It has been a classic week of the fall run, even while the weather seemed to be more like summer over the weekend.
The amazing blitzes of feeding fish around Montauk Point hit their highest notes late in the week and throughout the holiday weekend, giving lots of anglers a chance to witness one of Mother Nature’s most amazing displays. On Saturday and Sunday, there must have been more than 200 boats within a mile or two of the lighthouse, all tussling with striped bass of various sizes.
The blitzes of fish up against the shore are mostly smallish schoolies, 5- to 10-pound fish, but the rips just a mile out into Block Island Sound are holding plenty of big fish. An angler aboard the Westlake hung a 54-pounder on... more
The amazing blitzes of feeding fish around Montauk Point hit their highest notes late in the week and throughout the holiday weekend, giving lots of anglers a chance to witness one of Mother Nature’s most amazing displays. On Saturday and Sunday, there must have been more than 200 boats within a mile or two of the lighthouse, all tussling with striped bass of various sizes.
The blitzes of fish up against the shore are mostly smallish schoolies, 5- to 10-pound fish, but the rips just a mile out into Block Island Sound are holding plenty of big fish. An angler aboard the Westlake hung a 54-pounder on... more
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