacore and tuna are still being caught with pl

The Rebel Jumpin Minnow has been hot in the last month. I suggest you crush the barbs on the trebles for easier release. This fish hit a bucktail jig fished off a wooden egg float. That is a real effective combo in rough water. Man it has been reall

The fishing at Montauk is off to a great start. Fished with Peter and Anthony. We were spin fishing and flyfishing. Saturday morning was excellent with lots of albies and blues. Midday was slow but sunset was epic. We had blitzing bass and blues on

I think I picked a pretty decent time to write a "season in review" article for us at Reel Class the day following the blizzard of 2013 which dumped about 15" of snow up here in Bergen County and as much as 3'+ to our north and east.

Been a long non fish catching winter and I hope it's almost over. No bluefin tunas and we all know the Va Beach striper were not too good at being in the right place. So let's hope spring will bring lots of fish and maybe some good weather. W

I landed this slot fish yesterday on  a float and fly.  This has been a banner August of striper fishing here in RI.  From the beginning of the month to the end I have been into blitzes of fish just about every day.  The fish ran