Big Stripers, Bluefish Frenzy & Bluefin Opener in Montauk
The larger caliber striped bass showed up with fish in the mid-40s making an appearance and being caught on a variety of different methods from trolling wire, live Bait, surface lures, and vertical jigging. The bluefish have showed up in full force making for action-filled trips. The porgy fishing has picked up a little bit […]
Full Moon Stripers & Double-Digit Fluke Fire Up Montauk
It was an awesome week of fishing in Montauk, especially with the striped bass. During the full moon fish up to 30 pounds were caught in the surf while fish in the 40s were caught from the boat. Fish are chewing on a variety of lures, the most effective being flutter spoons. The stripers were […]
Stripers, Blues & Big Fluke Highlight Montauk Fishing Action
It was an exciting week of fishing in Montauk. With tons of anglers hitting the surf from town to North Bar there were reports of slot-sized striped bass, and a mass of bluefish provided anglers with nonstop cast-after-cast action. At the elbow, both the trolling and the light tackle boats were very successful in catching […]
East Hampton Star | On The Water: Montauk Anglers Club Tackles a Void
East Hampton Star | On The Water: Montauk Anglers Club Tackles a Void Hoping to fill a void left by the departure of Montauk’s only downtown tackle shop, Will Cornacchia said this year the Montauk Anglers Club is offering more products and services for fishermen in its shop near the inlet. East Hampton Star | […]
Phenomenal Striper Action Lights Up Montauk Waters
It was a phenomenal week of fishing for Striped Bass. In the surf, anglers used a variety of lures like diamond jigs, bass assassins, sp minnows, and top water lures and landed mostly slot-sized fish under the light. From the boat, anglers encountered acres of fish on top with birds diving on bay anchovies, spearing, […]
Best Striped Bass Run in Decades Hits Montauk
This week proved to be even better than last week, the striped bass fishing for this time of year is as good as I’ve seen it in the past 30 years. With all sizes available up to 35lb class, and a mix of very large bluefish, it doesn’t get much better than this. You can […]
Epic Week of Striped Bass Action in Montauk
It was an epic week in Montauk with the striped bass. Acres of birds from gannets to Arctic terns were diving on bunker and bay anchovies. Some of those batches of birds were within reach and the surf made for some epic surf fishing. On the water, as long as you could find the birds […]
Big Week in Montauk: Blackfish, Cod, Ling & Epic Striper Action
may 1, 2024 It was an amazing week of fishing for Montauk. Both from boat and from shore, anglers had great success. The blackfish grounds were filled with quality size fish, there was also a very good amount of decent size cod caught and a mix of large ling. Some anglers stayed local and some […]
Montauk Fishing Heats Up: Bigger Bass & Blackfish Limits
The fishing has picked up even more since last week, with more striped bass and bigger in the surf with fish just below the keeper range, and a slower pick on the blackfish bite from the shore. Still no sign of squid.From the boat, there were reports of limits of blackfish and a few cod […]
First Stripers & Early Blackfish Signal Strong Start in Montauk
It was a special week in Montauk for the saltwater. Towards the beginning of the week, I landed my first striped bass of the year. It was caught at Ditch Plains, on a 5” albino shad bass assassin and a 3/4 oz S&S bigeye head, on the incoming tide. There is a ton of krill, shrimp, and spearing around providing plenty of forage for predators. The birds have been working the surf picking at these baits. On Tuesday I grabbed a small pack of frozen clam from Montauk […]
