Plum Gut Archives - Shelter Island Reporter

04/25/18 4:30pm

History Project: Daring raid by patriots on Sag Harbor

COURTESY PHOTO Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs Sr. led the raid to attack the British in Sag Harbor.

On the morning of May 23, 1777, 170 soldiers from several regiments of the American Continental Army crossed Long Island Sound from Guilford, Connecticut, in 13 whaleboats.

By approximately 6 p.m., they were on the beach at the north end of Hashamomuck Pond, what today is Southold’s Town Beach. They portaged their whaleboats over the beach and slipped into the pond, then rowed its length to the point where it empties into Peconic Bay and passed Shelter Island. (more…)

Antonia Booth, Gardiners Bay, Orient Point, Parker Wickham, Peconic Bay, Plum Gut, Return Jonathan Meigs, Sylvester Manor

Columns

09/25/17 2:06pm

Fish On: Do you believe in miracles?

by Larry Winston

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Mike McConnell with a beautiful striper caught last week off Plum Island.

After impatiently waiting for the local waters to cool and the bait fish to arrive followed by the sport fish, I was heartened by the first forays I made to try to cash in on the promised bonanza. (more…)

Coecles harbor, Hurricane Jose, Plum Gut

Featured Story

01/06/17 4:30pm

Island profile: Loren Reich, Living the ‘Shelter Island way’

by Charity Robey

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CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO Loren Reich

Loren Reich was a well-paid, internationally-traveling executive based in Manhattan, when she decided she was ready to move to the Island full-time in 2005, after years of coming out weekends. She saw an ad for an executive assistant position and when she got a call from the man doing the screening he had a warning. The position involved working at a laboratory run by U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the study of animal diseases. (more…)

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09/30/16 10:00am

Fish on: Fall is ‘Bumper Boat’ time

by Larry Winston

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A false albacore, landed by our columnist, right before being released to the deep.

All the signs of fall are present, with the foliage starting to don autumn colors and the trips off-Island are becoming easy as the summer hordes fade from the roads and the migratory fish are starting to seriously feed.

The negative of this dreamy scenario is the number of light tackle fishing boats suddenly appearing off Montauk and other inshore fishing hotspots. Boats from several states are launching skiffs locally and most of the public boat launching sites are crowded. When you get out on the water and the fish suddenly appear you better hang on because it’s “Bumper Boat” time! (more…)

Eastern Plains Point, false albacore, Gardiners Bay, Montauk, Plum Gut, the Sluiceway

Columns

08/21/16 3:00pm

Fish On: Going to school on fishing

by Larry Winston

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College friends Taylor Draper, left, and Morgan O’Donnell were successful anglers during Fish On’s excursion of Shelter Island waters last week.

The past week has been a tough one for anyone who has been out fishing with light tackle for striped bass in Gardiners Bay, Plum Gut and other close-in environs.

Air temperature over 90 degrees and water temperature around the Island in the 80s is not a great recipe for stripers who like the water 10 degrees cooler. Thinking that the cooler incoming tide with ocean freshness might wake the fish up a bit, I ran my boat to Plum Island several times, and while my companions and I got a few fish, it wasn’t worth the effort. (more…)

Gardiners Bay, Glaucus, Mashomack, Plum Gut, Smack-It

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