Anyone Headed To Montauk This Weekend?

[Ill Trout Bum]

I'm headed to Montauk to ring in the New Year with some friends. We will be there from the 31st through Jan.3rd. Looks like it will slightly on the cool side this weekend!! (LOL) I told my buddy that the Under Armor and layered fleece will definitely be in order.

If there are any other brave souls out this weekend, be sure to give us a shout. I'll be driving a red Explorer with Illinois plates. Hope to see some other hardcore brethren on the stream as well.

P. S. The attached photo is from opening day this year.

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Nice!! Wish I could go. Give us a report when you get back.

Snagged

[Ill Trout Bum]

Nice!! Wish I could go. Give us a report when you get back.

Snagged

Will be happy to! I hope to have some good photos to accompany the report.

[Gavin]

I'll be down that way, but I'll be float camping in the blue ribbon area with a group of friends this weekend..(15 or so). Base camp is usually between Baptist & Parker. Its gonna be a cold weekend. Stop, say howdy, and warm up if your passing through. Cheers.

[Ill Trout Bum]

I just wanted to give a short report on last weeks trip.

Friday morning I was greeted with a balmy 15 degrees when the whistle sounded. Very few anglers in the park today. Fishing was a little slow at first, but they finally kicked into gear arond 9AM. Caught several fish over the course of Friday. One of them being a nice fat football of a fish in Hudson's.

Saturday morning the temp dropped to 5 above. Fishing started off at a faster pace than the day before. Hooked several large fish during the morning. I managed to land 2 of them. One from under the fallen tree at the top of Blue Hole and another from the spring hole. The cold weather issues with line freezing in guides and numerous reel malfunctions made it extremely tough to land any more large fish.

Saturday afternoon, the temp climbed to the low 20's. We noticed earlier in the morning that despite the cold, several fish were rising. We opted for dry flies during the afternoon and had a blast catching several fish on a size 16 Griffith's gnat. Most of the action occurred where fish were holding within a foot or so of the bank. I never would have imagined we would have done as well as we did fishing dry that day.

Sunday morning greeted us with slightly warmer temps than the previous day. I was especially surprised to see that we were alone on the stream when the whistle sounded. Started again at the spring hole and worked our way downstream to the rock hole. Never saw another angler until we quit at 11AM.

All in all, it was a very satisfying trip and a great way to spend the New Year.