Go Fish

The weather on Memorial Day weekend was good for all outdoor activities, which brought many, many boaters out on East End waters. Alas, this made the fish shy away but a few anglers were lucky.

Offshore fluking is still not strong but some keeper-sized fluke (minimum of 19.5 inches) were caught off Greenport. For inshore fishing, Ken Morse of Tight Lines Tackle, Sag Harbor, reported a seven-pound fluke weighed in at his station, and a 30-inch bass was caught by trolling at the North Haven ferry slip. There were also weakfish caught in Noyac Bay and fluke fishing was good at the Greenlawns off Shelter Island.

Steve at East End Bait and Tackle in Hampton Bays said fluke were caught in the east cut of Shinnecock Bay, with blues and bass being caught at Shinnecock inlet. According to Steve of Wego Fishing Station, Southold, the boat traffic seemed to spook the fish but some fluke of eight to ten pounds were brought in. Wego also reports striped bass of 35 to 39 pounds were caught at Plum Gut off Orient Point.

Paulie's Tackle of Montauk told us fluke are in close to the beach at the Point but no signs of bait so surf fishing for blues and bass was poor last weekend.

There is a complementary fly fishing clinic at the Sag Harbor Sailing Club on Pine Neck Avenue off Noyac Road this Sunday, June 3, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

- Rich Firstenberg

If you have any fishing news or experiences you would like to share, please e-mail me at YeOldeSalt@aol.com.

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