NY's Sportfishing Guide

A Shore-Based Angler's Haven

With more than 1,500 miles of coastline, New York offers tremendous opportunities for shore-based anglers to score with stripers, bluefish, false albacore, fluke, porgy, and black sea bass. Generous stretches of parklands allow access to some of the best fishing action on the eastern seaboard. Anglers can fish in the shadows of Manhattan for striped bass and bluefish, or venture out to Robert Moses State Park to try for flukes and other fish. Plan a fishing trip to Shinnecock Canal where fish move between the north and south forks of Lang Island. Orient Beach State Parks provides surfing access to Gardiners Bay and Plum Gut, where the possibilities for striped bass and porgy appear endless. Click here (PDF) to learn the secrets to surf fish in several of Long Island's State Parks.