Warm weather is bringing a wave of excitement to City Island, where fishers are gearing up for the start of striped bass season.<\/p>\n
After months of winter chill, Tuesday\u2019s clear skies and 80-degree temperatures set the stage for what many say are perfect fishing conditions. Boats are preparing to set sail for opening day, with anticipation building along the docks and inside local shops.<\/p>\n
At Jack\u2019s Bait and Tackle, a staple in the community for more than 80 years, customers packed in to stock up on bait and gear ahead of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cShow \u2018em the jumbo! Yeah! That\u2019s striped bass candy!\u201d owner Jack Decuffa shouted, pointing to bait inside the shop.<\/p>\n
Decuffa said the excitement never gets old.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love to fish and we love to get people out there fishing \u2014 it\u2019s a great hobby!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Down by the docks, party boat crews are preparing for a busy opening day, expecting more than 100 fishers ready to cast their lines in hopes of landing a big catch.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnywhere from 9 inches to 50 pounds,\u201d said Alex Blair, a party boat worker, describing the range of striped bass fishers hope to reel in.<\/p>\n
Inside the shop, one legendary catch still draws attention \u2014 a massive striped bass mounted on the wall. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the one I caught in the \u201970s,\u201d a Decuffa recalled.<\/p>\n
But not everyone on City Island is focused on fishing. Some are simply soaking in the sunshine after a long winter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sun makes you feel good, energized to do what you gotta do,\u201d said Jackie Padmore.<\/p>\n
Padmore said she\u2019s using worms to attract birds to her garden, even if she\u2019s still figuring things out.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I have no idea what I\u2019m doing \u2014 but I\u2019m hoping the birds eat the worms and stay in my garden,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Whether it\u2019s casting lines or cultivating gardens, many on City Island are embracing the warm weather \u2014 and the fresh start that comes with a new season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warm weather is bringing a wave of excitement to City Island, where fishers are gearing up for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-197486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}