Atlantis Anglers Association
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Member Posted Reports
12/17/2011
Got out with Capt Rick on the Miss Beryl on Sat. The goal, seek out tog at 17 fathoms. We had some slop out there to contend with, not the worst but still made for some interesting anchoring conditions. First drop held a nice mix of sea bass ling, cod and Blacks. Once that shut off we hit many drops and ended the day with an ok catch of 18 keeper blacks and around 15 seabass cod and ling. Everyone had a good time and took home some fillets. Great boat, Mikes a great mate and the capt , well lets just say you wont find anyone who tries harder to put fish in the boat.
M.B.
10/23/11
Recent trips on board the party boats as well as recreational trips to the reefs have been slow. The Capt. Al had a very slow day Saturday with only 8 keeper blacks on board. The inconsistant weather, sea conditions and lack of bait for most of the month have things off to a slow start. Porgies are thinning finally, there are a few sea bass on the reefs, but the season is still closed until November 1st unless your party boat has the r.s.a. permit. Deep water charters targeting sea bass have resulted in many dogfish and only a few sea bass for the effort, so we need to find the right depth for them when the time comes. This information is from area charter boat captains that have hit wrecks like the yankee and g and d. Fire Island reef slowing down on the blackfish as well and no signs yet of striper fishing improving . NO bird activity , no schoolies coming down the beach from Montauk yet. Party boat capts in Captree holding their breaths as of now. If it doesnt happen this year, there will be more full day bottom fishing taking place on the wrecks, so plan on hitting one of the first trips you see posted. Once they get hit a few times, it will be tough out there on those pieces.
North shore blackfishing seems to be improving a bit finally as the cold evening temperatures are starting to drop the sound down where it needs to be. I enjoy those trips and I think the club charter on the Celtic Quest looks very promising right now. MB
9/04/2011
With school and football season fast approaching, I decided against my gut feeling to take Matt back out fishing again as I dont know how many more times I will be able to take him during the weeks ahead. With the ocean forecast not too great, I knew that the chances of the fishing being worth the trip were slim to none, so we stayed in the bay. There is a slow to moderate weakfish bite happening in J-bay so I started right in my backyard at Mill Basin. We used 3x3 rigs with whole sandworms and drifted the channel and edges to land 4 weakfish. I managed one keeper Matt had the better time with the first few fish hitting his line. After running out of bait , with all the robins and small porgies wrecking the worms, we headed for some fluke. I employed the gulp swimming mullets and the bucktail rigs with spearing. Only caught fish on the gulp. Water still dirty and loaded with junk from the storm. Big surprise of the trip was when i hooked into a fish that wouldnt move off the bottom, using a repaired Barefoot magigraph rod from Jand h . The rod was originally 6 ft it broke and was cut to 5.5 ft and its taper was changed to a fast action, so for 10 dollars it was worth the purchase. This rod had enough backbone to get a nice fluke of near 7lbs off the bottom. The action was great and the sensitivity unreal with braid there is no reel reason to nail the fish youll pull the hook through the mouth, the smaller ones were hooked instantly and the flick of the wrist hooked the big one well enough.I'm thinking of getting a few more of these rods at a 2 for one price. Matt got frustrated by 2 pm and too tired to keep at the fluke as action was slow most of the day. I headed back in and found a monster 8ft piece of wood from a sunken barge in my slip. Interesting ending to the day trying to pull that out of the water. Thanks Irene! On a side note, reports around the marina have schools of bunker in 40ft of water along the beach and it appears there are some bass on them already, so get ready for the fall run!
Mike
7/31/2011
Matt and I went out and decided to try the ocean for some fluke near the Rockaway Reef. After having the day start off on a poor note, ( overheated my engine with a plastic bag), we finally were running again and on our way. The ocean was flat calm and the breaze was late in getting to the shore, so we had little drift. I read some nice marks and kept making different drifts to try and get some seabass as well as fluke into the boat. We ended the day with around 20 fluke and Matt finally got a fish to take home. There werent many sea bass around, the 10 we caught on the drift were much smaller than I was hoping for. Gave the RIIS/ROCkAWAY BEACH grounds a shot and didn't catch a thing there, so we headed towards the inlet making stops at the RI bouy and the Tin Can grounds. There wasnt much to show for those efforts as basically 1 or two short fluke and a large skate found there way onto the boat. Water temperature is on the way up, and the fish are in the sluggish mode right now. Most of the reports on the radio indicated similar results. The one nice thing was that the Reef was not overly crowded for a weekend . Rubble seems to be spread out more, and much more open areas without snags were around the s/e corner which was surprising.(winter storms really hurt this reef i think. reminded me of McCallister grounds the way the pieces were scattered. ) Back at it next weekend, maybe some blues will head back inshore for our derby, right now they are way offshore the ones with any reel size to them
Mike B.
7/02/2011
We headed out for fluke this morning with John, hoping for something worth weighing in for our club warm up tournament and derby. Made it to the grounds for the last half hour of the incoming. We fished for a few hours and headed in with 2 reely nice fluke John had a 5.88lb fluke, and I took my personal best a 7.22 lb small- matt! We had fun with good action on shorts, and of course junk fish too. Stayed in Rockaway Inlet and at the MPB for the better part of 3 hrs.
M.B.
6/26/2011
Had a late night last night, but Matts says dad lets go fishing, so off we went! Hit the grounds at around 11am , start of incoming tide in Rockaway Inlet. First few minutes 3 shorts in a row for him, before i even wet a line! We worked from the Louie's pier area east into Rockaway wall, making stops along the way at the MPB and FLloyd Bennett field. No keepers ,yet again, fish to 19 inches. Slower than last week by far, and we caught only around 20 shorts in the three hrs we fished. Bucktails didnt seem to do any thing at all ,nor the gulp today. The old stand bye squid strips and spearing bait rigs took most of the fluke. Throw in a few Rockin robins, and thats about it. Great time with my son, cant wait to do it again next week.
M.B.
6/18/11
Pete B, and myself headed out into the bight searching for a fluke to weigh in for the weekend rodeo. We hit many areas, starting at the Tin Can Grounds, then the edge of Ambrose in 36ft, the east side of the Breezy Pt. Jetty , and the Coney Island Flats. After the outside places yielded a lot of short fluke and robins with skates thrown in , we headed into our bay spots. We worked Roxbury, Louie's Pier and the Marine Parkway Bridge. Same results there, with maybe more robins and a few less fluke. Our four biggest fish were 18, 19, 19.5, 19 inches again, many of the fish were in the 12-15 inch range. The Flats had the edge with more fluke laying in multiple lanes in that area. We had no real drift early in the day , even with the incoming tide in its mid stages. This made dragging big bait a bad idea, so we stayed with the bucktail set ups and had some fun with the lighter tackle. White and green worked well and the gulps did good, pink wasn't great today. Later in the day the drift was a bit better at the change to outgoing, that didnt last long as once the s/w got freshened up, it was a wind against tide thing again, and we were spinning in circles. Catch estimates for the day were around 50 short fluke and 15 robins , 6 skates and thankfully, no bluefish! I had fluke spit up baby sea robins, squid , peanut bunker already too. Lots of life , regulations are devastating. Hope someone in the club catches a keeper for this contest. Things a bit more promising with water temps now in the mid 60's.
Mike B.
6/5/11
Fished with my son John at the Marine Parkway Bridge today. Got mid-morning start after hauling some stuff down to the boat. Once the shell shock of 4.95 per gallon for fuel wore off, we headed out. S/E wind was just as advertised and with the fast moving outgoing current it was a wind against tide situacion just about everywhere except the main channels heading to the inlet. Hit the bridge armed with the usual assortment of baits and rigs. Drift was too fast to do much bucktailing, so it was a traditional bait rig day. We had some action on short fluke to only 16 inches until the tide reached the mid stages, then it just shut down for us. At one point we had nearly a 3 kt drift, so i put out the sea anchor. That move proved to do to little as I still drifted at 2 kts. Total catch was an un-impressive 10 short fluke, throw in the occassional sea robin, and that was it. Headed back early for Sunday dinner and was happy the Yanks won again. Next weekend should be better with a slower current and an incoming tide to fish Water temperature on High tide was 59-60 , on the outgoing it was heading up to 62. Tight lines everyone
Mike B.
5/29/11
Myself and P. Baressi headed out for a fun filled day of competition on the north shore fluke grounds as part of the Capt. Neil 2 boat fluke challenge. We boarded the Osprey around 5 am and were a bit surprised that we werent the first ones there. We set up shop in the bow and got all the rigs we were going to try ready to go. Capt Amanda blew the whistle to fish around 815 and we were into the game. Fishing was a bit slow with the water temps still a bit cool, and tons of natural bait, mostly sandeels easily available to the fluke. We picked some on bucktail and teaser rigs and Pete managed 2 nice keepers to 4.25 lbs. The strategy on this trip was to release as many 16 inch and larger fish to get a punch on our cards. The fisherman with the most punches would win a Capt Neil custom rod and the fisherman with the biggest fish would also win a custom rod, boat pool, and possibly the dock pool against the Celtic Quest. When the final whistle blew, Pete had the most punches with 11 fish released and won the rod, congratulations to Pete, he did the club proud once again! I did ok, not great with some punches and around 8 fish total for the day, too many of which were not 16 inch or above. Many fish were dropped by anglers on board as the fish werent agressive and they were playing with the bait and going for a ride instead of gorging the baitThe green colors worked for a bit then it became a white afternoon as the sun was up high. Pink had its moments early but died fast as the day went on. I would recommend this kind of trip for the club. All the keepers were fat and the majority were well over the 20.5 inch limit. I look forward to doing another trip out that way when the fishing gets a bit better. Weekend trips will be half day trips now, so I'm looking to do a weekday trip if any member is interested in joining me on the North shore for a change of pace. As for the south shore, stay tuned , my boat is finally in and I will be venturing out of Mill basin soon.
Mike B.
keepers for PEE-TEE!
3/15/11
Myself and Steve C. took a long awaited codfish trip aboard the Hampton Lady , sailing from Dune Road in the Hamptons. The trip was limited to 14 anglers. We left dock at 4am for the first wreck . Conditions were nice for a change this winter. Fishing was a slow pick and competition to get on the the wreck was high. We finally got anchored up and the dogfish were in the house in force, as were the conger eels. We moved onto another wreck and spent a good part of the tide there. We had some keepers and a few shorts to go along with the pests. Pool fish was a nice 32lb. cod, and there were a few other fish in the 20 - 25 lb. range also. Loved the crew on board and the captain was good to us , keeping us out late to get more fish on board. With a light crowd the trip had the feel of a charter and we were all on a first name basis with the captain and mates as well as each other. We will be looking to head out on this boat again during the season, maybe for fluke or blackfish or both. Members stay alerted to my emails for future dates.
M.J.B.
1/30/11
Got out a week ago,took a ride to Montauk with Pete B. and we Mike L. We hit the Captree Princess captained by James of the Rosie. The Rosie and the Princess have formed an incredible team with great experience in codfishing and a great crew. The boat was top notch with great heat and lots of comfort for the 36 people they limit the trips to. We had a slow day with some keepers coming up late . The weather wasnt terrible, but the previous days weather had definitely taken the fishing down a notch. We had 7 keepers between us with a handful of shorts. The boat almost ended up with a limit as there were some people who ended up with a great haul towards the end. The pool fish was not big , around 12 lbs. We are currently planning a club trip on the Princess on the 25th of Feb. All bait tackle and jigs will be included as well as lead. The fishing is already improving as of the 5th and the fishing peaks late in the month. We will see cod out easts until April at least.
11/25/10
Took my son John out Thanksgiving morning to start a new tradition of bass fishing before turkey. We hit the Captree Princess for a shortened day trip. Capt . Rob took a group of 40 or so anglers out to the east and searched for the striped bandits that have been terrorizing the sandeels and now herring. We had a very spotty day with only a couple of small fish. The boat actually had only 6 keepers as the fish seemed to be gone this particular morning. We hit numerous marks fromm 30 ft to the 3 mile limit. For a late fall trip we had all kinds of strange by catch as fluke, sharks, skates, bluefish and cod all joined the holiday festivities and we even got to take in a show as 150lb bluefin tuna were breaking water s/w of Moriches inlet. Nice boat, the Princess, the cabin was comfortable, the vessel moves, and the capt and crew are tops. It seems that the bass are more spotty and the windier the days are the better the fishing is now. A great way to start my holiday with time well spent with my son, and home for turkey, football, and a few good laughs with family.
M.B.
11/01/10
Steve C. and Myself went to city island and boarded the island current II for a day of blackfishing. Poor results not do to lack of effort, but the fish were not as aggressive or as stacked up as we would have thought for this time of year.. Again we fished shallow with the deepest drop around 35 ft or so. The largest fish was around 5.5lbs. The total catch was 25 or so keepers with quite a few porgies and toadfish to mess the tog hunters up., again i get no keepers but steve managed one. I did have a short .... SO IT JUST WASNT MY DAY!
M B.
10/28/10
Had group outing on Celtic Quest out of port Jefferson. We steamed 2 hrs east to Branford ct. Fished shallow water from 10-25 ft. 40 anglers scored 60 keepers to 10lbs.. I got some porgies and seabass and a short blackfish or two, no keepers.
M.B.
8/8/10
On Sunday I had to be in NJ for a party by 12pm. That means there was plenty of time to fish if I left the dock at 6am. Fished for 3 hours and on the last drift I hooked a nice Flattie. Attached you will find a picture of the almost 24" fluke taken on spearing and squid in Debs Inlet.
Paul S.
8/8/10
Headed out with my son John, and Mike S. on Sunday the 8th. We tried a few drifts at the Tin Can grounds, Ambrose channel and the Rockaway reef. It soon became obvious we would have to anchor up and bottom fish to get some action and a few fillets. Slow pick during the late morning through early afternoon. The best part of the bite was around the time the weather started to kick up and the tide was moving in real good. We picked sea bass and fluke and blackfish along with a stray Trigger fish. The largest of our Sea bass was 4.5 lbs. other keepers went over 2 lbs and the smallest was over 1.75lbs. The blacks were safely released and there were some porgies in the mix that made it into our cooler. The conditions kept getting a little worse each hour so we headed in a bit earlier than I would have liked. Mike did his fillet job during our trip through the no wake zone, so no pictures this time.
M.B.
July 29th:
Joined a group of anglers aboard the Fishark adventures trip aboard the bounty hunter out of Fairhaven Ma. Our targeted specie was large fluke. The fluking started out slow as we had strong tides coming off the moon and a decent breeze early, making the drift too fast. I started out with a whole squid and two hook rig that was smashed by a large fish, evidently a blue, which took me around the boat and was a hot potato up and down until he bit through the snell. We quickly went to our next location with the hope of getting a better drift. It was a bit better, but the fluke weren't as cooperative as the many porgies and a few reel nice seabass . I managed one over 4 1/4 pounds. After a few nice drifts trying to stay with the seabass and away from the porgies., we got to the slack tide and ouir capt made another move. Marc got the barbecue going and we ate well anticipating a better afternoon. Back at our original spot we had a nice pick of fluke, seabass and occasional porgy. My best keeper our of the 2 I kept, was probably over 4 lbs and would have been in strong contention if we had held a pool. (We all agreed to save space and bleed and pool all fish together.) I did have the largest sea bass too, it was an it figures situation of course! LOL. We ended the day with 35 keeper Sea Bass and around 45 Keeper fluke, which up there is 18.5 inches. The boat was nice and quick, and the capt did his darndest for us. The mate cut all kinds of bait and whole squid, mackerel and the best sand eels anyone had ever seen were available . I recommend this boat for groups such as ours up to 10 people. The cabin is a bit limited for all but we still had quite a few of us able to fit in there on the ride home. It was stable and a bit lower to the water than a lot of boats in its class so swinging a fish aboard was a simple task. The only drawback was you should bring aboard boots as waves smacking into the back came through the drainage scuppers at times. You could check out the bottom on the flat screen in the cockpit showing the structure and all the life the capt. was reading inside. There was a lot of great bottom up in Martha's Vineyard Sound. All in all a good time was had by everyone and I would definitely go back. I wish I could have seen the one fluke that would only hang on my mackerel strip , he was on and never pumped until it was gone even though i stuck him, but it was heavy, oh well another fish that got away story! All my seabass were over 1.5 lbs and they put up quite a fight on my seeker inshore stick 15.25lb rating.
M. B.
Here is the link with more photos and the report from the fishark himself make sure to scroll down the page:
6/19/10- fluking
Started the day at the MARINE PARKWAY BRIDGE at the end of the outgoing around 745. Pete B and myself had some quick action on bucktails through the slack. The action ceased and we headed into the bay towards the blue house. A few drifts there showed lots of bait on the screen with no takers on our hooks. On some urging of my crew, i headed towards the inlet. WE tried Roxbury for one short, then hit the channel . To much work to bucktail out there so i stuck with long squid strips and spearing combos with the heavier lead and of course my green octopus skirts on the hook. Got a nice fat 22inch 4lb. 7 oz. fish near the middle of the channel in deeper water. Ended the day back by the bridge, where all hell broke lose on the mid stages of the incoming, lots of action on fish up to 19 inches there, and they took spros white and green and white gulp swimming mullets. Seems the gulp finally had the edge, even had double headers on the artificials also. A load of fun and a lot of action, throw in a dozen searobins and we went through like 3 lbs of canadien spearing. The shame is we only had the one keeper out of around 45 shorts. Got to work to find the larger ones. Definitely improving out there with water temps around 70 at low tide now.
M.B.
5/31/10
Got to do some fishing with my boys on Memorial day.Had some slow fishing on the end stages of the incoming tide on the tin can grounds only pulling 2 shorts there. Moved into the bay with some of the aramada at bouy 20 and roxbury. We did better in that area with the fluke, with 7 more shorts up to 18.5 inches., and we dropped a few on the bucktails also, in an hour of fishing. Bucktails had the advantage with green octopus skirts on the hooks with long squid strips and spearing doing well too. The best part of the trip was the 3lb Sea Bass John had. Matt caught a few shorts also. A nice day out with the boys.
MB
5/21/10
HIT J- Bay today. Started at Mill Basin looking for some bass on live bunker. Got out a bit too late for the bass. A few bluefish strikes leaving me with just heads. Then headed to Marine Parkway bridge to start my fluke season. Had some action on white bucktails with spearing, Most fish in the 15-16. 5 inch range. Largest was 20 inches caught with a green octopus skirt, squid spearing combo. Bulk of the action on the last stages of the outgoing and through the slack. Incoming left a lot to be desired. Headed in early to clean up the boat a bit and beat the traffic back to Nassau county. Great to be back on the water with great weather to fish.
M.B.
5/15/10
Due to the WNW winds at about 20MPH and gusting, stayed in the back bays looking for bass. Water temp is coming up as it was now 55 degrees. Water was very dirty, lots of seaweed. Fished a couple of hours of the incoming using skimmers and managed 1 bass at 31". Lots of boats Fluking back there, but I didn't see any fish caught.
G.A.
May 1, 2010
My son and I decided to try the back bays for some bass, hoping the waters in our area (Seaford, Massapequa) had warmed enough. Fished the incoming tide using skimmer clams and fresh bunker. Caught a total of 3 bass, one just short of keeper and the other 2 were keepers. Kept the largest (31.5") for dinner and let the other keeper go.
We could have filled the boat with 2 to 4 pound blues as they were hitting anything we put in the water. Anyway, we had a great day on the water, and brought home dinner.
G.A.
3/10/10
MEMBERS K.BERNOT, P.BARESSI, R.GEYER, R,REEMER, M.BOBETSKY, ALONG WITH GUESTS FORMED A GROUP OF 16 PEOPLE FOR A DAY ON THE MARLIN VI PRINCESS. TO SAY THAT FISHING WAS SLOW WOULD BE A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT. THE CAPT TRIED HARD BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY THE VERY CROWDED BOAT HAD ONLY LANDED 11 KEEPER CODFISH. WE STAYED OUT LATE AND FISHED UNTIL THE TIDE CHANGED,. THE THREE HORNS SOUNDED AT AROUND 3PM. THE BOAT WAS A HALF HOUR OR SO INTO THE TRIP BACK, WHEN THE FISH TURNED ON AND THE VIKING FLEET HIT THEM HARD, THAT'S FISHING. I'M SURE ANOTHER TRIP WILL BE IN THE PLANS IF THE FISH REMAIN. HOPEFULLY THE TIDE AND THE BITE WILL BE BETTER NEXT TIME.
M.B.
A SMASHING DAY ON THE VIKING
3/6/10:
Keith B just reported a great day on the Viking Superstar as the whole boat limited by 10 am. He was hitting his driveway in Nassau county by 230 this afternoon! Fish averaging 6-12 lbs with a few larger and a 29.5 lb pool fish. Keith and his buddy Scott had fish to 18 lbs. One stop shopping today as dropping the anchor once is all it took. More reports to come as another trip is planned for the 10th. Get out to the end now people!
2/02/10
A group of us headed to Montauk today to fish with Capt. Wasserman on the Capt. Lou VI. Members S. Calabrese, R. Gyer, M. Bobetsky, P.Baressi, along with a couple of friends, joined a group headed up by Nor'easter Fisherman George. The morning was slow and at times we had to use a load of lead to hold bottom while the Capt. jockeyed to keep us over fish. In the middle of the day we went off away from the rest of the fleet to try to find some better sized fish. The results weren't what we hoped for. Before heading back in we hit the first area again, and the bite was a bit better. The last move saved the day as Capt. Mike found a school of cod that were hungry and bigger. Pool fish was 25 lbs. and second was around 20 or so. The capt. did right by us and we all thanked him for keeping us out longer to give us a better shot at the fish. Our group definitely wants to do this trip again, members give me an email if you want a call should we plan another weekday trip.
Mike B.
PART OF THE CATCH
Not quite as good as last season yet (proof below taken on the Rosie).
2/20/10
The Capt.Lou sailed with 28 of us on a charter.Myself and P.Baressi teamed up with fisherman George and friends to do a job on the cod. The seas were a bit sloppy early 4-6 ft with occasional 8ft wave thrown in for good measure. The fishing on the hook was a bit slow to start. We waited for the right stage of tide. The bite turned on as expected. Fishing was good for over an hr and we had close to a limit for the whole boat. After the bite slowed again we picked a few here and there. The seas eventually laid down a bit, due to constant n/w winds. The trip in was in only 3ft seas. Capt gave us a long day again as he tried a few drops for some ling once we had a limit of cod. The ling didn't turn on and we headed in late. The crew was cutting fish the whole ride in after working the deck perfectly all day, never leaving you waiting for a gaff if you needed it.
Mike Bobetsky
A couple of my better fish, most were in 6-8 lb range
Part of the catch, our second trip of the year was a bit better than the first.
The haul waiting for the knife 
CAPT AMANDA AND LUCIAN TAKING CARE OF BUISNESS
Another nice day out with Capt Desi on the Celtic Quest 11/7/09;
Fishing on our club charter was slower than we would have liked, but thats all part of the game. Desi and crew worked hard and by days end the club had 50 keeper blackfish to 8.5lbs and some seabass on board The crew, as always, was there anytime you needed them. Had a good time fishing with everyone, cant wait to do it again!
Mike B.
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