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Sharking - June to Nov

Some the world's best shark fishing happens off the South Shore of New York, with the catches being, Mako, Threshers, and Blue sharks

Tuna - July to Nov

Tuna catches are Bluefin, Yellow Fin, Long Fin, Big eye, Bonita, and Albies. Fishing range from 20 to 50 miles offshore. Special trips to the Canyons off New York can produce many exotic species including Marlin,

The winter flounder is one of the most sought after fish in the coastal waters along the northeast shores. Its fans are legion and it is fortunate that the tasty little critter is so prolific, because the number of flounder taken on rod and reel by recreational fishermen, as well as by commercial methods, is literally astronomical.

The flounder is one of the best tasting flat fish and this accounts in part for his popularity. His abundance also makes him relatively easy to catch, yet skill and knowledge in bait presentation, tides and currents, bottom formations and chumming techniques are important to successful flounder fishing.

Fluke are highly prized food fish sought by both sport and commercial fishermen. They are typically one of the top three fish taken in the sport fishery each year. Under a coastwise management plan, recreational harvest is controlled by size and possession limits.

Also called Sea Trout, any member of a group of fishes in the croaker family, Sciaenidae (order Perciformes). A half dozen species inhabit the coastal regions of North America.

The weakfish is a marine sport fish but is usually less than 2 feet long. Much larger specimens have been caught on occasion. The term weakfish refers to their delicate mouths, which are easily torn by fishhooks. Weakfish are also caught commercially along the Middle Atlantic coastal states and are considered to be the most economically important species in the croaker family.

The spotted sea trout, found along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of Florida, is slightly smaller than the weakfish. Although the sea trouts are similar to the true trout's in appearance, the two groups are not related.

If any fish deserves the title, we can call the Striper our National Saltwater gamefish. It's a pure and simple fact. More marine anglers would rather catch a striper, and they like big ones. Striper sportfishing goes back well before the American Civil War, at least to a New York Striper reel engraved to 1826.

That's why the Striper is considered our original salt water gamefish. The Great Broad-Tail grows to 65 inches in length, demanding respect for its constantly changing ways, being finicky on one tide and feeding voraciously on another. No angler can crack the code, it's one of the great mysteries of the species. A fish that is both tough and easy to catch has its challenges.

Any of the numerous fishes of the family Serranidae, most of which are marine and found in the shallower regions of warm and tropical seas. The family includes about 400 species, many of them well-known food and sport fishes. Although the term sea bass may be used for the family as a whole, the fishes themselves bear a variety of names, such as hamlet, hind, cony, graysby, grouper, and jewfish, as well as sea bass and bass.

Sea bass are rather perch like fish. The more or less elongated body has small scales; the mouth is large, and the tail is generally straight-edged or rounded. The dorsal fin, a diagnostic feature, consists of a forward, spiny section and a hinder, soft-rayed section; the two portions are usually joined but may be separated by a notch. Sea bass are carnivorous and feed on fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other invertebrates. Some are active swimmers; others, such as the groupers, are more sedentary. Certain species, such as the belted sandfish (Serranellus subligarius) of Florida, are hermaphroditic (male and female reproductive organs in one animal); others, such as the groupers, may mature as one sex and later change to the other.

Also called Tailors, or Snapper, swift-moving marine food and game fish. The bluefish ranges through warm and tropical regions of the Atlantic and Indian oceans, living in schools and preying with voracity on other, smaller animals, especially fishes. Elongated in form, it has two dorsal fins, a forked tail, and a large mouth with strong, pointed teeth. It is blue or greenish and grows to a length of about 1.2 m (4 feet) and weight of 11.5 kg (25 pounds).

Blackfish, common name for any of several fishes of dark color. In the United States the name is sometimes used to refer to the tautog. Other blackfish include a bass, the black sea bass, of the Atlantic coast, and a minnow, the Sacramento blackfish, of California. Whales of the genus containing the pilot whales are also called blackfish.

Description - vary in color from dark olive to dark gray in color with females and young having spotty coloration; white color of males chin give appearance of a "beard".

Habitat - inhabit waters from Nova Scotia to South Carolina; found in wreckage and structures below the surface of the water at depths of 60 to 100 feet.

Size/Weight - range from a weight of 1 lb. to as high as 25 lbs

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