RI tuna this weekend?

[JoeyM]

i know all these reports have been of cape bft's, but are there any reports of fish seen or caught around BI or montauk?

was thinking of sharkin this weekend anyways...(hopefully i can avoid the star island fleet, although not likely).

[MakoMike]

I heard that there were fish spotted to the east and south of B.I. during the week. If I didn't have a steering problem I'd be out there.

[JoeyM]

thanks for the info. although i was thinking of heading to the south and west for the sharks...maybe i'll rethink my plans.

[MakoMike]

If you relly want to go sharking, just go to the horns and work your way to the south and /or east of B.I. on your way out or back.

[devils fiddle]

Good luck avoidint the 300 boat SI fleet?

Definitely are some fish around. Hopefully the weather and my work schedule come together next week. Will run weather permitting.

[JoeyM]

here's the report:

got a late start saturday and headed out of narr bay. looked around mudhole and south of there towards suffolk. didnt see any signs of life

and water was cold, 56-57 degrees. found a dragger near the suffolk, trolled around him lookin for bft, but nothing. marked some small fish, but nothing ever came to spread, but a bunch of porpoises.

pulled in the spread and headed over the jenny's horn. found 59 degree water and lots of boats, but spread out pretty good. we found a clear spot and set up our slick.

within 15 mins had our first runoff, but no joy. eventually the blue dogs appeared. we didnt have much fresh bait (bluefish) so we tried to use it sparingly...managed to hook up maybe 5-6 blue sharks. the biggest was maybe 150 lbs. they wouldnt touch our frozen baits, so we went home.

it was a great day cuz i had two people who never shark fished before. one also got to fight a nice smaller shark on a bluefish rod.

[devils fiddle]

Went south yesterday. Original plan was to head the warm water in atlantis but the weather didn't cooperate.

Ended up putting in around the horns 550/650 with not much for life and 61 degree water. Before we got the spread got a 47 inch fish to the boat. One other knock but that was it. Belly was filled with 4-6 inch squid.