Brielle Bait and Tackle will hold its winter rod building class on three nights, Feb. 3, 5 and 7. The class will run for two hours each night, from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost is $90.

A couple will be trying for blackfish, and it will be the last weekend they can do so as the season closes March 1. It will re-open again April 1 for a brief month-long spring fishery.

Matt Sosnowski, skipper of the Norma K III, said the fish were not picky to either green and white crab baits. He said only a few fares couldn't trick a blackfish into the boat. The rest had ...

Blackfishing is pretty good on the inshore wrecks and rock piles, and blackfish, ... Staten Island fishing: Say goodbye to the blues. Updated: Oct. 30, 2009, 3:48 p.m.

The water temperature in Long Island Sound is hovering around the 65-degree mark. With the days becoming shorter and the nights becoming longer, the blackfish bite will soon be in full swing. The ...

Once baits start hitting the bottom, blackfish will seem to come out of the woodwork. Just drop a line on the bottom, Griffin says, "then you'll see a ton" on the depth finder.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) have changed both the recreational and commercial regulations for blackfish angling. The new Commercial and Recreational ...