Sheepshead Bay’s recreational fishing fleet is reeling from a state edict that shortened the little known, but quite lucrative, blackfish fishing season — a business-killing measure that many now ...

Winter appears ready to settle in with the season's first snowfall at the Shore on Monday. The party boat rec captains took a pass on fishing yesterday but planned to be back down at the docks this ...

It was a harsh week of low temps, strong winds and blowout tides, which has been about the norm for this winter. The downtime is almost over though as the striped bass and winter flounder seasons ...

THE weather finally turned, bringing cold temperatures and windy conditions, the elements for good fall fishing for big stripers and blackfish. Last weekend’s brush with tropical storm Noel also got ...

Winter may be on the way, but water temperatures in Long Island Sound are still hovering in the low 60s, so when the small craft advisories are not up, which they were much of this week, fishing can ...

With the fall fishing season in full swing, today's column is devoted to the fishing report. Short casts STRIPERS OR BLUES?: I received the following email from longtime angler Bob Brezoski that ...

That said, on to fishing. The action continues down the shore and while the blackfish regulations have cut the bag limit to four fish, that still means you can keep four ‘tog and since a 15-inch size ...

Bottom fishing often turns off after a storm creates a large swell, but that didn't seem to bother blackfish today on Sandy Hook Reef. Capt. Hans Kaspersetz fished aboard Shak'in with Dennis Naleta of ...

Good numbers of blackfish are making their presence known, and the bass action is picking up. Sea Bass and porgies are showing on area wrecks and reefs, and decent numbers of bluefish are prowling ...