Montauk Sportfishing Report 6/1/04

6/1/04

We had a bit of an unusual occurrence here in Montauk - a Memorial Day
weekend with good weather for all three days. It started to spritz a bit in
the early afternoon, but not near enough to qualify as a rainout.

In the Spring things change fairly rapidly as fish pass by on the way to
wherever they are summering. The fluke fishing was kind of typical of that.
All of a sudden there were lots of shorts being caught where only a couple
of days back, everything was doormat types. The bigger fish moved out into
the Rips, which is a little earlier than one would expect, making room for
the smaller fish that took over the south side.

The bass fishing slowed a little during the week, but got back in shape by
the weekend, although with a smaller class of fish.

It was a little hard to check out the bass fishing over the weekend because
there were so few of the charter boats out. Bookings are typically slow on a
three day weekend - I think it's because so many guys get roped into family
things - but this was especially slow. I hope it isn't a sign of what's to
come for the rest of the year.

Nobody is talking about sharks yet, probably because it was so slow to start
last season. I imagine a boat or two will try next weekend, but the big push
probably won't come until the following one.

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Capt Gene Kelly
Tropical Fishing Adventures
Montauk Sportfishing
800 280 5565
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