Montauk Point
Springs build at the Point as bonito show and bass hold to the night tide
New moon current is loading up the rips for a bigger push — bass are there if you fish the dark, fluke have moved to the ocean side, and the first bonito showed off the rocks.
Fifty-Pound Bass Still Prowling the Boulders as New Moon Tides Build
The Point keeps giving up big fish on bucktails and eels while the fleet watches for the first bonito push and a bluefin run that's suddenly close enough to matter.
Sand eels and stripers: the rips settle into their summer rhythm off the Point
Post-new-moon dispersal is over, bass are stacking on bait again, and the fluke bite east of the Lighthouse is finally worth the run.
Point bass bite stays steady as June moon cycle winds down
Consistent stripers in the rips while fluke action picks up on the south side drifts.
Montauk bass bite fires as sand eels stack the rips and 40-pounders hit eels
Diamond jigs crushing blues to 10 pounds while night eel fishermen connect with slot-plus stripers in the boulder fields.
Montauk bass bite fires as sand eels stack thick in the rips
Forty-pound stripers on eels after dark while diamond jigs work the daytime crowds.
Montauk bass bite explodes as 68-degree water stacks bait on the rips
Forty-pound stripers crushing eels after dark while diamond jigs produce limits in daylight.
Point bass bite explodes as rips fire on big tides and sand eels stack thick
Forty-pound stripers crushing eels after dark while bucktails work the daylight shift.
Point bass bite fires on diamond jigs as water temps hit perfect 67-degree mark
Montauk's legendary structure is stacking stripers as thermal breaks set up south of the lighthouse.
Point bass bite fires on diamond jigs as June water temps climb past 65
Trophy stripers to 26 pounds hitting the boulder fields while fluke action heats up south side.
Montauk runs on instinct as offshore buoys go dark mid-June
With 44025 offline and 44097's thermistor blinking in and out, the Point's early-summer bass pattern has to be read off the rocks and the bait.
Montauk water at 59.4°F as spring trophy class stacks the rips
A 3°F inside-to-outside thermal break is concentrating bait and overslot bass on the Point's current edges while Block Island Sound stays sloppy.