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FISHINROX (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 5:36 am: | |
Tog have been good at a few undisclosed spots around the Sound |
scott (Ctfisher)
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i was just wondering what is the best bait to use to catch stripers from shore? is cut shad any good or are sandworms better? |
Craig Stoner (Stonercj58)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 10:58 am: | |
2 Feb 2005 Thames River Norwich Connecticut. 2 Striped Bass, 29" and 39", caught on 3/4 oz White Bucktail jigs on the incomming tide. |
KingfisherCharters (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 19, 2004 - 4:21 pm: | |
This past week aboard Kingfisher Charters included Hickory Shad and a whole slew of big Striped Bass that took them like candy. Thursday and Friday morning, Ed Cambell and wife Dawn as well as Rick Gavin and son came out from Long Island after seeing our TV show. They were both treated with great trips. After picking up some Hickory Shad both groups easily limited out in about an hour and a half with fish from 37” to 45”. Needless to say we will see them both again next year. Fri. afternoon George Chase and friends started off fluking with slow action but still managing 6 keepers; early evening switched over and got all the shad they needed to score 8 Stripers from 37” to 45” with a few blues mixed in.
Sat. morning Wilf Kalback and crew picked up shad and set a Kingfisher record with 8 large Bass on one drift. All fish were above 36” with two topping 40 pounds. The rest of the trip turned into a catch and release fun trip.
Sat. afternoon/evening brought John Medina down from an anniversary present from his wife (now that’s a good wife). The bright sun pushed the Hickory Shad down deep but John did a good job getting a few shad which resulted in two fat 38” bass. Switched over to trolling and caught about 15 bluefish on parachute jigs in The Race.
Finally, Sunday morning Sean McQuade’s group included a couple younger anglers (10 and 12) Richie and Stacy Cochran who tangled with the large bass around and held their own by landing fish in the 37”-40”, 30 lb. class. Sean landed the biggest of the day with a 44” 40 pound cow. All in all they brought 12 fish from 37” to 44” aboard with a couple hammer blues mixed in. The fishing was red hot on Stripers the whole weekend; fluke was very slow though for this time of year. Anyone interested in a trip should call us at 860-573-3614.
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CaptainAnderson (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 1:26 pm: | |
Fishing Report from Kingfisher Charters in Mystic, CT
This past weekend Bruce Lawrence brought out his wife and grandmother to catch a few sharks. We’ll Bruce did the catching while the women took the pictures. The weather was perfect for the seasoned shark fisherman but a little rough for the novice. We also had to contend with the armada of boats out fishing from the snug harbor shark tournament. With all that we still had about a 250lb. blue shark on in the first half an hour, another half an hour later we had a thresher take a bite out of two baits but decided to leave the hooked part. It was exciting to the group just to see that tail come out of the water as it dove down to the mackerel bait. One more blue shark for the group and they had enough. Trolled up some bass at the Montauk rips to finish up the day.
Sunday, Wade High and friends came out for stripers and fluke. Started out looking for Hickory Shad to live line to some big stripers but they were missing in action. The day before, you could see shad working over bait for acres. It won’t be long before they take up residence for the summer and become easy pickings for our Live Bait trips. With no shad we went to plan B and trolled parachutes around Fisher’s Island. Started picking up bluefish right away with the occasional 28” or so bass. After putting everyone on a couple fish apiece we decided to look for some bigger fish. Our next stop the fish were stacked up on the uptide side of a local hump. Again everyone enjoyed fighting a couple fish apiece but this time the fish ranged from 34” to a real nice 47” hog caught by Wade. They finished up with a few good sized keeper fluke and a mess of skates. Beautiful weather, great fishing, and I met a bunch of really nice people. It doesn’t get much better than that for me. The last two weeks of July historically have been our most productive trips fishing with Live Bait for big stripers. Our weekends are filled up but we still have a few weekday trips available if you would like to get in on the action. Give us a call at 860-573-3614 or check out our website at http://www.geocities.com/kaiser11/kingfishercharters.html
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kingfishercharters (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 28, 2004 - 6:32 pm: | |
What an incredible weekend for the Kingfisher. The excitement started for our charters Thursday, and didn’t stop until Sunday. Thurs. I took out a group from Vermont, a late father’s day present. The two boys were great. Everything was exciting to them, especially their battles with stripers and blues. We tried for some live bait to drop down in the race for stripers but only caught blackfish instead of porgies, so we decided to troll instead. As soon as the first line went out, fish to 36” were taking our umbrella rigs steadily for the remainder of the trip. Friday, we ran a fluke trip with the Silvio group to the south side of Fisher’s Island. We set up by the eastern point in dense fog with a slow bite of skates. Picked up quick and ran to a couple more spots before camping out at one that bent three rods and a missed hit all within 20 yards. The rest of the day consisted of working back and forth over a 50 yard area and limiting out on fish from 20” to 27” with the latter weighing in at 8.75 lbs. Fri. night a group from Derby began by hammering fish on the troll during slack tide. One after the other for an hour and a half, the tide picked up and the bite slowed but we got one of our biggest stripers just before we left. A bonus 30 lb. fish at a hump outside the Thames on the way in put the tally at 10 stripers, from 30” to 45”, and a bunch of blues.
Capt. Mark on two trips saw the same action, slow but steady pick during the middle of the tide and hammering them during slack. Sunday, an afternoon trip saw a limit of stripers come aboard from 30” to 42” and a bunch of throwbacks. The Gerianos group needless to say was busy all day. Stripers and blues were caught on umbrella rigs with sassy shads and parachutes, fluke on bucktails tipped with squid and sand eels. All in all it was a stellar weekend aboard the Kingfisher. If you’re interested in getting in on some of the action give us a call at 860-573-3614.
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KingfisherCharters (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 12:18 pm: | |
Took the Kingfisher out last night on a scout trip for Hickory Shad. It wasn't long before we found a school working over bait. We grabbed about 10 and headed out to several local reefs towards Watch Hill. First couple reefs didn't look like they were holding any fish. Not much showing on the fishfinder so we move on. The third reef was the ticket as I pulled up fish were stacked up on the back side of the reef. The first two Shad went over board with double hook ups on identical 30 pound stripers. In 5 drifts we used up our shad on fish from 34" to 46". Needless to say after last evenings success we will soon be starting our Live Hickory Shad trips that run into Sept. If your interested in a live bait charter for big bass, give us a call at 860-573-3614. |
KingfisherCharters (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 2:18 pm: | |
We had Tommy T. and the boys out tues. night for some Misquamicut fluke. Drifted a few areas with not much to show but a few skates and a few stolen baits. We kept heading east trying to find where the fluke we more concentrated. Well, our efforts paid off as we found what fisherman like to refer to as the honey hole. In about 45 feet of water the fish were stacked up on and around a small reef in the middle of nowhere. As we passed by the reef dodging the pots the guys could barely get their baits down before they either had a fish or had a hit. Tommy even scored a double header on one pass. A 23" fish took the jig and a 19" fish took the teaser. All in all the guys had plenty of action and plenty of fresh fillets for the freezer. Richie even caught a 26" striper we thought was a monster fluke. Also, I marked loads of fish and bait on the fishfinder at watch hill point on the way out. If your interested in a trip on the Kingfisher in Mystic, feel free to email us at kingfishercharters@yahoo.com or give us a call at 860-573-3614. |
Kingfisher Charters (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 6:28 pm: | |
Took out the boys from Nebraska this past Sun. morning on the Kingfisher. Coming from Nebraska fishing they were only used to Hybrid stripers so they were expecting grand things from our waters here in Eastern Long Island Sound. Trolling at The Race it wasn't long before they hit their first striper. A fat 36" linesider took our parachute jig and the boys got their first battle. Like clockwork they preceded to hit keepers until the tide became too strong to effectively troll. Decided to finish up tube and worming along the outside of Fisher's Island without much success. Some very big stripers patrol the outside of Fisher's and it shouldn't be long before that area heats up. Fluke have been showing up in much shallower water which demonstrates the fluke season is in full gear. We are running our combo trips now so if you want to get in on the fluke/striper action give us a call we still have a few weekend dates left.
P.S. We had a cancelation this coming weekend so call us at 860-573-3614 if you are looking to battle a few stripers with us down in Mystic. |
Kingfisher Charters (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 6:19 pm: | |
Took out the boys from Nebraska this past Sun. morning on the Kingfisher. Coming from Nebraska fishing they were only used to Hybrid stripers so they were expecting grand things from our waters here in Eastern Long Island Sound. Trolling at The Race it wasn't long before they hit their first striper. A fat 36" linesider took our parachute jig and the boys got their first battle. Like clockwork they preceded to hit keepers until the tide became too strong to effectively troll. Decided to finish up tube and worming along the outside of Fisher's Island without much success. Some very big stripers patrol the outside of Fisher's and it shouldn't be long before that area heats up. Fluke have been showing up in much shallower water which demonstrates the fluke season is in full gear. We are running our combo trips now so if you want to get in on the fluke/striper action give us a call we still have a few weekend dates left.
P.S. We had a cancelation this coming weekend so call us at 860-573-3614 if you are looking to battle a few stripers with us down in Mystic. |
JERRY
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 5:15 pm: | |
Subject: FLUKE ACTION
SUNDAY,25TH OF MAY
WE WEEEDED THROUGH A SLEW OF SHORTS AND SKATES AT THE PINK HOUSE TO BOAT 1 KEEPER AT THE END OF THE EBB. WE'RE GONNA TRY FURTHER EAST NEXT WEEK. JB |
Todd Wilday
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 9:24 pm: | |
Subject: hot fishing
The Sunbeam Fleet has had many sucsessful trips and we are usually close to or at our limit. Still more stripers than blues and diamond jigs and bucktails are working well. Check out www.sunbeamfleet.com |
Todd
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 3:56 am: | |
sorry It's www.sunbeamfleet.com |
Todd
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Subject: The Race
The Race is flilled with stripers. Check out www.sunbeam.com We have open party fishing and private charters. We have had some very prooductive trips the last couple off weeks and there are some blues starting to show up too. |
flyron
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 12:14 pm: | |
Subject: schools of blues
all kinds of surface action !! blue fish with a few schoolie stripers mixed in all the way up the river |
Brother Bacchus
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - 5:32 pm: | |
Subject: Abundent Albacore - Fishers Island Sound
Fields of Albies... Yea haa!!!
Water temp around 60F @ the reefs.
I realy love my fly rod.
Where are the top water stripers???
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CT Marine Trades Assoc
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 12:32 am: | |
Subject: Press Release- CMTA Charity Shoot Out
Contact: Andrea Rynn/CT Marine Trades Assoc. - 20 Plains Rd. - Essex, CT 06426
(800) 350-7469/(860) 767-2645/FAX (860) 767-2645
For immediate release:
The CT Marine Trades Association's 18th Annual Charity Shoot Out Fishing Tournament is set for July 19-20-21, 2001 at Crocker's Boatyard in New London, CT and may now be the largest fishing tournament in the northeast. The CT Marine Trades Association (CMTA), in an effort to highlight the region's fishing resources, has expanded the tournament to five categories of fishing. This will allow more anglers to enjoy the event and encourage fishing from shore at New London's beautiful new waterfront park.
Careful review of tournament rules and guidelines should allow for both the enjoyment and the camaraderie of the sport but also incorporate species awareness and conservation through the tag & release programs. Tagging packages will be handed out to tournament participants before leaving the dock and representatives from the National Marine Fisheries will be on hand to study samples. They are particularly interested in information on Blue Fish, Mako and Thresher Shark. Plans for the 2001 tournament call for two days of angling out of New London and the categories anglers can win in include Shark, Tuna, Striped Bass, Bluefish and Fluke.
The tournament committee, led by Scott Masse of Oak Leaf Marina and President of CMTA, has been focused on presenting a dynamic event for the marine community, raising awareness of Connecticut's natural resources and raising funds for regional charity programs. This year's beneficiaries will be The Fisherman Magazine's Artificial Reef Program and establishing a children's fishing program in New London.
Organizers expect the largest turnout ever, as the 2001 tournament boasts an enormous prize pool. Breakwater Boat Sales of Madison is sponsoring a $72,000.00 (msrp) 25' MAKO Center Console with 250hp Evinrude Ficht Outboard as a prize and Thayer's Marine of Norwich is sponsoring a 2000 Center Console May Craft with 150hp Mercury Outboard and Trailer valued at $25,000.00 (msrp) as another prize for the event.
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Tournament cash prizes will grow as tournament entries grow and CMTA is hoping that with 300 anglers, cash prizes could reach $10,000.00! Prizes will be pro rated based on entry in each of the five categories. There is also a trophy only category for most released fish.
Held at Crocker's Boatyard in New London the past five years, the tournament will benefit from new improvements at the 100 plus year old marina. Tournament participants and spectators can expect to enjoy a new swimming pool, and teak covered docks with state of the art water and electric service. Crocker's shore side amenities and easy access to the offshore fishing grounds make it the perfect host marina for the event. The Crocker family has been a long time supporter of CMTA projects and are enthusiastic promoters of New London's waterfront park.
Anglers can register for just $99.00. Entry includes a chance to win in any two of the species categories. Additional categories can be included for only $49.00 each. A Captain's meeting will be held on Thursday, July 19th to review tournament rules and kick off the festivities. A Captain's Awards Dinner and premium bag are included in the registration. Contact the CT Marine Trades Association for more details.
For tournament registration or more information, contact the CT Marine Trades Association, 20 Plains Road, Essex, CT 06426 (860) 767-2645/Fax (860) 767-3559 or via e-Mail at cmta@snet.net or visit our web site at www.ctmarinetrades.org
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Mike Myatt - IGFA
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2001 - 12:44 am: | |
Subject: Ct. Marine Trades Association Charity Shoot-Out
Connecticut Marine Trades Association Charity Shoot-Out
“Approved” by IGFA
Dania Beach, Florida,U.S.A. – The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) starts the new year announcing the second annual ROLEX/IGFA Inshore Championship Tournament series, an international fishing competition that draws anglers from various worldwide locations. The 2001 Inshore Championship Tournament (ITC) will take place in the spring of 2002 in the Florida Keys and is expecting to include ITC qualifying event champions from 6 countries. The 2000 Rolex/IGFA ITC will take place May 6 – 10, 2001 at the Cheeca Lodge, Islamorada, Florida with 38 champions from ITC qualifying events vying for the championship.
The IGFA welcomes the Connecticut Marine Trades Association Charity Shoot-Out this year as a qualifying event for the ITC with the winner being invited to compete in the ITC held in 2002. As an ITC qualifying event each participating angler will receive a one-year membership in IGFA. For more information on The Connecticut Marine Trades Association Charity Shoot-Out, scheduled for July 19-21, 2001 in New London, Connecticut, please contact Andrea Rynn at 800-350-7469, fax 860-350-1180 or e-mail: cmta@snet.net.
Tournament directors involved in offshore, inshore, light tackle and fly-fishing tournaments are invited to contact IGFA for more information on the Rolex/IGFA championship series. There are plans in the future for a freshwater world championship event. Up to date information on tournaments, IGFA news and more can be found on the IGFA website http://www.igfa.org.
IGFA is a nonprofit membership supported conservation and record keeping organization, founded in 1939, with members in over 120 countries. The association’s headquarters are in the 60,000 square foot IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum in Dania Beach, Florida.
For further information, contact Michael Myatt at the International Game Fish Association, 300 Gulf Stream Way, Dania Beach, Florida 33004 · (954) 927-2628 · Fax (954) 924-4299 · E-mail: mmyatt@igfa.org |
