Historically, the best way to find them was to hang around the lobster pots in the 450- to 650-foot depths near the mahis, which are “marlin candy” and high up on their forage list. Since then, there have been hundreds of other big blue sightings and hook-ups in this area. The current NY State record blue marlin was a 1,174.5-pound monster that was caught by angler Bill Sweedler aboard the Tempo on Jon a Green Machine with noted Montauk Skipper Capt. This is always a plus during the mid-July through October timeline, especially if you are hunting for big blue marlin.

But new government bathymetric charts that were released to the public in 2005 revealed a unique pair of twin canyons (Ryan and McMaster Canyons, according to the 2005 US Geological Review), that are located just a few miles south of the Dip’s 100-fathom curve.Īccording to The Fisherman offshore columnist Captain John Raguso of MarCeeJay Sportfishing Charters (one of the secrets to the Dip’s charms is the area’s sharp 35- to 40-degree bend in the 100-fathom line, which frequently causes flowing Gulfstream eddies to jam up and get trapped in its general vicinity. Situated roughly 69 nautical miles southeast of Moriches Inlet at 39-54N and 71-43W, bluewater anglers once thought that the Dip was simply just a bend in the 100-fathom curve’s bigeye highway as it meandered from the Hudson Canyon’s 100-Square 30 nautical miles to southwest, to the Block Canyon Fish Tails approximately 18 miles to the east.

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