Corey with a nice 5 pound largemouth bass. We had some nice bass but no snook or tarpon on this day.
On the Creek in Florida. Here is Wes and Corey tangling with a big gar fish.
4/1/2007
The flounder season opened today and Tim Smith, Anthony Deblasio and I went fishing for a couple of hours on Tim's boat "Argo". Diesel, Tim's Labrador also came along for the trip. We tried two spots with one bite and no flounder. We did catch a crab with three legs on one side only. It must have walked in circles but managed to find a bait and eat it.
Scott and Pete from Augie's went out in the late afternoon and had four fish to two pounds on the ebbing tide in the Babylon area.
I also know that Captain Joe on the Jib VI out of Captree had some fish to the east somewhere near Point O'Woods.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
The flounder season opened today and Tim Smith, Anthony Deblasio and I went fishing for a couple of hours on Tim's boat "Argo". Diesel, Tim's Labrador also came along for the trip. We tried two spots with one bite and no flounder. We did catch a crab with three legs on one side only. It must have walked in circles but managed to find a bait and eat it.
Scott and Pete from Augie's went out in the late afternoon and had four fish to two pounds on the ebbing tide in the Babylon area.
I also know that Captain Joe on the Jib VI out of Captree had some fish to the east somewhere near Point O'Woods.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
4/12/2007
It ain't much but it is a nice flounder about 1.5 pounds that I caught today by Oak Beach. It was a nice day so I took a ride for a couple of hours to do some fishing on my little 14' duck boat. I caught this one fish but the water was cold and I probably was just lucky. It will make a nice lunch tomorrow and I really enjoyed being on the water. The "Skimmer" should be ready in a couple of days.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
It ain't much but it is a nice flounder about 1.5 pounds that I caught today by Oak Beach. It was a nice day so I took a ride for a couple of hours to do some fishing on my little 14' duck boat. I caught this one fish but the water was cold and I probably was just lucky. It will make a nice lunch tomorrow and I really enjoyed being on the water. The "Skimmer" should be ready in a couple of days.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
4/20/2007
The new fluke regualtions for New York State were set today as per Fred Galofaro at the "Fisherman". It ended up where we all expected it to be at 19 1/2 inches, 4 fish per day which is pretty tough when you can only fish in the bay but the the best part is, no closed season. You can start fishing tomorrow if you wish from what I have been told however I think you might have a tough time finding the fish right now but they will be here soon.
With these regulations in place it will be tough to get a keeper in the bay but not impossible and when you catch a fish it will be worth keeping. For those of us that love to fish for fluke in the ocean it will not be much of a hardship and we will be able to fish for the really big fish that usually show up in September and into October.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
The new fluke regualtions for New York State were set today as per Fred Galofaro at the "Fisherman". It ended up where we all expected it to be at 19 1/2 inches, 4 fish per day which is pretty tough when you can only fish in the bay but the the best part is, no closed season. You can start fishing tomorrow if you wish from what I have been told however I think you might have a tough time finding the fish right now but they will be here soon.
With these regulations in place it will be tough to get a keeper in the bay but not impossible and when you catch a fish it will be worth keeping. For those of us that love to fish for fluke in the ocean it will not be much of a hardship and we will be able to fish for the really big fish that usually show up in September and into October.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
4/23/2007
I received a report today about a gill netter catching big bass, over 40 pounds, outside Fire Island Inlet. There were also bunker in the area. I may investigate this report first hand and will post what I learn about it.
The "Skimmer" ready to fish. I am booking early spring trips for a combination day of flounder and plugging schoolie stripers. Running time is minimal so I can cut the cost and can do a full day for $550.
I will begin full day fishing live bait and plugs for big stripers on May 1 unless I hear of or catch big fish before that time.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
I received a report today about a gill netter catching big bass, over 40 pounds, outside Fire Island Inlet. There were also bunker in the area. I may investigate this report first hand and will post what I learn about it.
The "Skimmer" ready to fish. I am booking early spring trips for a combination day of flounder and plugging schoolie stripers. Running time is minimal so I can cut the cost and can do a full day for $550.
I will begin full day fishing live bait and plugs for big stripers on May 1 unless I hear of or catch big fish before that time.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
5/1/2007
I fished today on an exploratory mission. It was rewarding. I stopped to see my pal Wes Little at the Seaview Market and he is doing just fine. I then found a pod of bunker in the bay east of the bridge and loaded the net with a nice mix of happy menhaden.
I fished the bait and had one bass run off but I think it was a smaller fish with the bunker scaled only on the back portion of the body. I probably should have let it run off more than the minute I gave it. So it goes. The bluefish are here sitting at the inlet. West of the Thumb you couldn't let a bunker down and not have it eaten within 10 seconds. The blues were about 5 pounds. I had a few small bass chase the bait to the top. I tried plugging and had one fish follow the plug and it looked to be about 10 pounds. That was it for the day and things look good. The water is clean and the bait is here. In a couple of days we will catch nice fish.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
I fished today on an exploratory mission. It was rewarding. I stopped to see my pal Wes Little at the Seaview Market and he is doing just fine. I then found a pod of bunker in the bay east of the bridge and loaded the net with a nice mix of happy menhaden.
I fished the bait and had one bass run off but I think it was a smaller fish with the bunker scaled only on the back portion of the body. I probably should have let it run off more than the minute I gave it. So it goes. The bluefish are here sitting at the inlet. West of the Thumb you couldn't let a bunker down and not have it eaten within 10 seconds. The blues were about 5 pounds. I had a few small bass chase the bait to the top. I tried plugging and had one fish follow the plug and it looked to be about 10 pounds. That was it for the day and things look good. The water is clean and the bait is here. In a couple of days we will catch nice fish.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
My buddy Lem Allen on the right runs a charter boat out of Alabama on the Gulf Coast "Distraction Charters." He emailed me this photo of a nice wahoo they caught on Monday. They are catching big cobia on live eels. Lem saw a monster of about 90 pounds. They catch them big in Alabama.
Good going Lem.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
Good going Lem.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
5/2/2007
I fished today with bait caught yesterday. I had two keeper bass including this one of 22 pounds. There are lots of bluefish making it tough with live bait.
Kevin on "Dream Catcher" had six bass on plugs up to 15 pounds.
Things are looking good.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
I fished today with bait caught yesterday. I had two keeper bass including this one of 22 pounds. There are lots of bluefish making it tough with live bait.
Kevin on "Dream Catcher" had six bass on plugs up to 15 pounds.
Things are looking good.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
5/3/2007
I fished bait and plugs today. I caught two fish on plugs, a 15# and a 10#. I had one fish on bait about 18 pounds.
The water is clean and the fish are moving in with the good weather. It should be better fishing each day and the real big fish should be here any day.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
I fished bait and plugs today. I caught two fish on plugs, a 15# and a 10#. I had one fish on bait about 18 pounds.
The water is clean and the fish are moving in with the good weather. It should be better fishing each day and the real big fish should be here any day.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
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