Blackfish limits + 11-29

Had Doug, Ed and Matt out today to blackfish. Looked to jig some stripers early but only had some blues and WAY too many dog fish hitting the jigs. Boxed the first 20 of our four man limit early, then the bite changed with the tide. Made a couple moves and finally got them going again finishing the four man limit and then playing catch and release for a couple hours after that with some nice fish going back. Biggest was Dougs beast at 9 lbs 4 oz Nice day for November. We also had to have over 60 dogfish while blackfishing today. They really need to do something with these things.

Black and blue toothache cure

Decided no sense in sitting home on a nice day with my toothache, headed down to meet Jimmy at the boat to do some blackfishing. Got to the reef around 1130 and it was PACKED . picked a spot away from the crowd , caught one keeper, then nothing, moved 4 times with the same results. add a keeper, couple shorts , but couldnt get a steady bite. we kept four keepers to just under 8 pounds. Heading home between the channels there was tons of bluefish smashing sand eels on top, we watched the sunset as we fought blue after blue on light tackle.

Another bass pic from 11-18

Heres a nice keeper that Steve released after a quick pic

Stripers / Blackfish 11-18

Had Steve and his friend Mike out today for a blackfish / striper combo. Hit some jig bass on the way to the reef, couple of shorts and two keepers, made our way to the reef and it looked like it was going to be pretty nasty for the guys to learn to blackfish. But since we were there I said lets give it a try. Didnt take long to see they wanted to REALLY chew today. Had two Blackfishing newbies looking like pros by days end. Mike caught on REAL quick and had his limit in a little over an hour. Steve made it up at the end. Limited out and headed to the barn, Mostly quality fish today, with one VERY big one getting bounced off coming over the side. Guess I should have told them we dont swing fish over 10 pounds. Figured the fish to be in the 11-12 pound range OOOPPPS Cant wait to see how great the bite can be once the EVIL ocean lays down .

We used the new Daiwa reels today, and they def are sweet.

BoaT rods have the Saltist 30 lw on them, I was fishing the new 30 ld, lots of power on a super sweet drag.

Weathered in for the weekend

Looks like the current storm will keep us tied up for the remainder of the weekend.The bass fishing has been REAL good and im sure after this blow runs through it will really be HOT.

Recieved my new Daiwa reels and cant wait to put them to use this week catching Stripers and Blackfish.The boat is now outfitted with Lamiglas rods Paired with Daiwa reels.Def a nice light hard fishing combo , sure to be pleasure to fish with all day.

Email list for the Fish with the Captain trips is growing fast, If you havent sent me your email address, get to it , as these trips may fill up with out being posted on the fishing sites.


Lets get out and catch some fish before the long winter doldrums set inCapt Dan

Had Blackfish Doug, His friend Joe, and Matt out for a fish with the Captain striper trip.Headed out in the dark, and was outside for pink light.Birds already started working.Had the first 1 mile drift all to ourselves, catching a mix of stripers and BIG bluefish.Most of the Cookie cutter stripers were 26-27 3/4 "Nice fat healthy young bass.Doug boxed a 32" bass, and (Slippery fingers) Matt dropped Dougs second nice keeper bringing him over the rail.We threw back a couple 28 1/2 inch fish amongt a ton of giant Bluefish, figuring it was EARLYMoved in to clam at 830 (bad move) as we went biteless for 2 hours, made a move South to clam again, I caught a 30" fish we boxed, and then not another bite for an hour.Went back out to the jig fish and it was ALL bass, for as far as you could see.Tons of boat traffic wouldnt even put them down, They were tough to get to chew except for 007 Ava's.caught a couple more and headed in with the bass still swirling on top, as there were Family obligations to tend to.Nice day again for November.

Striper/Blackfish beatdown 11-8

Had Jakesbeard and his wife out today to fish for some stripers and blackfish, on a fish with the Captain trip. Stayed away from the fleet and had a steady pick of QUALITY bass, only one small 29 inch bass the rest were all 34 inches or BETTER. Nice to see some bigger fish today. also trolled between the channels which were loaded with big bluefish. Finished at the reef blackfishing, lots of shorts with some real nice keepers, couple of porgies and sea bass. Fun day in awesome weather .

Out of all the bass that were caught only two were kept for a fresh fish dinner! The rest were released to fight another day !!!!!!

Stripers and blackfish 11-5

Had the Del Carlo gang out today to do some bassin. Beat on the bass pretty good again today, clamming the outgoing, then ran down to the reef to teach the boys how to blackfish some, they got the hang of it pretty quick but was mostly shorts. Austin had the biggest bass, and Edward had the biggest blackfish. Super nice day for November.

Striper fishing 11-4

Had Ian, Dave ,and Matt out today for a fish with the Captain trip today. Targeted striped bass and found them everywhere we fished. Caught a bunch on both clams and jigs. Dave's first trip in the salt and he limited out and then some. Some big blues mixed in, made for some great action on light tackle !!!!!! Had an easy limit , with keepers going back, just keeping 5 for the table. lots of shorts between 22-26 inches.

Bass and blue 11-1

Got out Sunday morning for a few hours, with Gus, Mario, and Alex.Headed out to Romer for the start of the outgoing, had one keeper bass fairly quick but couldnt get them going,couple moves towards the breakers , still nothing, so headed out between the channels to working birds,All the small blues you wanted jigging Ava's, stayed on them for about an hour and headed in.Nice to once again have water under my feet.