Bay, Inlet & Inshore Fishing

For those of you who don’t have the stomach for the deep water ocean fishing and prefer Inshore and bay fishing, this is the perfect way to clear the head, get away for the day, enjoy friends or family, de-stress and take in some fresh crisp sea air.

The targeted species for this type of fishing is all determined by the seasons set forth by the DEC and the migratory routes the fish take during the year. The types of fish we target throughout the summer months are Black Fish, Porgy, Fluke, Sea Bass, Sea Robin, Striped Bass, Mackerel, Bluefish, Weakfish, Blowfish and snappers.  

We are licensed to carry 1-6 passengers.  You can choose your date by the targeted species, vacation, weekend, holiday or your date of choice.

This is a very relaxing form of fishing with much excitement for the whole family.

For this type of fishing were either drifting for fluke in and around the inlet or at times in the ocean (Seas providing) or Anchored up or drifting in or around bridges, structures or local man-made reefs located just a few miles outside of Moriches inlet.

We can accommodate up to 6 passengers with all the rods, bait, fuel, water and ice needed for a relaxing worry-free day on the water. Your only responsibility is beverage of choice, food, snack, sun block and sunglasses.

Because your success brings us success, we recommend fishing tides whenever possible for the greatest chance of success, so please check with us first before booking your dates.

We also charter out for all the local inshore fishing tournaments so feel free to call on that as well and book early. 

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Rates

Bay, Inlet and Ocean Fishing

For the EXPERIENCED angler with his or her own personal tackle (No Tackle or mate included)

1-6 passengers

Half Day 4 Hours (Dock to Dock)

Full Day 8 hours (Dock to Dock)

Night Bass 4 Hours (Live Eels or Clams) (Dock to Dock)

Bay, Inlet and Ocean Fishing

All tackle, bait and mate provided provided

1-6 passengers

Half Day 4 Hours (Dock to Dock) 

Full Day  8 Hours (Dock to Dock)

Due to the ever increasing levels of fuel prices, please call or text for current prices.

Terms

*Rates posted are not guaranteed and can fluctuate due to fuel costs

* 25% Deposit 30 days or more upon booking, 50% 7 days or less.

*Cancellation by Captain due to small craft advisory, deposit will be carried over to another available date. 

*Cancellation within 24 hours by client, no refund will be offered unless another party is booked.

Gratuities

Gratuity of 10-20% is recommended and appreciated but by no means mandatory.  If you feel your deck hand worked hard the gesture is very much appreciated. His day starts several hours prior and doesn’t end until several hours after the trip is done.

Holiday Rates

*20% Holiday Upcharge for Labor Day Weekend, Memorial Day Weekend, 4th of July Weekend

Season Dates and Limits

Saltwater Fishing Limits

*Regulations were last changed on June 12, 2024 and are subject to change at any time.* 

Species	Minimum Size Limits     (Total Length in Inches) (1)	Possession Limits     (Number of Fish)	Open Seasons
Winter Flounder	12″	2	April 1 – May 30
Striped Bass: Hudson River (north of George Washington Bridge) (2)      See Tidal Hudson River Regulations for more information.	Slot size: 23″ – 28″	1	April 1 – Nov 30
Striped Bass: marine waters (beginning at the Hudson River south of George Washington Bridge) & Delaware River (2)	Slot size: 28″ – 31″	1	April 15 – Dec 15
*2024 UPDATED REGULATION*     Scup (Porgy) (3)	Shore-based anglers: 9.5″     Vessel-based anglers: 11″	30     40 for anglers aboard licensed party/charter boats	May 1 – Dec 31     Sept 1 – Oct 31
*2024 UPDATED REGULATION* Summer flounder (fluke) (4)	19″ 19.5″	3	May 4 – Aug 1 Aug 2 – Oct 15
Black Sea Bass (5)	16.5″	3     6	June 23 – Aug 31     Sept 1 – Dec 31
Oyster Toadfish	10″	3	July 16 – May 14
Tautog (blackfish): Long Island Sound Region     Marine and coastal district waters lying east of the Throgs Neck Bridge and west of a line that runs from Orient Point, NY to Watch Hill, RI	16″	2     3	April 1 – April 30     Oct 11 – Dec 9
Tautog (blackfish): NY Bight Region     Marine and coastal district waters lying outside of the Long Island Sound Region	16″	2     4	April 1 – April 30     Oct 15 – Dec 22
American Eel	9″	25 for individuals     50 for anglers aboard     licensed party/charter boats	All year
American Eel     (New York City: Harlem and East Rivers,     Hudson River north to Troy Dam)     See Tidal Hudson River Regulations for more information.	9″ – 14″ for use as bait only, otherwise     possession prohibited	25 for use as bait only, otherwise possession     prohibited	All year for use as bait only,     otherwise possession     prohibited
Atlantic cod	23″	5	Sept 1 – May 31
Atlantic menhaden	No size limit	100	All year
Bluefish (including “snappers”)	No size limit	3 for individuals     5 for anglers aboard     licensed party/charter boats	All year
Cobia	37″	Fishing from shore: 1 per angler     Fishing from vessel: 1 per vessel	All year
Haddock	18″	No limit	All year
Hickory Shad	No size limit	5	All year
King mackerel	23″	3	All year
Monkfish (goosefish)	17″     or 11″ tail length	No limit	All year
Pollock	19″	No limit	All year
Red drum	No size limit	No limit for fish less than 27″ TL     Fish greater than 27″ TL     shall not be possessed	All year
Spanish mackerel	14″	15	All year
Weakfish	16″     10″ filleted (6)     12″ dressed (7)	1	All year
Yellowtail flounder	13″	No limit	All year
Anadromous river herring     (alewife and blueback herring)     (north of George Washington Bridge) (8)     See Tidal Hudson River Regulations for more information.	No size limit	10 per angler or     50 per boat	March 15 – June 15
Anadromous river herring     (alewife and blueback herring)     (south of George Washington Bridge)	No possession	No possession allowed	No possession allowed
American shad     See Tidal Hudson River Regulations for more information.	No possession	No possession allowed	No possession allowed
Atlantic sturgeon	Moratorium	No possession allowed	No possession allowed

(1) Total length is the longest straight line measurement from the tip of the snout, with the mouth closed, to the longest lobe of the tail, with the lobes squeezed together, and the fish laid flat on the measuring device.    
(2) Non-offset (inline) circle hooks must be used when recreationally fishing for striped bass using bait defined as any live or dead, whole or part of a marine or aquatic organism or terrestrial invertebrate. Exemption: Circle hooks are not required when fishing with an artificial lure, whether or not they are tipped with bait as previously defined.    
(3) A party/charter boat customer who lands and possesses more than 30 scup during September 1 – October 31 must obtain a dated original fare receipt from the licensed vessel.    
(4) Summer flounder may not have heads or tails removed or be otherwise cleaned, cut, filleted, or skinned until brought to shore, with the following exception: the white side fillet or white skin only of a legal size fluke may be removed to use as bait. The carcass of the fluke with dark side completely intact must be retained for inspection of size limit and counts against the possession limit.    
(5) Black sea bass are measured from the tip of the snout (or jaw), with the mouth closed, to the farthest extremity of the tail, not including the tail filament.    
(6) The fillet length is the longest straight line measurement from end to end of any fleshy side portion of the fish cut lengthwise away from the backbone, which must have the skin intact, laid flat on the measuring device.    
(7) Dressed length is the longest straight line measurement from the most anterior portion of the fish, with the head removed, to the longest lobe of the caudal fin(tail), with the caudal fin intact and with the lobes squeezed together, laid flat on the measuring device.    
(8) Anadromous river herring is defined in 6 NYCRR Part 10 (except the Hudson River and its tributaries and embayments north of the George Washington Bridge at river mile 11).

Recreational Shark Minimum Size and Possession Limits

Category	Species	Minimum Size Limit	Daily Possession Limit
Allowed Sharks	tiger, blacktip, bull, lemon, nurse, spinner, blue, oceanic whitetip, porbeagle, common thresher	54 inches fork length (1)	One shark per vessel per trip, except that     one additional Atlantic Sharpnose and one     additional Bonnethead may be taken and     possessed per angler per trip.
	great hammerhead, scalloped hammerhead, smooth hammerhead	78 inches fork length (1)
	Atlantic sharpnose, bonnethead, finetooth	No size limit
	smooth dogfish, spiny dogfish	No size limit	Any number
Prohibited Sharks	Atlantic angel, basking, bigeye sand tiger, bigeye thresher, bignose, blacknose, Caribbean sharpnose, dusky, Galapagos, longfin mako, narrowtooth, night, reef, sand tiger, sandbar, sharpnose sevengill, Shortfin mako, silky, bigeye sixgill, bluntnose sixgill, smalltail, whale, and white.	Take (2) or Possession Prohibited	Take (2) or      Possession Prohibited

*Regulations were last changed on April 17, 2024, and are subject to change at any time.*

(1) Fork length means the straight-line measurement of a fish from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail. The measurement is not made along the curve of the body.    
(2) “Take” is defined in New York’s Environmental Conservation Law (Section 11-0103 13) and includes pursuing, capturing and killing sharks. Any angler who is making an effort to catch a prohibited shark species is pursuing or targeting that species in violation of 6 NYCRR 40.7(c)(1). Do not fish for or target prohibited sharks in New York waters.    
Other provisions: All landed sharks must have head, tails and fins attached. No sale allowed. No finning. Sharks, excluding spiny dogfish, shall not be taken for commercial or recreational purposes by baited hooking except with the use of non-stainless steel non-offset circle hooks. No person shall conduct, sponsor or participate in any shark tournament unless said tournament’s rules and regulations require the exclusive use of non-stainless steel, non-offset circle hooks.

View Recreational Shark Limits (PDF) for information about additional recreational shark fishing requirements and regulations.

Recreational Crab, Lobster, and Whelk Limits

Species	Minimum Size     (Inches)	Daily Possession Limit	Open Season
American lobster (1)      Recreational permit required	3 3/8″ minimum carapace length     5 1/4″ maximum carapace length	6	LMA 4: closed April 30 – May 31     LMA 6: closed Sept 8 – Nov 28     All other LMAs: open all year     Click here to view a large map of LMAs.

Descriptions & locations of lobster    
management areas (LMAs) are available in    
Part 44: Lobster and Crab Regulations Blue crab ₍₁₎     
Hard shell    
Soft shell    
Peeler/Shedder ₍₂₎4 1/2″    
3 1/2″    
3″50All yearJonah Crab ₍₁₎ 4 3/4″All yearAll Other Crabs ₍₁₎     
(except blue and jonah crabs)No size limitAll yearHorseshoe crabsNo size limit5All yearWhelkAll waters of NYS Marine & Coastal District except Long Island Sound:    
5 ½ inches shell length OR    
2 ¼ inches shell height24All year

Long Island Sound:

5 inches in length OR 2 inches in height
Effective January 1, 2026:    
5 1/4 inches in length OR 2 1/8 inches in height
Effective January 1, 2028:    
5 1/2 inches in length OR 2 1/4 inches in height

 

*Regulations were last changed on May 11, 2022, and are subject to change at any time.*

(1) Lobsters and crabs with eggs may not be taken or possessed.    
(2) Peeler/shredder is when the crab is about to molt or shed its hard outer shell. At this stage, the crab has a fully formed soft shell beneath the hard outer shell. The impending shedding process is evident by the white coloration along the outer rim of the paddle-like appendages on the crab’s fifth pair of legs.    
Other provisions: Terrapin Excluder Devices (TEDs) must be used on all non-collapsible crab pots or traps that are fished in creeks, coves, rivers, tributaries, and near-shore harbors of the Marine and Coastal District. TEDs shall be securely fastened inside each funnel entrance of the crab pot to effectively reduce the size of the funnel opening to no larger than 4-3/4 inch by 1-3/4 inch. An interactive map is available for reference.