captmike28
Well-Known Angler
Yesterday’s fine weather pattern allowed us to make our second Montauk Fluke trip of the season with a 4-man charter consisting of David, Sean, Nick and Frank. The results did show a slow but steady improvement that has the pattern most of us have experienced the entire year.
Since we had reasonable success a bit further south of the point on last Friday’s trip that’s where we began our efforts. A few short Sea Bass followed by one keeper and a handful of short Fluke plus a few Whiting at least proved there was life on this drop. About 30 minutes in David gets a good thump and puts a healthy 20” Fluke in the box. Unfortunately, the action died shortly after this fish, so I knew it was time to make a move.
Headed inshore a mile and a half and immediately found a decent drift line with a bit more movement to the current. Sean started us off with a nice 21” Fluke and we also saw Nick put another Keeper Sea Bass in the box. For the next 2.5 hours we had steady action on each pas eventually building the catch total to 7 quality keeper Fluke and 7 total keeper Sea Bass. David managed to earn his limit with his top fish going 4# but it was Frank who shined brightest with a nice wide Fluke just shy of 6# caught on one of the last drifts of the day. The other pattern of light bites was evident again today with most of the fish literally falling off the hook once netted and a couple of other sizeable Fluke that mysteriously dropped off the line halfway to the surface. Nevertheless, it was a solid improvement over last week’s trip and cause for hope that we can keep building on our Fluke trips in the ocean.
I have a very busy week coming up starting Monday so if the weather cooperates, I plan to be posting a bunch more photos of smiling, happy anglers! Stay tuned.
Capt. Mike
Since we had reasonable success a bit further south of the point on last Friday’s trip that’s where we began our efforts. A few short Sea Bass followed by one keeper and a handful of short Fluke plus a few Whiting at least proved there was life on this drop. About 30 minutes in David gets a good thump and puts a healthy 20” Fluke in the box. Unfortunately, the action died shortly after this fish, so I knew it was time to make a move.
Headed inshore a mile and a half and immediately found a decent drift line with a bit more movement to the current. Sean started us off with a nice 21” Fluke and we also saw Nick put another Keeper Sea Bass in the box. For the next 2.5 hours we had steady action on each pas eventually building the catch total to 7 quality keeper Fluke and 7 total keeper Sea Bass. David managed to earn his limit with his top fish going 4# but it was Frank who shined brightest with a nice wide Fluke just shy of 6# caught on one of the last drifts of the day. The other pattern of light bites was evident again today with most of the fish literally falling off the hook once netted and a couple of other sizeable Fluke that mysteriously dropped off the line halfway to the surface. Nevertheless, it was a solid improvement over last week’s trip and cause for hope that we can keep building on our Fluke trips in the ocean.
I have a very busy week coming up starting Monday so if the weather cooperates, I plan to be posting a bunch more photos of smiling, happy anglers! Stay tuned.
Capt. Mike
