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A Slow Start to the 'Fall Run'

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Mark Sedotti with a light tackle bluefin tuna caught off Montauk last week. LUYEN CHOU

Mark Sedotti with a light tackle bluefin tuna caught off Montauk last week. LUYEN CHOU

Peter Scelfo caught this 12-pound fluke while fluking from a tiny skiff on the ocean outside the Shinnecock Inlet.

Peter Scelfo caught this 12-pound fluke while fluking from a tiny skiff on the ocean outside the Shinnecock Inlet.

Jenny Beck and her son Claudio and grandsons Luca and Dante got in a great day of fluke fishing aboard the Shinnecock Star last week. DEENA LIPPMAN

Jenny Beck and her son Claudio and grandsons Luca and Dante got in a great day of fluke fishing aboard the Shinnecock Star last week. DEENA LIPPMAN

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In the Field

  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Sep 18, 2024
  • Columnist: Michael Wright
Two weeks later and we are still waiting. It has been a painfully slow start to the “fall run” on the South Fork this year. Striped bass still seem to... more

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