4/11/04 OK, Boys and Girls, I'm back, alive and kicking - or at least alive. For a while though I was getting a little concerned. Two weeks after getting...

11/1/04 For various reasons, I was unable to post a report for a couple of weeks now. However, that doesn't mean that the fishing has come to an end. Wind has...

12/9/04 As they say, it's all over, but for the shouting. But the shouting is still pretty strong coming from the few boats still fishing. It seems like...

4/14/05 I'm ba-ack! It's been a long and miserable winter, but things are hopping here in Montauk right now. Before I get into details: If you would like to...

6/5/05 The Star Island Yacht Club is holding their shark tournament next weekend, and they've gone back to the old format of fishing on Friday and...

6/20/05 Finally this past week the sharks started to get caught. Nothing exciting, just a couple of bluesharks a trip, but at least it started. Star...

6/27/05 The Montauk Marine Basin held their annual shark tournament over the weekend, and the results are as follows; 1st Place Overall - "RUTHLESS" - 305...

Fins n Feathers lodge in Guatemala has closed down, and their boats are leaving the country. The morbidly curious can drop me a line and I'll send a copy of...

8/30/05 It's kind of hard to believe, but all three of this years three day weekends had great weather. It makes me a little nervous, because I always feel...

9/20/04 The fall run is here! The surfcasters are smiling, as are the flyguys. Bait is moving and bass, blues and falsies are eating heavy. The live porgies...

9/13/04 The fluke shutdown is killing the party boats. Even on Saturday most of them sat at the dock. They probably won't start sailing steady again until...

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6/8/04 I screwed up last week when I said that the golf tournament at Shinnecock was this weekend. Only one person let me know, so I guess not many of you are...

7/19/04 The main body of bluefins that were hanging around locally have apparently moved east out to the DUMP, and very few stragglers were left behind....

Well, June II is over. Hopefully, August will have more appropriate weather. The dwarf bluefins are still around, with the majority of them along the 700 line...

8/9/04 Last week I compared July's weather to June. Here we are in the first week of August and it feels like September, with a little northeaster followed...

8/2/04 Mid-day Thursday, and I was on the boat, getting ready to go out, and listening to NOAA's report for the upcoming weekend. I thought to myself that it...

8/31/04 I'm a day late getting this out because I didn't get the results from the Grand Slam Tournament until last night. They are as follows; PARTY BOAT...

9/7/04 Saturday afternoon I was spraying off the bow of the boat when I happened to look down and see a couple of dozen, prime fluke bait size, snappers...

11/21/05 Time for a little update on the action. Saturday morning after I picked up my bagel and paper at Gaviola's, I took a turn past the parking lot at...