About Fishers Island

An unspoiled gem – even during the summer months, the island is no more crowded than a small rural New England town.

How does Fishers Island manage to avoid the development and tourism that plague Long Island, Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, the Hamptons, Cape Cod and coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island? It’s simple. There are no hotels. Everyone here either owns or rents a home (or is their guest) on the island.

Unmatched Privacy

Daytripper volume is virtually nonexistent and without the overnight crowds to support tourism, the only tourists you’ll find are the guests you bring. If you choose to locate on the gated East End, you step up to a level of privacy that’s unmatched just 100 miles from Manhattan and Boston.

Community Preservation Fund
On Fishers Island a 2% real estate transfer fee is paid by buyers. All money raised in a town stays in the town in which the real estate transfer fee is levied and is used to protect open space and farmland. For more information on the Community Preservation Fund, please visit: www.peconiclandtrust.org

Safety

Fishers Island is the ultimate gated community – only the gate is a ferry.

And, from April through October, every ferry is greeted by a New York State Trooper. Couple this with the lowest population density of any ferry-served island in New England, and you have the perfect recipe for safety.

Let the kids ride their bikes down to the playground, the store, or a friend’s house. Just be back home in time for dinner. It’s a wonderful flashback to the freedom we had as kids – a freedom that’s incredibly hard to find anywhere else.

Arts, Culture, Entertainment

Throughout the year, all are welcome to partake in numerous concerts, performances, movies, parades, craft fairs and community events at the library, museum, movie theater, school, legion hall, private homes and village green.

And if you’re so inclined, there are numerous events and activities that are sponsored by the Island People’s Project, Fishers Island Club, Fishers Island Yacht Club and Hay Harbor Club, and include crafts for kids, swimming, sailing, tennis, and golf lessons.

Nature Abounds on Fishers Island

Surrounded by natural beauty. . . to the north, you’ll find Fishers Island Sound, with Block Island Sound & Long Island Sound to the southeast and west. The fishing in and around Fishers is some of the best and most challenging on the East Coast. Some of the prettiest beaches on the Sound grace Fishers Island’s coastline. Large amounts of land are in a nature preserve trust. Enjoy walking trails that loop through prairie grasses, woodlands, wetlands and ocean settings that are havens to birds, animals and rare flora.

Uncrowded Beaches

Isabella Beach is among the most beautiful in New England, yet a busy day at this mile long beach will find only about 20 cars in the parking lot.

Equally lovely and more intimate Chocomount Beach is “crowded” with eight families along its 1/3 mile stretch of white and purple (from mussel shells) sand.

At South Beach it’s not uncommon to be the only one to watch the sun dip into the water along scenic, mile-long beach.

Dock Beach is perfect for the littlest ones, calm, shallow warm water with no waves, and a beautiful view of West Harbor.

Fishing

Sitting at the threshold of two very different waterways, there’s no wonder it’s called Fishers Island.

Late spring and early fall bring the best fishing for Striped Bass that’s made several Fishers Island World Champions. With an incredible variety of habitats, it’s not hard to find a good time or spot to catch them – along with bluefish, flounder, porgy, butterfish and rock bass (blackfish).

And for the more adventurous, tuna, marlin and shark in the waters off Montauk – just ten miles away.

Sailing

Fishers Island often offers a breeze when the other ports have none.

Fishers Island Sound is perfectly sheltered and sitting at the threshold of warmer Long Island Sound and colder North Atlantic.

And you’ll find with beautifully flat water – it’s perfect for teaching the kids, taking the guests out for a tour, or working the deck in the weekly IOD races out of the yacht club.