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If our catch ratio of big fish the past two trips were a batting average, we'd be in the Hall of Fame. Batting .500 is great for baseball--but not great for fishing. Before we delve into the reports a few observations: The amount of pogies from Green Harbor to the Canal is out of control. But with …
Continue reading "Two Trip Fishing Report Part 1: Battling the fleet to land the cow"
By all accounts, the Bay and surrounding areas gave up some very good fish this weekend and made for an exciting weigh-in at the Plymouth 400 Bass & Blue Tourney.
Ladies and gents, it's July 10th, and we're catching stripers. Upon landing at Logan at 11pm on the 3rd of July, I immediately began planning out my fishing trips for the coming week. On the honeymoon, I had received numerous texts from fishing buddies along the lines of: "sucks you're in mexico, stripers are busting …
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, …
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 …
Continue reading "Report: Fishing the High Hook Striper Tournament"
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 …
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 …
(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 …
Continue reading "Weekend Warrior: Now THIS is striper fishing!"
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 …
Continue reading "Quick Report: Schoolies in Plymouth, expecting keepers this weekend"
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 …
Continue reading "Report: Massive schools of stripers and one big bluefish"