Friday and Sunday I spent working one of my old reliable drops just north of Plum Island. The Mike party on Friday had effectively 3 anglers fishing and they managed to put 4 nice keepers to 18” in the box. Sunday’s crew with the Max party had a mix of adults and kids taking turns on the rods with everyone catching many fish. They were rewarded with 6 keepers for their efforts to 19’.
Saturday had a small crew of Mark and his uncle Joel doing a private family trip and we worked a different, slightly deeper drop on the CT side of the Sound. This area produced the best results of the weekend with 8 beautiful keepers to 20” among many other shorts. We also tried a quick hour of the flood tide in the Gut hoping to catch a Striper as the have been hanging around a bit longer than usual this summer. Unfortunately, the action was pretty quiet for all the boats working the area around mid-day and all we could muster was one really large, mean Bluefish in the high teens.
After a little unsettled weather on tap for the start of this week, we are planning to get back out again soon either locally or perhaps a Montauk Fluke trip, whatever the sea conditions will allow.
Capt. Mike
