OTW's Anthony DeiCicchi flies solo this week with reports ranging from reports of epic yellowfin tuna fishing aboard the Helen H, to bigeye tuna, wahoo, and commercial bluefin, and all the other pelagics firing off this fall.
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Reports have been coming in about some incredible offshore fishing as of late. The northeast canyons are on fire right now with an incredible diversity of fish being caught off an eddy with particularly sharp temperature drop off.
On The Water's Anthony DeiCicchi and Jimmy Fee break down the offshore intel from various charter captain's, party boat operations, and intel from Adam of the Canyon Runner to get you the most up to date information to plan your offshore fishing adventure.
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Jimmy Fee returns after being stranded in Canada to join Anthony DeiCicchi for this week's northeast offshore fishing report detailing the post storm fishing action.The Canyon Runner team reports on the slow but productive return offshore fishing after Hurricane Erin shut down the fishing last week for most areas.
Jimmy is stuck on the West Coast, so Cheech gives you the breakdown on everything that has been going on in the offshore game. The Canyon Runner team breaks down what has been going on at the edge before Hurricane Erin resets the tuna grounds.
As of August 12th, Recreational Tuna harvesting is closed. Cheech gives a breakdown of what to do now and how people have been doing.SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the right Garmin setup for how you spend your time on the water with Garmin’s Marine System Builder: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/marine-s... OkumaSee more about Okuma's lineup of reliable and affordable tuna-ready tackle: https://okumafishingusa.com/Canyon RunnerThe Canyon Runner Sportfishing team offers coaching, concierge services, seminars, and a Virtual Captain System, which will exponentially help increase your catches inshore, mid-shore, and canyons. Their Virtual Captain System provides all the fish-catching and safety intel, including a built-in warning system that gives you the ability to track over 500 Member boats & 15 Pro-Staff boats in real time! How’s that for a network of buddy boats? Learn more at: https://www.canyonrunner.com#offshore #fishing #report
A stretch of calm weather brought lots of boats to the tuna grounds, which resulted in some tough bites. Cheech and Jimmy discuss strategies for finicky fish, report on the early days of the White Marlin Open, and kick it to the Canyon Runner crew for a detailed breakdown of the offshore fishing. SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the right Garmin setup for how you spend your time on the water with Garmin’s Marine System Builder: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/marine-s... OkumaSee more about Okuma's lineup of reliable and affordable tuna-ready tackle: https://okumafishingusa.com/Canyon RunnerThe Canyon Runner Sportfishing team offers coaching, concierge services, seminars, and a Virtual Captain System, which will exponentially help increase your catches inshore, mid-shore, and canyons. Their Virtual Captain System provides all the fish-catching and safety intel, including a built-in warning system that gives you the ability to track over 500 Member boats & 15 Pro-Staff boats in real time! How’s that for a network of buddy boats? Learn more at: https://www.canyonrunner.com#offshore #fishing #report
SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the right Garmin setup for how you spend your time on the water with Garmin’s Marine System Builder: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/marine-s... OkumaSee more about Okuma's lineup of reliable and affordable tuna-ready tackle: https://okumafishingusa.com/Canyon RunnerThe Canyon Runner Sportfishing team offers coaching, concierge services, seminars, and a Virtual Captain System, which will exponentially help increase your catches inshore, mid-shore, and canyons. Their Virtual Captain System provides all the fish-catching and safety intel, including a built-in warning system that gives you the ability to track over 500 Member boats & 15 Pro-Staff boats in real time! How’s that for a network of buddy boats? Learn more at: https://www.canyonrunner.com#offshore #fishing #report
Things have cooled a bit from last week's red hot fishing from the canyons to the mid-shore grounds, but great fishing remains from 40- to 50--inch bluefin south of Rhode Island and Montauk to yellowfin and bluefin from 65 to 90 inches off New Jersey. The bigeye are still biting well in the canyons and white marlin are trickling inshore. SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the right Garmin setup for how you spend your time on the water with Garmin’s Marine System Builder: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/marine-s... OkumaSee more about Okuma's lineup of reliable and affordable tuna-ready tackle: https://okumafishingusa.com/Canyon RunnerThe Canyon Runner Sportfishing team offers coaching, concierge services, seminars, and a Virtual Captain System, which will help increase your catches inshore, mid-shore, and in the canyons exponentially. Their Virtual Captain System provides all the fish-catching and safety information, including a built-in warning system that gives you the ability to track over 500 Member boats & 15 Pro-Staff boats in real-time. How’s that for a network of buddy boats? Learn more at: https://www.canyonrunner.com#offshore #fishing #report
Join Jimmy Fee, sporting his iconic Hawaiian shirt that signals the arrival of ICAST week in Florida, as he dives into one of the most productive weeks for offshore fishing. This episode highlights incredible weekend reports featuring catches like marlin, bluefin, bigeye, swordfish, and more.Listen as Jimmy and Anthony wrestle with their offshore FOMO while discussing the latest fishing trends and what you can expect during this exciting week of offshore fishing.SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the right Garmin setup for how you spend your time on the water with Garmin’s Marine System Builder: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/marine-s... OkumaSee more about Okuma's lineup of reliable and affordable tuna-ready tackle: https://okumafishingusa.com/Canyon RunnerThe Canyon Runner Sportfishing team offers coaching, concierge services, seminars and a Virtual Captain System which will exponentially help increase your catches inshore, mid-shore and canyons. Their Virtual Captain System provides all the fish-catching and safety intel including a built-in warning system that gives you the ability to track over 500 Member boats & 15 Pro-Staff boats in real time! How’s that for a network of buddy boats? Learn more at: https://www.canyonrunner.com#offshore #fishing #report
Jimmy leaves Cheech high and dry this week, but Cheech has some news... Topwater is FIRING OFF BABY. We've got big schools of small bluefin off New Jersey, bigeye in the New England Canyons, and yellowfin spread throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. It's going to be a great summer!The Northeast Offshore Report is presented by:SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the right Garmin setup for how you spend your time on the water with Garmin’s Marine System Builder: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/marine-s... OkumaSee more about Okuma's lineup of reliable and affordable tuna-ready tackle: https://okumafishingusa.com/Canyon RunnerThe Canyon Runner Sportfishing team offers coaching, concierge services, seminars and a Virtual Captain System which will exponentially help increase your catches inshore, mid-shore and canyons. Their Virtual Captain System provides all the fish-catching and safety intel including a built-in warning system that gives you the ability to track over 500 Member boats & 15 Pro-Staff boats in real time! How’s that for a network of buddy boats? Learn more at: https://www.canyonrunner.com
In our final report of the 2025 spring migration, Matt Haeffner is joined by Kevin Blinkoff, Robbie Tartaglia, and Liam O’Neill to discuss personal striper season highlights, the benefits of networking on the water, and how to keep catching stripers through the summer months before they head back south.
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We're back with another season of Northeast Offshore Fishing Reports. We've got big schools of small bluefin off New Jersey, bigeye in the New England Canyons, and yellowfin spread throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. It's going to be a great summer!The Northeast Offshore Report is presented by:SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the right Garmin setup for how you spend your time on the water with Garmin’s Marine System Builder: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/marine-s... OkumaSee more about Okuma's lineup of reliable and affordable tuna-ready tackle: https://okumafishingusa.com/Canyon RunnerThe Canyon Runner Sportfishing team offers coaching, concierge services, seminars and a Virtual Captain System which will exponentially help increase your catches inshore, mid-shore and canyons. Their Virtual Captain System provides all the fish-catching and safety intel including a built-in warning system that gives you the ability to track over 500 Member boats & 15 Pro-Staff boats in real time! How’s that for a network of buddy boats? Learn more at: https://www.canyonrunner.com
Following the June new moon last week, a wave of big migratory bass moved in off Rhode Island, and despite rising temperatures, trophy stripers remain widespread in Long Island Sound. Meanwhile, fish from Cape Cod to Boston continued to inch up the coast, and anglers in Maine are patiently waiting for offshore schools of stripers to push within the 3-mile line. Over the next several weeks, stripers will settle into summer locations and patterns. To make the most of your summer striper fishing, focus on throwing big baits in areas with below-average water temperatures.
This week's guest contributor is Captain Joe Gugino of Fish Boston, who discusses the brief waves of big fish moving in from offshore, a lack of under-slot stripers in and around Boston Harbor, and the challenge of securing mid-size bunker when mackerel have been hard to come by.
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Even as the last waves of big migratory bass head from the Hudson River into Western Long Island Sound, the spring migration is finally showing signs of slowing. Stripers are settling into summer haunts like the Eastern Sound rips, Block Island, and the Elizabeth Islands, but with the June new moon this week, there’s bound to be some fish movement from the outer beaches of Cape Cod up to Maine. Big bass are widespread, but as hot weather takes hold in the Northeast, the action will soon begin to take a dive. Now is the time to burn what’s left in the fuel tank and focus on catching a new personal best before the bass settle into summer patterns.
This week's guest contributor is Captain Lou Tirado of Diamond Pass Outfitters in southern Maine, who discusses backwater, bay, and ocean fishing opportunities as mackerel and sand eels begin to fill in. Captain Lou has seen steady waves of bass up to the mid-40-inch range over the past couple of weeks, and he anticipates some of those larger bass around Boston and the North Shore of Massachusetts to arrive in Maine waters as we head into early July.
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Big bass are beginning to settle in off Eastern Long Island and Block Island while some late migrators from the Hudson lead the charge up the southern New England coast. Bunker pods are spotty from Long Island to Boston, but they are still generating some intense action when stripers collide with them. Meanwhile, bass of mixed sizes continue to push north through the Cape Cod Canal and along the outer Cape beaches, and herring run action is waning from Boston to Maine as mackerel become more available within a reasonable range from shore.
Our first guest contributor this week is Captain Joe Diorio of Diorio Guide Service in Connecticut, who discusses the abundance of butterfish in Eastern Long Island Sound, as well as how to target big bass over reef structure using 3-way rigs and flutter spoons. Then, we’ll hear from Captain Connor MacLeod of Tall Tailz Charters in Rhode Island, who talks about targeting bass on the nearshore ledges and what the bass bite looks like around Block Island as some fish continue their migration, and others begin to settle in for summer.
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It was a big week for bass movement leading up to the June full moon. Trophy stripers have departed the New York Bight and are headed east toward Montauk and Block Island. Meanwhile, anglers in New England are fishing for squid hounds in the rips, chasing down spotty schools of bunker, or using mackerel to target transient fish in deep water. Plus, from northern Massachusetts to Maine, herring runs continue to provide reliable action.
Our first regional guest, Captain Brian Kelly of RPS Fishing, discusses how he’s locating and approaching “spooky” stripers up to 40 inches. Then, surfcaster and OTW Contributor Steve Gallant runs through the forage base north of Boston as bass begin to stage lower in the rivers, and in harbors and bays to pick off herring and fresh-arriving bunker. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to stay in the know!
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Early summer patterns are taking shape in Maryland and New Jersey, with stripers taking a mix of clams, plugs, chunks, and sand fleas off the beaches. Big bass are following bunker pods along the south shore of Long Island while post-spawn bass from the Hudson trickle into Long Island Sound, where the reefs are loaded with bait. Rhode Island’s striper bite picked up along the rock structure out front after a couple of weeks of bunker-blasting action in Narragansett Bay. Further north, trophy bass are moving through Buzzards Bay to chase bunker and mackerel in Cape Cod Bay, while Vineyard and Nantucket sounds host good fishing for bass on squid in the rips. The rivers from Boston to New Hampshire are seeing solid striper action as herring drop out, with mackerel and bunker available slightly further offshore; and it’s a similar scene around the rivers in Maine.
Our first regional guest, Mike Dean of the Manhattan Cup, reports on the improved striper fishing on Long Island’s south fork as more bunker move in. Then, OTW columnist and kayak fishing guide, Josh Rayner, runs through the bass bite along the Connecticut side of Eastern Long Island Sound. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to stay in the know!
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Trophy bass surpassing 50 pounds remain stationed off northern New Jersey while slot- and over-slot fish have moved into the rips of Eastern Long Island Sound. Bunker and river herring are on the menu from Narragansett Bay to the greater Boston area, where mackerel are starting to fuel surface feeds and fish to 30 pounds are being caught on minnow plugs and live bait. Meanwhile, the herring runs in New Hampshire and southern Maine are fishing well for slot-size stripers.
Our first regional guest, Captain Rob Taylor of Newport Sport Fishing Charters in Rhode Island, provides a rundown on the diverse forage base and class of fish in Narragansett Bay, as well as when to expect Block Island to heat up. Then, Captain Anthony Forte of Forte Guide Service checks in from the Boston area to touch on the increased presence of mackerel and herring in the harbors, and the low- to mid-40-inch class stripers that are feeding on them.
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In this week’s Striper Migration Report, 50-pound cows are being caught off Northern New Jersey where bunker have begun to pile in just off the beaches. The north and south shores of Long Island are loaded with stripers in the 20- to 25-pound range, and in Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay saw its first wave of 40 pounders chasing schools of adult bunker. From Cape Cod to the North Shore of Massachusetts, 40-inch stripers are filling in nicely with plenty of 30-inch-class fish in the mix, and they’re eating everything from small sea herring and silversides to adult bunker and river herring.
Our first regional guest, Mike Pinto of Giglio’s Bait and Tackle in Sea Bright, NJ, runs through some productive lures in the surf for stripers feeding on bunker. However, Pinto said fresh chunks of bunker are also putting fish from the teen- to 20-pound range on the beach. Following his report, Jeff Lomonaco of White Water Outfitters in Hampton Bays, NY, discusses mid-May striper forage on the east end of Long Island, from bunker pods slightly west to cinder worms in the back bays. With the new moon on the way, it won’t be long before 40 pounders hit Montauk and the rips of Eastern Long Island Sound.
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In this week’s Striper Migration Report, trophy-class stripers are pulling up off New Jersey while 30 pounders press east in Long Island Sound, 40-inch bass arrive in southern New England on the heels of herring and bunker, and migratory schoolies push through Boston to Massachusetts’ North Shore.
Our first regional guest, Peter Jenkins of The Saltwater Edge in Rhode Island, fills us in on the array of baitfish in Narragansett Bay and how to capitalize on the recent wave of 40-inch bass. Then, Captain Brian Coombs of Get Tight Sport Fishing breaks down the bass fishing from Buzzards Bay to Boston with the passing of the May full moon.
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