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Thanks for the heads up surfstix I heard that too. Its like fly fishing heaven there right now but not too many bass from what I heard. I fished the south shore today. Some weed around and had to fish between the nasty stuff. Got 2 blues on metal. Was hoping for some stripes. did see some commotion out far but it was about a half mile out. def too far to cast. Hearing some good stripe reports will try to get back out and get some!
Fished this morning 2:30 to around 10:00.
Went with JB, had a great time, talked lots of fishing.
Covered almost 2 miles of water, some weed in areas. Lots of white water, high wave period.
I could only manage 1 short bass on the yellow howdy after sun up. Lost a bass in the wash on a needle around 3:30 or so (knuckle head).
Did not see any bait and didn't even see a bird pick anything from the water.
Good time, passed the Monty curse to JB (missing and losing fish).
Lots of fun, not much action.
Both fish hit in the white water
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Tough fishing but we made the best of it. Waves were coming in pretty fast sets.
Slept well last night...recovered from a loooong week.
Thanks Rockhopper.Monty you better not lose that yellow howdy.I didn't even bother in Montauk even the lighthouse was void of people.Went out on the boat the whole week.Hopefully the surf isn't a repeat of last year all the bigger fish were out deep.Diamond jigging is coming up so I'll be doing a lot of trips to Montauk.
Yessir most of the bigger fish have been out in the rips. A few teen fish in the surf but mostly rats. Nice report monty great framing of those photos.Quote:
Originally Posted by surfstix1963
Word is montauk has been pretty quiet so far. Cows are grazing somewhere else. Viking did get a 55lber over the weekend.
Fished SP from 4:00-8:00 water a little dirty some weed not horrible nada no hits saw one 3lb. blue come up fished green tube jigs,poppers and swam a few of my metal lips.did see some life out to far though as usual.Water is pretty warm still.
Took a ride out to Montauk to do some diamond jigging a bunch of small blues no bass.
Gave it a try for an hour after dark near jones. Nice surf - there were a little too many weeds and foam to my liking. Threw poppers and storm shads. Zippo.
Fished this morning from 1:30-8:30, stayed closer to jersey this trip.
Lots of weeds in the water, threw lots of plugs, rubber and metal, only had one hit and dropped a fluke in the wash.
Nice night, saw one heck of a shooting star around 3:30.
Hardly any bait around and did not see a swirl, birds working or anything else caught.
The old 4 sand fleas on the treble hook trick.
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No sunrise pictures? This is not an authentic Monty 2.0 report. :kicknuts:
The sunrises on LI I believe are geologically impossible (over the water), although somehow I think I took pictures of 2 of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by J Barbosa
Yesterday was the first day in 3 years that after fishing my shoulder did not have any burning sensation. 11 months after the surgery.
It was like something was missing. Casted non-stop for 7 hours, same rod and effort. Monty 2.0 is about there (sun-rise-less). And first skunk in 8 trips (2nd in 16), so I would say I'm 100% there with the solid skunk yesterday :viking:
That reminds me of the old 6 million dollar man series. Good luck with your shoulder!Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty
Doing better then me one striper one blue this year but I don't put the time in you do anymore,my back is getting worse not better and on the bait front "no bait around other then tiny spearing haven't seen a mullet or p-nuts"Last season for me hopefully things shape up some.:HappyWave:
Fished the south shore last night after work until 8. The ocean looked good. Surf was a little big. Threw a diamond jig with red tail. Managed 3 small blues and one 26" striper. Most of the hits came right before sundown. Dead after that.Cool pic of sand fleas on the treble monty. That must be some kind of record!
Nice going willie. I got some stripers last night as well. SS tossing needlefish with teaser. 1 on the teaser 2 on the needlefish. Also 2 hiskory shad on the teaser
Way to go boys! I'll be out tonight hope to have some catches to report on tomorrow.
Fished this morning 2:30-8:30.
Great conditions.
Hit on a Hogy early on, missed.
Lost a bass around 3:30 on a SS Bottle.
Then finally broke my little slump with a bass on the SS bottle around 4:30.
Added one short around 7:30 on a 6" rubber shad.
Had a couple bumps in the dark, not much action at all after sun up.
Great time out there, incredible weather, nice water, not much catching, but the fishing was lots of fun.
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Sand eel
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Thats a weird looking sand eel?
Is it one?Quote:
Originally Posted by J Barbosa
I thought it was. Pic was bad. Skinny, straightened out to around 4".
Wiggled like crazy off the hook.
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Originally Posted by Monty
I was scratching my head looking at that too monty. Sand eel maybe. Is it possible it's a baby lizard fish? I know lizard fish are more with the vertical stripes but at that juvenile size and angle it's hard to tell.
The sunrise pics are awesome. Some of the nicest I have seen anywhere. Did you see a lot of folks on the beach up there? My buddy heard of a slight bite in the last 2 days. Wondering if the crowds started to flock to mecca yet.
nice job on the bass.
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Was dark and couldn't tell about stripes. It seemed to wiggle and try to bury itself in the sand. Was kinda long and skinny.Think I saw 3 other guys in the 6 hours over a good mile and half of beach.
Nice report dude. Fished the ss today got one runt at sunrise on diamond jig.
Fished this morning 1:00 -10:00, much closer to Jersey. One marathon of a skunk. One hit the whole trip. Had a good time, fished some very fishy looking water.
Its hard to tell from pictures as they can distort colors and sizes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty
Hey at least you tried monty. Do you think you will be fishing in Jersey again this fall? someone said some good things about Breezy Point. Was thinking about trying over there one night.
Thanks, Jersey, maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by storminsteve
I can be fishing in certain parts of LI in the same time I can be in NJ.
could be a juvenile toadfish
I thought that too surfstix. Fished the ss from 5-7am today, one 27" striper on a northbar bottle darter.
Fished this morning 2:15-8:15.
Felt great being out there in the cool weather.
Bright sky.
Covered a good mile plus of water, white water a bit scarce.
Had a hit on SP Minnow Bone around 3:00, then finally around 4:00 landed one short ~ 22 inches on the plug.
Lost another after that fish, again on that plug.
Then around 5:30 I was extremely lucky and found an area with some bass around. Between 5:30 and 7:00 landed 9 more bass, largest ~ 32 inches.
All action on the trip was in white water. Lots of fun, they seemed to only want narrow plugs, light color (metal lips, Hogy no action).
Even some top water action with RM floating needle and a Winch Spook. Loaded Red Fins got slammed. I missed an unbelievable amount of hits and only lost a few fish. Left with them still feeding.
Pic of the water, as the waves would break and white water would fill the area I could see bass feeding every so often (on what I have no idea).
Was great fun, no one else around.
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Nice to see you had a great trip.
looks like good bucktailing water...do you want a few? :naughty:
Maybe it was whitebait. Thats what we saw at the Cove under the lighthouse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty
Late report. My buddy and I fished from Turtle Cove to further south this weekend. Sat sucked. We did get some nice big blues on poppers that put up a good fight. No bass. On Sunday there was some whitebait jumping out of the surf and small bass chasing them. We each picked up a handful of small schoolies on bucktails and poppers when the sun came up.
Finally got into some fish. I have been getting blanked regularly so saw no reason to report. Out at least 3 nights a week. Fishing has been very poor for me this season so far. Decided to make the run out East and fished Monday and part of Tues. There were a lot of little bass in the surf feeding on anchovies and spearing. Managed 27 bass to 12# on the day and overnight. In the day bite bucktails, SS popper and small metal were the ticket. In the night it was bucktails and darters. Seems like it may hold for a while. I'm glad because it was getting very frustrating. All fish still swimming.
:thumbsup:Nice!!!!!!!!!
Great report :thumbsup:
Don't fall over yourselves running out East because of the good days I had. A buddy was there after that and that bite is over. These bites are of the shortest duration and the most over-hyped in all the years I have been fishing out East. Lord do I miss the good old days when there was sustained action for a week at a time.
Thanks for the update nitestrikes. Fished the ss this morning it was weedy. Tryed at a few different places and still came up empty. Congrats on the bass you earned them.
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What he said, thanks for the update and congrats on the catching nitestrikes
Good job nitestrikes and kudos on the releases!
Fished this morning 2:30-8:30, 1 BIG Skunk.
Saw no bait. White water up the wazoo. Nice morning, seemed wind would not make up its mind.
Only 1 hit and it was a hell of a wave that hit me and knocked me on my *ss :wheeeee:.
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