Sag Harbor Outfitters is ideally situated to take advantage of great fishing just outside our doors, all spring, summer and fall. Noyack Bay is the destination for many experienced fishing guides and scores of recreational anglers.

May and June provides great sight fishing for striped bass in shallow water. Casting in front of the dark forms as they glide in and out of range provides the most experienced fly-fisher with the ultimate challenge. A twenty-pound striped bass barely raises an eyebrow during this exciting period.

 

Really big weakfish also come into the shallows looking for food too, but are more consistently caught off the end of Jessup Neck. Early season is the time for the 'weakies' to come out of the depths to chase food on the surface.

May and June also provide the best opportunity to catch really large fluke. Each year startling reports of monster fluke arrive at the store' even though the location of the catch is often a well-guarded secret.

 

 

In June, the bluefish is suddenly ubiquitous. In weights from five to fifteen pounds, they are seen frothing up the surface with their rapacious attacks on baitfish. They hang around through September and provide sport for fly-fishers and spin-casters from the beach or from a boat.

 

June is also the time when serious fluking gets under way and continues on through the summer. Targeting these bottom-feeding fish is a great way for everyone in the family to get out and try to catch dinner. The abundant blackfish and porgies, which share the bottom with the fluke, make for excellent table fare as well.

 

In late July, August and September we watch from our windows as kids have a blast catching snappers down at the dock. Snappers, or more accurately, baby bluefish weigh under a pound but put up a fight that is inspiringly disproportionate. Attacking everything in sight is their way of life and it results in great opportunity for teaching future anglers the joy of fishing.

 

EQUIPMENT
 

Equipment at Sag Harbor Outfitters is offered with local conditions in mind. We provide bait and ice but also offer the latest designs in graphite fly rods. We rent kayaks by the hour, day or week. We sell starter fly-fishing outfits and rod n' reel combos for the kids. We also sell mid range priced outfits for fly fishing and spin-fishing. We have floating, intermediate, sink tip and full sinking fly lines in various sizes. We sell braided lines, monofilament, lures and rigs in various sizes. We sell leaders, tippet, and all sorts of species appropriate flies as well as polarized sunglasses, sunscreen, snacks, sodas and hats. We try to make your day on the water as comfortable and care free as possible.

STAFF
 

Most anyone of our staff has probably either been out fishing, sailing or kayaking at least once on any given day and can give you expert information on up to the minute conditions. 

We will gladly help you string up a rod n' reel from out of grandpa's attic or offer advice on the various sink rates of the fly lines in store.  We can give knowledgeable weather and tide information and the answer to the 'where they bitin' question.

Our professional fly fishing instructor will help the novice get that annoying tailing loop out of a back cast or teach a double haul that really zings.  We can take you quietly by kayak into the skinny back water where that record sized weakfish was seen this morning or fire up the one hundred and fifty horsepower outboard to chase down slammer blues off Orient Point.
 
GUIDE SERVICES
 

As a full service outfitter we pride ourselves in the connections we have to the fishing community. Experience from years of guiding has provided us with more than just the names of the local fishing guides. We can tailor a day of fishing to fit your needs that you would not be able to get on you own. We never charge more than the guides would charge you independently and we only use established and reliable USCG licensed and insured captains. We have numbers to call for that last minute charter or can book you in with a guide who is 'booked solid from now until December'. Your level of experience and the pace at which you want to spend your day is how we match you up with the dozens of guides who are available to us. We can also recommend convenient lodging and give you written directions.