Shinnecock Bay/Inlet/Ocean
The ocean fluke bite continues to be a slow pick. The bay bite is turning on, try all the usual spots, Rampasture, east & west of the Ponquogue bridge, east cut, west channel, they are all producing fish but very few keepers. Bluefish continue to be number one predator of the bay and inlet, look for the birds. The Shinnecock Reef has been a hot spot for the sea bass, with fish up to 5lbs a common site. Striped bass can be found at the bridge and inlet, schoolies are most of the action right now. Those who chose to anchor up and clam clam belly west of the bridge have been rewarded with their share of striped bass.
Peconic Bay
The bite at Greenlawns continues to be slow. The blues are still all over the bay. Frying pan size porgies have been reported around Rogers Rock. A few weakfish in the Jamesport area on the north fork but not much in our area. Striped bass in the south race.
Beaches/Shore Bound
The ocean beaches along the south fork are producing schoolies bass to just keeper size and cocktail blues. On Thursday 5/27 we weighed in a 40lb Striped bass caught by Ronald Finch, he was fishing bunker chunks on the beach east of the Shinnecock Inlet. The Shinnecock canal has seen quite a bit of action this week with cocktail blues, striped bass, fluke and porgies all be reported. Try for the fluke when the locks are closed and all others can be targeted when the locks are open or closed.

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40lb Bass from the Surf

40lb Striped Bass weighed in this morning at the shop. Fish was caught from the surf to the east of the Shinnecock Inlet on bunker chunks. Congrats to Ronald Finch on a nice catch.

This fish was one of many caught from this area today. Most of the fish caught were in the 30" - 34" range.

Shinnecock & Peconic Area Report 5/23/10

Shinnecock Bay/Inlet/Ocean
The ocean fluke bite has been slow to get going. Fish up to 7lbs have been reported but it’s a slow pick at best. The bay bite is starting to turn on, give it a shot west of the Ponquogue Bridge. Bluefish remain the number one predator of the bay and inlet. They are feeding on the huge schools of spearing moving about the bay, just look for the birds working. Seabass have come over the rails out on the Shinnecock reef. Striped bass have been reported at the bridge and inlet, schoolies are most of the action right now. Give anchoring up west of the bridge or by the red can inside the inlet a shot on the out going tide for the bass. Those willing to drag the umbrella rigs out in 70-90 ft. of water have been rewarded with plenty of keeper bass, no birds showing but plenty of sandeels.

Peconic Bay
The fluke bite at Greenlawns has slowed quite a bit. The blues are still all over the bay. Frying pan size porgies have been reported around Rogers Rock. We are still getting reports of a few weakfish on the north fork but not much in our area. Striped bass have come out of the south race.

Beaches/Shore Bound
The ocean beaches along the south fork are producing schoolies bass to just keeper size and cocktail blues. The bass are out in the deeper water, it’s just a matter of time before the bait moves closer to the beaches. Top water plugs and tins are the best producers. The Shinnecock canal has seen quite a bit of action this week with cocktail blues, striped bass, fluke and porgies all be reported. Try for the fluke when the locks are closed and all others can be targeted when the locks are open or closed.

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New Products

BlueFrog and Wizard Swing hook Bucktails now in stock and more colors and sizes are on the way. Great action for jigging fluke or tossing to bass.

BioEdge Attractants in clam, squid, bunker and arriving soon flounder and sand eel. Available in a potion or a wand, similar to a chap stick although I would put this stuff on my lips.

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East End Bait & Tackle
170 East Montauk Hwy.
Hampton Bays, NY 11946
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Area Reports

Shinnecock
Fluke to 8 lbs were weighed in on opening day, falling to local squid spearing combo around the sea buoy. Plenty of shorts in the ocean, keepers were hard to come by. Those targeting fluke in the Shinnecock Canal have been finding the occasional keeper. The north end of the canal is producing many bluefish.
Plenty of bluefish in Shinnecock Bay, just look for the birds, throw an AVA jig and you should be rewarded. Bass can be found at the Ponquogue Bridge and at Shinnecock Inlet, clam or bunker chunks for bait or top water plugs.

Peconic
Bluefish can be found anywhere; they have taken over the bay. Bass are at Cow neck and National. The fluke bite around the Greenlawn area was very good although the ratio of keepers to shorts was very low. Porgies are here in good numbers, should bold well for the opener on the 24th. Give Rogers Rock a shot. We have sandworms and clam chum on hand for the opener.

Beaches
The ocean beaches from Moriches to Montauk continue to produce both blues and bass although the wind did put a hamper on the efforts. Baiters should use clams or bunker chunks, top water plugs have been doing the trick in the lure dept. Bucktails have caught their share as well. In Peconic, both National and Cow Neck have seen bass and blues and a weakfish here and there.

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Shinnecock Fluke Report

Weighed in an 8 & 5 lber this afternoon caught out in front of the Shinnecock Inlet. Caught on local Squid Spearing Combo. Action was quiet due to the wind but there were fish caught. Fluke are coming out of the canal up to 22", locks close at around 8am tomorrow. We are stocked with all the needed fluke baits including our JUMBO LIVE KILLIES. Fresh bunker on hand too. Be sure to stop in. We open at 5am Sunday.

FLUKE WEEKEND FORECAST

The Report for the Shinnecock & Peconic bays looks good for the opener tomorrow. Fish up to 10 lbs have been reported at the Greenlawns area and fish to 8 lbs have been caught and released outside of Shinnecock inlet. The wind may blow a bit on Saturday but Sun & Mon look great. Be sure to stop in and get your local caught spearing and squid, including whole hook bait size squids. We also have on hand sandeels. We anticipate having the JUMBO Killies we are known for in the morning, but give us a call to confirm we have them. If you need a saltwater fishing license we have them as well. Heres to the start of a great season.

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Shinnecock Area Report 5/9/10

Blues and bass have been the main targets of the week with good results. Those fishing the ocean beaches and Ponquogue bridge have been rewarded with bass to 30" and blues to 8lbs. The Quogue canal and Peconic River produced plenty of action with the blues and the occational bass. The canal has produced it's share of blues as well, give the north end at the jetty a shot as well as around the locks area. Three year old Ryan Connelly caught and released a 22" fluke from the canal on Thursday while weakfishing with his dad. Weakfish reports have come back from the Peconics but they are refusing to cooperate, fish are being spotted but not willing to take the baits offered. We are receiving some very encouraging reports of fluke in front of the inlet and are anticipating a great fluke openner on the 15th. Next weekend we will be stocked with all the usual baits including Live killies and eels.


Surf Report
The Beaches from Moriches to Montauk have been producing bass to 34" and blues to 10lbs. Those throwing topwater swimmers have been rewarded with the bass. The AVA Jigs have done well with the blues. Clam and bunker chunk baits are producing as well. Flanders bay and the 105 bridge areas have seen plenty of bunker with both bass and blues chasing them. Cow Neck in the Peconics has shown some weakfish but no reported catches just yet.

Blues at the Ponquogue Bridge 5-6-10 2:30pm

Just received a report from a customer, Plenty of bluefish for the taking at the bridge as I'm writing this

Shinnecock Area Report 5/3/10

Flounder reports have been scarce this week, best bets are the canals of Quogue and Shinnecock. The blues are here and can be found along the beaches, Shinnecock canal, the 105 bridge in Flanders and the Peconics. Blues up to 12lbs are ravaging the huge schools of bunker and are taking anything you throw at them. Bass can be found mixed in with the blues but you have to get through them to get to the bass below. Ponquogue bridge has been holding some bass as well. Try bunker chunks for the bass and blues or live lining if you can snag a few. First reports of fluke made it back to the shop, a mix of shorts and a few keepers out in front of the inlet, as reported by those fishing the boats with RSA permits.

Thank You,

Scott Jeffrey
East End Bait & Tackle
170 E. Montauk Hwy.
Hampton Bays, NY 11946
(631) 728-1744
Fax (631) 728-5201
http://www.eastendbaitandtackle.com/
scott@eastendbaitandtackle.com

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