Montauk Fishing Report

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8/31/10 - From Paulie's Tackle. Last week's easterly blow put a lot of fish on the beaches up front, but not much in the way of size. The northwest winds that followed had big blue fish raiding Shagwong and some nice bass on the south side. They were all on white bait in low light hours, during the day. Not much went on in the way of a night bite. The last 3 days have been pretty quiet. Right now we're tracking tropical storm/hurricane Earl. Hopefully the low pressure will start to move the bait around and get the fish out of the rips and on to the beach.

8/23/10- From Paulies Tackle comes word that the surfcasting action heated up a bit with the strong NE blow last night and today.A handful of guys have been taking fish up front and on the south side.Bass into the high teens and blues to 12 lbs were taken yesterday afternoon and earlier today.Bucktails were the ticket.

8/14/2010 - Double header Black Sea Bass up to 4.5Lbs was the order of the day at Frisbies today. The start of the incoming tide was very productive despite a "wind against tide" drift in the wrong direction. The action was hot when you got into the right spot. As soon as it hit the bottom the hooks would load up with nice keepers... only a few throwbacks on the sea bass. There was not a single fluke brought to the surface though. There have been bluefish around and we lost at least 1 rig to the choppers. You could see the Bluefish busting the surface about a 1/4 mile East of Frisbies... big ones! Striped Bass action has been a little slow off the beaches, but according to experienced locals the bays are loading up with bait like no one has seen since the 80's, so we may see fish moving in on that any time. Offshore action has been slow, with some reports of action out towards Veatch when a good break developed there recently, but that's about it.

8/10/2010 - The "Oh Annabelle" made a trip Offshore to Fish Tails yesterday looking for Yellowfin Tuna... no luck after trolling the area for about 3-4 hours. The water was crystal blue, near 80 degrees F and we were marking some bait just inside of the NE corner. There were some birds here and there, a large pod of porpoise, as well as a few slicks. According to chatter on Ch. 68 no one was doing much of anything, but we did have some great Mahi-Mahi action on the way back in. The "OceanView" went out to the Butterfish hole and the Ranger Sat. afternoon with similar results.... no Tuna (or even signs of Tuna), but some great Mahi action on the High-Fliers in the Outter Butterfish Hole. Inshore action has been good recently. Fly fisherman were scrambling when Green Bonita showed up last week all over LI Sound for a few days, then disappeared as quickly as they showed up. Striped Bass action has been good on the troll, but shallow water action (casting from boats, surfcasting) has slowed down a bit (because the water is so warm). Fluke action has been super hot on the South side of the Point with guys catching 5-7 Lb'ers pretty steadily in places Frisbees.

7/20/2010 - The legendary Gary "The Toad" sent in a picture of an awesome 45Lb Striped Bass he got in the surf and released unharmed after a quick photo op. The Montauk Marine Basin reported that someone weighed in a 7Lb Black Sea Bass last week. The Fluke fishing has been consistent over the last week with good action on the North side around spots like the North Rips, North of Outer Shagwong and back a couple of miles to the West of those areas. Chase Darenberg joined the OceanView for an offshore trip out to the Outer Butterfish Hole early Monday morning based on scattered reports of Bluefin and Yellowfin Tuna action as close as 18mi from shore. The water was crystal blue and about 74-75 degrees with no really distinct breaks, we decided to start trolling after we saw some birds and a huge (possibly Right) Whale pop up and take a breath. We had just gotten the rods ready and were about to start trolling when like in a scene from Jaws an absolutely massive shark (definitely NOT a Basking Shark), with a head about 3 feet wide and maybe 16-18 feet long rose up from the darkness in the crystal blue water and came right under the back of the boat about maybe 2 or 3 feet under us!!! Can you say ADRENALINE RUSH! Thankfully, it disappeared as quickly and quietly as it appeared and didn't get tangled up in any of the trolling lines hanging over the side and never even made the slightest surface disturbance. Trolling turned up nothing, so we decided to head to the Hole to try for some Mahi before the wind picked up. The water was about 76 degrees F and there were fish on the first few high-fliers we saw (near the contour line on the NE corner of the Outer Butterfish Hole), but we only got 1 good bite, but no hookup when the fish just grabbed the pork rind and not the hook on the bucktail. The fish had a case of serious lock-jaw, even a whole small squid produced nothing. We found a couple more buoys with fish and tried until the wind got too bad, but it was the same situation on every pot, total lock-jaw.

7/12/2010 - Report from Capt. Tom at MontaukAdventures.com: Caught the very beginning of the tide turn last week (outgoing) at Shagwong. Never saw a school of bass with only really big fish. Caught four over 20 pds. each and got too tired to catch any more. Sat back and watched them eat their way through a school of hickory shad, of all things. Yesterday caught two "record breaking" sea bass and another large bass 33" on light tackle casting very small metal.

7/8/2010 - Inshore and Offshore fishing have both been heating up over the last couple of weeks. Striped bas action has been excellent out near Montauk Point. Fluke fishing has been producing some doormat size fish in the North Rips. Offshore reports have been coming back strong with talk of Yellowfin action in West Atlantis and the Hudson Canyon as well as some solid Bluefin action in 20-30 fathom being fueled by the sand eel explosion. There has been some steady action near the Fairway buoy over the last week or so, as well as out by 8&6... look for the Minke and Fin whales popping up.

6/26/10 - There has been some good Striped Bass action this week around the Montauk Point Lighthouse, especially on the South side during the incoming tide. Sporadic surface feeds were popping up over an area stretching for miles to the West with visible surface slicks from the schools of feeding fish. It was a perfect morning for fly casting and small green fly patterns seemed to be producing consistenely. The 40th Montauk Marine Basin Shark Tag Tournament is under way with a 380Lb Mako in the lead at last update... NICE SIZE MAKO!!!! You can watch the weigh-ins on their live web cam this year. Just go to www.MarineBasin.com and click the link near the top of the home page.

6/20/10-From Paulies Tackle are reports of lots of small bass being taken on the North and South sides,and at the inlet jetties.Most of the bass are just keeper sized and smaller.Blues are also mixed in.
Big fish of the week came from the Southside with Ben McCarron weighing in a 55.82 lb bass.This puts Ben in first place in the Montauk Locals Spring Shootout.
Congrats Ben on the fish of a lifetime.

6/14/10 - The Oceanview made a quick run out to 8 & 6 at first light this morning to take a shot at the Blue Fin Tuna after some very reliable reports of action in the area over the last week with Tuna over 200Lbs. There were good signs of life and the fish finder was lit up with tons of bait. Trolling early with green machines in singles and daisy chains didn't produce any action, but were marking some very large fish either solitary or in small schools from time to time. Stopped in the concentration of birds for a while to try some butterfly and vertical jigging but still no joy. The only thing jigging turned up was a 5 inch long sand eel that got foul hooked. The spread was switched over to a mix of cedar plugs and dark green or purple zuckers, but still nothing. Started back for shore about 9am.

6/10/10-Paulie's Tackle reports a few cow bass coming from the southside this week with John Bruno releasing 4 fish over 30 lbs and weighing in a 41.70 lber.Small blues were on the northside and under the light with a few keeper bass mixed in.Town beaches have been quiet,but casters soaking bait have picked up a few jumbo porgies in the daytime.


5/31/2010 - There has been steady Fluke action, but you have to work at it to get your limit of two 21 inch fish. There have been some skates and dogfish around (mainly on the South side) which were making it even tougher to find keeper Fluke, but the doggies seemed to be in deeper water, so if you stayed closer to shore or fish on the North side you could avoid them. Heading farther West on the South side (all the way to the radio tower) produced no better results than fishing near the Point. A few of the fish brought up were coughing up what appeared to be Sand Eels and Spearing. There was some chatter on VHF channel 19 about strong Black Sea Bass action at Frisbies (south of Montauk Point) last week as well. Good Stripe Bass action around Montauk Point from time to time, and there is a lot of action still happening in the shallower waters if you run back West into Long Island Sound. There have been Bluefish around recently too, and according to a local dragger captain there are still loads of squid in Gardiner's Bay and Fort Pond bay which is probably what's bringing them in.

5/15/2010 - It was a windy start to the Fluke season this morning as the fleet battled a nasty wind against tide to get around the point to the South side for the flood tide this morning. The wind was so strong and pushing the boat away from shore so fast it took 20oz. of lead to hold bottom, but when you got there... there were fish biting. Courtney Darenberg at Montauk Marine reported that Mike on the Memory Man came back in with 2 BIG doormat Fluke, and word on the street is that there are some nice fish around.
It glassed out in the evening enough to allow for a quick shot out to the coves near the point for some shallow water striped bass action, but there was nothing going on, just 1 small (really small) bass. There were what appeared to be a school of bunker rolling around and splashing on the surface right before dark, but it didn't seem like there were any big fish around chasing them, however there have been reports of huge schools of Striped Bass clobbering schools of Bunker back up near Cartwright Shoal over the last week or so.

4/30/2010 - Looks like things are getting started! There have been some guys surf casting at Ditch Plains, and reportedly there have been a few 10-15Lb bass taken in the surf already... and (Fly fisherman take note) there was a report of someone getting a 30Lb Striper in the LI Sound back towards the Springs area up in the shallows.

3/10/2010 - "OH MY COD!!!" Every parking lot from Uihlein's to Johnny Marlin was PACKED every day last weekend. Some boats were back by noon the fishing was so good. One charter on the Capt. Mark reported returning by noon w/ 80 fish on the boat! Yowza!

1/3/2010 - The Montauk community mourns the loss of one of the true leaders and patriarchs of the Montauk Sport Fishing industry. Carl J. Darenberg Jr. age 84, owner of the Montauk Marine Basin, passed away at his home earlier this week on Monday morning. Those who knew him will attest to the fact that he was a real Montauk character whose no-nonsense attitude, hard work and determination over the years helped make this town what it is today, and whose legacy will continue to live on in the generations of fisherman and friends whose lives he touched. Family and friends are invited to gather at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home on Pantigo Road, East Hampton on Monday from 2-4pm and 7-9pm. The funeral service will be held at the Montauk Community Church on Tuesday at 10 a.m., with burial to follow at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton. His son Carl and the family have requested donations in his name to the Montauk Boatman's and Captains Association.

12/12/09 - Eddie Eurell reported some nice recent striped bass action on the sandy beaches near town with fish up to 20 - 30 Lbs. The fish are still on sand eels... big ones, in fact one fisherman who was out fishing for herring with a Sabiki caught a bucket full of massive sand eels instead. Also, there was some chatter on VHF channel 19 last week about 1 guy catching a cod fish right near the beach in about 40 feet of water.

12/6/09 - There has been talk of some Bluefin Tuna being caught very close to shore between Montauk Point and Napeague. Apparently they are chasing the Herring, and a look at the satellite temp shows some very warm temps (close to 70deg.F) within just 20-30 miles off the point.

11/22/09 - It was a scene of total chaos earlier today outside the inlet. Despite a nasty wind driven chop out of the ENE boats were trying to get out to where there were huge flocks of Gannets dive-bombing what we can only assume are Black Back Herring... the game here is, get your Sabiki rig set up... snag a livewell full of herring on the way out the inlet... then, go out to Montauk Point and live-line those tasty little morsels out to the schools of huge, hungry Striped Bass!


11/13/2009-From Paulies Tackle:
Sand beaches behind town and back to Amagansett have been producing blues to the low teens and bass to the high 30's.
Big tins,bucktails and diamond jigs have been taking all of the fish which are still on giant shoals of sand eels and some bigger bait.

11/8/09 - Surfcasters were pulling in some nice sized Striped Bass today on the sandy beaches west of town.... birds everywhere you look, some Gannets around!

11/7/09 - Birds are working hard right up near the sand (well within casting range) at the cliffs just West of Ditch Plains Beach (7:30am).

11/3/09 - It was pretty snotty with a 10-15MPH West wind, but there was good Blackfish (Tautog) action at Cerberus Shoal today on the outgoing tide. Nailed a couple of 4.5Lb fish within the first 10 minutes of fishing. Green crabs and Fin Strike PRO-SERIES Blackfish rigs purchased at the Montauk Marine Basin were the ticket... the Porgies were eating up anything else almost instantaneously. The bite died out fast as soon as the water stopped moving.

11/1/09 - Birds are working hard just East of Ditch Plains beach again (7am)... it seems pretty consistent in the early morning.

10/31/09 - There are birds working out in front of the jetty at Ditch Plains RIGHT NOW (8am). Surfcasters up & down the beach in both directions. The wind is straight on shore which should help push the bait in towards the beach.

10/30/09 - Capt. Jay Burke reported going out with Eddie Eurell to go Sea Bass fishing near the North Rips on the outgoing tide, and they came back with 27 keepers, NICE!!! The blackfish bite was a little slow yesterday and we had to pick away to get the limit of Blackfish with about an even split between keepers and throwbacks (some JUST UNDER legal size)... green crabs were still the ticket as there were lots of porgies around... seems like the best action is over towards Fishers.

10/20/09 - Good Blackfish action yesterday on the North side in the rocky areas. Started out using hermit crabs as bait but was getting eaten up by the porgies (which are not in season). Limited out on Blackfish after managing to come up w/ a handful of Green Crabs. Only a couple of throwbacks. Spotted some serious surface action between inner Shagwong and the point yesterday afternoon on the outgoing tide (with a west wind). The drift was moving really fast, so you had to keep moving back up to stay near the fish... but there were a lot of fish around, some with pretty good size, Striped Bass and Blues mixed. Watched a Striped Bass chasing a 5-6 inch fish under the boat. They weren't taking anything small, only larger lures seemed to be working. Didn't even get a tap on the fly rod until trying a 6 inch streamer. Switched over to a spinning rod with a 6 inch Profishco jig and caught a few blues.

10/15/09 - Eddie Eurell got a 27 pound Striped Bass on the beach right near the IGA using a tin w/ a green tail. He said there was a school of bluefish popping up from time to time... when he saw some action he took a HUGE cast out over and way past the school of blues, then just let his lure sink and lay on the bottom for about 30 seconds... and BANG, the fish actually picked up the lure right off the bottom!

10/11/09 - The Ocean View returned to the Montauk Marine Basin this morning to weigh in a 59.03 Lbs. 48 inch (CFL) Bluefin Tuna caught at the Mud Hole on a spinning rod using a Tormenter jig... hooked up at just about 9:30am. Started marking a school of (big) fish on the fish finder about 50 feet down, dropped the Tormenter jig, got in about 3 cranks on the reel and it was GAME ON!!! He took a few nice runs then went straight down and the rod bent like a pretzel into the foam on the top handle. After a while, thumbing the spool to keep so much pressure on him it looked like the rod was ready to snap, the fish eventually started to move up to the surface. There was no way to leader it alone w/ an 8 foot spinning rod, so a little fly fishing trick was used to put a major "down and dirty" hurt'n on his bad Tuna self! That finally wore him down sufficiently to get close enough for a shot with the gaff... which is when things got real dicey!!! It felt like a solid connection, but the gaff had only caught a flap of skin on the side of the head and almost ripped through when being lifted. It was just barely enough to hold him there on the surface, reach down and grab in the gill to hoist him on board! That was TOO CLOSE! A little over 15 minutes total fight time. There were about 10-12 other boats in the area, but no one else appeared to be hooking up. Headed back for Montauk quick as possible after boating the fish because the weather forecast was calling for strong winds in the PM. On the ride back you couldn't help but notice there were an INSANE number of boats out at Montauk Point Striped Bass fishing.

10/6/09 - Congrats to Billy Urvalek and Joe "The Plumber" who just returned to the dock at the Montauk Marine Basin on the Karen Sue with a MASSIVE Giant Bluefin Tuna that looked to be about 800Lbs.

10/4/09 - From Paulie's Tackle: Striped Bass to 31 lbs and bluefish behind town last night and this morning. Bucktails and tins did most of the damage.

10/2/09 - Mud Hole, Bluefin Tuna, 35 - 70 Lbs., early bite... AWESOME ACTION!!!

10/01/09 - Chase Justin at the Montauk Marine Basin said guys were baiting up & icing up today for Blackfishing tomorrow which is a good indication there's some action going on.

9/30/09 - YES!!! You WILL NEED your NYS Marine Fishing License starting tomorrow. According to the authorities the new regulations will be enforced to maximum effect beginning 10/1/09. Any person over the age of 16 who is fishing in the marine waters must have the permit (i.e. you must have the permit even if you are not keeping the fish you're catching). You may obtain the permit online at the DEC web site (they mail it to you in 3-5 weeks), by phone at 1-866-933-2257 (mailed in 3-5 weeks) or you can get it at Johnny's Tackle in Montauk.

9/29/09 @ 10:15am - Atilla just called and said there's fish on the South side beaches near town. Guys were catching fish on 1-1/2 oz white bucktails.

Sept. 20, 2009 - FLY FISHERMAN ALERT: The Albies are here! Some awesome action erupted on the South side in the coves this afternoon. There were a couple of big schools of False Albacore chasing 2 to 2-1/2 inch Anchovies (rain bait). The action seemed best near the Caswell's area, but there appeared to be some on the North side near inner shagwong as well. They were being pretty finicky, not taking things that didn't "match the hatch". There were some Bluefish in the mix and it looked like possibly a few small Striped Bass too. All in all a great afternoon of Albie fishing.

Sept. 17, 2009 - Chris Miller from the West Lake Fishing Lodge called to report a few big BFT's being brought in over this last week from the Mud Hole. Capt. Mike Saio of the charter boat Mishell II single-handedly fought and landed a 377Lb Blue Fin Tuna on Tues... he got back to the dock around 8:30pm to get weighed in. He was on the record board at West Lake for about a half an hour until Al Gregg and John Ward came in with 895 Bluefin Tuna. Apparently the fish got caught up in lobster gear about 4 times while Al and John wrestled with him, but they managed to save it and get untangled every time. They got dragged about 3 miles from where they hooked up, then at the end of the fight the fish took a hard run under the boat and SNAPPED THE LINE, at which point the Tuna swam in a big circle and came right back around past the stern of the boat... with split second timing Al grabbed the flying gaff jumped onto the swim platform and got the fish with a perfect shot!!! What an unbelievable save!!! Amazing work Al! Capt. Paul Stern of the Tuna Tangler Too got wind of this action while on his way up North and turned right around and came back to the Mud Hole, where he said "I fished a few hours" and he got an 800Lb'er. Congrats to Capt. Mike, John & Al and Capt Paul.

Sept 14, 2009 - Chase Darenberg from the Montauk Marine Basin joined the Oceanview for a trip to the Outter Butterfish hole and the 40Fm Bank today. The run out was beautiful this morning. The water got as cold as about 66 Degrees on way out near the Inner Butterfish Hole and topped out at just over 70 Degrees when we finally got to our destination. We stomped on the Mahi-Mahi at the Outter Butterfish Hole early on. We didn't have to check more than about 5 high-fliers before we found a school of healthy size Mahi-Mahi that just kept going strong every pass. We were banging 5-7 pound fish non-stop until we saw some serious surface disturbance in the distance off to the East that looks like it could be Tuna, so went into high gear getting the trolling equipment set up, but it was only a pod of about 30-40 porpoise. They hung with us for 10 or 15 minutes playing around the boat, riding the bow wake and jumping around before moving off... and we went right back to that same high-flier and finished filling up the cooler with Mahis that we could barely fit because they were almost too long!!! It was awesome action! We decided to continue out to the 40Fm. bank after filling up on Mahi in hopes of finding some Tuna. We have noticed that we almost always see something "strange" or out of the ordinary on nearly every offshore trip and this one was no exception. Not soon after we started trolling out of now where there were 2 (F16 maybe) fighter jets WAY overhead doing what looked like practice dog fighting maneuvers!!! The roar of the engines was incredible... they swirled around a few times, then they hit the after burners and were GONE! Wow, that was cool... Then, we see something on the horizon coming at us from the West, and it looks like a frigg'n pirate ship!?!?! I'm talking Black Pearl here, as in Capt. Jack Sparrow's, Pirates of the Caribbean, Black frigg'n Pearl! We just had to look at each other, scratch our heads and say "what the F*@#?" as he sailed right past us of in the general direction of Portugal. We trolled around for a while and there were some big weed lines, good temperature breaks and birds working. We hooked up with 2 nice Mahi's on the troll including a 48-1/2 inch almost 20Lb. pound slob. It was a great fight and Chase got him in the boat like a pro with one perfect shot from the gaff! We saw the Ruby Belle while we were out who reported having a bunch of Mahi & a small Yellow Fin in about the same area. FLY FISHERMAN - On the ride back in we couldn't help but notice a cut on the surface in the Inlet that REALLY looked like Albies chasing rain bait. All in all a great day!

Sept. 6, 2009 - We joined Gary "The Toad" Stephens on his first offshore trip ever yesterday aboard the "Toadally Hooked". It was perhaps the most spectacular offshore day of the season so far with regard to the weather... glassy and beautiful! We started at what looked like a pretty good temperature break around the Gully (SE of Block)... we did see 1 small football (Bluefin Tuna) jump clear out of the water in front of the boat and there was some bait being pushed up but nothing materialized there. Chatter on VHF channel 68 had some good action in the Dump Site with guys getting Tuna and Blue Marlin, so we picked up the lines and shot over. We had 3 bites and got 1 small Yellowfin to the boat (not a keeper) while at the Dump Site, then eventually headed out to the Outter Butterfish Hole in search of Mahi action. It took a while but we found the Mahi and got 9 fish, with a few nice size ones up to 8 or 9 pounds in the box. Great day all-in-all, thanks Gary!

Sept. 3, 2009 - Chase Justin Darenberg at the Montauk Marine Basin reported that Capt. Paul Stern of the Tuna Tangler Too came into the shop a few days ago uncharacteristically excited over a 57 Pound Trophy Striped Bass he and his father caught and were going to get mounted (if you know Paul you know this is a guy who normally battles Giant Blue Fin Tuna in the 1000Lb range and doesn't even care about 250Lb'ers because they are "too small" and "not worth his time"!!! You gotta love it!) Tom Bogdan joined the Oceanview for a trip to the 6 & 8 and the Outter Butterfish Hole yesterday and scored 10 nice Mahi-Mahi. The place was loaded and the fish were taking lures good until just before noon when the sun was almost directly overhead. The water inshore was quite cold at just over 67 degrees F sometimes, but just as we crossed the 40 Fathom line the temp took a sharp turn up and topped out at almost 74 degrees F. We saw the first flying fish of the season on the way in and spotted a massive breach, but could not tell what it was. There were slicks and a few breaks that looked like they could be productive around the 6 & 8 and CIA area too... we trolled for a while on the way out & had 1 looker but no hook-ups. There was lots of seaweed in the water and hooks were loading up almost as fast as you put them in the spread. Fly fisherman will be happy to hear reports have also come in that there was some insane False Albacore (aka Albies, Little Tunny) action over near Fishers Island a few days ago. "They hit anything you put in the water... every boat landing 60 or more..."

August 28, 2009 - The word at Paulie's Tackle is BIG FAT 40 to 50 Pound Striped Bass have been around the last few days. Live lining eels in the rips has been the ticket. There has been a big school of bluefish hanging around the fringes of the Inside Hole.

August 24, 2009 - A recent charter aboard the Blue Fin IV caught a couple of nice Tuna South of Block Island both on the troll and jigging. Other boats reported seeing some Blue Fin action on the surface in the same area during the week prior, but couldn't get a hook up. It looked like they were chasing BIG sand eels! Unfortunately, even though the storm didn't hit, it really churned things up as it went past. The water is still murky and there is lots of floating debris so be extra careful while running your boat until things get back to normal.

August 11, 2009 - Offshore fishing action is really heating up now!!! Chase Justin Darenberg joined the Oceanview for a trip out to the Outter Butterfish Hole yesterday. In addition to spotting several large sea turtles we came across several schools of smaller Mahi-Mahi (Dorado) and tropcal Triggerfish. We nailed one NICE "bull Mahi" on the troll, the fish made a spectacular aerial leap after it jumped on and we knew it was a good one... after managing to get it to the boat w/o tangling up in the spread Chase brought it into the boat with his absolute precision gaffing technique. Nice work Chase! The water was up to about 73 degrees and clear blue. There are good reports coming back from fartehr out too, with one group returning from a trip to West Atlantis where they got 14 yellow fin tuna in the 30 lb class and 6 Bull Mahi-Mahi up to 48". There have also been sporadic reports of Bluefin ranging from 30-80lbs 18-20 miles off. Inshore fishing action has been steady with huge porgies, big stripers and loads of fluke around but tough to find a keeper fluke at 21".

July 22, 2009 - Striped Bass action was on fire last night (Wed) in the South side coves on the incoming tide, lots of nice size fish around... keeper size or just under. The legendary Gary "The Toad" e-mailed in a recent report that he had some nice Striped Bass action in the surf on Monday night with "a 29lb and a 35 lb bass and 2 smaller fish". Other reports have indicated that the bigger Striped Bass seem to be biting predominantly after dark... with gold diamond jigs being the new hot ticket. A couple of reports have come in that live-lining Porgies (usually a great technique for getting BIG Stripers) is not working very well this year... most likely because of the incredible numbers of Sand Eels, which it seems every game fish species is dialed in on. It's been tough to find a keeper size Fluke anywhere from the South side back to Gardiners Bay, but there's lots of smaller fish around and a few boats have been able to limit after working for it. The water is warming up offshore with areas near CIA and 6&8 around 68 degrees F. There were unbelievable numbers of whales and porpoise around on Monday when the Oceanview went out about 20 miles chasing Blue Fin Tuna... but we didn't spot any surface action and had only 1 hookup, but dropped the fish before getting it close enough to make a positive ID (it was probably a Skip Jack though... pretty small). There have been consistent good reports of steady Yellowfin Tuna action farther out on the edge 80+ miles.

July 15, 2009 - Still lots of bait in the water around the lighthouse with Striped Bass and Blues developing into big surface feeds from time to time. There has been chatter on VHF channel 19 about some good size Fluke on the South side off town, as well as right outside the inlet... and recently Carl Darenberg reported his daughter Courtney was pounding on the Fluke at Navy Road in 2 feet of water. She was casting with Gulp and almost instantly getting a fish on every cast, unfortunately all the fish were small (in the 12-14" range). Chase Justin Darenberg joined the Oceanview for a trip out to "6 & 8" and the Inner Butterfish Hole on Monday morning to look for the Bluefin, but nothing materialized and there were not really any great signs of life as there had reportedly been in the days prior. We did however see a freakin' gigantic Basking Shark that was AS BIG AS THE BOAT!!! and promptly decided to swim right underneath us, circle around a couple of times and just lay under the boat for a couple of minutes, we barely got in the trolling lines in without accidentally foul hooking this thing that must have weighed a couple of tons. Needless to say we were more than a little freaked out until the thing decided to take off! Fresh reports from farther off indicate some good Yellowfin action out towards Fishtales with boats picking up some nice 30# fish.

July 10, 2009 - Great action this evening out in front of the Pillbox near the point. There has been a big school of hungry Striped Bass out there just pounding on the sand eels... just look for the birds. Not too many bluefish in the mix. Offshore action is starting to heat up with a few Bluefin Tuna coming into the dock over last weekend. The water out toward the Butterfish hole was up to 68 degrees F in some spots on Monday.

July 3, 2009 - FINALLY, Fluke season is opened again... everyone's been picking away at at Black Sea Bass and Porgies over the last few weeks with the Sea Bass being pretty good at times... Striped Bass action really heated up a few days ago with a big school of fish just off the point on Tues morning on the outgoing tide. There were some good sized fish in the mix and there were very few bluefish around. Small blue/silver lures seemed to be producing best with larger lures not even getting a second look (except from the Bluefish of course). Offshore action is finally starting to pick up a bit with guys finding some good Tuna action (but small fish, just around legal size) about 90 miles out. There was water close to 68-69 degrees (F) around the Outter Butterfish Hole and lots of signs of life and a few sightings of some very small (and very spooky) Tuna going ballistic on what looked like schools of Mullet.

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: 71.6°F

SUNRISE & SUNSET TIMES(9/2/2010):

• SUNRISE: 6:15am
• SUNSET: 7:20pm
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TIDES:

• Next High Tide: 2:06pm
• Next Low Tide: 9:06pm
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MOON PHASES:

• NEW MOON: Mon, Aug. 9
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