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Capt Greg had Vinnie and the West Milford guys out today for stripers. Savage bite early on and we blew through 80 bunker in no time. Netted some more bait and picked away catching blues and stripers. Brad won the pool and took his buddies money. Bac

Another great weekend for Montauk in the books. It was epic. Lots of false albacore stripers and bluefish. Way over 50 fish. Stripers false albacore and blues.

Sea run brown trout on the fly rod!  It is with sadness that I report the passing of my father Ralph Pickering at the age of 93.  I know many of my readers knew him as we fished together for decades.  In fact everything I know about f

The tautog are taking green crabs off of the rocky structures in Nantucket Sound. Many are shorts and have to be thrown back but it sounds like if you put in the time you can get your limit with out having to go too far. Bigger striped bass have bee

  I'm about to grab a schoolie that was caught from the kayak this morning.  The fishing all over RI was hot as the weather today! The RI saltwater scene just took a dramatic turn for the better.  Along the oceanfront a lot of tha

Bluestriped Grunt

Here is one of the small keepers that I landed on a bucktail jig fished off a float. Large peanut bunker in the 4 to 5 inch range were washing up onto the beach. It took just a couple of cold nights and a stiff north wind that quickly triggered the

Blues inhabit the Bay in astounding numbers right now.  It is the best bluefish fishing in over a decade. The striper fishing has become a roller coaster lately.  Millions around one day gone the next. But we are in a period of time when t

 I wrapped my week up today fishing with Bob Kossman and Larry Westfall before they head north forthe summer. This was a a Share-A-Trip - contact me if you'd like to be added to the list. We met down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp with a weather

Fun day today with Tattoo Dan with buddies Daniel and Dom. Found the whales and went to work getting our Bluefin under limit popping Daniel and Dom's cherries. Switched gears and went on the tile hunt popped their cherries again on Goldens to 30

Just a quick post and picture to let you know that we had a fisherman catch a bluefish in the mouth of the Merrimac today. This afternoon John Fusco from Windham NH came down to go striper fishing. We told him that no one place has been more producti

  Here is a slot I landed last evening on a Jumpin Minnow. The action has cooled in the last week for boaters and shore fishermen in Narragansett Bay. Fishing has cooled off I mean really cooled off in Narragansett Bay.  That persistent no

Bass are being caught by anglers concentrating on shad schools near submerged wood cover in the creeks. Shallow running crankbaits and plastic baits cast into these areas will take the bass. White bass are schooled up in Grassy and Bluestone Creeks b

Bluestriped Grunt

With my charter being cancelled due to the marine forecast Luke and I ventured out. Definitely could've ran as the ocean was fairly flat this morning. We hit a few close pieces to land a LIMIT of Sea Bass LIMIT of Tog and some huge Triggerfish.

After a stormy night we woke up to a chill in the air. Someone told me that yesterday was the first day of Fall and today you could feel it. When I got to the boat ramp early this morning the wind was whipping a bit and luckily I listened to my inne

Some fishermen are talking like this is the end. The reason for the talk is that not much has gone on along the oceanfront for about a week now. It is surprisingly dead for late October. That's the bad news. The good news is that the end is still

Did you know that fishing is considered an excellent activity to help with mental health? So when those winter blues are feeling heavy it’s a sure sign that you need to get outside and go fishing. Find out more at “Mental Benefits of Fish

By Striper Mike Sports Port Pro Staff Stripers & Bluefish - November 2022 We are now at the end of the 2022 striped bass and bluefish migration and November is your last chance to catch these coveted fish until next spring. To catch bass and blu

The Jumpin Minnow in a blue back was a hot producer in the last couple of days for stripers and blues.  It was the only thing wo\rking yesterday. For me the oceanfront has gone from red hot to lukewarm.  A week ago it was daily blitzes.&nb