Vintage Long Island Fishing Photos

[witchhunter]

 

Picture of me with some of the bluefish that invaded Long Island north shore for the first time in decades about 1969 . I was a skinny kid addicted to fishing schooled by local sharpies like , Jeff Follenius , Jamie Keillor ,

Bill Bedee , Stan Henchel and Moe

 

Any one have there young year fishing pics ?

 

"Witchhunter" aka Bill Jakob

[Shag]

 

Picture of me with some of the bluefish that invaded Long Island north shore for the first time in decades about 1969 . I was a skinny kid addicted to fishing schooled by local sharpies like , Jeff Follenius , Jamie Keillor ,

Bill Bedee , Stan Henchel and Moe

 

Any one have there young year fishing pics ?

 

"Witchhunter" aka Bill Jakob

 

Bill,

I was schooled in the same general area in the 60's by Ron Madsen, Stan Henschel, Frank Sacardi, Warren Michealsen, Tommy Mortati. From Broadway beach to Hagermans Landing. There was a bunch of guys who would plug from 8' prams they chained to the bulkhead at Hagermans and row out to Old Sow and the Two Pigs trolling rebels or jigging Hopkins. I remember Mr. Mortati having two fish that were on the floor of that pram whose tails went under the rear thwart, under the center thwart and were just shy of the front seat. You could buy an unfinished plywood pram made on the Cape from Milnes in Rocky Point. They had the best mechanic around Walter. A great time to grow up.

Pete

[Tiderunner2]

Could this be Shag?

 

 

This picture came from the striper surf club website. It's Arnold Laine and Dick Samms, August 1953 Cape Cod, Ma

[witchhunter]

Heck , heck I thought I was side tracking the tread a little . Leather face

You playing tricks on us ?

 

 

"Witchhunter". aka Bill Jakob

[Leatherface]

Heck , heck I thought I was side tracking the tread a little . Leather face

You playing tricks on us ?

 

 

"Witchhunter". aka Bill Jakob

 

LOL.. Me? Never!!

 

I originally thought it could be Shagwong, but then Steve pointed everyone in the right direction on FB after I had posted it here.

 

Thanks Steve!

[jason colby]

 

Picture of me with some of the bluefish that invaded Long Island north shore for the first time in decades about 1969 . I was a skinny kid addicted to fishing schooled by local sharpies like , Jeff Follenius , Jamie Keillor ,

Bill Bedee , Stan Henchel and Moe

 

Any one have there young year fishing pics ?

 

"Witchhunter" aka Bill Jakob

 

Is Stan Hentchel still around?

 

JC

[witchhunter]

Jason,

 

Yes and no . He is in the keys fishing living the good life , was up at his shop

Today that was to open at 10am 45 min later I left a dark store behind . Guess it's typical

For winter , he is to be back up to his store in April

 

"Witchhuntet" aka Bill Jakob

[jason colby]

Jason,

 

Yes and no . He is in the keys fishing living the good life , was up at his shop

Today that was to open at 10am 45 min later I left a dark store behind . Guess it's typical

For winter , he is to be back up to his store in April

 

"Witchhuntet" aka Bill Jakob

 

Please tell him I said "HI"!

 

Jason

[scallop2]

Hey Bill , What was the name of the other guy in the yellow rain coat and and did he fish Baiting Hollow in the rocks ? I spent many nights talking to a older gentleman with a yellow jacket in the dark and never saw his face . We caught alot of fish late at night but never caught his name . He stopped showing up at the beach in the mid 90's and never new who he was . .....Shawn from Baiting Hollow (Devil's Playground )

[witchhunter]

Scallop2 aka Shawn

 

How have you been ?

Don't recall his name there were a lot if guys

Fishing back then in the WR area some were

Like ghosts in the dark and you would see them and then they were gone. that spot was alway Hush hush

The guy with the boat spooky crushed fish at devils play ground and the boat wrecks in Riverhead it's not like it was then that's for certain

 

"Witchhunter" aka Bill Jakob

 

 

Jason I will , been years since I've seem you

[jason colby]

Scallop2 aka Shawn

 

 

 

 

Jason I will , been years since I've seem you

Bill-

 

I got married and moved to Massachusetts. I run a flounder fishing charter business out of Quincy.

Life is good!

 

JC

 

Me last May....JC

[squidlips]

Chestertown hooks.

 

Yes!

[jason colby]

Chestertown hooks.

 

Yes!

I use size #2 Kale and/or #2 Aberdeen style. The fish ingest the Chestertons too deep and the mortality goes up on the releases. We release anything under 14 inches; some days, anything under 16 inches!.....JC

[squidlips]

I thought that was a Chestertown.

 

 

 

I always liked them because I thought the longer shank made it easier to grab the hook for removal.

[jason colby]

I thought that was a Chestertown.

 

 

 

I always liked them because I thought the longer shank made it easier to grab the hook for removal.

 

They do work great but not for "catch and release". I like the ones I let go to live awhile. Also, the "very big stuff" stresses the thin wire and you tend to lose a higher percentage of the ones you really want. The Mustad streamer hook (R73-9671) size 2 is a good compromise and it can handle about any flounder, fluke and bass up to 30 pounds! (we sometimes get harassed by bass when chumming)

 

JC