Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound
Capt. Mark Anderson
May 24, 2004
Long Island Sound - Saltwater Fishing Report
Sunday we had a Montauk Fluke Trip for a Group of guys from Trumbull aboard the Kingfisher.
We Started out in the Race hoping to grab some Bass in the ealr A.M. Within 5 min. of getting the first line out we had a 40 inch bass in the boat. The next pass yielded a 43 inch 30 and change pound bass . We quickly got three more and the guys decided they had enough Striper meat and wanted some Fluke fillets.
We zoomed over to Montauk in some dense Fog. We started out in front of the Radar Tower with the fleet and picked up two fluke and a couple shorts and a whole bunch of skates. We pounded that area for a couple hours when Capt. Mark said guys , "it's just time to make a move." We headed a bit east closer to Montauk Point. Right away we started nailing them. Double headers were the norm and the group limited out in short order. We scored a fish that weighed in at 9.85lbs and was 29inches, another that was in the high 7 pound area and a bunch of 3 pounders.
What a great day. All and all the lesson was that the fluke migration is petering out, but there are still fish to be caught if you can locate the bait. Sometimes that takes getting away from the fleet.
We used Sandeels, Squid, and the two doormats came on Fluke bellies for bait. The Hot rigs were bullets Bucktails in 6 oz. tied to a Chartreuse dropper. We would start are drifts in nearly 70 feet of water and drift up to close to 35 feet.
For the Bass it was the old realiable parachutes with porkrinds down between 30 and 40 feet.
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