A day spent fishing that was very good indeed

The sun was shining, the water as smooth as glass (18^th century glass that is, you know the ones with the ripples on it but I’ll take that any day) and all we needed was the fish biting.  My local Knights of Columbus council chartered a boat out of Mattituck, Long Island.  Because the fluke were not biting in the past few days and because we were out there for the fun, we rigged for porgy and set out for a shorter trip to our destination on the Captain Bob V.  I’ll start this photo essay with a few photos of the area around Mattituck.

Now at this point, we need people in order to fish.  The tide was low so one had to be careful climbing down into the boat.  Once everyone was in, we were underway.

At this point I’m going to pull a hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy on you; don’t panic, but I’m sure you are all probably interested in “What’s a Porgy?”

The porgy is an Atlantic fish found from New England through Florida and the Bahamas.  There are 2 primary species known as the scup and the jolthead.  The jolthead porgy is found further south than the scup porgy. 

The scup averages a couple of pounds while the jolthead porgy is bigger with some of these fish growing larger than 8 pounds.

Porgy feed on the bottom along rocky, irregular bottoms where plenty of mussels are available for them to eat.  Light tackle is preferred with a double hook setup so you can fish bait along the bottom and the other bait about a foot off of the bottom.

So sit back and enjoy the ride.

Of course not every Porgy is a keeper and everyone under 11 inches were thrown back.  Many were able to get a meal of the clams used as bait without getting caught.  Somehow, while fishing for Porgy, I managed to catch the one lone fluke (no really, it was a fluke) which was of regulation size.  I also managed to catch a Sea Robin.  Of the Porgy I did catch, 5 were keepers.

So I’ll end this with a photo that really needs no explanation, the flag says it all, as well as a photo of myself.  Remember a good day of fishing is not only fun, you get fish!