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1/6/2007
The Fisherman magazine drew the winner of the 2006 dream boat contest at the New York Boat. The lucky fisherman was Robert Quinn of New Jersey. This is the first boat for Robert and his family and they cant wait to get out and fish on their new Triton.
Check out the video on Youtube
1/13/2007
The Adventures in Travel Expo is going on this weekend in NYC if you get chance check it out.
http://www.adventureexpo.comAl and I are looking to put together some exotic fishing adventures during the winter months (some place tropical of course). The plan is to get enough fisherman together so we can get a group rate. If you think you might be interested I would be interested if hearing your feedback.
tim@skimmeroutdoors.com
Suffolk Police and the fire commissioner were on sceen to trying to determin the cause of the blaze.
Tim C. Smith
All of the boats in the showroom and many of the brand new boats on the outside of the building were destroyed.
My brother Flip a Lindenhurst volunteer fireman was one the first on scene when the fire was still contained in side the showroom.
1/28/2007
Kydd's Marine center of Lindenhurst tragically burn down
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The Babylon Tuna Club is once again hosting their renowned Fishing School for young and old alike. It will consist of six meetings with six speakers, led by Captain Al Lorenzetti.
Classes begin on February 6 and run every Tuesday to March 20. Total cost is $60 for adults and $12 for children under 12. Classes will be held at the Bergen Point Golf Club at 69 Bergen Point Avenue, West Babylon. Contact Ralph Perone at 516-860-9345 (cell) or nights at 631-321-8549.
This is a comment I have about Al Ristori's "Conservation Column" piece that appeared in "The Fisherman" Metro edition on 2/2/2007 I am very distressed about your piece in “The Fisherman” 2/1/2007 “Bass abundance questioned in Stripers Forever Survey”. You essentially give credence to a non-selective and very limited survey or 445 returns from the entire Northeast. What bothered me most was your reference to “Montauk” guides talking about excessive pressure on “breeders” and supporting a slot limit for “eating size” bass. Why Montauk gets such notoriety when it comes to fishing laws is incomprehensible and you, having fished the western waters of NY and the bays of NJ for many years should think twice before you give “East Enders” another opportunity to sink "West Enders” fishing opportunities. This happened with the porgy size limits as just one example which were specifically generated with average size fish caught on the east end of Long Island and with no consideration for the western Long Island fishery. The crux of the matter, and I have heard it first hand, is that the Montauk guides are in a tail spin having to deal with the “new found” method for catching big striped bass. Of course this is fishing live bait, specifically porgies, which originated in western Long Island waters. This however requires a lot of extra work for these folks. They have to buy bait and catch porgies first, probably running to Cerebrus Shoal burning extra fuel and cutting into profits. They must make sure the porgies are 10.5 inches or bigger (right), keep them alive and work the rips with live bait rigs in order to bring back to the dock stripers that are as big and attractive as the private guy down the dock. When their fares see the big fish, probably only a couple, they want to know why they didn’t catch anything nearly that big. The typical guide in Montauk trolls umbrella rigs or parachutes on wire in the rips and can usually catch their limit of “eating size” fish in a couple of hours with no extra work or expense. That’s easy money but not the kind of fishing that is as attractive as holding on to a fishing rod and feeling the fish pick up the bait and run it off. Cranking wire with a few schoolies on an umbrella rig is easy to do to put in the box but for those in the know is not very much fun. Also, nothing was mentioned about the fact that most fish are put in the cooler at two per person with anything over 28 inches. Last year was my best year fishing as a guide for 27 years and the best in all my 50 plus years chasing striped bass. I caught the most and biggest fish ever and all on live bait and plugs. Due to the new abundance of bunker, probably due to some restrictions put upon the commercial bunker fishing fleet, the big fish glutted on this bait and lingered on the western end of the island for longer than usual in the spring. Montauk and farther north didn’t have a good spring and therefore the complaints. In addition, ninety percent of the “trophy size” fish landed on my boat were released in good shape. I do not use treble hooks and the single hook rig that I use can be removed from the throat or deeper with minimal injury to the fish. Incidentally, circle hooks don’t work with large live baits. I would suggest that all clam dunkers use circle hooks. They work perfectly with that fishery and I would also state that most of your survey respondents probably fish that way. Did “Stripers Forever” survey the method of catching their respondent’s fish? That would easily put an end to this charade. Because the majority of bass fishermen working the inlets in the Northeast fish with clams, the average size of the fish will typically be small and when huge amounts of bunker are in the waters, clam on a hook will not attract the larger fish, consequently less large fish caught by the clam chumming fleet. I would suggest that before you put out negative vibes or even suggest another restriction relative to any sort of sport fishing that you include all aspects of the fishery or don’t mention it at all. Suggesting that a response from 445 individuals from the entire Eastern Seaboard is somehow statistically significant is no better than hearsay and the mention of Montauk guide sentiments reeks of special interest. Yours professionally, Captain Al Lorenzetti P.S. All you live-bait fishermen had better keep abreast of this issue. The Montauk guides would like live-lining eliminated. They will push with every means they have to get a slot limit and do away with live-lining for striped bass. They do have some political clout with local legislators and DEC individuals. If you care about your sport you had better be ready for a fight if this comes to the forefront. These are my personal views and not necessarily those of Skimmeroutdoors.com.
And finally a boat which exhibited all the items I love to see when I waste those hours wandering the docks....the flare, the tumble home and the beautiful teak. (and he's not bad too!) http://www.calyberboatworks.com
Next year persuade your girlfriend, wife or significant other there is plenty to keep her interested at the Miami International Boat Show, its a perfect time of year to get away from the depths of winter here and hopefully you come home with something great!
Rosa Mearns
The in-water show is on the opposite side of the intercoastal across the Biscayne Bay at Sea-Isle Marina. We arrived just as everyone was packing up for the evening. I think it was a quick departure for most of the exhibitors who had been suffering colder than normal temperatures during the day. For Miami it was a chilli 58*F.
I did get to spy another couple of boats of interest though. A sports fish for the girls from Canaveral Custom Boats Inc. This one comes in pink! http://www.deltaboats.com
As we still had plenty of ground to cover we headed out of the Convention Center to catch the shuttle to the in-water part of the show. We didn't realise there was still a large amount of exhibitors outside and here I got to admire some paint! For $500K you could choose your own paint design on this powerboat which would help you get to the fish faster, not exactly sure where the rod storage is though.
After a quick walk through the hall we walked up to the Big Game room and I was reminded that I actually do like fishing as long as it is somewhere tropical and big fish are involved. Sadly we missed seeing the couple from ESPN's "Go Fisch" who were scheduled to do a seminar at the show. I reiterate...plan what you want to see! Anthony stopped at Old Harbor Outfitters to admiring their fishing shorts and they have a line of women's clothing coming soon! http://www.oldharboroutfitters.com
2/7/2007
I have never been one for fishing...I think I am traumatized for life after innumerable voyages with my Dad fishing for mackeral in rough seas off the English coastline. Don't get me wrong it didn't put me off the boating experience entirely. I waste many an hour wandering the docks admiring the flare, tumble home and beautifully varnished teak of the sports fish boats, the paint job on the powerboats and the sleek lines of the latest European design.
It's not every girls idea of a perfect day out but nothing a trip to the Miami International Boat Show would not cure! There is something for everyone, whether you are an avid fisher or simply enjoy being out on the water. For us, it was a quick visit, we were on our way from the Keys to Fort Lauderdale and took a few hours out to visit the show. (I advise anyone taking time to visit to plan what you want to see and arrive early as there is a lot of ground to cover). We did a drive by of the larger yachts which are in water to the north end of Miami Beach and then headed to the Convention Center in mid Miami Beach which houses most of the smaller boats. Our entry point put us directly onto the Chris Craft stand which was in a prime position to display the latest in their line...WOW, unveiled at the show a 29' center console in true Chris Craft classic style. A real beauty, sign me up. The 23' C/C which preceded it won an Innovation Award at the show. I hope we see some of these on the bay this summer! http://www.chriscraft.com Perfect for that fishing trip or a day out with the girls!
Dan Smalley (Gibb's Plugs on the rignt)and Tom Melton of the Fisherman Magazine discussing the improvements on the new professional version of the classic "Danny Plug". This plug which is one of my favorites has had a revamping. It has now been vastly improved both for fish catching and durability. A realistic eye has been added as well as a stronger tail hook and much stronger "Spro" swivels and VMC hooks. This plug in the new "Pro Series" is a serious fish catcher. Tom Melton and I were able to convince Dan Smalley that a larger eye would allow for easier changing of the plug when using a "dou-lock" or "coast-lock" swivel as well as possibly adding a little more flexibility to the connection to give the plug more "wobble". Dan got on the phone to a sub-contractor that makes the internal wire and directed him to enlarge the eye loop on this particular plug as per our request. Incredible as it may seem, our suggestions immediately turned into a change in the manufacturing process for a plug that we both love and will now have in a new version that will be more deadly and functional that it was in the past. This plug is going to be a big bass slammer this coming season.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
3/1/2007
Tom Melton of the Fisherman Magazine and Capt. Al are talking with Dennis Ryan (president)and Dan Smalley (head engineer)of Gibbs Lures. Tim Smith and Captain Al Lorenzetti spent the day at the Suffern Outdoor show today visiting with friends and checking out all the latest on the fishing and hunting scene. I find it very satisfying to be able to talk to the experts and more specifically the owners of companies whose products I use in the course of my fishing and hunting activities. Today was a great example of this as I had the opportunity to talk to the president of Gibb's Lures and his head engineer about the plugs that I use. I was able to share my experiences in using these plugs and was able to suggest possible improvements and tell them about how their product did or did not fulfill my expectations. They were very receptive to my input and wanted to know about my experiences with their product.
Bkrett and Kevin with Paul in the middle just hanging and waiting for something to happen.
Here is a small Mahi coming into the boat.
We fish with live bait which as you can see are nice large live greenies on circle hooks.
This is a nice Mahi we captured on Friday.
Here is Paul's son Kevin doing his thing on the run back from fishing. Kevin is really into fishing and loves all aspects of it.
Here he is at boatside. We got him close and cut the line right at the circle hook.
This was the one hammerhead that we did get to the boat and he was about 100 pounds.
Captain Al took the rod a couple of times but had a much better time running Paul's 26 Regulator and working the lines and the bait.
We fished for sailfish and struck out on that but had fun catching mahi, little tunny up to 20 pounds, spanish macks, and big hammerhead sharks up to who knows how big because the biggest we fought for over an hour and never did get to see it.
3/9-10/2007
I had a great time on a visit with my long time best buddy Paul Krause and his sons Kevin and Brett at their house in Stuart, Florida. This is a view from the patio at the back of Paul's house at sunset.
The key to successful fishing in Florida is lots of live bait. As you can see, we had it covered and had some great fishing action.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
Wes and Tom with a nice 16 pound snook that Tom caught in the cove.
Here we have Wes lipping a big snook in skinny water.
The big triple tail coming into the boat.
Tom had the hot rod on Monday. Here he is with a nice 10 pound triple tail. This fish also became part of a great dinner. Triple tail is one of the finest eating fish in Florida.
We ran across a big school of black drum and Tom hooked up with one about 25 pounds. It took a good ten minutes or more to boat this fish on light tackle.
This is one of the redfish we caught that day.
It was a beautiful afternoon and we were really catching the pompano one after the other. They are from 2 to 4 pounds and really tough fighting fish. They are one of my favorite fish for the dinner table. We took our fillets to Pelican Bend on Isle of Capri and had them cook them for us saute style and they were most excellent.
Here is Tom, Wes's father-in-law, with a nice pompano caught from the beach.
This fish was giving him a tough time. When he came close to shore he stripped of line again heading for the deep water.
This is Wes fighting a big snook.
3/11-14/2007
On 3/11 I drove across Florida from Stuart to Marco Island. I have been fishing with Wes Little for the past three days and having a great time. Here is wes with a 10 pound snook caught on a mullet on Cape Romano. We set up on a sand island each day and have been beating on the snook, pompano and redfish.
Bob Rommel with a nice bass caught about 20 yards from his buddy Sean's house on Fiddler's Creek.
Captain Al Lorenzetti
Rub a dub two men in a tub. Fishing the creek Corey Boat Style with a cool one to beat the heat.
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
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
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
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
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
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