Montauk
Re: Montauk
Buckeye,
Here is a copy of a trout fishing report that i snatched off the internet some time back - forget where I got it. But it is perhaps the most comprehensive report on fishing Montauk during every part of the season. Follow this advice, and you will limit out every day in short order...
<BLOCKQUOTE>Here?s my Montauk fishing calendar, created after spending many decades studying the elusive Rainbow Trout:
March: Some anglers use other baits, but in my book there is only one choice: cheese. In those first few weeks after opening day, Montauk rainbows love cheese. Power Bait ranks a close second.
April: When April showers bring blooming dogwoods and morel mushrooms, the savvy Montauk angler turns to cheese. Bait up with a big, gooey glop of cheddar and hold on. If you run out of cheese, try Power Bait.
May: This can be an unpredictable month, what with powerful thunderstorms likely to raise the spring branch overnight. But no matter what the water conditions, you won?t go wrong bouncing a ball of cheese at the end of your line. If you must resort to Power Bait, get the cheese-colored kind.
June-July-August: Hot weather means tough trout fishing for many people, as the stream runs low and clear beneath the blazing summer sun. Trout get finicky and tend to feed early and late. You can tempt their palates with their hands-down favorite food: cheese. But not just any cheese. Carry a small net and scoop up some of the loose cheese that you see drifting in the current. Try to match your cheese to whatever kind predominates in the stream that day ? cheddar jack, gouda, Cheese Whiz, whatever. Use light line (nothing heavier than 12-pound test) and be careful not to spook your quarry when you see it rooting for cheese on the stream bottom. If the study of cheese is not one of your interests, a jar of Power Bait will get you by.
September-October: Now comes cooling air temperatures and beautiful fall weather. You?ll see trout change into their spawning colors and maybe chase each other above the ?redds? they fan out in gravel bars. You?ll catch some full-colored spawners if you bounce the bottom with small, cheesecloth sacks filled with cheese. Don?t even think about using Power Bait ? this is the season when ALL of us are purists.</BLOCKQUOTE>
Here is a copy of a trout fishing report that i snatched off the internet some time back - forget where I got it. But it is perhaps the most comprehensive report on fishing Montauk during every part of the season. Follow this advice, and you will limit out every day in short order...
<BLOCKQUOTE>Here?s my Montauk fishing calendar, created after spending many decades studying the elusive Rainbow Trout:
March: Some anglers use other baits, but in my book there is only one choice: cheese. In those first few weeks after opening day, Montauk rainbows love cheese. Power Bait ranks a close second.
April: When April showers bring blooming dogwoods and morel mushrooms, the savvy Montauk angler turns to cheese. Bait up with a big, gooey glop of cheddar and hold on. If you run out of cheese, try Power Bait.
May: This can be an unpredictable month, what with powerful thunderstorms likely to raise the spring branch overnight. But no matter what the water conditions, you won?t go wrong bouncing a ball of cheese at the end of your line. If you must resort to Power Bait, get the cheese-colored kind.
June-July-August: Hot weather means tough trout fishing for many people, as the stream runs low and clear beneath the blazing summer sun. Trout get finicky and tend to feed early and late. You can tempt their palates with their hands-down favorite food: cheese. But not just any cheese. Carry a small net and scoop up some of the loose cheese that you see drifting in the current. Try to match your cheese to whatever kind predominates in the stream that day ? cheddar jack, gouda, Cheese Whiz, whatever. Use light line (nothing heavier than 12-pound test) and be careful not to spook your quarry when you see it rooting for cheese on the stream bottom. If the study of cheese is not one of your interests, a jar of Power Bait will get you by.
September-October: Now comes cooling air temperatures and beautiful fall weather. You?ll see trout change into their spawning colors and maybe chase each other above the ?redds? they fan out in gravel bars. You?ll catch some full-colored spawners if you bounce the bottom with small, cheesecloth sacks filled with cheese. Don?t even think about using Power Bait ? this is the season when ALL of us are purists.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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Re: Montauk
I've done em all at the kiddy pools: cheese, secret formula dough baits, wooly spinners, white jigs, cheese worms, etc etc etc.. All will work, some better than others.
The advise I usually hand out is this: Start with a small single hooked jig (white is a good color) and fish the most crowded area of the park. Get what you can, after 30 minutes - go home. The single hook will cut across other lines far easier than treble hooked baits. Drifting dough/cheese baits only makes a mess and creates chaos in those crowded areas. However, if you are stuck at the park for the day; dough/cheese baits are better than the jigs once the morning frenzy is over.
The advise I usually hand out is this: Start with a small single hooked jig (white is a good color) and fish the most crowded area of the park. Get what you can, after 30 minutes - go home. The single hook will cut across other lines far easier than treble hooked baits. Drifting dough/cheese baits only makes a mess and creates chaos in those crowded areas. However, if you are stuck at the park for the day; dough/cheese baits are better than the jigs once the morning frenzy is over.
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