Weakfish strategies: Grass shrimp
by
Zeno Hromin


Teasers tied in front of your plug are an effective way to match the hatch
and increase your weakfish success.
You are standing at the water’s edge, casting your lure into the quiet surf. You have been at it for a while, and the only thing that is keeping you from calling it a night are the swirls you notice on the surface of the water in close proximity to your casts, indicating the presence of game

THE LAST STRIPER
by BILL WETZEL

The December northwest wind shook my office window as daytime temperatures dropped into the upper twenties. Edna the secretary jokingly asked me if I was still fishing. “I’m going tonight I replied”. She looked at me kind of funny and said “in this”. That only added fuel to the obsessive thought patterns I was having to hit Montauk, MECCA, The End, The Beginning, Surfcasting capital of the world- sorry I’m

APRIL 2003 SYNOPSIS
by Bill Wetzel

Targeting sun warmed flats early in the spring is an excellent
choice to find aggressive stripers. Note the steam coming
from the mud of this flat as it is warmed by the sun at low tide.
April 2003 was a sleeper for me. Seems I was doing more scouting then fishing. Moving into a new home was a little time consuming as well. 2003 was in no way like 2002 when we had the super warm temperatures heating up the back bays, and

My 2003
MAY SYNOPSIS
By Bill Wetzel


This striper was taken on the edge of one of the coves
that litter Montauk.

My approach to May seems to be different every year. Some years the weather is warm and consistent, other years the weather is cool and sporadic. During the cool and sporadic Mays I like to target the big water stripers in Montauk. My first trip to MECCA in 2003 was on 5/18 (two days after the full moon). There was big water

My 2003
June Synopsis

By Bill Wetzel



Here is George Bowens 36 lb. striper taken on Montauk's
North side in June 2003.

June 2003 was not significant in the numbers produced, but I was happy with putting George Bowen on to a nice 36lb bass on Montauks north side. As in May my primary June focus was Montauk, and there were a few nice fish in the fifties pulled out of Montauks suds that month. All the big girls

A Day at the Beach with Dad

An original story by Tom Schneider

I glanced at the thermometer as I set up the coffee pot in the kitchen: 50 degrees already! It was probably going to be the last warm day before the long cold winter set in. The reports from the open beaches had been good for the last several days. I was hoping that with a little luck, I would be into some fish today.
Earlier in the week I had invited my father along for a day of surf fishing. It