Back in Sea Isle

I have made the transition from Montauk back to fishing Sea Isle full time. The back bay fishing for stripers is really good right now. The flats are producing fish on jigs, flies, and poppers. In the ocean, the wreck fishing has been a blast and there are good numbers of tog and sea bass around with a few triggers mixed in. Also, we are beginning to see some schools of blues and the stripers are not far behind. Once November is officially here, we can see blitzes any day. Book your striper trips now, because once "they're here" I may not have any openings left. And remember, the striper bite continues well into December.

Montauk Finale

Patty and I fished in Montauk for my final weekend up there. There was a bit of a swell on from the hurricane that hit Bermuda but it was very fishable and the fishing was good. The albie bite was hot and we released about sixteen albies. Ten on the fly and six on spinning rods. We also had a few bluefish. No stripers. The albie bite was excellent this year.

Montauk Report 2

Fished with Darryl, Matt, Dave, and Bill in Montauk. After a weather intermission, the bite continued and the albies and blues were on the feed. We also had one bass. The bite was very good but a shade slower than epic. Morning was better than the afternoon.

Montauk Report

Fished with Darryl, Matt, Bill, and Dave this weekend in Montauk. We were spin fishing. The albie bite was very good, approaching epic at times. We had several triple header albie hookups. If I gave you a number of total releases you would probably not believe me so I won't. We had a bunch of blues to over ten pounds. The focus was on albies but we scratched out three bass to 26" the first day.

Sunday at Montauk

Fished with Tim and Zeph at the point today. We fly fished and had seven albies and most were on the fly. It was blowing again but doesn't it always? The fish chewed well early.

Albies and Blues at Montauk

Fished with Tim, Tiffany, and Zeph today at Montauk. It was rough and rainy. We killed them anyway. We had close to twenty albies and a bunch of big blues on the fly and on the spinning rod. No bass today. In the afternoon, I had the entire Montauk Point to myself. Just us. Not another boat. On a Saturday in prime time. It was very good.