Westport Outfitters 7/27

• Despite some pretty hot days and rapidly increasing water temps, the fishing remains quite strong. Our charters over the weekend all produced fish on both light tackle, flies and some trolling. It is in our opinion that the fish are definitely beginning to settle into a pattern and slowly starting to set up on some local structure which is good news for the T&W crowd. If you are struggling with mastering this technique, marked lead core may be the answer to your hang ups.
• The Mill Pond continues to fish decent, with sparse amounts of sand eels but rather more silver sides and small crabs being the bait of choice. As we mentioned last week, your best bet may be to hold off until the wee hours of the A.M. versus the dead of night since these fish are not moving back into the shallows until the water cools down a bit. For the spinning crew, you should also try filtering in the new Storm Crabs which are unbelievably lifelike.
• Our own Captain Rick fished farther west early in the week after the weather pushed through and came up with a few keeper stripers around Execution Light and the Greenwich area off of Captains Island. The larger blues are also beginning to show their ravenous selves over the past week. Get put early to avoid the chomper bight!!
• Get the kids out this weekend for some snapper fishing. We have pre packages small rods and all the snapper poppers and little kast masters for hours of enjoyment.
• With these unstable weather patterns and fronts pushing though, the fishing may become a bit spotty this weekend and always remember to keep a close look at the sky.
• I myself was out in Missouri all week celebrating Ranger Boats’ 40th Anniversary and had the chance to fish the legendary White River. This true tail water was quite the fishery and its reputation did not let me down. It’s amazing to see a river go through such dramatic transitions in a matter of minutes. Barely a trickle at 5:A.M. and then turning into a roaring river by 6:00 once the power generation gets turned on. Armed with a 5 WT we got into some healthy bows up to 23 inches on Wednesday fishing small scuds and a few emergers as well as even some dry fly ant patterns on the bank. If you are ever in need of a trip while in the lovely town of Branson Missouri, drop the shop a call.
• THE MONTAUK REPORT
• Our good friend Captain Dean Kardamis aboard The "TEASER" reports that the offshore shark fishing is staying pretty consistent, with two or three sharks per trip about average, although there have been occasional 10 shark days. He has also seen some nice bluefins but you need to be there at first light to get into them.The next offshore target will be the yellowfin and long fin tunas. Mahi's will be showing up as well very soon. Fluke fishing has also been off the wall, with lots of fish, especially out in the rips, but lot's of shorts (19.5 in NY). It’s amazing how good the fishing can be when everything gets thrown back. Bass fishing has been consistent but lots of smaller fish these days.