What would really be helpful if somebody put out a "bait chart" of what to look for and when. From other fisherman I've heard that fluke followed the squid into the bays during the early months. Well did we have that or not? I'm guessing no since that isn't what they were spitting up when I caught them. I've seen them spit up shrimp yet why don't the bait shops sell it as bait? The sand eel "hatch" or spawn or whatever dance they are doing just happened in the sound and clearly video's were showing a very good bite during that time. We just had a really good first half of striper fishing in the bays due to a strong bay minnow presence (I'm guessing that is what they were). The rip at Orient was quite busy for stripers this year. Porgy's do their spawn and they disperse to where I'm guessing the clam beds/oyster beds are. The bigger Sea bass seem to prefer the Sound over the bays since all I catch are midgets. I'm just starting to see a crab hatch in some areas so I'm guessing that will be the new bait of choice (I'm assuming these are fiddlers). While at Plum guy there were a lot of 3-4 inch fish jumping out of the water. Again not sure what they were. Haven't seen bunker yet. Sorry for the long post
great questions man - i wonder a lot of the same things. Its not easy to track the bait in so many different areas but I agree its the key to so much of where the predator fish will be. this is such a great topic though would love to hear what other people think as I'm trying to figure it out as well. the northeast is a very dynamic fishery with a lot of different migrations all happening at the same time throughout our season, I love it!
Peter thank you so much for doing all these videos. I look forward to each new post. You are a true professional and a fisherman's therapist. I find your segments informative, entertaining, and therapeutic. To me, you're the the Bob Ross of fishing. Respectfully- Murph
Peter an amazing video. It looks like you had the entire sound to yourself with not a ripple of water and not a single boat. I fish up and down the sound and I can’t get a day like yours to save my life. Greetings from Gio Western Long Island Sound.
Thanks Gio, lol thankfully the area I was fishing is far from any inlet so I knew boat traffic would be minimal. That fog can be a bit intimidating but theres something eerily peaceful about it too. Hope your finding the fish man, see you later
Nice video as always. I like the way you try to reply to just about all comments. I really hope your channel blows up to where that's not possible. I love calm days like that one, unfortunately that usually means getting annihilated by bugs.
Thanks Bob, haha I do try as its one of my favorite parts about the youtube thing, just chatting with other fisherman. Even the criticism I think is helpful sometimes, helps me improve. It is getting tougher to keep up with lol. Yeah the no wind can be a double edge sword, the bugs and also the heat, was a scorcher yesterday out there
Thanks, will do my best! That jump was hilarious, def mostly my fault giving him too much time to asses the object in front of him and make an escape, lol
I was fishing the same morning, that sunrise was incredible. The double fluke jump had me laughing, replayed that few times. Nice job Peter, underwater was awesome too. Fluke were all schooled up, that was cool to watch
awesome Bob, wasn't that morning just the best!! Hope you found some action out there too, haha that fluke was smart and I just started thinking how he was able to see the net as it was pretty dark still and the net is black, lol. Im glad you liked the underwater, was hoping to get a few more shots of them actually taking the jig but that will have to wait for next time 😊
Nice day Peter. I was never a fan of the "reverse drive." I have the forward only. My first was the short black fins. I liked them better than the turbo fins. Hope you can get yours tuned up. I tapped the thumbs up 👍 button to feed the algorithm monsters.
you are the best algorith feeder Francus thank you! I did figure out what was wrong with the MD180. It ended up being that that back idler cable was too tight and pulled the sprocket out of alignment so I took out the back part of the sprocket with the bearings and re-greased and repositioned and loosened the cable a little. Seemed good now but we'll see. But yeah we gotta be careful to not tighten that back idler cable too much as it puts a lot of force on the sprocket when pedaling. live and learn
Another Great Video! I really appreciate the underwater camera work! You've inspired me to get back fishing on the Sound - now with a sit-on-top kayak (years ago I fished from a small motorboat). Question: do you think fishing is better on a pre/early weekend compared to late/post weekend given fishing pressure - even if modest?
Awesome ricky thats inspiring to hear your getting into a kayak on the sound! I love the sound, especially the places with less boat traffic. I personally haven't really noticed if the beginning of the weekend vs the end of the weekend fishes differently due to fishing pressure. I actively try to fish places that don't see a lot boat pressure. If your going stripers or weakfish I think you need to focus on places that don't see a lot of boat traffic though and early morning is best. For the bottom fishing like seabass, fluke, porgy I don't think the boat noise or traffic matters that much but obvious places can get fished out, thats for sure
heck yeah man, ive heard its been very good lately over there - I'll make it over there one day...would be cool to see dolphins! did they shut down the bite when they showed up?
I was out that same morning. Water like glass, it was beautiful. Found myself in a cinderworm hatch in our area and that basically derailed my sea bass plans for that morning since current started moving quickly by the time I got to deep water. Outside of that, most of my success came on 5in gulp also, particularly salmon red. Sea bass has been tough so far, but seeing water temps hold in the low 70s should hopefully improve it in deeper waters soon 🤞
thank you for sharing the report man, I really hope the sea bassing improves. Thats pretty cool about the cinder worms, did you find stripers in the mix there?
@@PeterRanieriII oh yes, that was why my morning plans were derailed. They were so thick that they were running into the bottom of my kayak. Going to bring my fly rod out with me next time so I can catch them a bit more effectively if the worms are around again.
@@kasey7303 thank you Kasey, I only would use a stringer in places I know sharks and seals don’t frequent. The western Long Island sound hardly ever gets those and it just makes bleeding out the fish much easier. But they will only be on the stringer for about 5min then they go in the cooler
Nice keeper fluke on that first one. Was also nice to see the bottom video with that many fluke swimming around. I also appreciate you saying that the sand eel "movement" has kind of played out.
Thanks Dan, the gulp def outfished the pro-cure. I would still get a few taps and bites on the soft plastics with procure but everytime I dropped gulp they would swallow it, I really didnt even move it many times, just drifting a small piece on the hook would get bites immediately.
2nd comment... I use spinner baits to catch flounder in Florida. But....I'm fishing mud flats. Anyway... I use an Eagle Claw 90° L shaped arm. Not because they're the best. But because they have the smallest blades which let's them sink quickly and they sell them without the jig. Only the arm and the blade. So you can put any weight jig you like. I think your fluke might like a little spinner. They're only a buck a piece. BTW.... Did you know where the term "buck" came from??? .... Deer/BUCK skins were used for currency before George Washington was put on green parchment.
thats a very interesting method to get flounder. I did use a spinnerbait once on an underwater video: th-cam.com/video/pS3UKr7Ccdk/w-d-xo.html skip to 17:50 to see fluke semi interested. didnt know that about a buck, thats awesome
27:20 Did you eventually untangle it? I ran into similar not-so-good situation twice. In both cases I had to row my boat back to shore(long distance for rowing) and untangled it at home. I still can't be comfortable at fishing while motor is spinning.
lol I did eventually get it untangled but it took some time, yes its very frustrating. What I did last time was take the propeller off which isnt so difficult but then i lost the wingnut in the process 🤦♂️so this time i just manually did it like that for a solid 5min. yeah idk the solution but I think I just gotta be more aware and yeah dont have a line in the water while its going is a good rule. braid would be much worse!
@@PeterRanieriII LOL, Good to know it's untangled. Can't agree more about braid part. It's better to have a wingnut than mine requiring 19 mm deep socket to unscrew. 😅
Is that the chesty for the GoPro? If not, can you provide a link for what you’re using? Curious as to how you are you able to get the camera so high up on your chest? Thanks Peter!
Hey Philip that is indeed the chesty: amzn.to/3A0GTjU The trick is actually my pfd. I have the camera sitting on top of the pfd where the zipper is. That is what allows it to kind of be high up near my neck.
@@milstuff4530 I guess there are different schools of thought with it. You can certainly be right that it doesn’t need to be adjusted if you set it right when you start but my opinion is that it should be adjusted throughout the fight. Once I feel the first head shake of the fish I gage how big it might be and lighten up usually in case it takes a hard run. I’m only using 8lb test too so maybe that has something to do with this habit I’ve formed
What would really be helpful if somebody put out a "bait chart" of what to look for and when. From other fisherman I've heard that fluke followed the squid into the bays during the early months. Well did we have that or not? I'm guessing no since that isn't what they were spitting up when I caught them. I've seen them spit up shrimp yet why don't the bait shops sell it as bait? The sand eel "hatch" or spawn or whatever dance they are doing just happened in the sound and clearly video's were showing a very good bite during that time. We just had a really good first half of striper fishing in the bays due to a strong bay minnow presence (I'm guessing that is what they were). The rip at Orient was quite busy for stripers this year. Porgy's do their spawn and they disperse to where I'm guessing the clam beds/oyster beds are. The bigger Sea bass seem to prefer the Sound over the bays since all I catch are midgets. I'm just starting to see a crab hatch in some areas so I'm guessing that will be the new bait of choice (I'm assuming these are fiddlers). While at Plum guy there were a lot of 3-4 inch fish jumping out of the water. Again not sure what they were. Haven't seen bunker yet. Sorry for the long post
great questions man - i wonder a lot of the same things. Its not easy to track the bait in so many different areas but I agree its the key to so much of where the predator fish will be. this is such a great topic though would love to hear what other people think as I'm trying to figure it out as well. the northeast is a very dynamic fishery with a lot of different migrations all happening at the same time throughout our season, I love it!
Peter thank you so much for doing all these videos. I look forward to each new post. You are a true professional and a fisherman's therapist. I find your segments informative, entertaining, and therapeutic. To me, you're the the Bob Ross of fishing. Respectfully- Murph
Wow thanks Murph, this is much appreciated encouragement to keep going and making videos. Glad to hear they are all those things 😊
Agreed
Peter an amazing video. It looks like you had the entire sound to yourself with not a ripple of water and not a single boat. I fish up and down the sound and I can’t get a day like yours to save my life. Greetings from Gio Western Long Island Sound.
Thanks Gio, lol thankfully the area I was fishing is far from any inlet so I knew boat traffic would be minimal. That fog can be a bit intimidating but theres something eerily peaceful about it too. Hope your finding the fish man, see you later
Nice video as always. I like the way you try to reply to just about all comments. I really hope your channel blows up to where that's not possible. I love calm days like that one, unfortunately that usually means getting annihilated by bugs.
Thanks Bob, haha I do try as its one of my favorite parts about the youtube thing, just chatting with other fisherman. Even the criticism I think is helpful sometimes, helps me improve. It is getting tougher to keep up with lol. Yeah the no wind can be a double edge sword, the bugs and also the heat, was a scorcher yesterday out there
That fluke jump was amazing Pete.. that tide was absolutely amazing great fishing videos keep them coming
Thanks, will do my best! That jump was hilarious, def mostly my fault giving him too much time to asses the object in front of him and make an escape, lol
I was fishing the same morning, that sunrise was incredible. The double fluke jump had me laughing, replayed that few times. Nice job Peter, underwater was awesome too. Fluke were all schooled up, that was cool to watch
awesome Bob, wasn't that morning just the best!! Hope you found some action out there too, haha that fluke was smart and I just started thinking how he was able to see the net as it was pretty dark still and the net is black, lol. Im glad you liked the underwater, was hoping to get a few more shots of them actually taking the jig but that will have to wait for next time 😊
Nice day Peter.
I was never a fan of the "reverse drive." I have the forward only. My first was the short black fins. I liked them better than the turbo fins.
Hope you can get yours tuned up.
I tapped the thumbs up 👍 button to feed the algorithm monsters.
you are the best algorith feeder Francus thank you! I did figure out what was wrong with the MD180. It ended up being that that back idler cable was too tight and pulled the sprocket out of alignment so I took out the back part of the sprocket with the bearings and re-greased and repositioned and loosened the cable a little. Seemed good now but we'll see. But yeah we gotta be careful to not tighten that back idler cable too much as it puts a lot of force on the sprocket when pedaling. live and learn
Another Great Video! I really appreciate the underwater camera work! You've inspired me to get back fishing on the Sound - now with a sit-on-top kayak (years ago I fished from a small motorboat). Question: do you think fishing is better on a pre/early weekend compared to late/post weekend given fishing pressure - even if modest?
Awesome ricky thats inspiring to hear your getting into a kayak on the sound! I love the sound, especially the places with less boat traffic. I personally haven't really noticed if the beginning of the weekend vs the end of the weekend fishes differently due to fishing pressure. I actively try to fish places that don't see a lot boat pressure. If your going stripers or weakfish I think you need to focus on places that don't see a lot of boat traffic though and early morning is best. For the bottom fishing like seabass, fluke, porgy I don't think the boat noise or traffic matters that much but obvious places can get fished out, thats for sure
Very informative video! Good job! 🔥
4:30 ahhh he jumped over the net…4:37 ahhh he jumped over the net again 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂pure comedy brotha, nice fluke !
🤣 that fluke had moves...thanks!
Nice! It was really nice on the north shore. Not so much on the south
it really was so nice to fish in those conditions, makes everything just easier
Pete had a nice fluke bite yesterday at MPB…Crazy part of the day…came across a large pod of DOLPHINS 🐬
heck yeah man, ive heard its been very good lately over there - I'll make it over there one day...would be cool to see dolphins! did they shut down the bite when they showed up?
I was out that same morning. Water like glass, it was beautiful. Found myself in a cinderworm hatch in our area and that basically derailed my sea bass plans for that morning since current started moving quickly by the time I got to deep water. Outside of that, most of my success came on 5in gulp also, particularly salmon red. Sea bass has been tough so far, but seeing water temps hold in the low 70s should hopefully improve it in deeper waters soon 🤞
thank you for sharing the report man, I really hope the sea bassing improves. Thats pretty cool about the cinder worms, did you find stripers in the mix there?
@@PeterRanieriII oh yes, that was why my morning plans were derailed. They were so thick that they were running into the bottom of my kayak. Going to bring my fly rod out with me next time so I can catch them a bit more effectively if the worms are around again.
@@steverazzano wow that’s crazy, I wonder if it’s still happening g
@@PeterRanieriII only one way to find out! I was near peacock pt
Nice action Peter
thank you man, it was a good time for sure, happy to take some fish home as well 😊
Beautiful morning,and nice quality fish. And you may already know but we can’t measure those sea bass from the long center tail.
Thank Paul, I could be mistaken but the middle portion of the tail can be used to measure just not the top of the tail (aka the filament)
@@PeterRanieriII you know, that may be correct. That fluke jumping over the net twice was crazy
100% you are correct
@@pastapaul150 🤣i really didnt deserve to land that guy
Fantastic video. Why do you use the stringer? Do you ever worry that a huge predator fish will be attracted to it, when you have fish on it?
@@kasey7303 thank you Kasey, I only would use a stringer in places I know sharks and seals don’t frequent. The western Long Island sound hardly ever gets those and it just makes bleeding out the fish much easier. But they will only be on the stringer for about 5min then they go in the cooler
Nice keeper fluke on that first one. Was also nice to see the bottom video with that many fluke swimming around. I also appreciate you saying that the sand eel "movement" has kind of played out.
Thanks 👍for letting me know
Great video Pete! Did the Gulp work better than using Pro-Cure?
Thanks Dan, the gulp def outfished the pro-cure. I would still get a few taps and bites on the soft plastics with procure but everytime I dropped gulp they would swallow it, I really didnt even move it many times, just drifting a small piece on the hook would get bites immediately.
2nd comment...
I use spinner baits to catch flounder in Florida. But....I'm fishing mud flats. Anyway... I use an Eagle Claw 90° L shaped arm. Not because they're the best. But because they have the smallest blades which let's them sink quickly and they sell them without the jig. Only the arm and the blade. So you can put any weight jig you like. I think your fluke might like a little spinner. They're only a buck a piece.
BTW.... Did you know where the term "buck" came from??? .... Deer/BUCK skins were used for currency before George Washington was put on green parchment.
thats a very interesting method to get flounder. I did use a spinnerbait once on an underwater video: th-cam.com/video/pS3UKr7Ccdk/w-d-xo.html skip to 17:50 to see fluke semi interested. didnt know that about a buck, thats awesome
I bet some fresh strips of nice freshly caught porgy would get them Seabass fired up
love the way you think! now wishing I wouldve kept one in the beginning and tested that out, thank you for the thought!
@@PeterRanieriII I would think that fluke would be more interested since other video's have show that instead of squid Fluke are eating small porgy's.
27:20 Did you eventually untangle it? I ran into similar not-so-good situation twice. In both cases I had to row my boat back to shore(long distance for rowing) and untangled it at home. I still can't be comfortable at fishing while motor is spinning.
lol I did eventually get it untangled but it took some time, yes its very frustrating. What I did last time was take the propeller off which isnt so difficult but then i lost the wingnut in the process 🤦♂️so this time i just manually did it like that for a solid 5min. yeah idk the solution but I think I just gotta be more aware and yeah dont have a line in the water while its going is a good rule. braid would be much worse!
@@PeterRanieriII LOL, Good to know it's untangled. Can't agree more about braid part. It's better to have a wingnut than mine requiring 19 mm deep socket to unscrew. 😅
Is that the chesty for the GoPro? If not, can you provide a link for what you’re using? Curious as to how you are you able to get the camera so high up on your chest? Thanks Peter!
Hey Philip that is indeed the chesty: amzn.to/3A0GTjU The trick is actually my pfd. I have the camera sitting on top of the pfd where the zipper is. That is what allows it to kind of be high up near my neck.
Where about on the north shore?
Pete are you anchored?
nah but the drift was so slow all morning so I did a lot a casting around
Why do you keep messing with your drag. I have always learned that it should be set when you start fishing and it is finished.
@@milstuff4530 I guess there are different schools of thought with it. You can certainly be right that it doesn’t need to be adjusted if you set it right when you start but my opinion is that it should be adjusted throughout the fight. Once I feel the first head shake of the fish I gage how big it might be and lighten up usually in case it takes a hard run. I’m only using 8lb test too so maybe that has something to do with this habit I’ve formed