Montauk Fishing Report - Star Island Shark Tournament Results

The following report is provided by Capt. Gene Kelly of MontaukSportFishing. You can see is full report at www.montauksportfishing.com/report.html

Here are the results of the 2007 Star Island Shark Fishing Tournament which was held this past weekend:

First Place Overall - 374 lbs - Thresher - THREE G’S
First Place Mako -372 lbs - F.I.S.H.
Second Place Mako - 215 lbs - OH BROTHER
Third Place Mako - No other makos caught
First Place Blueshark - 273 lbs - LUCIA
Second Place Blueshark - 259 lbs - HYPERACTIVE
Third Place Blueshark - 257 lbs - DORADO
First Place Other - 374 lbs - Thresher - THREE G’S
Second Place Other - 359 lbs - Thresher - TUNA TANGLER
Third Place Other - 300 lbs Thresher - PISCES III

Overall the fishing was pretty good with a lot of bluesharks caught, and the fish are in closer than you might expect to find them this early in the season, as close as twenty miles.

Inshore the bass fishing is very good, although how good depends on who you talk to. One captain told me that Saturday was tough. On an all day trip he caught about fifty bass, but could only keep eleven of them, one short of the limit. Another captain on a half day trip on Saturday morning had his limit in the first two hours with fish up to thirty pounds.

Some live baiting with porgies has started with at least one charter boat and one private boat that I know of giving it a shot. It wasn’t very good although they each caught a couple of fish.

Fluke fishing is just OK right now. There are a fair amount of fish in the rips, but not very many that you can eat. The south side is slower, but a better chance at a keeper.