White Water Blog
The Time Is Right For Tidal Whites
Strip a striper of its stripes and what you've got is your basic white perch, both in attitude and appearance. Indeed, from a biological standpoint, Morone saxatilis (stripers) and Morone Americana (white perch) are close cousins. The big difference between the two is size, of course.- Bryce Poyer
Holiday Gift Guide 2023
Let’s face it, decking that perfect holiday gift for someone special comes with a degree of inherent pressure; that’s just the way the world turns. On the bright side, however, if the person you are shopping for happens to be an angler you at least have an idea of where to start.- Bryce Poyer
Jig Gently for Late Season Bigmouths and Bronzebacks
There’s no doubt successful cold-water fishing for freshwater bass varies markedly from the summer routine. If you want to continue to battle bigmouths and bronzebacks under such conditions, you'll need to try some different tricks.- Bryce Poyer
Basic Fall Blackfish
While most anglers set their sights on striped bass and slammer blues during the fall season, there is a cadre of fishermen who actually prefer the inshore bottom-fishing game. Among this group, primarily comprised of hard-core fishing veterans, blackfish are considered the prime late-season target.- Bryce Poyer
Change Things Up For September Sweetness
By the time September rolls around, you can bet Long Island’s freshwater bass, pickerel, trout and panfish have pretty much seen it all in terms of lure presentations. Often sluggish and slow to respond to standard offerings having been pushed hard since early spring, it may take more than your usual assault at this point to trigger the bite.- Bryce Poyer
Late-Summer Mahi Tips
Lean, mean and capable of swimming for short bursts at speeds up to 50 mph, it’s little surprise mahi mahi have a lot of fans among Long Island’s offshore faithful. An exciting light-tackle diversion that can add some tasty fillets to the ice box on a slow day or top off the best trip of your season, they possess amazing leaping ability, surprising power for a sleek-profiled competitor, and an uncanny ability to frustrate even seasoned blue water skippers just when it seems conditions are ideal.- Bryce Poyer
