Dump, Claw, etc...

[MarkP]

Anyone heading there tomorrow? Sat shots aren't as promising as I'd hoped and I was hoping someone could give me a compelling reason to head that way...

MarkP

[getreel]

I was there yesterday (Sat) and it was slow. One YFT, some 6# mahi around the pots and one +20# free range mahi was the only meat for the day. Started in the center of the dump and immediately started getting coverd up in falsies and skippies, so we headed SE looking for better water. Seemed slow all aorund with water ranging from 65 to 72.

[Wayward Sun]

I was out there yest I trolled from tuna ridge to SWC dump along west side and across to the north over towards fingers/star saw bait and activity there set up for sharks grabbed 80-90lb mako then got covered up by blue dogs moved up into coxes for the night. I woke at 3:30am to the sound of howeling wind...WTF.?!?!?!?!?!? since when is noon time wind start at 3am?? O maybe it was some azzwipes Type-O but it was a long ride home from the fingers in a 22 footer/alone....LOL was wondering all the way home if it was worth it....LMAO

Mike A

[backman]

Mark:

Christian and I are making a game time decision at 5:30 tomorrow based on conditions at 44008 and 44017. If we go we'll be on 68/78.

[colad]

out of curiousity what do you look for on those? Are you looking for period or height? I am trying to learn more about what people are keying off of tobetter interpret the marine forecast. I hate staying in when an SCA is sent out just because of 5 foot swells...

[backman]

wind
wind history
wind direction
direction history
sea height and history
wave and swell direction
state and period

basically study the report and trends graph and try and make as educated a guess as possible.

the graphs are more useful and tell you more than the pure numbers as they make the trend clearer.

[SteveK]

Larry,
The Dump has alot of barely legal footballs and you may (like usual) get lucky on a wahoo. But you can be the judge as to the ROI of fishing for those versus getting pounded in the NE breeze for the ride home. Right now, Montauk is showing 5 feet every five seconds, and the forecast is more nor'east tomorrow. For intel, we pulled the plug yesterday on the Dump with the footballs and the crowd and headed below the Lanes. Just before noon, we found some 40-50 class yfts mixed in with gaffer mahis around the pots. We were just east of the 70 line. You'll see on the charts; its where the new canyon eddy is pushing into that area. Just a few petrels and the occasional shearwater, but the water is clean and its fishy. If you go, I'd head below the Lanes. Good luck.

SteveK

[MarkP]

Bailed. That hot water moved way south. Golf was good today...

MarkP

[backman]

40 19 70 49 angling NW to 20 26 70 58.

69 -> 71, then 71 -> 74; not very well defined at all. Little life there or for that matter anywhere. Wind was NE/E 10-12 below the Dump, seas were a completely managable 3-4 with only a hint of white below the Lanes. Grey blue water above the break, clear blue w. weed below.

Mahi, mako, no tuna. You can probably put a fork in anything above the Lanes and after the next 5 days of NE you might just put a fork in anything above 60 fathoms.