7/1/12

We had some crappy weather this week, three days of northwest breeze
that was more
typical of September than this time of year, and it made some fishing a
little difficult,
especially shark fishing as it pushed cruddy water thirty miles or more
offshore. Then on
Saturday we had a little southwest, but more swell than could be
accounted for by the
breeze. It made it a bit uncomfortable for those in the Montauk Marine
Basin’s shark
tournament. Last week I mentioned that I thought the water warming up
would push the
bluesharks to the east. Well, the breeze cooled it down again and once
more we have
bluesharks up the whazoo. On Saturday only four fish were weighed in,
two bluesharks
and two threshers. Sunday was better, but still too many bluesharks.
The results are as
follows;
Largest Overall - 448 lbs Thresher - Siren
1st Place Mako - 201 lbs -Third Wish
1st Place Blue Shark - 243 lbs - Power Play
2nd Place Blue Shark - 225 lbs - Knot Board
3rd Place Blue Shark - 213 lbs - Alyssa Ann
1st Place Thresher - 448 lbs - Siren
2nd Place Thresher - 406 lbs - Oh Brother
3rd Place Thresher - 311 lbs - Professional Cryer

Inshore the conditions made the bottom fishing a little dicey, although
it started to
improve by Sunday. The best of it is for porgies. Most of the
charterboats on all day trips
have been going after the seabass after catching their striper limits
rather than fluke. But,
some doggies have been showing up and they might change their minds if
they get too
unmanageable. But, this year they are the summer variety, not the spiny
ones.

Striped bass fishing is getting a little touchy, with only a couple of
spots holding fish.
That results in too many boats trying to fish the same place, and it is
likely to get more
difficult this week. The charterboat business kind of sucks this year
(like last year) and
most of the established boats have bass tags. With the commercial
season opening on
Sunday, boats without charters will be out there fishing in addition to
those with charters.

The Montauk Surfmasters spring tournament finished on June 30. The
standings are as
follows;

1st Place Mike Coppola 28.80 6/22/2012
2nd Place Rich Rielly 26.40 6/21/2012
3rd Place Mary Ellen Kane 12.80 6/26/2012
First Fish Award Rich Rielly 26.40 6/21/2012

I’m trying to get a forum up and running. It only deals with Montauk.
If you fish here,
check it out at http://www.montauksportfishing.com/mtkforum.html and
contribute. It
won’t work if I’m the only one posting. Let everyone know where you
fished, when and
what you caught. Or ask questions. What’s the down side? NONE.

Of course the fishing in Central America will still be hot through the
spring and some of
the lodges that were booked up through the winter months are starting
to have some
availability. Give it a thought and check it out at
www.tropicalfishing.com

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Capt Gene Kelly