New York Weather News - Jeff's Weather Blog

It was a great weekend for the beach and a great weekend for fishing. The water has already warmed into the mid 70s in the creeks and harbors of Fire Island and the ocean temps are hovering around 72 degrees. The bluefish have shown up everywhere. Since there are no bait stores - I had to catch my own bait. It was fun, albeit a little frustrating at times. Schoolies of bait fish were everywhere, but without a sciene net, I had to use a standard pool net- not easy when it is 15 feet long! I managed to capture a few nevertheless. I caught a couple snappers with the baitfish and eventually caught a nice bluefish with the snappers. We took the dingy off the beach to look for some stripers as we caught an Eel in Dave's spearing trap --- Consequently, there were not around.

In other fishing news around Fire Island, Charlie Makin drilled a 13.10-pound fluke on the Capt. Gillen out of Captree. The fish was taken in the inlet, a good sign that ocean fish may be heading into the bay. Augie's B&T in Babylon reported striped bass are taking live bunker baits, and weakfish are hitting the smaller bunker. The Bay Shore Mako Tournament was postponed a few weeks ago, but tomorrow's rescheduled date looks like it will be perfect in terms of weather and sharks.

Pretty soon it will be time for the Tuna!