Cary gave me a call last night. Pablo, I need to get in on some of that action in Moriches!!! I said ok as long as it's not raining, we can hit the water say 6 AM to 9 AM ok? Great I'll call you in the AM to confirm.  4:45 AM NO WIND = BASS LETS GO!  So we leave the dock at 6 AM. Cary says what we going to use Pablo? Pablo says Yozuri's of course. Pablo ties on a nice new Crystal Minnow for Cary and Pablo goes with the Mag Minnow. 1st stop 3 rd cast Pablo On!!! 22" Bass goes back. few cast later Pablo On again!!! This time it's a Big Chopper, practically swallowed the whole Lure.  We ended up keeping him because the lure was really hard to remove. That's ok Cary say's Dinner for me. Now were in a good spot NO WIND, NO WEED and Cary hooks up what is it it's a BASS around 20-22", not bad for the 1st fish of 2008. Quick Photo op and back he goes.

Opportunity Time, Pablo what you talking about? I'm talking about NOW is the time to hit the BASS and BLUES. This week coming will be a great week of fishing like no other. Possible be the best for 2008 season. Just like last year the fish came in hard into the Moriches area and I took full advantage of the situation. PUT the yard work off!!!  TAKE a SICK day, something... Because as fast as it starts it turns off. like today for example.

Sunday Morning 5 AM I look out my window I see no wind I say to Myself YEAH BABY!!! So I call Capt. Bill No go Joe he says blowing down here. I say dude we don't have to go far come on... Nah I'll pass. Ok call Dean I'm sorry but were not able to come to phone right now. See Dean was up late drinking some wine and no way in hell I'm going fishing today LOL... To bad Dean Man you missed 1 Hell of a good 2 Hours of Fishing. Ok let's Call Timmy left message. He later calls me at NOON to tell me Dude I left the phone down stairs and went to bed at 2 AM so there was no way I could have made it too . I call my other friend John Sparky No man I pass too I like my warm bad. ???

Ok so now I say I'm calling Johnny Keeper. Johnny it's Pablo how's it looking out side? Good enough to fish he says. You want to go? HELL YEAH Johnny says. I'll see you at the boat 5:45 AM.

Now I knew with this front approaching we have a window of opportunity of 2 hours before the rain and so we hit the one of my spots by 6 AM and by the 3rd cast were both into fish. Great way to start the Morning!!! Pablo gets his 1st Keeper of 2008 and Johnny is soon to follow.

We nail 1 DOZEN FISH in 22 MINUTES no joke, 6 Bass and 6 Blues. Then it slowed up a bit and it took another hour to land another DOZEN LOL!!! By 8 AM Johnny and Pablo had enough of the wind against tide and said lets get going. I got to get to church and drop off some fresh Bass steaks to Pastor Mike and Johnny has to drop off some Blue fish to his friends and meet someone for a Painting Estimate. Oh if you don't know Johnny is painter by trade with over 25 years of experience. If you need a good Painter send me an e mail I'll give you Johnny's Number.

Any way our total for 2 hour of fishing were around 8 Bass each and I don't know how many Blues??? My guess is around 24 or so being on the low side of course.

If you would like to get in some of this action please call me or send me a e mail Can't STRESS NOW IS THE TIME!!!

Captain Paul Peluso A.K.A Pablo
www.MamaMiaFishing.com
631-433-6220
 

Tell him to make you one Like Pablo's

Also I got to meet a lot of the other Members like Seamomster (Laurie + Dave), Capt. Dennis of http://www.huntfishny.com/ Also Rob and his new co worker from Noreast as well as many others I'm sorry if I can't remember everyone's name I have brain damage.

Anyway Here's all the Pictures and I should have the Video's up and running soon. Sorry for such a long report but I learned so much today and really Had a Ball. Once again POOL FISH!!!

YEAH BABY!!!

I knew the Fish would bit was on, so the next morning 6 AM Dean, Laura and Pablo went back to the same areas and hit 4 more Bass up to 27" All most a keeper. Then we went outside to the ocean but had no luck so we decided to try the back of the inlet and Wham-O we hit 4 nice size Blues. By 8 :30 am the wind picked up and that was it. there was a lot of sea WEED both days and we had a ball on light action poles again. water temps were 58/59 both days sunny and calm.

Here's Laura's 1st ever BLUE FISH video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BzN6tbDHZbI

So if you want to get into some light action Blues and Bass give me a call

631-433-6220

Two reports guys sorry for the delay. Wed Capt. Bill and Pablo headed out 3 PM in search of some Bass action. I knew that the fish would be around because when the pear trees turn white the fish start to bite. We landed 4 Bass up to 25". We tried a few spots before we were able to find them but we had a good time on light action poles.

Yozuri Crystal Minnows and Storm Shads were the ticket. I shot a nice video of some of the action. Click the link below to view the Video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XMFbL6SzzqE

Last Stop U.S.A.? Pablo, where's that? Let's just say I swore an oath to the secret society of surf fishing and not able to give out such privileged information to just anybody. But, I am allowed to say on the Hudson. So this is where my 1st Bass trip of the year will begin for the 2008 season.

I was invited to go fishing on Good Friday from Vince and Mikey fellow members from www.Noreast.com . Picture here

I spoke with Mikey and he was telling me the bite was on come on up here. So we being Timmy and Pablo met Mikey and we were fishing by 7 AM. Where's Vince? Pablo said, He's running a little late. We set up and Mikey has a Flat of Blood Worms and Sand Worms.  The winds were BLOWING 30 MPH plus gusting to 40 at times. We had our poles set up in holder and were all seating in the car with the heat on.  We were watching our pole tips but the winds kept bowing our lines making it hard to see the hits. Plus the water temp was cold and the fish were lethargic. They would just come over and ever so gently pull the worm off the hooks.

This went on for a hour or so. Then I was getting a good hit on my pole then nothing so I figured they stole my bait. As I was reeling it in my line started to get heavy and it felt like I had a fish... About 10 yards out I see I accidentally hooked the retired Cop's line next to mine. He wasn't mad he said no problem and started to reel his line in. All of a sudden he had a 20" Bass on the line the whole time and never knew it. He asked if we wanted it. Vince said sure I'll have it for dinner. I looked at Tim and said, I ain't eating that it looks like it's glowing, being a golden light color not the usual colors I see.   Now before you go crazy Hudson regulations are 18" for keepers roughly 5 lbs. SO IT'S LEGAL!!!

The retired Cop I forgot his name was a reel nice guy he was showing us all the huge fish he caught including I think 42 Lbs Bass, 17 lbs Blue fish and I think 30 lbs Carp. Anyway they were all big fish and he had quite a few pictures too. Later he also landed another Bass around the same size and released it. He offered it again but we said but it back.   Being Good Friday and all.

The gentleman to the right of us, John his name was also caught 2 keeper bass tagging and releasing both of them. Mikey says he Tag + Release's all his fish and has over 1500 tags out there. He also came over and said hello.

Well we were down to the power hour and the sun warned it up just enough that if you hid behind the rocks you were able to shelter your self from the wind. So we all got down and gave it our best for about 1 hour and packed it up at 1 PM.

Mikey later called me told me a total of 7 Bass were caught that day not bad considering the conditions.  I could sense Mikey wanted us to at least catch 1 but I told him I had no doubt that if there was no wind we would have caught fish and we had several hits and a good time smoking some nice Cuban Cigars and hanging out for a few hours. It felt so good to be by the water and casting out I really didn't care fish would have been a bonus.

Vince gave me a Nicaraguan Cigar that was good But the Romeo y Julieta on the ride home was even better Thanks Vince !!!

Here's a few more pic's were not lazy were hiding from the wind!!!

    I just wanted to let everyone know there will be a Fishing Expo and Free Seminar's coming up in a 2 weeks. There are Several Great Captains giving out priceless information on many topic's. Also this show has some of the best tackle shops involved giving great prices on there stuff. I know I'll be there. Here's the info Link to the show.

The Sports Federation Fishing Show

Ok so here's my take on the show. Friday I went around 12 noon to help my web site guy Joe Felicia out with setting up and lending him a hand. If you don't know Joe, he's a good fisherman and has been running this show for years now. Hey if anyone is thinking about a web site check out WebByJoe.com , He takes care of my site along with many other fishing and non fishing people. Celtic Quest Just for an example.

Ok so Because I got there so early I was able to talk to a lot of the vendors. The 1st guy I saw was (say this in a loud voice) CAPTAIN KAYAK , His booth was a big hit when I was there. He showed us all the many in's and out's of the Kayak world. Even had a pair of trolling rod holders so you can troll bait or lures behind the Kayak.
Very Interesting too many things to list here. I'm sure BIGSHOW would have loved to have seen this. Anyway he also runs a charter business out of Shinnecock and you can rent one of these kayaks and try them out. I'm actually going to try this out this spring. If anyone wants more info on this click Captain Kayak, Tell him Pablo sent ya

Then I also saw a few friends on Friday too Capt. Stuart Patterson of North Port Charters. We swapped stories and talked for a while. Capt. Stuart runs his boat on the North Shore and is a avid fisherman. He let me know that I was welcome aboard for some of that North Shore Fishing I've been liking lately See you out there Stew

Then I said let me stop by Denny's Hook And Knife Sharpener, Last Year I shot the Video Footage for him on his web site while he was at the Freeport Federation show. Last year I missed getting one of those special hook sharpeners Not this year he gave me one for free. Denny's special grooves sharpen all sides of any size hooks with 1 swipe. A must have item, very small and compact easy to use tool. Please check it out

Now all of that was without even entering the main show area
as I was walking in who's the 1st one I see Capt. Neil Hey Pablo I got your wife blank here check it out. Great it's a cool blueish black lami I love it Kat hates it. She wants all black. I told Capt. Neil I'll take it and he said he would get her all black no problem. Capt. Neil makes great RODS if your looking for a new set up please give him a call he has so much knowledge on rod building and is one great guy. Click here for Capt. Neil's web site.

Right next to Capt. Neil was Harvey's Killer Saltwater Teasers. Last year I saw them and waited too long, by the time I came back he was SOLD OUT. Not this year Pablo was his 1st sale I nailed a few of these
and a few Silver ones for albies he told me kill them. Can't wait to try them out. Harvey can be reached right here on Noreast he goes under the name pnutbunker and his real e mail is pnutbunker@aol.com and remember to tell him Pablo sent ya

Across the way I spot Fred Golofaro I always like to up my yearly Fisherman subscription in person. I like to talk to Fred and get the skinny on what's going on in the fishing world. We talked about the fluke and Blackfish Regs. He said he was going to run a picture of Kat in the next Issue or so. Keep an eye out for it

There were many booths and a lot of vendors there. I then made a bee line over to Steve Pitri's booth. THERE IT IS, I can't believe it he finally had them again. What did he have, Pablo tell us. Hmmmmmm, Now the only reason I'm not going to Blab about what I saw was there's only going to be 500 of them made this year. So If you haven't figured it out, PM me I'll give you the low downSteve Is also a master rod builder and you can find his DVD just about anywhere but just in case you need a little help click STEVE  PITRI

I said hello to Andy Locassio and also met Eric there (eisey). He was running a 101 temp I didn't want what he had so I didn't hang with him long.

Joe Felicia did the 1st seminar on the do's and don't of fishing on a party boat. Joe did a good job and came across quite well for his 1st time? I snapped a few pic's of Joe.

Now on Saturday Kat and Pablo made plans to get there early to see a few of the speakers. Capt Larry Festa Monster Shark Fishing was one I've seen before but I wanted to see him again. Shark Fishing is what I like to do best. Capt Larry's experience along with his wit makes him a great entertaining speaker he covered so much stuff I could type all day but all I'll say Is this. Capt. Larry along with many other top Notch Captains belong to the Freeport Tuna Club the oldest Fishing Club on long Island. I've been down there a few times and will probably end up joining on day soon. The only thing holding me back from joining is it's FAR from my house. Maybe they could make a second location out EAST for us east end guys anyway please check them out FREEPORT TUNA CLUB as they say we ain't  just Tuna!

Ok while I'm in the Seminar I get a call from Scott1280 and he goes Pablo I'm here with Mike Marks and were gonna start smoking your cigar he got for you if you don't get down here soon. I tell him I'm upstairs in the seminar and will be down in 5 minutes. I get downstairs and who do I see Mike, Scott, Pete (Leprechaun) Mako Matt, Paulie (B.Attitude) and Eddie (sandman).

They were discussing commercial fishing and the tog regulations for the coming year. Just as things were getting a bit to serious KAT comes over in her new waders and Boots from Oyster Bay Marine Supply. She of course steals all the attention and I snap a few pic's of her. Lep couldn't even remember what he was talking about.

After that I went over found a few good deals on some Rubber shads talked to Capt. Jerry McGrath about Alaska Fishing and never made it back to any of the other great Seminars I missed. However I did run into a few more Fellow Noreasters, Chris (Napster), Cary (Sealion), John Skimmer, and a few more I can't remember all the names. All I can say is if you haven't gotten down to the show you have 1 more day left. Crazy Alberto and Capt. Andy Locassio are the seminar speakers for tomorrow starting at 10 am. Doors open at 8 so get down there. The live auction is always great

Joe thank you again for letting me take part in your show
Capt. Paul Peluso
aka PABLO
 

Hello Everyone and Happy New Year!

    Well the boats all wrapped up and sitting on blocks at Patchogue Shore's Marina

www.PatchogueShoresMarina.com . But on New Years eve I was treated to a Jar of my friend Cary's Pickled Herring, and I have to tell you it was GOOD! So I've been meaning to get down to Mt. Sinai Harbor and get some more and with this weeks temps I did just that. So here's how it went.

    The Herring run on the south shore was all most non existent this fall and I was disappointed to say the least. So I set out to get my fill of these delicious Herring.

Now I've been told that just before sunset they come into the Harbor and make a few runs past the docks chasing spearing and if your lucky you can catch a few. I made sure I got down there and armed with my Light Fishing Pole and Sabikki rig I was ready to go. For those of you that do not know what a Sabikki rig is, It's a rig consisting of 4 or 5 small Sharp hooks about 3' long. Here's a picture of 3 types I like to use. You can get them at any tackle shop.

 Now I also like to include a Glow Light or Lunker light. This helps attract the fish to your hook especially when it gets dark out. I picked up mine at Rocky Point Tackle shop or any Party store or for 1 dollar too.   It's a very simple kind of fishing you just add a 1 or 2 oz weight on the end and jig the rig up and down off the bottom. With any luck you'll get enough to make a jar or 2 of Pickled Herring. Also you may

want to add a Dodger. What's that? It's a thin piece of sheet metal or Aluminum cut out to look like a Herring about 6" long will do just fine. Add it to the top of your rig and drop it down and jig them up.

I followed Cary's Recipe and hopefully in a week I'll be eating a perfect snack of fresh Pickled Herring YUM YUM. Here's the recipe for anyone interested.