7/17 Fishing Report: Charter for the Bachelor Party, and I’d say it was a successful one! These seasoned fly fishermen from Northern NY all got personal best bass far surpassing prior with multiple fish reaching 47-48″ and mid-upper 40 pounds. Available dates 7/29, 7/31 8/4

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Posted By: First Mate | July 17th, 2023



7/4 Fishing Report: Giant Thresher 3.5-hour fight on stand-up gear, beast mode! 4 guys complete a team effort everyone gets a chance on the reel! 537#’s official weight was so considerable, even with Block and tackle, we couldn’t lift it enough to get in the boat and had to tow it for 2+ hours to […]

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Posted By: First Mate | July 4th, 2023



5/9 trip reports: Lester and their Family got a proper first-time introduction to Hudson River Striper fishing, never doing it prior. I had seven fish along this absolute jumbo Fatty! Angela and their Family had a good morning trip with six fish also with some first-time-ever catches.

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Posted By: First Mate | May 9th, 2023



The 5/4 morning trip report: Today was another buzzer beater with two fish coming in the last 30 minutes. A 34″ and a great 42 inches for Brian on chunk herring. The afternoon I get to eat some humble pie as catfish and eels got the better of us. I had a great fish on […]

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Posted By: First Mate | May 4th, 2023



5/3 report: Another tough day grinding and dealing with strong currents and dirty water from storms from a few days ago. Morning trip Bruce Hursh group, we managed only two fish up to 36″ Afternoon trip with Tim Hurley, we managed three fish again up to 36″ May 8th and 10th afternoons are available

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Posted By: First Mate | May 3rd, 2023



5/2 report: An afternoon-only trip today. I have to say I struggled with bad South winds and a strong outgoing tide. The boat position was impossible to get right to fish bait. I had one fish on and came off halfway to the boat at the first spot, but the debris and grass were bad. […]

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Posted By: First Mate | May 2nd, 2023



5/1 fishing report: Heavy rains last night and this morning’s winds were working against us, but McKenzie brought her good luck, as usual, this year on her Birthday! McKenzie was first up with a great 39″er, and her dad was next with a fat chunk of a 40″ Bass. Her boyfriend gets the short straw […]

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Posted By: First Mate | May 1st, 2023



Sunday 4/30 morning trip report. Today was the Day! Andrew and the family had some excellent action and a couple of giants over the rail in the mix of 6 fish for the charter. Fathers and daughters tagged two big cows, a 43″ and a 45″, into the net. Two other fish, 36 and 31″, […]

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Posted By: First Mate | April 30th, 2023



Sat. April 29th fishing report: Afternoon only today after the Morning trip was rescheduled at the client’s request. Fished 2:30-7:30 pm with Billy, his wife, son Shane, and brother Billy. We started slow chunking herring and decided to drift bloodworms and eels as we waited for the tide to switch. Luckily during slack tide, the […]

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Posted By: First Mate | April 29th, 2023



Both personal bests and a first-ever striper for this young lady! Slower bite this morning with a few unfortunate fish that spit the hook on the way to the boat. I boated only a couple of stripers, but they were good ones! 36″ and a 39″ absolute pig… probably one of the fattest fish of […]

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Posted By: First Mate | April 28th, 2023



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