White Water Blog
Working Up Fall Bigmouths
The fall season has a way of sneaking up on sweetwater anglers. One day you’re tossing weedless frogs across the tops of lush, green weed mats. A few weeks later and the weeds have receded or turned to brown. By the time mid-October rolls around, largemouth bass here on Long Island are already on their cool water patterns. Watch for the signals that mark this changeover and you can stay on the fish right through Thanksgiving. Here’s a few key points to help guide the way.- Bryce Poyer
WATCH OUT FOR TICKS!
Likely aided by a warm winter, a bumper crop of ticks seems to already be out in force this spring, especially on the eastern end of Long Island. The evil, eight-legged carriers of Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis and other illnesses come in several varieties, the most common being deer ticks (blacklegged), dog ticks.- Bryce Poyer
SUMMER SEA BASS – FEED ‘EM A JIG!
Anglers looking to both fill the freezer and enjoy some thrills while bottom fishing this time of year need look no further than the nearest mussel hump, rock pile or local wreck. Better still, with good numbers of the sea biscuits in relatively shallow, near shore waters, you don’t’ even need bait to score as jigging with bucktails or diamond jigs will bring the sharp strikes from knob-headed lunkers that have a way of generating the biggest of smiles.- Bryce Poyer
Angling For Father’s Day Gifts
Hard to believe that this Sunday is Father’s Day. Seems the pace of life is quickly picking up now that the pandemic is on the run across our area. What better time, then, to refresh or replenish Dad’s fishing gear with a few simple gifts tailored to the fishing and species he enjoys most.- Bryce Poyer
Spring Fluke Between The Forks
Finally, the long-awaited fluke season is getting underway with anglers allowed to keep four fish each at a minimum size of 19 inches, same as last year. While stripers continue to invade local bays and harbors, and scup, with a season that is open year-round, are certainly an option at many ports, it’s the summer flatties that should garner the most attention as the East End’s marine fishing season kicks off in earnest.
- Bryce Poyer
