Photo Gallery May 23, 2022 by Matt Broderick Surfcasting the West End of Long Island can yield good catches of stripers in the spring. That’s the area that Petey Trovato focused on for this catch. Andreas Brundler submitted this 29-inch weakfish from the Shinnecock area into the Fisherman’s Dream Boat Challenge to get himself on the leaderboard. Erik Kihss limited out with 4 fluke on his first trip of the season on the Captree Princess out of Captree. He used the Gulp Orange Tiger Mullet on a round jighead and spearing on the high hook. On the West End of Long Island Brooklyn Salamone fished the early season striped bass run from the surf and connected with this fish. Evan Dakow hit the Robert Moses Beach area for this open beach, early season schoolie. Customers on the Laura Lee were able to cash in on some early season fluke. The Miss Montauk fished opening day on May 1 for fluke and was able to find a mess of keepers around the point.