Photos and Video: Shark and Bunker Frenzy off Fire Island
By Mike Busch 8-18-2021 If you have been to the beach this summer, odds are you have seen some big schools of bunker (Menhaden) just offshore. Whil…
By Mike Busch 8-18-2021 If you have been to the beach this summer, odds are you have seen some big schools of bunker (Menhaden) just offshore. Whil…
By Mike Busch 7-29-2012 Sorry we have been quiet, after rebuilding the website we had to move to larger servers and it took a lot longer than expect…
By Michael Witten 7-29-19 You can follow Mike Witten on Facebook, Instagram, and website. NOAA’s marine forecast was showing light North winds an…
After the suspected shark attacks yesterday, there have been multiple reports of Sharks targeted and caught from local beaches. As a reminder, all of …
By Mike Busch Last month I was invited aboard the M/V Ocearch to check out their Great White Shark tagging expedition off Montauk. If you missed Pa…
By Mike Busch Lizzie Hart Savage, a member of Save The Great South Bay and Oyster Cultivator and hatchery manager at Hart Shellfish Inc. in West Say…
Editor's note: Marine experts tell us that since sand tiger sharks are federally protected species, fishermen should instead cut their lines if they ha…
Longtime fishing buddies David Rice and Matt Antos jumped on their jet skis Thursday and headed into the ocean waters off eastern Fire Island. The two…
A group of anglers fishing for fluke at the Fire Island Reef got a rare glimpse of a hammerhead shark Sunday morning. The fishermen, three in all, w…