more 1975 celebrity montauk fishing photos

Here are two more interesting photos from a deep sea fishing trip in Montauk (1975). Yes, the commenter is correct in the previous post...it's none other than B.M in dark shirt and white pants.

Montauk Fishing Report

So I had a few short opportunities to throw my line into the water via surf. I hit a few spots on the south side with not much happening. However, I did get clued in on where to catch keeper fluke, bass and flounder...in Lake Montauk. I witnessed it personally. Here's a hint: find a good dock (with current) and fish the night.

The Lake is loaded with bait and the predators are following them in.

Kevin

Here's an interesting Montauk fishing picture from 1975. Can you guess who the guy on the far left is? Submit your guess into the comments section.

I have a couple more pics like this one that I'll post soon.

Capt. Bob Tuma

Unfortunately, I must tell you of another Montauk fishing legend that has passed about 10 days ago Capt. Bob Tuma passed away. He was 85.

Bob was a great guy and a great Captain. My brothers and I used to charter his boat "Dawn" frequently.

His family were part of the original charter boat business owners in Montauk.

He will be missed but not forgotten.

Montauk Surf Fishing Report (October 13, 2008)

All I can say is WOW! The Montauk fall run is definitely here. Well, I can say more.

On the way out I received an email from Jason at TheFin. He was also on his way out and wanted to do some night fishing. He said he had a steady pick on the south side on Friday night into Saturday.

I wasn't so lucky on Saturday morning as I only had three shorts just before dawn and nothing for the next hour. Unfortunately, I only have a couple of hours in the morning to fish (you know...kids and all).

Saturday we spend the day at the Montauk Fall Festival which was organized by none other than my own Mom, Pat Shea. I may be biased, but I think it was the best one yet! If you didn't make it this year, don't miss it in 2009. It's a real treat for kids and adults with great food and drinks.

Anyway, after the festival we decided to take the kids to the beach down by Nick's. At about 2pm the birds started working and the water was boiling just east of us. It killed me but I watched as the massive schools blitzed the beach. It lasted for over an hour and I left feeling sorry for myself for not getting into the action.

Sunday was a little different. I left my pole and gear in the car when we went to the beach. It happened again, but this time all over the place. I could see the fish down by ditch and beyond IGA. Pockets of Bass and Blues all over the place.

I took advantage of the situation and grabbed my pole to get into the action. I caught quite a few large blues and a few short bass, but the action was awesome and the weather perfect.

Once again, the incoming tide was the trick.

A perfect weekend and some great fishing.

Don't forget...next weekend is the Hamptons International Film Festival. Once again, the Shea family is volunteering and we'll be helping out at the Montauk movie theater. Well, this year I'll be watching the kids, but say Hi to my wife Deirdre, brother Brean or mom...Pat.

Kevin

Thefin.com: What's your opinion?

After further review, thefin.com turns out to be a better effort that I had originally thought.

First, let me tell you what I like. As Jason points out, there are some really interesting aspects to the "Find a Charter/Guide area. It's a nice interface to find a charter. However, I did have some difficulty finding a New York charter by using the map function...it was too cluttered. Using the zip lookup worked very well.

The videos are great! Watching them really gave me the itch to get back to the surf.

However, I must say that the site is still lacking something important. Even after I login I don't get the feeling anyone in the site has a connection to me. This is probably due to the newness of the community. If I were running the site I would recommend pushing relationships as soon as I registered...show me people who are related to me by geography, fishing types, etc.

If he is worried about the chicken/egg problem, I would recommend a direct online marketing campaign that targets registrations. Do some SEM and have the users hit a registration page immediately. Your registration conversions would be higher and that's what it's all about. Build relationships and show users who they are related to.

Let's give this guy the chance to show us he can make a great fishing SNS website. Go to thefin.com and register. The more of us there, the better the site will be...hopefully!

I want to hear from you. Please post to my blog and tell me what you think about the site.

Capt. Kevin

Update on thefin.com

Jason Puris from thefin.com has taken the time to point out some things that I may have overlooked on his fishing networking site. Since he has taken the time to explain more about what is offered there, I will reciprocate by taking the time to review the site in more detail.

I plan to conduct a full review of this fishing social networking site within the next 5 days.

And yes, if I was wrong or hasty in my comments (it wouldn't be the first time), I will apologize.

In the meantime, I'm stuck in an office with my hands on a keyboard instead of navigating around the point :-(

Stay tuned...

Capt. Kevin