mikesopals
07-08-2009, 11:42 PM
On the water from 1-7pm, although only a small portion of the time was spent fishing. Took my daughter and her college roommate to the southside around 1pm, as they both like light tackle action with spinning rods. Birds and bait just outside of Turtle Cove, slightly to the west about 1/2 mile out. Nice sized blues were the target, and they were very fat! We caught about 6, and also stumbled on to some nice fluke action under the blues----worked on every drift.
I pulled out the 8 weight and enjoyed some fly rod action too.........couldnt get any takes on sand eel patterns(lots of looks but no takes). Eventually found out that the blues were on big spearing (4-6 inches), and switched over to a white bonita bandit type of fly and hooked up right away-big white deceiver would have probably worked too. Spinning gear was deadly dicks.
Later in the day we were cruising around Gardners, and found tons of very small blues in Cherry Harbor.......they were more like big snappers, about 1/2 to 1 lb each. They were on small 2-3 inch spearing. Went out to the Gull Islands, and then headed back to Montauk. Didnt see anything on the way in.
Plan to try an offshore trip on Fri/Sat/or Sun based on conditions.
Mike G
I pulled out the 8 weight and enjoyed some fly rod action too.........couldnt get any takes on sand eel patterns(lots of looks but no takes). Eventually found out that the blues were on big spearing (4-6 inches), and switched over to a white bonita bandit type of fly and hooked up right away-big white deceiver would have probably worked too. Spinning gear was deadly dicks.
Later in the day we were cruising around Gardners, and found tons of very small blues in Cherry Harbor.......they were more like big snappers, about 1/2 to 1 lb each. They were on small 2-3 inch spearing. Went out to the Gull Islands, and then headed back to Montauk. Didnt see anything on the way in.
Plan to try an offshore trip on Fri/Sat/or Sun based on conditions.
Mike G