Fishing Reports by Capt. Mark Anderson

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - The Kingfisher took out the Marchese charter Sunday for some Millstone schoolie striped bass action. Small sassy shad’s and fin-S-fish were the ticket. Everyone had a blast catching about 60 fish. Spotted bait and birds working along the ride from My more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Even though we are in the middle of this frigid winter it’s time to start thinking and planning for the hot fishing to come this year. We are already preparing for the upcoming season that starts May 10th for the Kingfisher. Once again we will be tar more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - With the terrible weather we have been having every weekend, it looks like that is about it for the Kingfisher. Looking back on the season I can honestly say it was a very good year. Charter customers were treated to some incredible early season fluk more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Saturday’s washout made Sunday that much sweeter. Marc Chase, his brother Steve, and Dave came out early to do some striper fishing. We caught the last two hours of the outgoing and scored 4 keeper bass and several big bluefish chunking the watch hil more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - The Kingfisher found Bass, Blues, and False Albacore for charters this past weekend in the race. Most fish were caught on sassy shad umbrellas and chartreuse parachute jigs trolling wire around the high. The blues were average size and the bass wer more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - The fishing scene is busting out all over the place. Bluefish all over the place, bonito and false albacor blitzes are showing up from watch hill to the plum gut, stripers are about to enter their fall feeding frenzy, and blackfish have shown up in f more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

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