Folks–if you’ve been following along, you’ll know that I wasn’t able to get much fishing done this weekend. On Saturday, I got married to this beautiful girl. It was a perfect wedding (we didn’t even mind the light mist at the outside ceremony), and the reception was a wild time. My brother, the best man, […]
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Saturday was an early wake up for a 4am lines-in-the-water call. Radio chatter and smack-talk began around 4:15am. But this is the fun part about fishing a tournament. The less-than-fun part is getting out front and meeting a nice 15-20kt wind and a 2-3 foot chop. And man that wind was cold. But, we sucked it […]
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This is the week, peeps. Listen, I know the fishing has been very hit or miss so far this season. But the new moon will continue bringing new schools of large stripers into our waters. It’s just about where they’ll show up. While I don’t want to contribute to the zoo that has been the Big Ditch […]
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Fishing is all about expectations. As we pulled away from the Gurnet to steam across the Bay, false dawn still hanging heavy in the air, with an empty livewell, my expectations were low. My low expectations for the day, it turned out, would end up being wildly wrong. The striper season has been hit-or-miss so […]
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This was one of those mornings where everything just lined up. Mid outgoing tide at dawn? Check. Light west wind? Check. A couple buddies willing to drive down to meet me at the dock at 4:30am so we could load up on mackerel before we missed the tide? Check again. The Bay was pea soup […]
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(Sorry for the Star Wars episode 1 reference) Tomorrow the calendar will change to the sixth month, which means one thing: If you have the means, get out there and fish. Because the next three weeks are arguably the best fishing weeks of the calendar year in our Bay. Each tide, more and more bait […]
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Here’s a Friday quickie, which you know means I caught some fish last night. I took the skiff to the boat, battling raging seas in the harbor (just kidding, although I did get splashed a few times) and headed out of the harbor at close-to high tide. The bay was a mess with chop and […]
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And by they, I of course mean your relatives at your long weekend cookout (just kidding–I’m talking about keeper stripers). Just when we were starting to get nervous, big fish pushed into our Bay last week. The Report The fishing has been straight out. If I didn’t have a job and other obligations I think […]
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The spring run is upon us, folks. Reports of stripers up to 32” have made their way to the East End of the Canal and into Cape Cod Bay. Striper season is finally here. Im going to make this fairly quick, as I’m currently on a flight heading to Las Vegas for my bachelor party. […]
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I’ve fished a lot this week (much to the chagrin of my fiance). This is due to a couple of reasons: The fishing has been steadily getting better. Bait is filling the bay (all types) and I’m hearing all kinds of reports of big fish all across the Southern MA coast. The canal lit up […]
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