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Calm Seas For Fishermen This Summer

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Brian Damm with a pair of big Montauk fluke caught aboard the Miss Montauk this week.

Brian Damm with a pair of big Montauk fluke caught aboard the Miss Montauk this week.

Michael Strauss and Cozy Friedman caught some nice fluke outside Shinnecock Inlet last week.

Michael Strauss and Cozy Friedman caught some nice fluke outside Shinnecock Inlet last week.

Ian Keller, Laura Zaweski and John Zaweski with a 186-pound thresher shark they caught 12 miles south of Shinnecock Inlet last week. Courtesy of Tracy Zaweski

Ian Keller, Laura Zaweski and John Zaweski with a 186-pound thresher shark they caught 12 miles south of Shinnecock Inlet last week. Courtesy of Tracy Zaweski

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In the Field

  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Aug 6, 2019
  • Columnist: Michael Wright
It has been a wonderful summer for fishing, relative to the conditions anyway.Coming off a nearly three-week period of mostly light winds, there have been only a smattering of days... more

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