North Shore Tog - 10/1/11 - 10/2/11

With the opening of the tog season, I fished some rocky real estate between Sands Point and Eaton's Neck on the North Shore in pursuit of tautog. I had been looking forward to this for almost a year. The fishing was excellent, and I totalled approximately 20 tog over two days. Of these fish caught, about 15 were keeper sized. It was the typical mayhem of light tackle tog fishing - my rod went vertical after almost every catch, and the arm wrestling type fight was incredible. About 6 tog broke...

Another great day on the water with KFA-NY.


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As far as the weather it was an amazing night but fishing started off to a bad start. I was quickly plagued be short bass, sea robins, and lizard fish. with a lot of distance travels with little to show for it I was starting to get discouraged but apparently the fish gods heard my pleas and lit my line up in the washing machine know as the west cut, I was ridding rollers in less than three feet of water when the tide was ripping. The first of three Bass was only 24" but was real tough to land wher...

Several KFA-NY members travelled to the western Long Island Sound last weekend to fish the Atlantic Outfitters Tournament in Port Washington, New York. As usual, we pounded the schoolies inside Manhasset Bay during the tournament. In addition, the KFA-NY swept the conventional division, catching the largest striped bass, bluefish, and most fish caught. Here is a rundown of the winners: Largest striped bass: Bob Marvin, KFA-NY - 36.5" Largest bluefish: Sultan Hall, KFA-NY - 24" Largest st...

KFA-NY
On-The-Water Outing
Saturday September 24, 2011.
Manhasset Bay, Port Washington, NY

When
Saturday September 24, 2011.

Where
Manhasset Bay and Western Long Island Sound (Port Washington NY)

Tides
02:56 am Low 0.4
08:45 am High 7.9
03:09 pm Low 0.4
09:03 pm High 8.2

Launch Time
7:00 am.

Launch Location Atlantic Outfitters on Inspiration Wharf in Port Washington ...

The storm and full moon two weeks ago moved the stripers inshore from Stellwagon Banks and the fishing was excellent around Salem last weekend, except for a lull after a big storm on Saturday, where it was a little bit of a pick. The winning fish was 46", and I think a couple of guys caught fish that size. Largest fish of the weekend was a 51" striper - not clear if it was off a boat or kayak, but it was before the shootout anyway. Biggest fish were caught near Misery Island off of Manchest...

Source Data from World Site Selection Map for WWW Tide Predictor http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/ ...

Yet another Jamaica Bay Kayak Tournament has come and gone, and yet again another KFA-NY angler is on the leaderboard.

This year, Bob Stueber caught the largest fish of the tournament, a Striped Bass reaching 42" in length, as well as a huge bluefish in the high 30" range.

In 2007, the KFA-NY became an official organization, and since then we have been proving a record of success at the Jamaica Bay tournament.

In 2008, Tauras Vebeliunas placed second in...

We saw some new faces this past weekend at Jamiaca Bay, and got some new members as well. If you're looking to join us, follow this link for more information http://kfa-ny.org/forum/content.php?...ip-Application

NOTE- As of 9/8/11 the KFA-NY has met it's membership quota of 100 members for the year. No new membership applications will be processed for this year. Please utilze the "contact us" tab on the bottom of our home page to contact the board about being placed

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Congratulations to KFA-NY member Bob S. aka Finsup, who won the open division of the 2011 Jamaica Bay Tournament. Once again our members place on the leaderboard, showing the calibur of our anglers. Congratulations!