If you’re like most offshore fishing enthusiasts, the spring runs of Atlantic mackerel along Long Island’s south shore signals the beginning of the upcoming season.
We set out from Vanderbilt’s Wharf Marina in Oakdale at dawn that morning and headed east, through Great South Bay. Our voyage took us by Smith Point and through the narrows, across Moriches bay, past the lovely homes that line the Quantuck and Quoge Cana