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SUBJECT: # 39336: 2004 17 ft whaler montauk
Submitted by kevin in ny (24.185.64.114) from NEW YORK on 11/25/04 10:35:00 PM
Bought a 2004 17 ft Boston Whaler montauk with 90hp mercury,wished they offerd a 4 cylinder johnson or rude.Anyway , I fish the Great South Bay area and Fire Island Inlet .Anybody have an opinion on running to the Fire Island Reef , which is about 3 miles south of the inlet .I had a lousy year fishing in the bay this year with all the fluke, flounder ,porgy, sea bass and blackfish size limits and I honestly didn t put in my time for a great fall bass run . Any thoughts would be appreciated .
- 12/1/04 4:53:00 AM
Submitted by
LocalMotion (69.113.74.32) from NEW YORK says Moriches Inlet...
Kevin, you want to fish the artificial reef? I don't remember where the artificial reef is but there is a sea buoy out there at 2 1/2 miles, visible from the inlet.I have fished through that inlet for many years. It is no different than any other inlet...changing all the time.
I have been out there in many different boats and often see 17 footers out there in the ocean...like you have heard many times before, you have to pick your days. The inlet gets bad for a small boat. It can be a nice day inside and outside but you have to go through the mouth to get in and out, so that is what you have to constantly watch once you are out, so you can get back in.
The outgoing tide with an onshore wind is the most dangerous and that will be clear when you see it. You need to watch for this and be back in beforehand. If there are just mostly rollers, hang around for a while and watch how the others stay close to the rocks and hook around the west or east side to avoid small breakers.
Just go to the inlet via the northwest cut. You don't have to go out, when you hook around the rocks on the west side, you have time to decide if you are going out or not. Just don't go half-way in (south) unless it is very calm or you may find yourself getting pulled right into the mouth on a strong outgoing tide, committed to go and face the waves head-on. Once there on the north side, it will either be flat at the mouth or you will turn around. That boat is too small to handle the mouth in anything but flat conditions. More often than not, you won't be going out.
But there is good fishing inside the inlet if you can deal with all that boat traffic. There is more room to maneuver and drop the hook to fish or drift fish on the northeast side inside the inlet.
Hope this helps you.
- 12/1/04 4:58:00 AM
Submitted by
LocalMotion (69.113.74.32) from NEW YORK says Oh, I see you want to ...
...go west to fire island inlet, my coffee isn't working yet. That inlet is wider than Moriches and Shinnecock but you will handle yourself the same way as the others, just likely approaching from the east side of the bay.
