Black Fishing

Massive

This one was pretty big also

Some smaller ones

This guy was pretty disappointed. We can't get the big ones every day though...

Captain Pete catches us some semi-new tackle.

Perfect Technique

The Bass Hotel

One of our more famous secret honey holes dubbed by Capt. Pete as "The Bass Hotel" has produced some pretty nice fish recently. It has also produced some pretty bad analogies from full grown men. Thanks to Al Anderson for writing a perfect caption for this picture: "Andy is trying to lay a lip lock on my fish. Maybe he wanted a room at the Bass Hotel." Hope you used protection Andy. Everyone took pictures with that fish. ha! get it? eh?...ahhh, OK i am done.

54 pounds.

Bicep curls with 15 pound fillets for a deep burn.

Last Sunday

And the results: Kevin Reichelt and Jess display their catch.

The Month of August as seen from the end of September

August was amazing. Some of the best weather in recent memory. It will also be a month I will remember for the tremendous action we got into on almost every trip. At times you would swear the fish were going to bite through the bottom of the boat...Well the bass would kind of gnaw with their gums...I don't think that would be too effective. Anyhow, one heck of a month!

Not everyone gets a view like this every day. A small perk of getting up at 4:30 every morning...

Gary Bucci caught this on 15 lb test! Off a swim platform we installed just for his trip!

This is how we keep our teak deck looking so good.

Bill Richmond holds the biggest fluke I have ever seen. The fillets were 2 inches thick. A very good day, with a great crew.

Pro body builder Kyle (7) shows off his guns and poses with his fish.

Kyle's older brother Justin (10), a bit more modest with his machine guns. Although those things did haul in this nice 25 pounder.

Jason P. Catches this one with this rod. It is hard to get an idea of how big this fish is as Jason is a registered giant.

This woman, we will call her Anne Richmond, was supposed to be at work the day she went fishing with us. So we cannot show her face.

Brothers Ed and Armond Santovasi hook these fish within seconds of one another. who got theirs in first? We will not say...

The Month of July

1st mate Mike Parks instructs Chris Perkins on how to attract women by coating yourself in a 50 lb bass.

This month has seen some amazing fishing. The heat waves bring out the fatso fish looking for an easy meal, and our bucktails are like deep fried bacon wrapped oreo cookies to them. Look for this to happen more and more as August heats up...

Anna Regan says: "Thank you again for an awesome day today! I have never had the luck like I did with you at the helm. You are a great Captain and truly know what you are doing. It is very much appreciated and I am sure you are going to be seeing more of me in the future." Thanks Anna!

Dad Perkins applies the fish cologne

The Month of June

Thought that would get your attention

The month of June has seen some damn good fishing on our side of the sound.  The bass were a bit late coming out of the river this season due to the lack of hot days in May...But as you will probably remember, the beginning of June brought some real cookers that were more than enough to heat the waters of our home turf....or water rather.  

So out lumbered the cow bass to a few pastures only Captain Pete knows about.  These spots are kept this way with a number of juke moves and cloak and dagger techniques.  "I would rather drive a rusty hook through my thumb than let even one of these googan boats catch one of my fish" has been a mantra of Captain Pete since day uno.  

So here are a few pictures from June:

  

I promised Jim Day that there would be a picture of him up on the internet for a good reason.  Here we are with a nice bass from a solid trip.

See, you only need one foot to catch with us!

2 keepers, 1 short on 1 rig.  We call it productive fishing, most call it a sore arm.

Captain Pete goes under to change the wheels.  Took him 30 minutes to get into that thing.

Peter Caras's crew shows off an impressive catch.

Jim has worked a long time for one of these.  38 lbs 44 inches, caught on one of Captain Pete's custom buck-tails (rumor has it he uses his own neon yellow hair!).

Rusty Sweeny's crew a few days ago.  Not a bad trip eh?  We spoiled a few new guys.  I think they will be back.  

Spring Striper Fishing on the Sprite

1st mate Jon Wheeler and Sal of Dobbs Ferry NY display a classic spring striper caught last week.

Our old girl "The Sea Sprite" now ventures into her 25th season with us, and she has never looked better.  Captain Pete has been camped out at the boat yard with no company but a space heater and AM radio all winter readying her for yet another 300 trip, 2400 hr season.  

Now into our first week the spring fishing is in full swing and the bookings are coming in quickly.  We have welcomed back some of our long time customers with some successful stripe bassing including the 40 pounder pictured above.  The weather has been comfortable, and the fishing is good, and so is business.  What more can you ask for...well $2.00 a gallon diesel would be nice...but that went out of style 2 years ago.  

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