Captree Boat Basin — Attraction in Town of Islip

It a very nice area with many fishing party boats to choose from...some regularly scheduled and some for private charter.

Amazing sunsets here.

Food options are not too good, yet can be very expensive.

UPDATE - OCTOBER 16, 2023

This is still an amazing place. On question though about the fishing boat aspect...here me out...

During the peak season, let's say there are 15 boats. They go put 2 to 3 times a day and there are a conservative average of 25 people per trip. The boats basically fish in the same areas...how many "keeper" fish can they possibly catch? There are a lot of shorts and throwbacks left by the end of the season. Most trips are a few hours long, so how far can they possibly go? They fish out the main area and there is nowhere left...

Normally a great place to catch a boat to fish. However kids had the day off, there were close to forty people looking to go out on an evening fish, and not one boat wanted to take us. We hung around for 2 hours waiting from 430 . disappointed the kids. Update your website, they said they were going out till the end of the week on night cruises... very dissatisfied with the way captree fleet handled forty people wanting to pay almost 50 dollars a person for a few hours... I guess Freeport is the place to go out of...

The Captree Fleet is one of the largest Open boat fleets on the East Coast. It offers half day, full day, evening fishing trips and charters. The crews and captains are skilled and accommodating. Tackle and bait is provided. There is bay and ocean fishing available on comfortable craft. Boats fish for the current run following State seasonal regulations. Fish alone or with the family. Mates will clean you catch. I fish the Jib 6 and do well. Captain Joe and the crew are...