The best piece of coastline in the best place in the world

Some more random pictures

You likely don't know but two winter ago I went to china.....for fun. Crazy a concept as that is I was fortunate enough to meet this gentleman whist I was there....a near 300lb hand feed grouper that had spent the better part of twenty years getting fat from shrimp and leftovers. Sadly he was awaiting the opportunity to become some very rich family's holiday diner.

I also fished this years Star Island Shark Tournament....I will have to go into full detail at some point but will in short say we lost by 5 minutes and 50 lbs....and by lost I mean we sat and watched a quarter million dollars slip away........

The sweet, sweet taste of well earned sushi...

Well we did it, Tuna 15: us 1 but I have been and will continue to revel in the one moment, that split second the gaff hit home, for the rest of the week as I sit trapped in a cubicle...

I digress.....It was a phenomenal weekend to return to my love affair with Rhode Island. The people and the weather...not to mention the fishing, all conspired to create what was truly a sublime balance of self-medication, obsessive fishing, delectable meals, and lazy Sundays in no particular order.
I am waiting on more pictures from squirrel so the story will come with those (he did actually hook the fish anyway)

Additionally, my ears in Montauk related equally satisfying stories.....particularly the inaugural trip to the canyons on the Shannon D. The same weather window I enjoyed in Cape Cod Bay was even more friendly to Jean, Jeremy, and their crew as they steamed home from Fish Tails with a 10 knot breeze behind them and a large lazy ocean on which to surf their way home.

Never mind they released a 70lb white marlin (check out the video's) within the first hour of trolling and went 5 for 6 on 60-80lb class yellowfin.

I was also not the only one to indulge in sushi after a successful Tuna hunt...

Some Random Mishe From Days Gone By

The Next New Toy

It's been due for some time so this is by no means a splurge purchase....none the less I have yet to make a final decision so if any readers want to add their two cents I would be much obliged.

So its down to the Accurate B or B2 665 and the Avet LX series....Accurate is a better real but twice the price....initially would have gone Avet in a heart beat but apparently some of their smaller reals...when EXCEEDINGLY abused...have kicked the bucket....

This will be the THIRD reel I'm buying for jigging tuna...enough is enough.

World Record Spearfishing Striped Bass

Well with the plethora of large fish up and down the coast this is no suprise....68+ lbs!!!!

Recent events, historical images, and future plans.

So I have not posted in over a week but I swear it is for the best; I need experiences to write about no? That said, some amazing things have happened in Montauk over the last week.


First off, congratulations are due to a number of individuals whom I consider friends.....

Jimmy Slyvesters son knocked the socks off the sunnies in his first ever fishing expedition!
Bob Taylor has proved that he is no longer the rageing maniac of our college days and has grown up to become a rageing maniac of a surfcaster...I take alot of the blame, especially when he's catching multiple 40+ lb fish includeing these slobs.

Montauk's Gary "The Toad" is simply loving life right now after catching his second 50lb bass from the surf, a whopping 54.80lber taken from the sand beaches on a tin at approximetly 9pm friday the 4th of July. Beyond being a serious trophy this fish actually won Gary over $3,000 bucks in long running (lonegr then it should have taken) local 50lber contest.

Then of course there is My dear friend Nico whom, after spending most of the weekend free diving with me and seeing very little shot a beast of over 58lbs just in time for me to recieve a text message at my cubicle in NYC.