NYC Area Fishing

I just got this report from Captain John McMurray this morning-"Things slowed quite a bit in the back of the bay this week.  That big body of bass that we had for the last 4 weeks seems to have moved on.  I do expect we will see another group of fish head back there to feed on all those peanut-bunker before the end of the season, but for now it is slow, slow, slow.  Boy it was nice when we only had to run a few hundred yards from the marina before we were into fish, but that kind of thing couldn't last forever.  Still, the fishing remains very good.  There are lots and lots of bass and

bluefish out the outside.  When the weather

has enabled us to get out there, we've been doing quite well.  There are some schoolies, but the majority of fish seem to be really good ones with some in the high 30" range.  There have been sparse and scattered schools of bluefin out there, but totally uncatchable as far as I can tell.  Not enough of them and they are skittish.  I haven't heard of anyone, save one or two guys trolling ballyhoo, getting any.  There are however, more bottlenose dolphin out there than I have ever seen anywhere in

my entire life; very cool.  These things were

chasing bait all around the boat.  And speaking of bait, there's all kinds of stuff out there: baby weakfish, butterfish, peanut bunker, sandeels and even sardines!  Water temp is still relatively high.  At the very least we've got another month of fishing left; perhaps more. "   Click on Captain McMurray's link above to see more or go to Urbanangler.com to book a trip online.