June 6, 2005 Montauk Report (Captain Gene Kelly)
I heard two lovely words on a TV weather report this week; “Bermuda High”. That means warm stable weather, and sometimes they hang around for weeks. It would be nice if it lasted until around mid September or so.
Around mid week the fluke fishing returned to what it had been leading up to Memorial day, with lots of fish and plenty of big ones. That lasted through Saturday, but on Sunday, the action dropped off again, temporarily I hope. There has also been a mini invasion of dogfish, but there aren’t so many that they can’t be avoided.
Striped bass fishing has been going along wonderfully, with most of the charter boats regularly limiting out, with medium type fish. Sunday, however, some boats started to struggle a bit. Maybe it’s a “Sunday thing”.
The MISTRESS made the run out to forty fathoms on Sunday. They found porpoises, whales and super clean water, but it was only fifty-one degrees, and there were no sharks in it. The CRICKET sailed all week, also looking for sharks, but has yet to have a nibble. The water should start warming up this week, so I assume that some blue doggies will be taken this weekend by the boats that go far enough out.
The Star Island Yacht Club has a month long shark tournament type thing starting around the middle of the month. They are going to tag some sharks, and anyone who catches one of them, will cash in. It only costs $100 to enter, and since the sharks can go wherever they want to after the initial tagging, entries are not limited to Montauk. Call Star Island at 631 668 5052 for more info.
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 800 377 1197 or check out Montauk Sportfishing
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
Around mid week the fluke fishing returned to what it had been leading up to Memorial day, with lots of fish and plenty of big ones. That lasted through Saturday, but on Sunday, the action dropped off again, temporarily I hope. There has also been a mini invasion of dogfish, but there aren’t so many that they can’t be avoided.
Striped bass fishing has been going along wonderfully, with most of the charter boats regularly limiting out, with medium type fish. Sunday, however, some boats started to struggle a bit. Maybe it’s a “Sunday thing”.
The MISTRESS made the run out to forty fathoms on Sunday. They found porpoises, whales and super clean water, but it was only fifty-one degrees, and there were no sharks in it. The CRICKET sailed all week, also looking for sharks, but has yet to have a nibble. The water should start warming up this week, so I assume that some blue doggies will be taken this weekend by the boats that go far enough out.
The Star Island Yacht Club has a month long shark tournament type thing starting around the middle of the month. They are going to tag some sharks, and anyone who catches one of them, will cash in. It only costs $100 to enter, and since the sharks can go wherever they want to after the initial tagging, entries are not limited to Montauk. Call Star Island at 631 668 5052 for more info.
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 800 377 1197 or check out Montauk Sportfishing
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing
posted by fishingmontauk at Monday, June 06, 2005
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