offshore before the storm and after..

[martinatpw]

I heard some pretty encouraging reports about the Dip before this last blow came in. Several people I guessed were on to big eyes, yellows, long fins and albacore. Marlin too. I guess it was a free for all out there if you made it south to the dip area. but then the storm blew in. So I guess today is the first test we will get to see if anything stayed there. But I imagine the seas are still pretty turned up out there so I wonder who is going out. I am planning an end of the week outing and need to get some info before we go. So if you guys, venture, bigeye, joshr hear of anything, send me some notes. Are you guys going out again anytime soon? Let me know. HOpe to be out there on Thursday, testing the albies and bones before going for the real thing... Hope for calm seas. And hope the storm season is an easy one. I wonder if that storm out off georgia is doing anthing to us up here? Sean

[venture]

Martin,

Nothing stayed there....The question is, "what moved in". These fish have big tails, and they move pretty quick..They only stay to eat. And when the bait gets dispersed, so does the prey.

Just look at your temperature charts for the breaks, monitor the weather, and it's safe to say that you will find fish in Atlantis, the Tails, the 50 fathom flats, and the Dip...

In fact, before the storm, the Dip was producing, as well as the western 50 fathom flats off the Tails. Atlantis was very hot with many eyeballs and yellows being caught...

Martin, if I hear of anything reliable this week I'll post it...I may go out myself....But my boat is probably going north next week for an undetermined amount of time...We heard it's just starting up there, and we want to be there when it breaks wide open................Howie

[martinatpw]

Are you heading to chatham? We were there a week back and caught some small bft's and I made some cool rigs with sand eel imitations. they hit trolling cedar plug rigs. i rigged some new cedar plug trollers with sluggos, or imitation sand eels along the 200lb mono. I put about 4 then the cedar plug with the hook. Painted them to look like sand eels. whales were everywhere and we trolled right in them. there were no bigger fish that we saw, but were not there long enough to see all that might have been happening. we were south of the bc in the shipping lanes. the distance between the bc and the bb, somewhere in between it will be happing. but the big fish I heard were way up north... what have you heard?

[venture]

Martin,

We heard it's just starting up there. We may take the boat up there next week, and stay for about a month. We have a tenative slip in Bass Harbor, which is just west of Chatham, but if the bite starts off Glouster, we'll slip in Glouster and work south if the fish move. Last year, the fish were 20 miles SE of the BB which was a long haul from Chatham. The year prior they were closer, about 5 miles SW of the BB.

On this trip, we're not after the school fish or shorts, Giants only (73" and up). The boat is commercially documented and permitted, and the crew is professional and looking to make paydirt.

We troll horse ballyhoo, swimming style (split bill rigged). Three off the riggers, and two off plainers (deep). We'll troll five 130's. If we find an area of concentration, we'll live bait them with live bluefish, briddle rigged. We bring a few wire outfits to fill the bait well on the way out. Our bait well is huge for this; 100 gallon tank. If no bluefish, we'll set a gill net down, and get live herring at the grounds, but bluefish are the bait of choice for the really big fish.

I'll be at Montauk this weekend, maybe goin out for a morning troll to shake down the boat...Maybe we should meet up, and you can jump on my boat for a short trip. My cell is 516 818 8199........Hope to hear from you...........Howie

[martinatpw]

Sounds pretty good. I should call you but I'm on the Cape, chasing albies today... lots of chasers, so it was frustrating..
Caught a few but I wish I went bass fishing instead. My brother in law is going to the Dip tomorrow. Any word? Hes staying sat night out there for the chunk. The boat is called the G-spot if you get on the radio looking for him. Whats you sat plan? Just a one day venture out and back or something more? I would love to join in and help with the fuel bill if it works... My lighter (-73bft) tackle is in New Jersey though, so I can't help you there. But its not mine anyway, but I'm sure the owner would let me use it if neccessary.. You sound pretty rigged up though. I made a great, at least I think it is great, sand eel squidder rig that I would love to try on yellows or smaller bft's out there or in Chatham. I also made a great cedar plug rig that I would love to try too.. Anyway, maybe even up in Chatham or so we can meet up. Later in September I'll be out there and if the weather holds, and the fishing is not a zoo, which it will be if it is good, I'll try for some outings.. Good luck in the meantime. my cell is 203-984-7603. If you are leaving sometime on Saturday, give me a call. Don't know what time you would be heading out, and I'm not sure how to get over to Montauk with my car from New London...Is there a ferry to Montauk from there? Or just to Orient Point..

[venture]

I love Chatham....Stay and enjoy...I've got some work to do on the boat this weekend preparing to go up there, sometime within the next week or so.. Only getting to it on Saturday afternoon....and staying through Sunday....Maybe I'll just poke around inshore after I do what I have to do on Sunday...

But if your up in Chatham towards the end of Sept into October give me a ring. Be glad to take you out.....

Howie