Westport Outfitters

• Warm days, cooler nights, dropping water temps, no storms and tons of bait…it looks as if the fish Gods are definitely smiling down on us all. This calm weather pattern we have been experiencing, which is forecasted to continue, could to do some amazing things for our local fishing. The bonita action that nearly everyone has been into is still hot albeit a bit slower than weeks past. The Albies have started to move in and will traditionally push the other speedsters out of town. Have no fear though, your L-Jack Jigs, Crystal Minnows and Deadly Dicks that you stocked up on will work just fine for the Falsies as well. With any luck the Albies will have a bit more of a pattern to their swimming habits to make it a bit easier to get one of these on.
• For the fly gals and guys, stick with smaller patterns such as Eric Peterson’s bay anchovy and silver side imitations.
• From shore, the action continues to pick up. Our own Peter Viviano was back on the shore over the weekend at Burial Hill at low tide for several stripers up to 26 inches on the fly rod. He noted the fish were awfully skinny so it’s just a matter of time before they start gorging for the journey south. Speaking of Pete, he proudly represented Westport Outfitters on Sunday at the annual Aspetuck Land Trust Family Fun Day in Easton. Westport Outfitters has always been a big supporter of the trust and was invited to set up a table to introduce families and kids to the sport of fly fishing. Pete tied flies and did casting demonstrations for the whole family and the response was terrific.
• The charters that ventured out over the weekend were greeted with some pretty snotty weather, but that did not prevent captain Rob in getting the Tomicetti’s into some blues on light tackle and a keeper bass on the fly rod. Chris was out in deeper water trolling his ever famous lead core rigs with blues to 12 pounds as well.
• From the field, a special congrats to shop faithful Jon Thelen’s daughter Isabel Thelen who landed a 33 inch bass off of Fairfield Beach on Saturday. She will now be forever hooked!!
• Newcomer Scott McHugh who recently moved to the area has taken no time to get into fish which is quite impressive considering he is new to fishing our somewhat technical local waters. Scott got into some Albies outside of Copps and Goose (about 1 mile) and bones in tighter to Copps and Goose over the weekend, on both flies and spin before retreating back to the docks to pick the family up.
• As the temps continue to drop, the striper bite should continue to increase. Let’s hope the fishing Gods continue to shine down upon us with steady and calm weather.
• MONTAUK REPORT: Our friend Captain Dean on board the TEASER was back at again as well this past week. The fluke season officially closed on the 17th. There was some real decent fish around last week. The “Hurry up” reported a #15 fluke on Sunday. Now that’s a nice catch.
• The Falsie are back and the point has been lit up with birds, blues, bass and False Albacore.
• The cow bass fishing has been on a day to day thing right now. Plenty of action on top but the fish are a lot smaller compared to bait fishing in the rips. We had a great day on Friday and a slow day on Sunday. Others did the exact opposite. Eels are finally starting to work and save the time of catching your own live bait for the tide rips. The fishery at Montauk Point is completely based on tide so you need to be there at the right tides to truly tell how the fishing is. The ebb tide has been the best for me this year.
• The fall fishing is the best around. You should get you boat out here and come on board if you can find the time.Offshore the shark fishing is still holding up pretty well with a mixture of blue sharks and smaller mako’s. The tuna fishing on the edge was excellent before the little blow we had over the weekend.