Montauk Sportfishing report 9/15/03

September 15, 2003

They say; "everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about
it". That's not
entirely true here in Montauk, and what people do about the weather is
cancel their fishing trips.
In some cases when the weather is unsuitable, that is justified.
Unfortunately, sometimes
(actually quite often this year) the weatherman is wrong, and trips are
cancelled based on the
anticipation of rotten weather instead of the actual weather itself. That
happened this past
weekend. The forecast was for "end of the world" type weather, lots of rain
and wind, but what
we got was a little southeast breeze, and no rain.

Now there is a hurricane out there, apparently a pretty bad one, so
naturally trips are being
cancelled. As I'm sitting here typing this, there is no wind. What we have
is an overcast muggy
day, but there are boats sitting at the dock today that were cancelled
because of a storm that is
forecast to start to affect us sometime on Thursday.

Now for the fishing. There are still some bluefin tuna over to the southeast
of Block Island, but
nothing to get very excited about. What is to get excited about is the
yellowfin action out on the
edge. It has been red hot, finally, both chunking and trolling for boats
doing overnighters. The
weather hasn't been very good, but I'm sure that anyone who is on the way
out there now is
going to load up. Who knows what the future will bring after nasty old
Isabel gets here.

Inshore the bas fishing is in a difficult stage right now, but not because
of a lack of fish. Rather
it's too many fish - bluefish - that are beating the bass to the hooks. If
you just want action, those
same bluefish are sure to keep you busy, fishing however you want to.

The same can't be said of the falsies, which are still somewhere, but not
here. I assume that
eventually they'll show up, but who knows when.

The Montauk Classic will be held this coming weekend, and since Isabel is
slated to participate,
it's sure to be exciting. The best surf fishing is always had when the
weather is at it's worst, and
what's worse than a category five hurricane. Check in with Freddies tackle
Shop at 631 668 5520
for more information.

If you would like to have these reports sent to you directly, just drop me a
note at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] And for more information about fishing in
Montauk, you
can give me a call at 800 280 5565 or check out
http://www.montauksportfishing.com.


--
Capt Gene Kelly
Montauk Sportfishing - Tropical Fishing Adventures