August

1 By 11:30 a.m. most crabbers at Wellwood Avenue Town Dock in Lindenhurst had left empty-handed. In total, I crabbed for three hours and managed to trap four really small blue claw crabs, all thrown back. Good news, however, spotted plenty of baitfish in the water. I mean plenty and plenty and plenty.	2 Flukes at Jones Inlet are getting chunkier but not longer. Caught three fat flukes, longest one 15 1/2" during the bottom of the ebb and the start of the flood. Tons and tons of bait in the water at the Inlet and Jones Beach Piers.	3	4 Dropped a huge blue claw crab at Seaman's Neck Park. The crab latched onto my hook, then feel off when I was trying to lift it out of the water. Dropped a net and netted spearings of all sizes. Used the spearings to try to catch fluke, but only hooked the monster crab.	5 Got lucky for the fourth time this season. Nabbed a 17 1/2" fluke at Jones Inlet during the ebb tide. Also caught half-dozen short throwback flukes. It looked like someone about 70 yards to my left caught a cocktail bluefish.	6	7 Snappers are in town. Saw 8" snappers picked up at Norman J. Levy Park in Merrick. Also saw a 15" fluke, and surprise, surprise, a pee wee weakfish. Myself, tried for blue claw crabs, absolutely nothing.
8 Had a ball catching small snappers at Seaman's Neck Park in Seaford. It was the best bite for snappers so far this year. Also tried for blue claw crabs. Trapped no blue claws, only green, spider, and stone crabs.	9 Trapped a monster blue claw crab at Wantagh Park on the first trap drop. Also caught another keeper, and a small throwback. As I was crabbing, also tried for snappers. Caught a few, but caught more yesterday at Seaman's Neck Park in Seaford.	10 Caught two blue claw crabs adn a two snappers at Wantagh Park. Should have brought a scoop net. Lots of blue claw hanging out of the ledges. One scooper totaled a dozen crabs.	11 Brought a scoop net to Wantagh Park but saw no blue claw crabs on the ledges like I did yesterday. Not many snappers biting. One here, one there, but only a few.	12 Jones Inlet was like a nickle and dime brothel there were crabs everywhere. Despite this, saw two keeper flukes picked up out of the 18 anglers working the suds. I picked up three shorts between 14 and 15" plus a sea robin.	13	14 Caught two 16" flukes at Seaman's Neck Park, one right after the other at 2 p.m. Must have been a huge school moving through the channel right in front of the bulkhead. Also netted huge spearings, bigger than the snappers I caught at the park the week before.
15	16 Fished Jones Inlet and caught three short flukes, incluidng one that stretched to 17." At first I measured it and it was 17 3/4," then I put it on a flat wooden board and it stretched to 17." Outside of that saw poachers who found a new way to beat the State DEC. They filet the short fluke right there on the beach and eat the fish sushi style. Saw it several times in a couple of hours of fishing.	17 Just wanted to be outdoors and went snapper fishing and tried for blue claw crabs at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa. The water was so murky, dark, and oil colored, I was glad I had failed in catching anything. Saw, however, snappers spraying the water once and a while, and stealing the bait once and a while.	18	19	20	21
22 Caught two snappers on fluke hooks at Seaman's Neck Park in Seaford. Also caught one 16" fluke, and two blue claw crabs. There is a ton of baitfish in the water, mostly spearings with some killies mixed in.	23	24 Scooped up two soft shell blue claw crabs, and three hard shell blue claws, making it the best day crabbing so far this year. Also picked up a snapper, at Wantagh Park and saw other snappers and small weakfish caught at Wantagh Park.	25	26 Tons of spearings at Seaman's Neck park, yet the snapper fishing was slow. Only caught one snapper in a few hours of fishing, although had bites here and there throughout the day.	27	28 Snapper fishing improved with several taken as well as several needlefish and sea robins at Seaman's Neck Park. Everyone at the park was catching the same type of fishes, snappers, needlefish, and pint-size sea robins.
29	30	31 Impossible to drop a net to catch spearings - too windy. Must be the remanants of Hurricaine Katrina. Heart goes out to those living in the Gulf of Mexico region.

By 11:30 a.m. most crabbers at Wellwood Avenue Town Dock in Lindenhurst had left empty-handed. In total, I crabbed for three hours and managed to trap four really small blue claw crabs, all thrown back. Good news, however, spotted plenty of baitfish in the water. I mean plenty and plenty and plenty.

Flukes at Jones Inlet are getting chunkier but not longer. Caught three fat flukes, longest one 15 1/2" during the bottom of the ebb and the start of the flood. Tons and tons of bait in the water at the Inlet and Jones Beach Piers.

Dropped a huge blue claw crab at Seaman's Neck Park. The crab latched onto my hook, then feel off when I was trying to lift it out of the water. Dropped a net and netted spearings of all sizes. Used the spearings to try to catch fluke, but only hooked the monster crab.

Got lucky for the fourth time this season. Nabbed a 17 1/2" fluke at Jones Inlet during the ebb tide. Also caught half-dozen short throwback flukes. It looked like someone about 70 yards to my left caught a cocktail bluefish.

Snappers are in town. Saw 8" snappers picked up at Norman J. Levy Park in Merrick. Also saw a 15" fluke, and surprise, surprise, a pee wee weakfish. Myself, tried for blue claw crabs, absolutely nothing.

Had a ball catching small snappers at Seaman's Neck Park in Seaford. It was the best bite for snappers so far this year. Also tried for blue claw crabs. Trapped no blue claws, only green, spider, and stone crabs.

Trapped a monster blue claw crab at Wantagh Park on the first trap drop. Also caught another keeper, and a small throwback. As I was crabbing, also tried for snappers. Caught a few, but caught more yesterday at Seaman's Neck Park in Seaford.

Caught two blue claw crabs adn a two snappers at Wantagh Park. Should have brought a scoop net. Lots of blue claw hanging out of the ledges. One scooper totaled a dozen crabs.

Brought a scoop net to Wantagh Park but saw no blue claw crabs on the ledges like I did yesterday. Not many snappers biting. One here, one there, but only a few.

Jones Inlet was like a nickle and dime brothel there were crabs everywhere. Despite this, saw two keeper flukes picked up out of the 18 anglers working the suds. I picked up three shorts between 14 and 15" plus a sea robin.

Caught two 16" flukes at Seaman's Neck Park, one right after the other at 2 p.m. Must have been a huge school moving through the channel right in front of the bulkhead. Also netted huge spearings, bigger than the snappers I caught at the park the week before.

Fished Jones Inlet and caught three short flukes, incluidng one that stretched to 17." At first I measured it and it was 17 3/4," then I put it on a flat wooden board and it stretched to 17." Outside of that saw poachers who found a new way to beat the State DEC. They filet the short fluke right there on the beach and eat the fish sushi style. Saw it several times in a couple of hours of fishing.

Just wanted to be outdoors and went snapper fishing and tried for blue claw crabs at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa. The water was so murky, dark, and oil colored, I was glad I had failed in catching anything. Saw, however, snappers spraying the water once and a while, and stealing the bait once and a while.

Caught two snappers on fluke hooks at Seaman's Neck Park in Seaford. Also caught one 16" fluke, and two blue claw crabs. There is a ton of baitfish in the water, mostly spearings with some killies mixed in.

Scooped up two soft shell blue claw crabs, and three hard shell blue claws, making it the best day crabbing so far this year. Also picked up a snapper, at Wantagh Park and saw other snappers and small weakfish caught at Wantagh Park.

Tons of spearings at Seaman's Neck park, yet the snapper fishing was slow. Only caught one snapper in a few hours of fishing, although had bites here and there throughout the day.

Snapper fishing improved with several taken as well as several needlefish and sea robins at Seaman's Neck Park. Everyone at the park was catching the same type of fishes, snappers, needlefish, and pint-size sea robins.

Impossible to drop a net to catch spearings - too windy. Must be the remanants of Hurricaine Katrina. Heart goes out to those living in the Gulf of Mexico region.

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