captmike28
Well-Known Angler
A couple of nice weather days in a row allowed me to complete back-to-back full day charters for some of my long-term clients.
Sunday was a Montauk Fluke day which was supposed to be a 4-man crew, but one tired angler missed his alarm clock! So, I sailed with the 3 remaining guys to find a moderate westerly breeze on the ocean. However, a steady roll did not hold back the intrepid crew. Within a few minutes on our first drift on the south side John puts a nice 20” keeper in the box. Then the tide dropped out and things were quiet for about 30 minutes with only a few Sea Bass including one nice 3# keeper. Then as the drift improved so did the Fluke bite. Once again, the pattern was what we have seen all summer with a lot of short fish, but some quality Fluke did appear from time to time. After the second Fluke finds the box, Frank gets a big hit and wrestles the best fish of the day, a fat 6.5# Fluke to the net. We tried several different drift lines in the immediate vicinity for the rest of the trip and after much sorting managed to put together 7 keepers with another nice 4 # fish in the mix. From what my intel says, on most days this season if you can find 2 keepers per man that is about par for the course. Thankfully there are still some quality fish in the mix to spice things up.
Yesterday I had my big crew of Tony and his 5 NJ buddies who are all die hard Porgy fans. With the ¼ phase moon and flood tide to start we were able to effectively work the north side of Plum for a very steady Scup bite. By noon we had reached the boat limit with mostly medium to large size Scup in the coolers and then set our sights on the Sea Bass in deeper water. Got on scene about 30 minutes too early and had to wait for the tide to slow down a bit. Once it did the crew did a fine job on the Sea Bass with a solid bite that lasted the final 90 minutes of the trip. Each man was able to add a pair of keeper Sea Bass to their box and it was a heavy lift to get everyone’s coolers back on the dock on the return trip!
Hard to believe but September is right around the corner and our Sea Bass limit moves up to 6 pp. Just in time for what is typically our best action of the season. Several good dates still available for next month. However, if Tog is your passion better call soon as my calendar is filling up fast for the fall.
Enjoy the rest of the summer and catch a bunch!
Capt. Mike
Sunday was a Montauk Fluke day which was supposed to be a 4-man crew, but one tired angler missed his alarm clock! So, I sailed with the 3 remaining guys to find a moderate westerly breeze on the ocean. However, a steady roll did not hold back the intrepid crew. Within a few minutes on our first drift on the south side John puts a nice 20” keeper in the box. Then the tide dropped out and things were quiet for about 30 minutes with only a few Sea Bass including one nice 3# keeper. Then as the drift improved so did the Fluke bite. Once again, the pattern was what we have seen all summer with a lot of short fish, but some quality Fluke did appear from time to time. After the second Fluke finds the box, Frank gets a big hit and wrestles the best fish of the day, a fat 6.5# Fluke to the net. We tried several different drift lines in the immediate vicinity for the rest of the trip and after much sorting managed to put together 7 keepers with another nice 4 # fish in the mix. From what my intel says, on most days this season if you can find 2 keepers per man that is about par for the course. Thankfully there are still some quality fish in the mix to spice things up.
Yesterday I had my big crew of Tony and his 5 NJ buddies who are all die hard Porgy fans. With the ¼ phase moon and flood tide to start we were able to effectively work the north side of Plum for a very steady Scup bite. By noon we had reached the boat limit with mostly medium to large size Scup in the coolers and then set our sights on the Sea Bass in deeper water. Got on scene about 30 minutes too early and had to wait for the tide to slow down a bit. Once it did the crew did a fine job on the Sea Bass with a solid bite that lasted the final 90 minutes of the trip. Each man was able to add a pair of keeper Sea Bass to their box and it was a heavy lift to get everyone’s coolers back on the dock on the return trip!
Hard to believe but September is right around the corner and our Sea Bass limit moves up to 6 pp. Just in time for what is typically our best action of the season. Several good dates still available for next month. However, if Tog is your passion better call soon as my calendar is filling up fast for the fall.
Enjoy the rest of the summer and catch a bunch!
Capt. Mike
