Answered The Internal Montauk Call

[live bait]

Every once in a while a little voice has me ignore the local bass fishing & make the run to Montauk. Yesterday weather, wind & tide all sounded good so decided to make the run, all was good till I neared the lighthouse, south & east was socked in with dense fog. The last couple of days I have been having trouble with the radar & now it decided not to work. Picked my way to the grounds, fish on the screen, & soon a bass of about 20lbs weas released boat side. The fog gets thicker & shadows are trolling close off the bow, it's time to go, unfortunately, one drift & done for me, the fog has made it's way north, & was out of it at the north bar area. Took a slow, clear ride back to Orient with the intention of making a few drifts in Plum Gut, but by the time I got to the Gut, decided to just call it a day.

 

[Chinacat]

The most important part of that story John is that you made it home to tell it to all of us

 

[captmike28]

Every once in a while a little voice has me ignore the local bass fishing & make the run to Montauk. Yesterday weather, wind & tide all sounded good so decided to make the run, all was good till I neared the lighthouse, south & east was socked in with dense fog. The last couple of days I have been having trouble with the radar & now it decided not to work. Picked my way to the grounds, fish on the screen, & soon a bass of about 20lbs weas released boat side. The fog gets thicker & shadows are trolling close off the bow, it's time to go, unfortunately, one drift & done for me, the fog has made it's way north, & was out of it at the north bar area. Took a slow, clear ride back to Orient with the intention of making a few drifts in Plum Gut, but by the time I got to the Gut, decided to just call it a day.

Just like Orient, Montauk has its own little "micro-climate" thing going when it comes to fog and other local challenges. And when it comes to electronics, or almost anything else boating related, "Murphy's Law" seems to rule the day.

Glad to hear there were no mishaps, and you did at least catch a good one. I am waiting, very impatiently, for a decent window to finally get south of the point myself to start my ocean Fluke season as the local bay bite was a disaster. Someday soon, I hope!

 

[OVERBORED]

Fog always seems to have a mind of its own. At least you got the sign ........to fix your radar!

 

[george]

Just like Orient, Montauk has its own little "micro-climate" thing going when it comes to fog and other local challenges. And when it comes to electronics, or almost anything else boating related, "Murphy's Law" seems to rule the day.

Glad to hear there were no mishaps, and you did at least catch a good one. I am waiting, very impatiently, for a decent window to finally get south of the point myself to start my ocean Fluke season as the local bay bite was a disaster. Someday soon, I hope!

I have witnessed many changes to our fishery over the years, but the collapse of our fluke fishery is shocking. Especially when it comes to the North Fork. If there was ever a sure thing, it was big fluke in the spring and summer.. Our managers have failed miserably.

The problem is, nature doesn't do politics.