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Waterfowl Season Starts With a Whimper, Stripers on the Sand

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False albacore, like this one caught by Alanna Quested in Montauk, hung around well into November this year thanks to warm waters. JEFF LOMANACO

Mike Ozkaya of Hampton Bays with a big striped bass caught on fly last month. JEFF LOMANACO

In the Field

Publication: East Hampton Press
Published on: Nov 29, 2022
Columnist: Michael Wright

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