Long Island Sound Fishing Reports

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - This past week has been an up and down week. The bass, having been hot one day and cold the next. The blues have been around in good numbers all over the eastern sound. Especially, at the race. Poppers and swimmers have been nailing them. Blackfish a more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Another awesome weekend for the Kingfisher, both charters limited out on stripers from 25 to 35 pounds, with the biggest at 43 lbs. Most of the fish were taken on live hickory shad with a few being taken on live eels. Only one of those fish was take more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - This will be a weekend to remember for fisherman aboard the Kingfisher. Friday the 26th Curtis the man scored a 51 pound striper on a live hickory shad. Curtis was the quite one of the group but he made the biggest roar when he pulled in his lunker. more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - It doesn’t get much better than this. Friday the 19th we took out a group for a striped bass trip and hammered them. 13 bass total, all over 32” with the biggest tipping the scales at 38 pounds. All the fish were caught in 10 feet of water on light t more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - A somewhat slow start to the weekend ended with a bang. A cold front moved through the area Fri. afternoon making for some tough conditions Fri. night. Thunderstorms offered up quite a light show but seemed to turn off the bass. We had no problem hit more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - What a weekend and beginning to the week as well. The race still isn’t it’s usual self, the strong tides during the full moon keep the fish that are there tight to the structure. Best to fish around the slacks during the new and full moon periods. We more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - THE HICKORY SHAD ARE HERE! And the big stripers are right on their tails, there’s nothing better (as stripers go) than being on the water at sunrise, a light fog on the water, calm and quiet. Then wham a 40 pound bass hammers the live bait you hav more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Capt. Scott Anderson of Kingfisher Charters reports that the Marchese group got out Sat. morning June 1st and found perfect fishing conditions. They were able to land there limit of striped bass in the first two hours, 10 fish between 32” and 38” wit more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - A windy weekend made for tough fishing this past week. We took the John Ward group out to Montauk Sunday morning, May 19th, for some fluke fishing. With winds at 15 to 20 mph against the tide and a cold front, we were still able to pick up only one k more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Wednesday afternoon May 8th found Striped Bass stacked up thick on Valiant Rock. We picked up 24” – 34” bass on every drift. 8 oz. diamond jigs and bucktails did the trick. Fri. night took out Jay Javier and a buddy but things were slow, they still m more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound