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CaptainIDS (Captainids)
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Capt Gene Kelly (Captgenekelly)
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September 15, 2003
They say; “everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it”. That’s not
entirely true here in Montauk, and what people do about the weather is cancel their fishing trips.
In some cases when the weather is unsuitable, that is justified. Unfortunately, sometimes
(actually quite often this year) the weatherman is wrong, and trips are cancelled based on the
anticipation of rotten weather instead of the actual weather itself. That happened this past
weekend. The forecast was for “end of the world” type weather, lots of rain and wind, but what
we got was a little southeast breeze, and no rain.
Now there is a hurricane out there, apparently a pretty bad one, so naturally trips are being
cancelled. As I’m sitting here typing this, there is no wind. What we have is an overcast muggy
day, but there are boats sitting at the dock today that were cancelled because of a storm that is
forecast to start to affect us sometime on Thursday.
Now for the fishing. There are still some bluefin tuna over to the southeast of Block Island, but
nothing to get very excited about. What is to get excited about is the yellowfin action out on the
edge. It has been red hot, finally, both chunking and trolling for boats doing overnighters. The
weather hasn’t been very good, but I’m sure that anyone who is on the way out there now is
going to load up. Who knows what the future will bring after nasty old Isabel gets here.
Inshore the bas fishing is in a difficult stage right now, but not because of a lack of fish. Rather
it’s too many fish - bluefish - that are beating the bass to the hooks. If you just want action, those
same bluefish are sure to keep you busy, fishing however you want to.
The same can’t be said of the falsies, which are still somewhere, but not here. I assume that
eventually they’ll show up, but who knows when.
The Montauk Classic will be held this coming weekend, and since Isabel is slated to participate,
it’s sure to be exciting. The best surf fishing is always had when the weather is at it’s worst, and
what’s worse than a category five hurricane. Check in with Freddies tackle Shop at 631 668 5520
for more information.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Gene Kelly (Captgenekelly)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 3:35 am: | |
September 8, 2003
Labor Day is past, and although fall doesn’t start officially for another two weeks, it’s starting to
feel like it here. We should be seeing birds working over bait pushed up by marauding bluefish,
bass and falsies, but we’re not, unless you go back to Cherry Harbor where there are lots of
cocktail blues. Falsies first showed up over a week ago, but since then they’ve been among the
missing.
It’s starting to look like you can get all your spinners, silver bullets and other fluke bling-bling
and put them away. You can still scratch out a few fish, maybe even an occasional doormat, but
you’ll have to put up with lots of waiting time in between. Seabass season is closed until next
week, so until then if you want to do some productive bottom fishing you’ll have to go after the
scup, which are pretty plentiful.
Striped bass fishing is still pretty steady, but again mainly for medium sized fish. Not many big
ones around right now.
Offshore the shark fishing is very good, with good numbers of bluedogs, very frisky
ones, as well as some makos. This time of the year the bluesharks are not measured in feet or
pounds, but rather in the number of anglers it takes to get them to the boat.
There are still some bluefins over by the Tuna Bank to the southeast of Block Island, and they
are being caught by diamond jigs, trolling and on chunks, but not very many of them, and if you
want good results, you’d better get up pretty early. If you are fishing and you can see the sun,
you’re probably too late.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Captain Mike (Unregistered Guest)
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Basszilla that the only way I can describe the Striped Bass caught by a friend of mine. 69.15 lbs one oz shy of 70lbs Jimmy George is the anglers name. Jimmy is no stranger when it comes to taking giant fish back in the 70's Jimmy landed a 1038lb Mako shark.
if you want a shot at a giant Bass now is time since last tues we have 16 Bass over 30lbs and 5 in the 40's. today we had 2 trips 4 over 30 in the am and a 41lb fish in the Pm sharking is red hot loads of little Mako's and some monster size Blue sharks Saturday 8/9 we went sharking after releasing two small blues we hooked a brute around 300lbs after 45 min fight the clients were worn out so we went back to the point and trolled a bunch of bass up to 39lbs.
Captain Mike Albronda
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing eport 6/9/03
June 9, 2003
Well, despite the fact that my oil burner still clicks on every once in a while, I guess summer is
here. The Blessing of the Fleet, which is like the official start of the fishing season was
yesterday. The Irish are here. Those students that flock here, looking for summer work, from the
Emerald Isle are all over the place. They probably feel right at home with the weather we’ve
been having.
I also guess the shark fishing has started, although it was hardly with a bang. Capt Michael Potts
of the BLUEFIN IV got the ball rolling, albeit reluctantly, this past Wednesday. The clients
insisted on going offshore, even though the weather was against them. He took them out to forty
fathoms and, after a half hour of chumming, caught a blue shark. They then decided enough was
enough and they headed home.
A couple of other boats tried on the weekend and caught sharks although one, that only went as
far as the 700 line, caught the wrong kind - a couple dozen of the spiked variety, also know as
dogfish.
Star Island is holding it’s shark tournament this week, and it is going to be interesting to see the
turnout. They usually have about two hundred and fifty entries, but I doubt it will be that high
this year, and I know there will be less charter boats in it. They changed the format from two
days of fishing to one consisting of two days fishing out of the three days of the tournament.
(The boat has the stay at the dock on it’s chosen off day) This is all the result of last years
tragedy at a shark tournament at Freeport last year when a couple of the contestants lost their
boat and perished. It was on the same weekend as Star Islands tournament, and both contests
should have been called off due to the weather conditions. (Less than a dozen boats fished that
day out of Montauk) Naturally there are all kinds of lawsuits going on, and the new format
places more responsibility on the individuals and less on the organizers.
Most of the charter boats are not participating because they would have to charge for three days
for only two days fishing. With the state of the shark fishing this year, it is doubtful that many
meaningful catches will be made, which will most likely keep many of the last minute entries
down. And, don’t forget the weather, which I am getting sick and tired of writing about.
But, if you want to show the kiddies some man-eaters stop over the Star Island after about 3:00
pm on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. There are sure to be some entries being hung, even if there
are few of the exotics.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Captain Mike Albronda
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 9:49 am: | |
Subject: Charter Boat Montauk Report
Not a bad weekend most of the rain came at night and the fishing was good. On Friday 6/6 I was part of a 15 boat tournament from B A E systems Fishing club, we placed 3rd in the Striped Bass. 33.9lbs most of the Bass were in the high teens. After the bass fishing we went Fluke Fishing, a big ground swell hurt that fishing a lot just found 6 legal fish. The high point of the day was when a Giant Basking shark came by the Boat, that was more 10 feet long and around 900lb.
Saturday 6/7 again the Bass fishing was good but the size fell off, most of the fish were in the low to mid teens. Fluke fishing was better we found 19 nice Fluke to 7.5lbs
Sunday 6/8 we found the better bass again most in the high teens
Captain Mike
Montauk Sportfishing - CHARTER BOAT MONTAUK |
Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing Report 6/2/03
June 2, 2003
Old Ma Nature must be losing her touch, She only screwed up half of the weekend. Of course
she had the weather guessers working for her, and they scared their share of people away.
For most of the past week the fishing was just great. The bass don’t seem to care much what the
weather is doing, so that has been pretty consistent, with most of the fish what I call mediums.
Bluefish are plentiful enough, and have been putting on surface shows from time to time,
keeping the light tackle guys happy.
When the weather was good the fluke fishing was as well, with a mixture of nice sized fish as
well as shorts, which means a lot of reeling in of fish. When the weather deteriorates, so does the
fishing, but it seems like we may be getting past the worst of it. The upcoming forecast seems
pretty reasonable.
Sea bass are just starting to show out in the deeper water. It’s not red hot, but it’s early yet. It
will start to improve as we get deeper into Spring. So far there is no sign of the doggies that
tormented us so much last year.
Next weekend the shark fishing starts. The water is still pretty cool, but it can’t stay that way
forever, so I’m pretty confident that some sharks will be caught by anyone who runs out as far as
forty fathoms or so.
Next Sunday is the Blessing of the Fleet, rain, or shine or wind. The festivities start at 5:00 pm,
when al the boats file past the Town Dock to get blessed, after which they head out past the
jetties to throw water balloons. If you want to go for a ride, hop aboard one of the party boats.
There are a couple of pretty nice little boats for sale, the PICES and WAKE. The PICES is a 31’
JC, and the WAKE is a 34’ WILBUR. Both have recently rebuilt Cats.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Captain Mike
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Subject: Charter boat Montauk Reports
This was a great week to fish Montauk, the weather has settled down, except for today. The fishing is great and during the week the crowds are down and the fish stay up. During the week the birds and the Blues, and Striped Bass are putting on a great show. The Bass are driving the bait to the top, and the birds are cleaning up. On Fri. 3/30 Just had a 2 man trip. on the first pass we hook 2 fish over 25lbs now I am told they don't want the fish, back they go. We had about 3 hrs solid fishing, most of Bass were in the teens. With the Bass is a load of small blues. As the weather got better so did the fluke fishing. Saturday we took our limit to 4lbs the fishing was non stop loads of shorts now.
Captain Mike Albronda.
631 668 2056
http://www.charterboatmontauk.com/ |
Captain Mike Albronda
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Subject: Charter boat Montauk Report
We spent most of the week looking for Striped Bass, The East winds have turned the fluke off. This early Bass run is different from other years, it used to be you had to catch a lot of short Bass to find a legal one, not this year almost everything is legal. The cool water and weather that have turned the Fluke off, have the Stripers going hot and heavy. Most of my 1/2 days we catch 25+ Bass almost all are legal, the fish we are keeping are in the high teens to the mid 20s. Our biggest this week was 28lbs, I saw two fish over 40 caught on other Charter boats. The best way to catch them is trolling the chutes. If you want you can catch some with the diamond jigs but the fish are Smaller. Sea Bass And Porgies are starting to bite, something to do when the Fluke are not Biting.
Captain Mike Albronda
http://www.charterboatmontauk.com |
Capt Gene Kelly
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 26, 2003 - 12:07 pm: | |
Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 5/26/03
May 26, 2003
I don’t know what we’ve done to get old Mother Nature so po’d, but she sure seems intent on
getting even. Maybe somebody has to go out and sacrifice a goat or something.
The weather hasn’t hurt the bass fishing at all, except maybe to make the fishermen miserable.
There are some better sized fish showing up, with a number of boats taking fish in the thirty
pound range.
The fluke fishing on the other hand is suffering. I think if we could have two decent days in a
row that would settle in, but right now it is a little difficult. There are fish in the rips as well as
on the south side now, but as is normal, these fish are not the quality at everybody wants this
time of year. However, with the conditions that we have been having, you have to fish where you
can, not where you want to.
I imagine there are a couple of boats that are booked to go shark fishing next weekend, but I
don’t know if they will, or should. From what I can find out, the water temperatures out there are
only about fifty degrees at the warmest, and that won’t be enough to insure success. And, it
doesn’t look like we can expect a heat wave this week to help out.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing magazine
The 2003 edition of the MONTAUK SPORTFISHING magazine is now available online at www.montauksportfishing.com/mag2003.htm |
Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 5/19/03
May 19, 2003
The fluke fishing just kept getting better and better throughout the week. Then we had a bit of
breeze on Friday and Saturday and that slowed things down a bit. A good thing too. Last week I
said it was “red hot or white hot, whichever was hotter”. If it had gotten any better I would have
had to invent another color. The bottom line though is it is still pretty damn good, with a lot of
nice fish around. The action is all on the south side from the Point west to town.
The striped bass must have liked the breeze, because they’re here in strength right now. Plenty of
fish in all the rips, mostly keepers, up to fifteen pounds or so, with occasional shorts. Most of the
shorts are on the beach on the south side where the surfcasters have been doing real well, but it is
strictly dawn and dusk.
There are still some bluefish around, mostly in the rips with the bass, but not enough of them to
be a pain in the rear.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing Report 5/12/03
May 12, 2003
Things are starting to shape up a little. The fluke fishing is red hot , or white hot, whichever is
better. There are lots of big fish being caught on the south side, and you can leave your ruler
home. Who wants those seventeen inch rats anyway? Catching a limit of fish is no big deal, and
you can almost expect to catch at least one fish in the six to eight pound range.
On Friday a hoard of bluefish arrived, and are still here, although a little less of a problem then
the first day. No delicate light leaders for the fluke, cause they are likely to get bit off at some
point during the day.
Striped bass are starting to trickle in, but you have to work for them. No going out and catching a
limit of bass and then switching over to fluke. In fact I don’t believe anyone has caught a limit of
bass yet. The most I’ve heard about is five or six. Most are legal up to the teens, but there are
some shorts in the mixture as well.
The water is still pretty cold - mid forties. Even on the nicest day, when the little breeze picks up
in the afternoon, everyone starts reaching for a jacket.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing Report 5/5/03
May 5, 2003
For the last couple of seasons, at this time of year the boats fishing for cod and flounders would
be counting the days until the fluke and striper seasons opened, so they could start to bring some
better catches back to the dock. Not this year.
Things are still slow getting started, but the fluke fishing is at least starting to show some
promise. There’s a mixture of shorts and legal fish, but there are enough keepers around to at
least provide a dinner or two for anyone that tries for them. And, hopefully, things will continue
to improve.
Striped bass fishing, on the other hand, has yet to get started. So far no boat going after bass has
caught any, although I did hear the SEA WIFE caught one on a fluke rig. The surfcasters have
been taking a few small fish off the south side beaches, and that is where the first fish usually
show up, so maybe in another week or so the boats will be able to catch a few.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk SportfishingReport 4/27/03
April 27, 2003
Things are a little slow getting started this season.
Flounder fishing in the lake leaves a lot to be desired, with the LAZYBONES only managing to
catch a handful of fish on each trip. Since the fluke season is already open, he’s going to start
chasing them this coming Friday, although he might make an exploratory type trip earlier in the
week. A couple of boats have already tried without great results, but it has to start someday. The
last couple of years the commercial guys were catching plenty of fluke by the middle of April,
and I figure that we are about a week behind, so next weekend should show us something.
A couple of boats have also tried for stripers, since that season is now open as well, but there has
been nothing taken so far. Normally the surf guys start catching some small fish by now, but that
hasn’t happened yet either, although there have been some mullet size bass being taken up in the
bay.
Cod fishing has been fairly decent though, although the run to get to the fish is pretty long,
almost out to Coxes Ledge. Nothing yet on the southwest corner of Block Island where the
snowshoe flounder hang out with some cod. The CAPT MARK will probably give that a shot
sometime this week.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
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Capt gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk sportfishing report 4/14/03
I woke up with the sun in my face this morning. I think that was the first
time that happened
since I returned from Costa Rica almost a month ago.
The weather hasn't helped the boat yards, or the guys who are trying to get
their boats ready for
the upcoming season. Then again, there doesn't seem to be much of a rush,
especially since it
looks like the weather will hold things back a bit this year.
Codfishing has been anything but red hot. When a captain tells you how many
he caught, you
have to then ask how many he kept. The fares have been taking home enough
ling though to
justify making the trip.
As far as I can determine the first flounder has yet to be caught. The
LAZYBONES made a little
shakedown trip about a week ago, and all he found was some kind of algae
type glop that
immediately fouled the baits. H4e'll start sailing everyday this coming
Friday, April 18.
The regs have been changed this year and the fluke season is now year round.
If you want to fish
for them in January, feel free. Last year some commercial rod and reelers
were catching them as
early as mid April. I doubt that will happen this year. The bass season will
open earlier as well,
on April 15. Last year there were some bass, and even a couple of bluefish
around by the middle
of the month, but again it seems like that was then, and this is now.
Every year there are a couple of changes in the harbor. The biggest one this
year is that Capt Joel
Lizza got rid of his boat, and bought two new ones. The SEA OTTER V is 76'
long and will be
licensed for up to 110 passengers. The SEA OTTER IV is 45' and will sail as
an over six charter
boat. He's still at the same old spot, on the right as soon as you enter the
harbor area. Another
change actually took place in the latter part of last season. Capt Ed
Baldrian sold the THREE
STAR to Capt Mark Dombrowski, who has renamed it the BLUE MOON II, and is
sailing out of
Star Island.
As most of you know, the NMFS conducts dockside surveys throughout the
season to determine
what the offshore anglers are catching. Quantech, the outfit that does these
surveys is looking for
a few good men, so if you are retired and looking for something to do
between May and
November, give them a call at 800 229 5220 extension 8 during regular
business hours or go to
www.fishingsurvey.com on the internet.
This is the first report for 2003, but I won't be posting regularly until
more fishing is going on,
probably in another couple of weeks.
I want to consolidate the e-mail list, getting rid of some addresses that
are no longer viable, etc.
So, if you want to continue to receive the weekly reports, just respond to
this and you'll be added
to the new list. Otherwise you will be dropped.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a
note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in
Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out
http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing - Tropical Fishing Adventures
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing Report 12/14/02
Although there are still a couple of boats fishing, I’ll go out on a limb and declare the 2002
season officially over. Listen to some of the charter boat guys though and you might get the
impression that it has been over for a couple of months now.
The fishing has been excellent, but the weather sucked “BIG TIME”. I know that there were
more trips canceled in the last couple of months than there were coming off the World Trade
Center mess. During October and November I don’t think there was one weekend that didn’t
result in at least one day being blown out and for many of them both days were lost. For boats
that are were fully booked on the weekends and only had a couple of days booked during the mid
week, the bottom line didn’t look too good.
The herring showed up a couple of weeks back, but they really didn’t create the excitement that
they usually do. The fish were feeding mostly on peanut bunker and pretty much ignored the
herring. The bass are just about gone. The LAZYBONES fished through yesterday and caught a
couple of fish, but earlier in the week he was doing great. Now the weekend is here with a lousy
forecast, so even BONES is packing it in.
The blackfishing is what is drawing most of the attention now. Catching a limit is just about
standard going, wherever you try, with six to eight pound fish fairly common.
You won’t be hearing from me for a while now, unless something noteworthy happens over the
winter. There will be a couple of boats available for trips throughout the winter months, namely
the CAPT MARK, KING WAYNE and KAREN SUE so if you are a diehard, you can still get a
little action. This winter, the VIVIENNE won’t be fishing. If you prefer to fish in your
shirtsleeves, give me a call and I’ll set you up with a great trip somewhere down south.
The finals in the East Hampton Locals contest are as follows;
1st Place - Charlie Flynn - 42.94 LBS
2nd Place - Alberto Knie - 41.25 LBS
3rd Place - John Ward - 37.84 LBS
WET SUIT
1st Place - Fred Kalkstein - 48.36 LBS
KIDS
1st Place - Wesley Peterson - 16.22 LBS
2nd Place - Wesley Peterson - 16.02 LBS
3rd Place - Wesley Peterson - 15.10 LBS
The finals in the Montauk Boatman’s & Captain’s Association’s annual contest are as follows;
VENTURE - Noell Brennan - 46.5 LBS
ADIOS - Gordon Stier - 46.0 LBS
VENTURE - Peggy Gall - 43.5 LBS
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing Report 9/2/02
It seems that every year we have a little blow the last week of August. I first found this out a
number of years ago when I scheduled a day off that week after about a month of fishing every
day was to be followed by a similar month. That day I slept late, had a leisurely breakfast,
changed oil and took a nap. It all worked out perfectly until I was blown out the next three days.
This weeks weather has been a doozey, and except for a couple of boats that salvaged full day
trips, most were thankful that they could get in a half day here and there. A lot of clients were
paid not to go fishing - the way I describe returning deposits. If you want a fishing report, check
back on last weeks, because there is nothing to add.
The Montauk community lost a couple of old-timers this past week.
Capt Gus Pitts, who died at age 97, was one of the pioneers in the charter fishing business.
Because he retired from fishing a good many years ago, most of you probably don’t recognize
the name, but Capt Tom Herlihy and his HERL’S GIRL are direct descendents of his business.
Tom purchased the MARIE IV from Capt Dave McMahon, after mating for him. Dave
purchased the business from Gus, who was his father-in-law, after mating for him. It wouldn’t
surprise me in the least to hear that Tom has clients taking their sons out fishing with him, whose
grandfathers fished with Gus.
Al Holden, who passed away at 88, was more involved in the generally community than the
fishing side, but would often be the master of ceremonies at the Montauk Marine Basin shark
tournaments. If you’ve ever seen a copy of the MONTAUK ALMANAC, you have seen his
work.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 8/19/02
There were a lot of little kids asking “Where are the sharks, Daddy?” at the Star Island Yacht Club on Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, Daddy didn’t have an answer for them, nor did anyone else. The two day Mako Mania contest was decided by a drawing of names out of a hat when no qualifying makos were brought in. In fact, only one fish over a hundred pounds was taken, by the SEA WIFE, and he wasn’t in the tournament. There are a lot of makos around, but virtually all of them are little pups.
Overall, the shark fishing is ok, about what you expect at this time of year, with just about every boat catching one or two a trip, split between big blue sharks and baby makos.
There is a glimmer of hope on the tuna front. Boats fishing on overnighters have been doing well with longfins, returning to the dock with a dozen or more. Day boats fishing out around 14500/43500 or even a little closer have been scoring with some decent yellowfins. It’s a long ride (55+/- miles), but most boats have been getting two or three fish - or more - per trip. What’s missing this year are dolphin, or dorado, or mahi, or whatever you want to call them. For the past couple of years if a tuna trip was going poorly, boats could do a little pot hopping and get some action with them. This year that’s not happening.
To take a charter out that far involves a fuel surcharge of around $200, but a better option is to plan on an extended trip, which will run an extra $350-$400, but includes extra time on the fishing grounds. Going tuna fishing without coughing up the extra $$$ is pretty much a waste of time.
Striped bass fishing seems to be improving a bit, but it is still up and down. Real hot fishing one day - or morning - followed by difficult fishing the next. It’s the same with bluefish. Sometimes there are a lot around, other times hardly any. Most boats are using the tried and true chartreuse parachute, while others are using the big tubes, but there is no miracle method.
Fluke fishing is holding up pretty well, with the bigger fish on the south side. There are fish from the lighthouse west to the Tower and beyond, but the spot to be varies from day to day.
Seabass fishing isn’t what it was last year. There are less boats fishing them, partly because the fluke fishing is pretty reliable, but their numbers are definitely down, with many of the fish being caught on the small side.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note at
CaptGene@MontaukSportfishing.com. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Jack Passie
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Subject: Stripers & Porgies
Well fishing on the Windy for Striped Bass and Fluke has been holding up well. The morning tides being the best for the Stripers. Depending on the stage of the tide when we get out in the morning is what that has been determining the method we have been using. If the tide is running hard Chartruse Parachute jigs seem to work best. If we're at the start or end of the tide we've been using Umbrella Rigs with great results Just the other day we had a double header on an umbrella a 38 pound and a 30 pound Striper on the same rig, it was very impressive when they came up to the surface. Today we did something a little different. Rather than go Fluking after limiting out with the Stripers The Steve Burrnet Party of NYC opted to fish for Porgies. It was fabulus. Six men had between 250-300 Porgies averaging about 11/2 pounds each. It was constant action in 30' of water at Caswells and Under the Light. All this was on clams for bait and of coarse a Chum Pot filled with ground clams is a must. The Windy will be starting offshore for Tuna this week. I hear good reports to the East on the Blue Fins and Al Cacciola of the Last Word had 5 Yellow Fins in the 45 pound range and a 43 pound Wahoo about 55 mile SSE of the Point. Lets hope there closer when I point the Windy South. |
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing Report 7/15/02
The MBCA’s shark tournament over the weekend worked out well, with great weather
and decent fishing. The bluesharks are stacked up at the Dump, and the boats that went
down that way all caught a bunch of sharks. The boats that stayed local caught less, and a
few even caught none. A total of eighteen sharks were weighed in on Saturday, nine
makos, two threshers and seven bluesharks. Only ten were weighed in on Sunday, most
of them blues, but that was probably because by that time everyone had an indication of
what it would take to win. The final results are as follows;
KING WAYNE - BLUESHARK - 330 LBS
DOUBLE HEADER - BLUESHARK - 308 LBS
HURRY UP - THRESHER - 306 LBS
AM SAM II - MAKO - 266 LBS
PREDATOR - BLUESHARK - 260 LBS
NAN SEA MAR - BLUESHARK - 255 LBS
REMEMBER WHEN - BLUESHARK - 232 LBS
SEA WHEAT - BLUESHARK - 222 LBS
MY DENISE - BLUESHARK - 222 LBS
The bluefin that were in our area have moved east, and now there only occasional fish
being taken, but the shark boats fishing the Dump saw plenty of them down there. Also,
the bluefish that were offshore seem to be thinning out quite a bit, and are no longer a
major problem.
Inshore the striped bass fishing recovered a little from last weeks lull, but it’s still not
what it should be. The lure of choice is still the good old chartreuse parachute with red
pork rind, and if you fish early in the morning you will do better than after the sun gets
high. The chunking is pretty much a waste of time.
The fluke fishing is pretty consistent right now, with fish in all the normal spots, from the
rips to the east westward to Gurney’s, and probably farther. There are still some big fish
at Frisbees, but you have to be patient out there. Everyplace else has a mixture of legals
and sub-legals.
The porgie fishing is pretty hot right now, and if you want the silver dollars, all you have
to do is head down to the Lighthouse and make a U-turn down the south side. You’ll see
a number of pinhookers anchored up, all catching scup.
Those interested in seabass have a problem that doesn’t seem to want to go away -
doggies. The best place for the sea biscuits is over toward Block Island, but the dogfish
are still there, raising havoc.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for
more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or
check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com. |
Capt Jack Passie
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Subject: Striped Bass
Well, fishing never stays tough in Montauk for long. Last week we had to work for every Striper we caught and this wee they're jumping into the Windy. Tuesday morning we had out John Barbieri and his group from Setauket NY and by 8:30 we not only had our limit of 12 Stripers but Mate Mike was throwing back 20 pound fish. it was quite a morning and a very impressive catch when we hit the dock.The average Striper we brought in was 22 pounds. On Wedensday it was a replay for Stanley Nolt and the boys from Ephrata PA. Once again we were limited out with Big Stripers by 8:00 before we headed offshore Shark Fishing. All of this red hot action was on Umbrella Rigs. The best fishing was in the East End of the North Rip, the Flats and the Torcher Chamber.
We are on the rise of the Moon right now and I expect to see some really big Stripers in the next week |
Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing Report 7/8/02
Well, boys and girls, this weeks report will include a lesson in the lexicon of the
Montauk charter boat community.
We’ll start with the striped bass fishing. The two terms most commonly being used right
now are “delicate” and “difficult”. When a charter boat captain says that the fishing is
“delicate”, it means that he caught his limit, but he had to work his ass off, moving
around a lot to find fish, or staying in one place even though the fishing wasn’t that good
because, at least there were some fish there. “Difficult” means that he wasn’t able to
catch his limit in spite of working his ass off. A new term that just reared it’s ugly head
this week is “basshole”, and that refers to a charter boat that didn’t catch any legal bass.
Until recently, there was no need for that term. For the past couple of years, at the end of
the season a captain could count on one hand the number of trips that he didn’t catch the
limit, and on those trips he was generally only one or two fish shy of it.
Jigging the parachute has been the preferred method for stripers, but a couple of charter
boats are starting to use the umbrella more now. Jigging 300 feet of wire is no big deal
when the fishing is halfway decent, but when it is slow, you need arms like Popeye to do
it for long stretches of time. Let’s hope that the lull in bass fishing is only temporary.
The fluke fishing is pretty good right now, with two main areas being fished, the Midway
Rips and to the south at Frisbees. The rips are holding more fish, and you can always
catch some, but many of them are small. Frisbees on the other hand is holding some good
size fluke, but the conditions have to be right for it to produce. Drift too fast or too slow
and the results are disappointing. Saturday afternoon things were just right and there were
probably fifty or sixty boats there. Sunday afternoon, the breeze was a little too much and
there were only a handful of boats drilling it out. There is usually a sprinkling of seabass
mixed in with the fluke as well.
We got word this week that the season on spiny dogfish has been closed, since the quota
has been caught. I’m not so sure that many anglers are too upset about that. It does seem
that they are pretty much on the way out now anyway, except maybe in the deeper water.
Offshore the shark fishing now is what is called “one bite” fishing. You are almost as
likely to catch a mako or thresher as a blue shark, but waiting for that “one bite” can
wear on the nerves, especially when the party starts to get the idea that the one bite might
not come.
This Saturday and Sunday is the Montauk Boatmen’s and Captain’s Association’s annual
charity shark tournament. All the proceeds go to scholarship money for local college
students. The headquarters for the tournament is at the Star Island Yacht Club, so stop
over and check out the weigh in - and buy a tee shirt or two while you are there.
Tuna fever is starting. Early in the week there was a mini giant of around 290 pounds
taken in the Butterfish Hole, and there have been school bluefins taken with a little bit of
regularity south of the seven hundred line. A couple of boats have taken their limit,
which sounds a lot better than saying they caught four fish. The fish have been up to
about forty pounds. Further off at the Dip and Fish Tales, there have been some albacore
and yellowfins up to about sixty pounds, as well as a dolphin or two. There will probably
be more boats getting involved in the tuna fishing in the next week or so.
One thing that the shark and tuna boats have had in common lately is bluefish. They are
all over the place, right out to the edge. One captain told me that he had to catch seven
bluefish for each tuna that he caught. It’s a little discouraging at the end of the day when
you check out your ten dollar lure and there are only four tentacles left.
“Weekend white sharks” are starting to be reported as well. They are more properly
called basking sharks.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for
more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or
check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Jack Passie
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Subject: Stripers< Fluke & TUNA
has this hot weather brought the summer doldrums with it. Striped Bass fishing got tough this last week, anglers on the Windy had to work for evey fish they kept. Fortunately for us we caught our limit evey trip until Sunday afternoon. Wow, what a strugle that was. We had been catahing pretty good on the Tourcher Chamber a deep water spot just north of the North Rip but on Sunday afternoon we found only Two Keepers and a few throw backs. The Stripers will be biting again I am sure the very week tides are having there effect on them and not the heat when you pass over a spot the Fish Finder is showing them stacked up. There is just no movement in the water to get them turned on.
The good news is the Fluke have been biting very well in the MidWay rips and down the Southside.On Saturday after lmiting out with the Stripers Mac McLean and his group fished withusand had one Helluva mess of Fluke before calling it a day. This red hot Fluking should be with us for the rest of the season.
Good news from offsore too! Althought the Windy wasn't booked for offshore fishing thi week many of the boats that got out caught TUNA only 20 miles from the Point. Not Just a few stragglers but their seeing schools of them on the surface.The next day the Windy gets offsrore is Wednesday. Were booked for Shark but we'll be ready for the TUNA.
There is sill a couple of days left open in July and August for TUNA so if you've got the urg to tackl e a TUNA give us a cll 631-668-5741 |
Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 7/1/02
The Fourth of July fireworks came to Montauk a week early this year. Wednesday, the
mate on the WINDY was rolling up the back canvas when the boat got hit by lightening.
He wasn’t hurt, but the boat sure was. About the only thing left working was the starter
and one VHF radio. Everything else was toast, burnt toast. Even the compass was
screwed up. It works ok away from the helm, but apparently the bolt magnetized some
part of the gauges, which are adjacent to the compass, so now it’s hard to tell north from
west without moving the compass back a couple of feet. It’s covered by insurance, but
the deductible is a couple of thousand bucks, plus it will be a while before everything is
put back in shape. In the meantime, Jack is doing things the hard way, or at least the way
fishing was done before all the gadgets were invented that made everyone an expert.
The Montauk Marine Basin shark tournament was held over the weekend. For the two
days there were forty-one sharks weighed in, sixteen blues, fourteen makos and eleven
threshers. I also know of a number of other makos and threshers being taken by boats that
weren’t in the tournament. So, the chances of catching an “exotic” if you go shark fishing
are pretty good, but there is also a chance that you won’t catch anything, because the
main body of blue sharks seems to be gone. You can count on being harassed by bluefish
though. They are just about everywhere.
The results are as follows;
1st Place Overall - 434 lb. Thresher - UNDERTAKER
1st Place Mako - 359 lbs. - SEA NILE
2nd Place Mako - 209 lbs. - HURRY UP
3rd Place Mako - 194 lbs. - ODIN
1st Place Blue Shark - 318 lbs. - TUNABUCKS
2nd Place Blue Shark - 283 lbs. - MISS JULE
3rd Place Blue Shark - 233 lbs. - TUNABUCKS
1st Place Thresher - 434 lbs. - UNDERTAKER
2nd Place Thresher - 432 lbs. - SEA NILE
3rd Place Thresher - 338 lbs. HALF WAY THERE
There was a minor bit of a controversy. The tournament is held under IGFA rules, but the
winner apparently had one of those stand up fighting stanchions that are used in place of
a fighting chair. IGFA rules don’t allow fighting a fish out of a rod holder, so it could be
interpreted to disqualify the use of this stanchion. Whether it was used or not was the
question.
The boats fishing offshore are still seeing pods of bluefins playing around, and I heard of
a couple of footballs being caught in the forty fathom area. I also know of a private boat
that fished out at the Dip on Sunday and brought back ten yellowfins and albacore. So, it
looks like the tuna season is getting started.
All week Capt Bill Beasley was doing pretty well with the stripers using his fly rod.
Every evening he would take a ride down to the Elbow where he would find fish on the
surface, but I straightened that situation out. I went with him Friday and we never saw a
fish.
Overall the inshore fishing is just acceptable, nothing spectacular. The only complaint
would not have anything to do with a lack of fish, but rather an abundance - dogfish,
mostly in the deeper water south of the Point.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for
more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or
check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Jack Passie
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Subject: Striped Bass & Fluke
Wow! What a great week we had on the Windy. Limiting out on the Stripers every day and the Fluking is getting better all the time. It started out on Monday with Niel VanGinHoven and the boys from the Patchogue Fishing Club. We easily jigged up our limit of Stripers on the Elbow, Great Eastern and Caswells, and then it was out to the Mid Way Rips for Fluke. We started drifting west of the South Rip on the last of the Flood Tide, the perfict time to drift over my Flukezilla Spot, but there was nobody home and our first drift resulted in only a couple of keepers and a bunch of shorts. The next drift was East of the Mid Way Bouy and they really took hold with the slackening of the tide. We ended up with 25 keepers to 51/2 pounds. All of the fish were caught using Squid Spearing Combos for bait.
Tuesday was even better. Vince Ricciardelli of Mahopac NY was out on the Windy we caught our limit of 12 Stripers by 10am nice fish too, 35 pounds the largest, all on the Elbow, the Slot and Great Eastern. We Bass fished until the Flood Tide broke, catching a few upgraders and then it was back out to Mid Way and the Fluke. Red Hot! I even took down my rod and caught 3 over 5 pounds.
Wednesday we had out Fritz Coring from Berganfield NJ once again the Bass were biting. We fround great fishing on the Extension of Pollack Rip. Several Stripers over 30 ponds wer landed before we took off after the Fluke. The first two drifts were hot 12 nice Fluke to 4 pounds and then the Dog Fish found us. It became impossible. We had to give it up and head for the Pocketbook where we caught a few more keeper Fluke and a nice mess of Sea Bass.
Today (friday) we had out Phil Malott from Allentown PA. Last year Phil adn the boys clobbered the Tuna this year they wanted to stay inshore and try their luck with the Stripers. They got what they came for. 3, 18 pounders at Caswells, 3 more at the North Rip and we finised up upgrading in the Slot catching 3 in the 30 pound range. We then went right back to Mid Way and they Fluke. Mate MIke was hot catching 12 keepers himself to 51/2 pounds.
The water around the Point is warming up rapidly there were several Makos caught today and one Thresher, lets hope the Tunas are only a few days away. |
Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing Report 6/24/02
Finally we caught a spell of nice weather. Maybe summer is here, since the forecast for the coming week is a continuation of the same.
The warm weather and southerly winds have been great for the shark fishing. The water is up in the upper sixties now and the “bluedogs” are plentiful. However, there hasn’t been a lot of action for the exotics. Only one thresher has been caught so far this season, and all I’ve heard about on the mako side this past week was about a couple that got away.
The Montauk Marine Basin is holding their shark tournament this Friday and Saturday. Unless some weird weather shows up, it will probably have a few decent fish taken.
There have been reports from some of the shark boats about seeing some bluefins
frolicking and cavorting as they usually do when they first show up. We call them
“chamber of commerce tuna”, and they are rarely caught, but still, it’s a good sign.
The fluke fishing is pretty good out in the rips, but the majority of the fish are shorts, and of the legal ones, there aren’t many over three pounds or so. There was a bit of a flurry with some better sized fluke and seabass out at Rocky Hill, which is a little west of Inner Cartwright. But word got out and too many boats fishing there seems to have used up all the fish. There was also a little matter of the dogs from hell.
I’ve got a radar for sale. It’s a Raytheon 24 mile LCD in excellent condition with the manual. It will be on the boat for about two weeks for a demonstration for anyone interested.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
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Capt Jack Passie
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Subject: Striped Bass
The Striped Bass fishing is getting better everyday. Yesterday (wed) Frank Fatone and his group were out on the Windy for a day of Bass Fishing. The weather was perfict, flat A calm, no wind and bright Sun. It was by far the nicest day of the year, it looks as if were finnaly in a summer weather pattern. The day started out slowas we got out just in time for slack tide. We picked a few but nothing we could work on. We were jigging 2oz. Andrus Parachutes on the Elbow worked out to Great Eastern and found a few more. When the tide got going the Stripers came to life and it was two a pass in both direction for the next three hours. We moved out to the Porgy Lump and found Bass of the large model we upgraded with Stripers to 32 Pounds. Terrific fishing!
Today the Windy wasn't booked so I mated for Capt. Tom Herlihy of the Herl's Girl also one of the top Bass producers in Montauk. We were doing an afternoon 1/2 day trip and the Bassing was as good as it gets all big fish too by the end of the trip I was throwing back 20 pounders this red hot action should last until mid July at least. |
Capt Gene Kelly
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Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 6/17/02
I’m starting to get a little p o’d with old Mother Nature. Here it is the middle of June and
I had to switch the heat back on. She wasn’t real kind to those fishing in the Star Island
shark tournament either. Friday started out as a heavily overcast, kind of dreary day, but
with not much wind, kind of lulling everyone into a false sense of serenity. But, everyone
knew what was coming, and halfway through the morning we had a nasty easterly with
us. A lot of boats like to fish down to the southwest early in the season, and they took a
beating coming home.
Saturday was worse, but the tournament went on, even though it should have been
cancelled. Of the 230 or so boats entered , only about a dozen left the dock. Even many
of the inshore trips were cancelled. I took a ride down to the Point, and only saw three
boats down there, and one was a dragger coming home. I’m willing to bet that the couple
of boats that did go offshore had a good amount of $$$$ invested in the calcutta, and
figured that it would be an easy way to collect on the days payout.
Capt Jack Passsie who runs the WINDY was one that went. He has, what I would term, a
“brute of a boat”, and it took him two hours to get eleven miles offshore where he started
fishing, and he drifted eight miles to the west. Luckily by afternoon the wind had dropped
out and shifted, so his ride home wasn’t bad. And, he caught a blueshark.
The final results are as follows:
LARGEST SHARK - 290 LB THRESHER - "ANIMAL HOUSE"
1st PLACE MAKO - 285 LB - "FINEST KIND"
2nd PLACE MAKO - 227 LBS - "QUICK FIX"
3rd PLACE MAKO - 213 LBS - "HAWK"
1st PLACE BLUE SHARK - 239 LBS - "BREAKAWAY"
2nd PLACE BLUE SHARK - 230 LBS - "HAWK"
3rd PLACE BLUE SHARK - 226 LBS - "NEXT GENERATION"
1st PLACE OTHER - 290 LBS THRESHER - "ANIMAL HOUSE"
Anyone who went into Gaviola’s for coffee found out pretty quickly that Joe won the
mako division. He’s got a poster mounted on the coffee machine.
The bass fishing is about as good as it gets, with a better class of fish between twenty and
thirty pounds, and better, being thrown up on the dock regularly, in addition to the
mediums. Trolling with the good old parachutes is still the way to go. The bluefish, that
were so plentiful earlier seemed to have moved on though. One boat that went out
Thursday looking for livies for shark bait for the tournament could only find one.
I spoke to Capt Bill Beasley about the light tackle action, and he told me that he has been
doing well with the flyrod in Napeague Harbor. Most of the bass are small ones, and the
only difficulty he has been having has been keeping his flies away from the sea robins.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for
more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or
check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Jack Passie
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Subject: Striped Bass & Sharks
Well the weekend started out horrible. OnFriday gale force winds from the North East and torential rains made me send the party home. Sturday was a much better day for the Windy. The winds were light out of the South East and Steve Pavulonis wanted to catch Stripers. We found the going slow at first it was very rough with the left over slop from the day before. We ran the Windy down the beach to Caswells and the calmest water I could find and didn't find much in the way of fish. We caught only two Stripers that we could keep down there. Plenty of throw backs. It was very odd fishing, the two that we kept were in the about 25 pounds and the shorts were 12" long, we usually don't find big fish living with small ones. This was all on the Flood Tide using Umbrellas. When the tide changed and started to Ebb we took the Windy East to the Elbow and the Slot. Mate Mike changed over to 2oz Chartruse Andrus Parachute Jigs with a Red Pork Rind Trailer and the Stripers were biting. It wasn't easy though, the water was very dirty and ther was a ton of weeds. Mate Mike had to constantly check the Jigs. No matter what we caught our limit plus a bunch of throw backs and some Bluefish there was plenty of action. The average Striper we kept was about 22 pounds with the biggest in the low 30's. After we limited out with the Stripers we headed West to the pocketbook Grounds for the last of the Ebb Tide and some Fluke and Sea Bass fishing. It was alright, several keeper Fluke to 5 pounds and a mess of Sea Bass, we also did catch the the first Porgie of the year which we released as the season dosen't open until July 1. It was a nice fish too, a two pounder.
On Sunday we finally got the Windy offshore for Sharks. Mike Nesi and his group from Bellport NY were the first to try for Shark this year. I ran the Windy South to the West Bank of the Butterfish Hole and the Forty Fathom Finger we started chumming with Ground Bunker and it took about an hour for the first Blue Shark to find us. The action was steady all morning. The Boys fought Six to boatside all being tagged and released to fight another day. The biggest, a whopper of over 300 pounds. We weren't using anything special for bait, Mackeral and Bluefish did the trick. By Noon we had enough of the Sharks and we headed North to Montauk Point and Striper fishing to finish up the day. I headed straight to the Midway Rip, one of my favorite spots on the Ebb Tide and found the Bass biting their heads off. We had our limit of 12 in no time. It really was a great day of fishing.
As the water warms the Offshore fishing will only get better. We fished in 55.7 degree water, the Makos and the Threshers are only a day or two away. Just in time for the Star Island shak Tournement this comming weekend. |
Capt Jack Passie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 07, 2002 - 7:59 pm: | |
Subject: Striped Bass & Fluke
Well this week started out with a bang great weather and great fishing. On Monday and Tuesday Butch and Tony from Sarasota Florida were up fishing on the Windy.Monday we started out with Striped Bass. The Boys limited out in rapid fashion using 2oz Chartruse Andrus Paracute Jigs with a Red Pork Rind Trailer. The fishing was red hot.at the Elbow and Great Eastern. Butch and Tony landed more than 25 Stripers before they chose to switch over to Fluke and Sea Bass. All the Stripers except 4 were released unharmed. The Stripers that we kept for the table averaged 25 pounds. The Fluking was slow. We ran West to the Pocketbook Grounds and found a handful of Fluke to 51/2 pounds and a good mess of Sea Bass to 3 pounds. On Tuesday Butch and Tony brought a friend with them Bubby Squires of Water Mill NY and once again it was back to the Stripers. The first couple of pesses I thought the Bass weer going to take the day off, but we found them biting at the Porgy Lump and in the Slot. The average fish was bigger today we wer aloud to keep 6 and we were throwing back 25 pounders. # of the 6 Stripers we were aloud were ove 30 pounds. It was a real nice catch. The Fluking was better too. We fished out in Midway to find 15 keeper fluke to 6 pounds and a ton of throw backs it was constant action. The top producer of the Fluke was a Squid Spearing combo for bait. |
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, June 02, 2002 - 8:06 pm: | |
Subject: Montak Sportfishing report 6/2/02
We have a term here in Montauk for anyone who goes shark fishing and doesn’t catch
one. It’s “shark dummy”, and the qualifications are fairly simple. If you put the chum bag
in the water and don’t catch a shark you are a “shark dummy”. It doesn’t matter how long
you fish. If the chum hits the water and you leave for home five minutes later, you are
one. You can cry all you want that it shouldn’t apply because of whatever excuse you
want to make up, but if the bag hits the water and you don’t catch a shark, in everyone’s
eyes, you are a “shark dummy”.
There were two of them this past Saturday, and only one boat, the MONTAUK caught
any sharks. He caught two of them. The other boats, who will remain nameless, only
fished about two hours before heading in, but hey, the rules are the rules.
I never liked shark fishing this early. I always felt it was a fifty-fifty chance that any
sharks would be caught much before June 6 or so. I’m willing to bet however, that next
weekend will be a different story.
We’ve had another milestone that indicates summer is almost here, a week of fog. It
probably won’t be the last of it either, with the water temperature still only around
fifty-eight degrees.
Fluke fishing is OK, but that’s about all. There are fish in the rips now, but they are
smaller than the fish on the south side. If you want numbers, fish the rips, but you have to
put up with measuring the fish. If you want doormats, fish the south side, but don’t
expect to catch a lot.
Striped bass fishing sort of hiccuped on Saturday and it was a little difficult fishing, but
by Sunday things were back to normal, with a good mixture of medium type fish, along
with some bluefish.
Capt Art Cortes of the HALFBACK is looking for a mate. It looks like his son will be
entering the Police Academy in the city the first week of July. It’s a good job, since he
sails pretty well, but only for someone with a bit of experience as a mate. If that’s you,
give him a call at 631 668 1305.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for
more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or
check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 20, 2002 - 2:11 pm: | |
Subject: Montauk sportfishing report 5/20/02
This past winter was much warmer and drier than normal, but now it seems like old
Mother Nature is in a hurry to average things out. Last week if it wasn’t cold and windy it
was rainy and windy, and the forecast for tonight (Sunday) is a frost warning for the east
end.
The weather hasn’t hurt the bass fishing, except of course when the boats couldn’t get
out. There are enough fish in the rips to keep everyone happy, with just about all of them
being keepers, and many fish being in the teens into the early twenties. Vince at Freddies
Tackle Shop told me about a couple of larger bass being taken from the south side, and
smaller fish along with some bluefish on the north side. There are even some school
stripers in the Inlet already.
It has hurt the fluke fishing though. There are some nice fish around, six and eight
pounders, as well as a ten pound fish taken on the MARLIN V, but the conditions are
never decent enough to have great fishing. Everyone is fishing the south side, and when I
drove down the hill into town on Sunday morning, I could see a mob scene of boats off of
Ditch Plains. Unfortunately, not very many of them were catching fish. The ebb tide is
death, but in the afternoon, with the flood the fishing was better.
Further south at Frisbees there was a handful of boats, and those guys were catching fish,
seabass, and it looks like it is going to be another bang up year for those guys.
I stopped in and checked up on Harvey Bennett at The Tackle Shop in Amagansett, and
he was his usual talkative self. He told me they are catching some fluke and some
bluefish at Promised Land, but most of the boats from his area are running up toward
Shelter Island for the fluke along with some occasional weakfish. Harvey’s helper won’t
be back this season, so if anyone is interested in a job, check in with the old pirate.
The 2002 edition of MONTAUK SPORTFISHING magazine will be out shortly, but you
can check it out now at http://www.montauksportfishing.com/mag 2002.htm
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for
more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or
check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 - 11:05 am: | |
Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 5/13/02
I think that it is now official. The fishing season in Montauk is off and running, and it is
in great shape.
The fluking that started off slow is moving right along, with all the action concentrated
on the south side. There are some shorts being taken, but most of the fish are very decent,
with many in the three pound range along with a sprinkling of fish from six to eight
pounds. There is one caveat however. The flood tide is when you want to fish. You can
catch fish on the ebb, but only if there is no westerly breeze to slow down your drift, and
no easterly to make the drift too fast.
The striped bass season opened on Wednesday, and as we all knew, there are bass up the
wazoo. I haven’t heard of any big ones, but there are plenty of teen-sized fish and very
few shorts. In addition, there are lots and lots of bluefish. Trolling the good old
chartreuse parachutes is one way of doing it, but diamond jigs are working well too.
I don’t know what it is about June 22, but if you are thinking about booking a trip on that
day, you better hurry up. I have had a number of calls about it already, and it seems like
just about every boat in the harbor is already booked for that date.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for
more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or
check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 06, 2002 - 10:13 am: | |
Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 5/5/02
The fluke season started with a bang on Thursday, at least weather-wise with lots of rain,
followed by lots of wind on Friday. Finally on Saturday, when boats could fish
reasonably, it actually got started with a whimper. It was nothing like last season, when it
was red hot with big fish. There were some nice fish taken, up to around eight pounds,
but the numbers weren’t there, and if you fished the ebb tide, it was downright slow. The
flood was better, but still could best be described as OK.
The striped bass season opens up on Wednesday, and I hope that it lives up to the
expectations, and it probably will, since stripers and bluefish have already been taken..
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for
more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or
check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 10:33 am: | |
Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 4/29/02
With the exception of flounder, the report is that the fishing isn’t bad, but the keeping
isn’t too good, but that will change in the next couple of weeks when the fluke and
striped bass seasons open.
The reason for the exception for flounder is that over by the Hooter Buoy at Block Island
the snowshoe fishing is better than it has been for a number of years. If you are scheduled
to go codfishing you might consider switching over. Unfortunately the local flounder
fishing is pretty poor, with the “wait until Thursday” when the fluke season opens
seeming interminable.
There have been a lot of rumors about the regs on fluke for this year, but it looks like
everything will remain the same as last year. There was some thought about tinkering
with the length of the season, along with a reduction of the minimum size from seventeen
inches to sixteen and a half with a four fish bag limit, down from seven. But apparently
the various user factions couldn’t agree, so for now it will be “the same old, same old”.
This doesn’t bother us out here on the east end, where we get decent sized fish, but back
to the west, and particularly in the Great South Bay, they will be hurting again when it
comes to dinner time. Some boats have been playing around down on the south side, and
the bottom is apparently paved with fluke, mostly very large ones, so if your idea of
heaven is doormat fluke, get out here sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Striped bass season opens up on May 8, and they are out there in the rips right now. The
reason that I know that is because boats that have stopped to catch some bluefish are also
catching bass. I know that it is still April and early for bluefish, but you’ll have to talk to
the fish about that.
The codfishing seems to be a no-win situation, with a few small fish being taken (more
throwbacks than keepers) along with some ling, dogfish, occasional seabass (which are
out of season) and even once in a while a striped bass (which in addition to be out of
season, are not allowed to be taken from federal waters, nor transported through federal
waters).
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for
more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or
check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 22, 2002 - 10:42 am: | |
Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 4/22/02
The Montauk Boatman’s & Captain’s Association has teamed up with the New York
City Fire Department for a couple of things. The first is an outing to be held on the July 1
for the children of firefighters killed on September 11. Any of them that want to go
fishing will be taken out for an afternoon on the organizations charter and party boats.
There will have to be an adult accompanying every four kids. The second will be a
striped bass tournament running from September 1 until November 30 that will honor
Battalion Chief Larry Stack, who was killed on September 11. This will be open to any
service member or retired member of any fire department, police department or
emergency service organization. the entry fee is $50, and all the proceeds will go to the
Thomas R Elsasser Fund, which was set up to benefit the children of any New York City
firefighter killed outside of the work environment who is not entitled to the customary
fired department benefits. For any information about these events, check out the
association’s website at http://www.montauksportfishing.com/mbca.htm or call the
organization’s president, Capt Bill Ricca at 631 668 1051.
They’re still picking away on the flounders in the lake, at least when the weather is
decent, but everyone is looking forward to the fluke season, which will open the first
week of May. It seems like we are going to have a bang up start to the fluke season,
similar to last year when the action was red hot for big fish on the south side all through
May. A couple of guys have made some practice drifts and the fish are there already.
We’ve had an invasion of mackerel, and after a week, they’re still here, unlike other
years when they came through in a couple of days. They are even inshore, with some
being caught at Jones and off the Radar.
I stopped by to see Vinnie Sabral at Freddies tackle Shop, and he told me that the surf
has been seeing some action with school bass and bluefish. The bass I can understand,
but it’s very early for the bluefish. The fishing has all been on the south side.
Last report I brought you up to date on some of the changes that took place in the fleet
over the winter, but I forgot one. The EL BRAVO is back in town with Capt Charlie
Harned back at the helm. The boat was put up for sale after the 2000 season, and was
sidelined, but now Charlies back in business, but he’ll be sailing out of the Offshore
Sports Marina dock, which is more often referred to as the infamous Liars Saloon.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And
for more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565
or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 12:24 pm: | |
Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 12/6/01 - Last of Year
This will be the last report for this year. Many of the charter boats have been taken out of the water and most of those that are still in will be out shortly. A couple of boats will stay in over the winter for cod fishing trips, but otherwise the season is done. It’s too bad too, because the way the weather has been we are likely to have pretty good fishing all through the month of December, even for the stripers. The herring still haven’t shown up, and probably won’t, since I hear they have been back west and even in Great South Bay pretty good
The bottom fishing is also holding up pretty good, with lots of big porgies - which have to be thrown back, since they’re out of season - seabass and blackfish. there are even some cod fish mixed in on occasion. Most of the action is taking place south of Block Island.
In the MBCA’s bass tournament, the winner is Mark Stephens, fishing on the Karen Sue with a 53.6 pound fish, followed by Michael Serra Jr on the HURRY UP at 50.3 pounds, and the James Weaver on the BLUEFIN IV at 50.0 pounds. Most of the big fish were taken in October, except for the third place fish which was taken on the last day of the contest.
The surfcasting has been hit or miss through most of the month of November, with
mostly small bass around, but if you check out the results of the Locals Tournament, which ended at noon on December 1, and you’ll see that there was some pretty hot fishing right at the end. The final results are as follows;
1st place Phil Siegal - 42.3 lbs - 11/29
2nd place - Paul Greenwood 34.7 lbs. - 9/25
3rd place - Joe Gaviola - 30.5 lbs. - 11/29
Wet Suit Division - Fred Kalkstein - 35.8 lbs. - 11/10
1st place Kids - Doug Staudenheimer - 13.8 lbs - 11/28
2nd place Kids - Bobby Reich - 23.3 lbs. - 9/21
3rd place Kids - Jacob Nessel - 12.9 lbs. - 12/1
Joe Gaviola is one of the founders of this event, and for the first time he made it onto the leader board. Thank God the fish he caught was eating good, because without the sea robin that it had in it’s stomach, Gary Stephens name would still be up there, and Joe would still be one of the also fished.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
Capt Gene Kelly
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Capt Gene Kelly
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 06, 2001 - 10:01 am: | |
Subject: Montauk Sportfishing report 8/5/01
Usually August is one of the best months for the charter boats, at least as far as the number of trips that they sail, but it ain’t happening this year. Taking a ride around the harbor on Sunday, I saw a couple of boats sitting in that are usually fully booked. I believe one of the main reasons that business is off this year is the poor tuna action that we’ve experienced over the past couple of years or so. It’s hard to justify paying extra money to travel three hours or so, spend four or five hours catching a couple of fish and then riding home for another three hours. The lack of tuna charters leaves an excess of boats competing for the inshore trips, and there just aren’t enough to go around.
To exacerbate the problem, the tuna that are out there seem to be heading in the wrong direction - further away - with some boats travelling sixty miles to get the few fish that they were able to find. It seems like the only way to have a decent tuna trip is to go on an overnighter. The VENTURE had a pretty good one of those this week, with a couple of yellowfins, a couple of albacore, two bigeyes, a blue marlin and a swordfish.
Inshore the bass fishing seems to be improving a bit, with most of the fish being taken on the parachutes. However, the big tubes which haven’t been producing much are starting to work, as are live eels, even in the daytime, with both attracting a better class of fish, but the trolling is better as far as the numbers are concerned. The boats using eels are mostly fishing the Porgy Lump. Chunking is working pretty good too, but only for those that know how to do it, with both Great Eastern and Thirty-six being the place to practice that art - and it is an art.
The surf has been quiet lately, and it seems like the fly guys are having problems as well. the flats have been slow, and the only way they seem to be able to produce anything is to fish dawn and dusk.
If you like casting poppers to bluefish, take a ride up to the rip between the ruins and Gardiner’s Island. It seems like you can always find some birds to chase up there.
If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a note. And for more information about fishing in Montauk, you can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out http://www.montauksportfishing.com.
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