Chris Winkler, a fisherman based in Montauk, N.Y., was accused of falsifying records to sell over-quota fish. By Karen Zraick A Montauk, N.Y., fisherman accused of vastly exceeding legal limits on how ...

Montauk may be the new hot place on the East End to spend the summer, but it is still the Fishing Capitol of the World — and right now it is smokin’. The past week saw stripers to 55 pounds being ...

Rods and tackle boxes ready? What’s biting? You need to look at the calendar — and the state Department of Environmental Conservation fishing guide. Marine recreational anglers 16 years and older must ...

Sean Barrett got the idea for his new business on a trip to Spain 10 years ago. There, in the coastal town of San Sebastian, Barrett saw fishermen promising the morning’s catch-to-be to local ...

One spinoff of weakened Hurricane Earl was felt keenly Saturday on the East End: Rough seas kept nearly all of the large recreational fishing fleet moored in Montauk Harbor. Michael Potts, captain of ...

Reports: Snappers are keeping the kids happy, and crabbing couldn't be better. There are some 3 to 6-pound blues around, and fluke fishing is the best we have seen in years. There are some bass being ...

Summer flounder (fluke) fishing has been pretty good this year. “Fluke fishing along the southern coastal shore has been outstanding so far this season,” said Mike Wade of Watch Hill Outfitters in ...

Fluke fishing brings back a flood of memories for me. My grandfather’s 1972 tri-hull bowrider was much better suited for water skiing than for fishing, but as a kid, I didn’t understand that or care.

The summer flounder (fluke) bite is on. Anglers are hooking up with keeper fluke off Newport, in lower Narragansett Bay, Mount Hope Bay, along our coastal shore and around Block Island. The idea is to ...

If you’re a saltwater angler living on the Mid-Atlantic Coast through New England, you understand the draw of flounder. Commonly referred to as “fluke” in the Northeast, these flatfish are the most ...