12/1/8

Marty MacMillan who ran his XIAO MU JI out of West Lake, fell overboard and drowned over at Southwest Ledge on
Sunday morning. It’s not clear to me exactly what happened, but it seems like he was pulling a lobster pot warp that had
gotten tangled in his anchor when he he slipped and fell and was pulled under. Capt John DeMaio who was fishing
nearby picked him up and applied CPR, but it didn’t work.
The herring are here bigtime. The drill is to drift around outside the inlet and catch up a hundred or so and then go down
to the rips and catch bass. For the most part the bass are 10-20 pounds. There has been no showing of birds.
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Council is holding it’s regular meeting at Gurney’s on Tuesday to discuss fluke, porgie & sea
bass. Want to get something off your chest? Come on out.

The surfcaster are still doing all right, with the sharpies picking away at fish in the 20’s. The following are the current
standings in the Local’s contest;

WADERS DIVISION
1st Place: Willy Young - 52.12 lbs
2nd Place: Mark Foschi - 42.38 lbs
3rd Place: Gary “Toad” Stephens - 38.70 lbs

LADY’S DIVISION
1st Place: Loretta Sears - 18.08 lbs
2nd Place: Loretta Sears - 17.92 lbs
3rd Place: Cheryl Lackner - 15:84 lbs

WETSUIT DIVISION
1st Place: Fred Kalkstein - 41.62 lbs
2nd Place Mike Milano - 36.86 lbs
2nd Place: Brian Ritter - 40.94 lbs

YOUTH’S DIVISION
1st Place: Taylor Harned - 37.12 lbs
2nd Place: Ben McCarron - 25:34 lbs
3rd Place: Jonathan Pharaoh - 20.58 lbs


KID’S DIVISION
1st Place: Dylan Linick - 12.50 lbs
2nd Place James Kim - 12.14 lbs
3rd Place Griffin Kim - 11.86 lbs

Tropic Star has had a cancellation for the week of Jan 27-Feb 3. If you are interested, give me a call, ASAP.

If you would like to get these reports sent to you directly, drop me a line at captaingene@montauksportfishing.com and
I’ll put you on the list.

Capt Gene Kelly - Montauk Sportfishing