1997 Skimmer Fishing Log


Date Weather Wind Location Species Bait Tide Quantity Water Temp
3/27 Clear NW Shinnicock Locks Flounder Mussels Slack 15 N/A
6/7 Cloudy/Cold Breezy ENE Fire Island Inlet Area Striped Bass/Bluefish Clams and Fresh Bunker Flood 1 Bass 18 lbs./ 8 Blues 2-4 lbs. 56 deg.
6/14 Fair/Calm Var. Fire Island Inlet Area Striped Bass

Bluefish

Clams/Bunker Ebb and Flood 14 Bass/2keepers 3Bluefish/2-4 lbs. 58 deg.
6/17 Fair/Calm SW Back Bay Fluke

Weakfish

Bluefish

Plugs/Jigs Ebb 5 Fluke/2 keepers/4 Weaks/3-4 lbs./3 Bluefish/2-4 lbs. NA
6/18 Cloudy/Drizzle

Fog

SE Inlet

Back Bay

Weakfish

Bluefish

Striped Bass

Jigs/Bait

Petri Fish

Flood

and

Ebb

I Blue/1Weak

1Bass (short)

Slow Day

NA
6/21 Hazy Hot SW Ocean Wreck SeaBass Ling

Blackfish

Clam&Squid   45 Sea Bass 3Ling

2 Blacks

NA
6/22 Hazy Hot SW Fire Island Inlet Striped Bass Clam/Bunker Chunk & Live Bait Flood and Ebb 6 Striped Bass up to

32 lbs.

NA
6/23 Fair Dry NW Fire Island Inlet Striped Bass

Fluke

Clam

Squid/Speraing

Flood 4 Bass to22lbs.

5 keeper Fluke

NA
6/26-27

Short Trips

Pt Sunny/hazy

Then clear and dry

SW then NW Back Bay Fluke and Weakfish Bucktails Ebb 5 keeper Fluke/ 2 Weakfish to 4lbs.
6/28 Calm, Fair, Dry NW Fire Island Inlet Fluke and Striped Bass Bucktails/Fly Flood 6 keeper Fluke to 4 lbs

2 keeper Bass 1 on Flyrod

NA
7/3 Cldy/Humid SW Back Bay Fluke Weakfish Bucktails Ebb

2 Fluke

3 Weakfish

78 deg
7/7 Fair/calm Var. Back Bay Fluke/BluesBass/

Weakfish

Bucktails/Fly Flood/Ebb 1 Bass/4 Blues

3 Weaks

2 Fluke

78 deg
7/9 Hot/Hazy/Windy SW Fire Island Inlet Bass Clam Flood/Ebb 12 Bass /all shorts 69 deg
7/11 Fair/Cool/Dry/Calm NW Back Bay Bass/Weaks/Fluke Bucktails/Fly Ebb 1 Bass

3 Weakfish

3 Fluke

NA
7/14 Hot/Calm Var Back Bay Weaks/Blue/Fluke Bucktail/Plug Ebb 1 Blue

2 Fluke

3 Weakfish

80
7/15 Hazy/Hot/Breezy WSW Fire Island Inlet/Back Bay Bass/Fluke Clam

Bucktails

Ebb/Flood 1 Short Bass

1 Keeper Fluke

Poor Fishing/Sorry Tom!

NA
7/17 Hazy/Hot/Calm SW Fire Island Inlet/Back Bay Weaks/Fluke/Bass Clam/Bucktail Flood/Ebb 12 Weaks

2 Keeper Fluke

1 Bass 14 lbs.

NA
7/21 Fair/Dry/Breezy SW Back Bay Fluke

Weakfish

Bucktails Flood 5 Fluke

2 Weakfish

NA
7/26 Fair/Calm VAR Fire Island Inlet Bass Clam Ebb 4 Bass/ Keeper 15 lbs NA
7/30 Fair/Calm/Dry N Back Bay

Inlet/Offshore

Bass

Weakfish

Fluke

Bucktails/Clam Ebb 2 Keeper Fluke/Slow Day/Sorry Rick NA
8/2 Pt Cldy/Breezy SW Fire Island Inlet Fluke/Bluefish Spearing/Squid Flood 5 Keeper Fluke/1 Blue NA
8/7 Fair/Calm VAR Ocean Fluke Spearing/Squid Flood 9 Keeper Fluke NA
8/9 Fair/Lt Breeze SW Ocean Fluke Spearing/Squid Flood 5 Keeper Fluke

1Bluefish

NA
8/15 Pt Cldy/Calm VAR Ocean /Inlet Striped Bass Live Bait/Clam Ebb No Fish! NA
8/19 Fair/Breezy N Ocean Reef Sea Bass

Blackfish

Clam/Squid NA 25 Sea Bass 2 Blackfish 73
8/26 Fair/Calm NE Ocean Reef Sea Bass Clam NA 25 Sea Bass 73
8/27 Fair/Lt Wind SW 60 Feet/SE of Fire Island Inlet Fluke Squid/Spearing NA 12 Fluke Keepers to 4lbs/2 Blues-Fishing got good again! NA
9/13 Fair/Breezy NW West Island Bottom Fishing Clam/Squid Flood Mixed bag Porgies Snappers Seabass NA
9/28 Fair/Windy ESE Inlet Bass Eels Ebb No Fish! Horrible conditions. NA
10/2 Fair/Breezy WNW Ocean Blues Weaks Blacks Jigs/Bait NA All the blues and weaks you could catch up to 6 lbs. Kept 6 weaks. 10 blacks on crabs to 4 lbs. NA
10/19 Cldy/windy NE Back Bay Stripers Eels Flood 1 Bass 20lbs

1 Blue 15 lbs

NA

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