6/14/10

The offshore season got started with a bang over this week. Bluesharks are plentiful,
more than you would expect this early in the season. There were even a couple of makos
taken already, which bodes well for the Star Island shark tournament next weekend. And
it looks like there will be no picketing this year by the shark huggers. The Concerned
Citizens of Montauk are contributing non offset circle hooks to all the shark tournament’s
participants. I don’t know that the tournaments will require their use, but they should.

There have been sightings for a while now of bluefins south of the Point, and over the
weekend there were a couple caught - 100 pounders. One I know was taken at “Six &
Eight”, which is only about eight miles from the Lighthouse, and I assume the others
were as well.

Inshore, the striped bass is excellent, although not quite as excellent as it was. Full limits
plus are the norm, and there are starting to be some better size fish mixed in, including a
56 pound fish taken on a private boat out of Star Island on Sunday.

The fluke fishing is steady and you can catch a lot of fish, but you have to work at it for
the keepers. Most of the action is still north and east of the point. And, there are some
nice seabass mixed in with them..

Porgie fishing is great especially for the size of the fish. I caught one on a diamond jig
and had to cut it’s tail off to fit it in the ziplock bag.

Over the June 5-6 weekend, Paulies Tackle Shop had a contest. The results are as
follows;
Bass: 1st Place, Brian Lang - 31.34 lbs
2nd Place, Jay Fried - 20.34 lbs
3rd Place, John Mollica - 19.36 lbs.
Bluefish: 1st Place, Karl Danielsson - 9.38 lbs.

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