Port Jefferson fishing charter.

Captain Skippy Charters is your Port Jefferson–area private fishing charter — actually docked 10 minutes east at Mount Sinai Marina, so you skip the ferry-terminal traffic and hit the water fishing instead of idling. We're a private-only charter (never a shared "head" boat), running the exact water your Port Jefferson trip would target.

Water we fish from just outside Port Jeff

The ledges and structure at Old Field Point, immediately outside Port Jefferson Harbor, are one of our bread-and-butter spots. This is where the drop-offs meet current, and it holds striped bass, fluke and porgies all spring and summer, then blackfish (tautog) through the fall. From the dock in Mount Sinai to Old Field is about a 15-minute run — plenty of time to rig up while we're getting there.

Why not depart from Port Jefferson Harbor?

Port Jefferson Harbor is beautiful, but it shares space with the Bridgeport ferry, tour boats, and heavy summer traffic. That means slow-speed zones, wakes, and a longer run out to actual fishing water. Mount Sinai Marina is quieter, wake-free, and puts you on structure faster. Ten minutes of driving on the way in saves you an hour of boat time on the water.

Directions from Port Jefferson

From Port Jeff, take Route 25A east about 10 minutes to Mount Sinai, then Harbor Beach Road north. Pass the marina guard booth, take the first left after the stop sign into the Town Marina lot, and head to the far east side at the loading ramp. The Christina M II ties up at the first dock. Free parking for Town of Brookhaven residents; metered otherwise.

What we target on a Port Jefferson trip

• Spring–summer: striped bass along the Old Field ledges, fluke on the drifts west of the harbor mouth, porgies on structure.
• Late summer: bluefish blitzes push through the mouth of the harbor, sea bass thicken up.
• Fall (Oct 11 – Nov 30): our Fall Blackfish trip hits the rocky bottom directly west of Port Jefferson — some of the best tautog structure on the East Coast.

See live Long Island Sound conditions before you book, browse the catch gallery, or reserve your date. Call or text 631-252-6536 — Skippy answers his phone.