July

				11 Nabbed four short flukes at Jones Inlet this afternoon during the flood time. The largest was 16 1/2". Caught everything on spearings and killies I had trapped at Seaman's Neck Park. Also put squid strips on the hook. Saw only one keeper fluke caught, and more than a dozen shorts. Also plenty of sea robins in the mix.	2	3 Tried to net baitfish on north and south shores, Cold Spring Harbor and Seaford. Spearings are still too small to use to catch keepr fluke. It's going to be another three weeks before the get big enough.
4	5	6 A day of short flukes at Jones Inlet. Fished the top of the ebb for a few hours, and saw only one keeper fluke caught. I, however, saw more than a dozen shorts picked up. I also picked up a short fluke on squid and spearings. In the mix of fluke, saw a cocktail bluefish hooked and then dropped in the suds.	7 Total for the day - 12 short flukes, two reaching 17" and a few around 13". Best day for bait. Finally caught enough spearings at Jones Beach Pier to fish Jones Inlet for six hours. The spearings were from mid to large.	8	9 A day of big fish. Saw a 9 to 10 pound weakfish caught at Jones Inlet. First weakie I've seen in a few years, and it was huge. Also saw a bluefish caught between 4 and 5 pounds, and I caught a 20" fluke on spearings. Also caught 10 short flukes, up to "17." Fished the top of the flood and mid way into the ebb. Total, fished four and a half hours.	10 State DEC officer wrote tickets to two fluke poachers for keeping short flukes. Fishing wise, short flukes all over the inlet. Nabbed 15, largest 16". Also saw schoolie bass caught, 22", and a four-pound bluefish, both in the morning.
11 Nabbed three flukes at 17", along with six other shorties at Jones Inlet. Also picked up three sea robins. Throughout the day, saw only one legal fluke caught, 18 1/2" Saw plenty of shorts picked up by everyone fishing.	12 Too close for comfort. Nailed a 17 1/2" fluke, not a fraction over. Another line slinger nabbed an 18" fluke on the flood tide at Jones Inlet. My keeper was caught on the ebb.	13	14 Caught my third keeper fluke of the year at Jones Inlet. This one stretched to 17 3/4" and caught it on spearings at the top of the flood. It was the only keeper I saw caught during three hours of fishing. Plenty, and I mean plenty, of short flukes, anywhere from 14" to 16 1/2."	15 Only short flukes were caught by everyone fishing Jones Inlet today. I caught nine shorties. I looked to my left and right and saw plenty of other shorties caught.	16	17
18 Hooked a heartbreaker at Jones Inlet. Caught a fat, chucky 17 1/4" fluke on the flood tide and had to release it. In total, caught 11 shorties during the flood on spearings. Saw no one pick up a keeper fluke, although I saw plenty of shorts once again.	19	20 Short, short, short, one short fluke after another at Jones Inlet. This time, there were more shorter than usual. Most of the throwbacks stretched out between 13" and 14." Actually caught a fluke 15", put up a good fight, I thought at first it was going to be a keeper.	21	22 Caught a few small blue claw crabs at Wantagh Park, and a few green crabs. Saw only a couple of good size blue claws trapped by the half-dozen crabbers there in the late morning and early afternoon.	23 Everything but blue claw crabs. Trapped two dozen plus of green crabs, a few spider crabs, and even a hermit crab at Seaman's Neck Park, but no blue claws.	24 Within 15 minutes of dropping two crab traps at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa, nabbed two blue claw crabs. One was a monster, the other smaller, but still big and meaty.
25 Saw only a couple of big blue claw crabs picked up at Lindenhurst Town Dock on Wellwood Avenue. Those monsters were caught at 1:30 p.m., earlier in the morning, it was slow pickings with most crabbers trapping nothing.	26	27 Crabs were jammed packed at jones inlet. Ended catching two short flukes, largest 16 1/2," but spent most of my time rebaiting my hooks because the crabs were swiping it almost the second it hit the bottom.	28 Almost hit the 17 1/2" magic mark with one fluke, but it fell short by a fraction of an inch. Total, nabbed nine short flukes, and one sea robin at Jones Inlet. The 17" plus fluke was the largest one caught, the others were mostly 15."	29 Trapped three keeper size blue claw crabs at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa. Also caught more than a dozen small ones. So far, best crabbing day of the year. Used chicken legs to lure them into the cage.	30	31

Nabbed four short flukes at Jones Inlet this afternoon during the flood time. The largest was 16 1/2". Caught everything on spearings and killies I had trapped at Seaman's Neck Park. Also put squid strips on the hook. Saw only one keeper fluke caught, and more than a dozen shorts. Also plenty of sea robins in the mix.

Tried to net baitfish on north and south shores, Cold Spring Harbor and Seaford. Spearings are still too small to use to catch keepr fluke. It's going to be another three weeks before the get big enough.

A day of short flukes at Jones Inlet. Fished the top of the ebb for a few hours, and saw only one keeper fluke caught. I, however, saw more than a dozen shorts picked up. I also picked up a short fluke on squid and spearings. In the mix of fluke, saw a cocktail bluefish hooked and then dropped in the suds.

Total for the day - 12 short flukes, two reaching 17" and a few around 13". Best day for bait. Finally caught enough spearings at Jones Beach Pier to fish Jones Inlet for six hours. The spearings were from mid to large.

A day of big fish. Saw a 9 to 10 pound weakfish caught at Jones Inlet. First weakie I've seen in a few years, and it was huge. Also saw a bluefish caught between 4 and 5 pounds, and I caught a 20" fluke on spearings. Also caught 10 short flukes, up to "17." Fished the top of the flood and mid way into the ebb. Total, fished four and a half hours.

State DEC officer wrote tickets to two fluke poachers for keeping short flukes. Fishing wise, short flukes all over the inlet. Nabbed 15, largest 16". Also saw schoolie bass caught, 22", and a four-pound bluefish, both in the morning.

Nabbed three flukes at 17", along with six other shorties at Jones Inlet. Also picked up three sea robins. Throughout the day, saw only one legal fluke caught, 18 1/2"

Saw plenty of shorts picked up by everyone fishing.

Too close for comfort. Nailed a 17 1/2" fluke, not a fraction over. Another line slinger nabbed an 18" fluke on the flood tide at Jones Inlet. My keeper was caught on the ebb.

Caught my third keeper fluke of the year at Jones Inlet. This one stretched to 17 3/4" and caught it on spearings at the top of the flood. It was the only keeper I saw caught during three hours of fishing. Plenty, and I mean plenty, of short flukes, anywhere from 14" to 16 1/2."

Only short flukes were caught by everyone fishing Jones Inlet today. I caught nine shorties. I looked to my left and right and saw plenty of other shorties caught.

Hooked a heartbreaker at Jones Inlet. Caught a fat, chucky 17 1/4" fluke on the flood tide and had to release it. In total, caught 11 shorties during the flood on spearings. Saw no one pick up a keeper fluke, although I saw plenty of shorts once again.

Short, short, short, one short fluke after another at Jones Inlet. This time, there were more shorter than usual. Most of the throwbacks stretched out between 13" and 14." Actually caught a fluke 15", put up a good fight, I thought at first it was going to be a keeper.

Caught a few small blue claw crabs at Wantagh Park, and a few green crabs. Saw only a couple of good size blue claws trapped by the half-dozen crabbers there in the late morning and early afternoon.

Everything but blue claw crabs. Trapped two dozen plus of green crabs, a few spider crabs, and even a hermit crab at Seaman's Neck Park, but no blue claws.

Within 15 minutes of dropping two crab traps at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa, nabbed two blue claw crabs. One was a monster, the other smaller, but still big and meaty.

Saw only a couple of big blue claw crabs picked up at Lindenhurst Town Dock on Wellwood Avenue. Those monsters were caught at 1:30 p.m., earlier in the morning, it was slow pickings with most crabbers trapping nothing.

Crabs were jammed packed at jones inlet. Ended catching two short flukes, largest 16 1/2," but spent most of my time rebaiting my hooks because the crabs were swiping it almost the second it hit the bottom.

Almost hit the 17 1/2" magic mark with one fluke, but it fell short by a fraction of an inch. Total, nabbed nine short flukes, and one sea robin at Jones Inlet. The 17" plus fluke was the largest one caught, the others were mostly 15."

Trapped three keeper size blue claw crabs at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa. Also caught more than a dozen small ones. So far, best crabbing day of the year. Used chicken legs to lure them into the cage.