[622564]

Has anyone caught a beagle in the montauk area? I know the cape guys catch them, but I was wondering if anyone has targetd them here. Water temps? time of year? Thanks!

 

[thefishingfreak]

i think your to far south

we get them up here in mass bay in the spring and late fall but i think the water is to warm around montauk heres a link to some info.

http://www.newenglandsharks.com/newpage11.htm

 

[MakoMike]

Fishers,
Montauk rumors had it that you had to fish in early May to get a shot at porbeagles. FWIW, I didn't know of anyone in Montauk that ever actually caught one.

 

[leakyrivot]

We had a little discussion about this a couple months ago.. I even posted on another site that's more local to Northern MA, Southern NH & ME.. this is the area you'd think it might work, they are supposed to be there & the water temps stay about right. I don't think anyone ever targets them.

Nobody really seemed to know - I got a couple discouraging replies, basicly saying that sharking season was July - Sept. Porbeagles are supposidly caught in the sharking season; but, from what the information on the behavior on the species says, porbeagle season should be right now. If I remember correctly the water inshore, after last years mild winter, was 45 F.

Provided my boat holds together for pre-season, the weather cooperates & misc bad things don't happen, I hope to give it a shot sometime around the end of next month. The plan is to set up on some inshore ledges & get some ground fishing in too.

Jon

 

[625063]

Leakyrivot

As far as Porbegles go they show up here in my area (mid-coast maine) around the time the first schools of macks show up. Surface temp really doesnt matter, the fish feed deep where the water temp is pretty constant, so we catch them right through our season of July- September. Even though the temps are good for them early I believe the arrival of the heering and macks really make a difference. Groundfishermen do encounter them early in the year on the ouside ledges, so good luck to you.

 

[yazinsky]

great link to info on the Porbeagle

http://www.newenglandsharks.com/porbeagl.htm

 

[leakyrivot]

Well that's the first promising advice I've heard on the subject. Outside ledges early in the season, from a 21 footer, are a long shot though. Regardless, it's an excuse to put a line out for them,

Jon

 

[624272]

porbeagles

arent pobeagle sharks on the list of no no sharks like the great whites. i know that you can not keep them when fishing tornys they are on the no no list

 

[625063]

You can keep Porbeagles

Here in Maine you can keep them in our tournaments, and the NMFS just uped the commercial quota on them. We have had some over 300lbs weighed in at some of the tuna tournaments.

 

[leakyrivot]

As far as I know Porbeagles are not on the no-no list; at one point dogfish were though - go figure that.

Jon

 

[EdP35]

I was out on the Helen H in late Decemeber and they caught one about 250lbs on jig...go figure. Beautiful fish, kinda looks like a cross between a white and mako.