Captain
Austin Perilli

Member since October 2022 New York City, United States
Background
I love taking people out fishing in New York City! Jamaica Bay, Lower NY Bay, and the New York Bight offers calm, sheltered water, teeming with gamefish! There is no better feeling than spending a great day on the bay!
Techniques
Light tackle back bay and coastal jigging and live bait fishing for all inshore species in season including trophy fluke, striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, porgies, and false albacore.

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New York City, United States
Background
I love taking people out fishing in New York City! Jamaica Bay, Lower NY Bay, and the New York Bight offers calm, sheltered water, teeming with gamefish! There is no better feeling than spending a great day on the bay!
Techniques
Light tackle back bay and coastal jigging and live bait fishing for all inshore species in season including trophy fluke, striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, porgies, and false albacore.
Anglers Choice
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Austin Outfitters

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(42 reviews)
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New York City
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Fishing Reports

Itโ€™s time!
Itโ€™s time!
Apr 26, 2025 New York City
Another fishing season is back upon us. Striped bass of all sizes are stacked up in the back bays, feeding on adult bunker but readily wacking surface lures and swim shads as well. We look forward to seeing this good back bay, calm water striped bass fishing continue into June before the water temperature climbs up and the bass are replaced by fluke and bluefish.
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Crushed it today!
Crushed it today!
Nov 19, 2024 New York City
Dave and crew enoyed non-stop striped bass action during this phenomenal stretch of fall run fishing weโ€™ve been having in NYC! Live bait and artificial lures both produced equally well.
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Fall grand slam
Fall grand slam
Oct 6, 2024 New York City
Good action this morning for Mike and crew. All of our local fall favorites were in the mix. Live bait is still dominating but the bass are really starting to chase bait and hit artificial lures. The start of great things to come.
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Fall grand slam
Fall grand slam
Oct 6, 2024 New York City
Good action this morning for Mike and crew. All of our local fall favorites were in the mix. Live bait is still dominating but the bass are really starting to chase bait and hit artificial lures. The start of great things to come.
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Guess whoโ€™s back?!
Guess whoโ€™s back?!
Oct 4, 2024 New York City
The big bass are back in town! Fall run 2024โ€ฆhere we go!
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Golden Nuggets!
Golden Nuggets!
Sep 16, 2024 New York City
We are still seeing lots of weakfish on all recent trips. 2-5 pound bluefish are in the mix and we also landed a 27 inch fluke as well. Everything has been eating live peanut bunker lately.
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Customer reviews

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Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 42 reviews
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Excellent
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\u201cRediscover NYC Through the Water: A Perfect Day with Captain Austin\u201d
\u201cRediscover NYC Through the Water: A Perfect Day with Captain Austin\u201d
\u201cRediscover NYC Through the Water: A Perfect Day with Captain Austin\u201d
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Nicholas C.
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Fishing with Austin

VERIFIED   Sunset Fishing Trip on May 23, 2024
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Madeline N.
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Austin is the best!!!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on November 4, 2023
Will be booking with Austin again. Heโ€™s very easy to talk to, my boyfriend and I had a great time getting to know him while...
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Carlos C.
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Excellent morning in tricky weather ๐Ÿ™‚

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip on October 14, 2023
Five โญ๏ธ fishing trip with tricky weather. Thanks to the captain for making this a wonderful experience.
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Judy J.
Crystal, MN
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Sunset Cruise

VERIFIED   Sunset Fishing Trip on June 15, 2023
The trip was beautiful and amazing.ย  The guides were fun and able to find the fish.ย  Highly recommend this trip.
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Alexandre Z.
New York, NY
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Awesome fishing

VERIFIED   Sunset Fishing Trip on June 10, 2023
Captain Austin was very helpful and kind, I highly recommend this fishing. We had an amazing day.
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