Enjoy!
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| Breezy Point Jetty - October 2011 - Charles Getting Slamed! |
Monday, November 21, 2011
Killer Shot Fall Run 2011
One once said said that a picture speaks a thousand words... Well it is not entirely true for the vast majority of the pictures I take... but this one is a great summary of what surf fishing can be!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Fall Run 2011 - September
The "Fall Run" is the word used by fishermen to describe the annual migration of the Striped Bass that occurs in the Fall.
Each year, striped bass swim back to their spawning grounds and "pack up" on food before the long winter.
Fueled by the bait fish that leave shores and bays, the striped bass normally hunt these preys along the beach of the North East of the USA. This year has been very challenging to fish from shore because the weather has been really affected by the Hurricane "Irene" that not only disturbed the fishing conditions but also caused NY and NJ state some very serious floods, causing a very murky water.
This murky water, coupled with very high winds and the quasi-absence of sand eels has been the source of a very tough season. New Jersey shore around Sandy Hook is known to be a really great place for surf fishing - but this year, I didn't get the chance to witness any "Blitz"... and the action has been very very slow...
Anyway, at a personal level, my season has been really great! I now have a SUV and a Kayak that allows me to fish, anywhere I want. No more headaches trying to figure out a way to access a spot, no more waiting in vain for a potential fish to swim by... in one word: FREEDOM.
Jamaica Bay and its surroundings is the perfect place to pursue fishing opportunities from a kayak... The diversity of species, birds and spots accessible form a kayak are truly ENDLESS.
If your thing is exploring go inside the bay and follow the marches, if you're like me and you like to fish waves and currents, go fish the mouth of the bay where the Atlantic Ocean meets the bay!
Exploring new grounds and territory is something I enjoyed since my early age and if I can coupled this with a fishing rod in my hand then it is even better.
Each year, striped bass swim back to their spawning grounds and "pack up" on food before the long winter.
Fueled by the bait fish that leave shores and bays, the striped bass normally hunt these preys along the beach of the North East of the USA. This year has been very challenging to fish from shore because the weather has been really affected by the Hurricane "Irene" that not only disturbed the fishing conditions but also caused NY and NJ state some very serious floods, causing a very murky water.
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| Breezy Point Jetty |
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| My New SUV allowing to fish from the Shore! |
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| The First Bass on the Kayak! |
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| A very healthy 35 inch bass caught in Jamaica Bay, NY |
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| A typical size fish caught this year |
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| Breezy Point, Waves are forming, creating hot spots |
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| Jamaica Bay at low tide, in the maze... |
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| Penfield Reef Lighthouse, Connecticut |
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The End of Summer - Good good times on and of the water
Hi there!
Summers is now over, it went too fast as always, we had a awesome summer this year but it was a little too rainy overall... Anyway, as far as I am concerned weather should not stops a real fisherman to fish...
Writing blog is not an easy task... I realized that I am rusty... so I will just post some pictures of this summer - Enjoy!
Best,
Pierre
Summers is now over, it went too fast as always, we had a awesome summer this year but it was a little too rainy overall... Anyway, as far as I am concerned weather should not stops a real fisherman to fish...
Writing blog is not an easy task... I realized that I am rusty... so I will just post some pictures of this summer - Enjoy!
Best,
Pierre
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| Esopus, NY |
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| East Branch of Delaware |
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| Wilemock, NY |
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| The "Big D", West Branch of Delaware, NY |
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| The "Big D", Rainy Sunday |
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| West Branch of Delaware |
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
August 2011 – Report Black Bass Sea Bass Factory
C est deja 10 heures du Matin, mon pote Long est pile a l’heure, comme d’habitude… et nous prenons la voiture direction: “Bear Mountain”, un ensemble de lacs a une 40aines de miles de New York.
Le voyage se fait bien tranquille, avec une pause sur le trajet histoire de faire le plein de matos dans le New Jersey.
C’est donc en debut d’apres midi qu’on arrive a Silver Mine Lake, un petit lac super sympa perdu dans les montagnes des Catskills. Beaucoup de Small et Large Mouth Bass… Apres un casse-croute tres dietetique a base de gros sandwiches huileux, de bacon et de fromage fondu, c est d’un pas tres decide que nous lancons nos leurres sur un lac absolument inconnu.
Premieres surprises: Les algues ici, c’est pas de la blague, c est du solide… Je regrette un moment d’etre monte si leger… l’ideal pour pecher dans ces herbiers c’est d’etre directement monte en tresse… Perso, je suis pas un adepte du mode bourrin donc je continue mon approche “finesse” c-a-d en mode Senko, weightless, une technique que j’ai decouvert il y a quelques temps et qui marche toujours assez bien.
Je m’installe au millieux de la vegetation et j’entend un gros “plouf” sur la droite, loin de la berge, a la junction des herbiers et de la pleine eau. J’envoie, pas le temps de ramener, “BLAM” je prend une belle sacoche et je ramene après un combat un peu trop long a mon gout dans les herbiers, un beau LM bass.
Le reste de la journee est dedie a la decouverte de nouveaux spots et de nouveaux lacs – en tout, nous avons pecher 6 lacs diferents, et nous avons du prendre 3 jolies fishs et un bon nombre de petits bass sans pour autant nous tuer a la tache…
Sur le dernier spot, j essaie les jolis leurres que Sylvain, FX et Steven m’ont envoye via le Concours du SBF! Un swim bait Molix, qui me semble bien.
Je le met sur la ligne et j’envoie dans un spot TRES heavy cover…et la, BLAM, un gros black sort de dessous les nenuphars et “tape” leurre… Bon… Je suis assez surprise car le poisson est gros pour etre dans un spot si peu profound…Je renvois le leurre, le poisson se jette a nouveau dessus mais le rate… RAHHHH! Apres cela, trop confidant, je prend mon temps, place le swim bait sur un nenuphar et le poisson le gobe litteralement… J ‘attend…. Et je met un ferrage a la Japonaise… et le poisson part dans le cover aussi sec et mon fil casse…
Heureusement mon pote Long, touchera un beau bass sur le meme poste avec un Bass Assassin… Perso, je m’en fout un peu d’avoir louper le bass, l’essentiel c est d’avoir pu voir ces attaques de surface!
Pour finir, encore merci pour les leurres, d’autres reports viendront prochainement! Cette fois en peche mer!
All the Best,
Pierre
http://ifishnewyork.blogspot.com/
C est deja 10 heures du Matin, mon pote Long est pile a l’heure, comme d’habitude… et nous prenons la voiture direction: “Bear Mountain”, un ensemble de lacs a une 40aines de miles de New York.
Le voyage se fait bien tranquille, avec une pause sur le trajet histoire de faire le plein de matos dans le New Jersey.
C’est donc en debut d’apres midi qu’on arrive a Silver Mine Lake, un petit lac super sympa perdu dans les montagnes des Catskills. Beaucoup de Small et Large Mouth Bass… Apres un casse-croute tres dietetique a base de gros sandwiches huileux, de bacon et de fromage fondu, c est d’un pas tres decide que nous lancons nos leurres sur un lac absolument inconnu.
Premieres surprises: Les algues ici, c’est pas de la blague, c est du solide… Je regrette un moment d’etre monte si leger… l’ideal pour pecher dans ces herbiers c’est d’etre directement monte en tresse… Perso, je suis pas un adepte du mode bourrin donc je continue mon approche “finesse” c-a-d en mode Senko, weightless, une technique que j’ai decouvert il y a quelques temps et qui marche toujours assez bien.
Je m’installe au millieux de la vegetation et j’entend un gros “plouf” sur la droite, loin de la berge, a la junction des herbiers et de la pleine eau. J’envoie, pas le temps de ramener, “BLAM” je prend une belle sacoche et je ramene après un combat un peu trop long a mon gout dans les herbiers, un beau LM bass.
Le reste de la journee est dedie a la decouverte de nouveaux spots et de nouveaux lacs – en tout, nous avons pecher 6 lacs diferents, et nous avons du prendre 3 jolies fishs et un bon nombre de petits bass sans pour autant nous tuer a la tache…
Sur le dernier spot, j essaie les jolis leurres que Sylvain, FX et Steven m’ont envoye via le Concours du SBF! Un swim bait Molix, qui me semble bien.
Je le met sur la ligne et j’envoie dans un spot TRES heavy cover…et la, BLAM, un gros black sort de dessous les nenuphars et “tape” leurre… Bon… Je suis assez surprise car le poisson est gros pour etre dans un spot si peu profound…Je renvois le leurre, le poisson se jette a nouveau dessus mais le rate… RAHHHH! Apres cela, trop confidant, je prend mon temps, place le swim bait sur un nenuphar et le poisson le gobe litteralement… J ‘attend…. Et je met un ferrage a la Japonaise… et le poisson part dans le cover aussi sec et mon fil casse…
Heureusement mon pote Long, touchera un beau bass sur le meme poste avec un Bass Assassin… Perso, je m’en fout un peu d’avoir louper le bass, l’essentiel c est d’avoir pu voir ces attaques de surface!
Pour finir, encore merci pour les leurres, d’autres reports viendront prochainement! Cette fois en peche mer!
All the Best,
Pierre
http://ifishnewyork.blogspot.com/
Friday, July 29, 2011
Striped Bass Fishing with Rigged Eels
John Skinner - The Striped Bass Master
I have never used rigged eels yet, not sure if I ever will, but this video is just very good! the scene is taking place in the North Shore of Long Island - a VERY tough place to fish since it is super hard to locate fish from shore...
Watch the master now:
I have never used rigged eels yet, not sure if I ever will, but this video is just very good! the scene is taking place in the North Shore of Long Island - a VERY tough place to fish since it is super hard to locate fish from shore...
Watch the master now:
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Small World
Three years ago I met a dude who was fishing with a light SAGE spinning rod in the East River... I was like - DUDE, you got to be crazy to use a Sage rod, that light in the East River, during prime season of Bluefish...
After a small talk, I have found out that this dude was from France, and that he was working for Urban Anglers in NYC! Well, a small talk turned into a long conversation and, Nicolas told me about a spot where he just missed a real big one...
Needless to say that I came to the spot and we landed a nice Bluefish, on a SPRO bucktail, the fish was caught by my buddy Charles-Henri and it was a memorable experience since I had to jump in the water to land this fish :)
Long story short, Nicolas and I stayed in touch and he is now publishing a great article on Predators, a french fishing magazine! He is describing his fishing adventure in NYC but on the Fresh Water side! A great Large mouth fisherman!
His great article is below! so enjoy, the article is in FRENCH!
After a small talk, I have found out that this dude was from France, and that he was working for Urban Anglers in NYC! Well, a small talk turned into a long conversation and, Nicolas told me about a spot where he just missed a real big one...
Needless to say that I came to the spot and we landed a nice Bluefish, on a SPRO bucktail, the fish was caught by my buddy Charles-Henri and it was a memorable experience since I had to jump in the water to land this fish :)
Long story short, Nicolas and I stayed in touch and he is now publishing a great article on Predators, a french fishing magazine! He is describing his fishing adventure in NYC but on the Fresh Water side! A great Large mouth fisherman!
His great article is below! so enjoy, the article is in FRENCH!
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