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Fishing Reports
BostonHarbor & South Shore-Stripers 7/9/2006
July 11, 2006
Posted by Capt. Mike Bartlett/B-Fast Charters
N. Pembroke, MA 02358 USA
Fax: 781-293-6402
Email: mike@bfastcharters.com
Current Report
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-
Stripers 7/9/2006
I just returned from my
annual Atlantic salmon trip
to Labrador with friend and
colleague John Putnam.
Although the rivers were low
making for tough fishing
conditions, we had a great
trip. John hooked 10
salmon, landing three over
12 pounds, as well as twice
that number of 4 to 6 pound
grilse using the hitch on
green-butt, glitter black
bear hair wings tied low-
water and green-butt buck-
bugs---an awesome initiation
for a first-timer fishing
salmon.
Finding the striper fishing
in the inner-harbor just as
slow on Saturday on my
return from Canada, Roger
Thuot (Petersham, MA) and I
elected to pick-up where we
left off in late June
fishing the structure in the
outer-harbor and off
Cohassets Minots Ledge.
We evidently made the right
choice. Roger, ailing with
a sore rotator-cuff, opted
to fish surface
presentations on light
spinning gear. He spotted a
fish smashing a herring on
the surface and cast a Texas-
rigged slug-go to the rise.
The striper inhaled the
twitching, soft plastic, the
reel started singing and we
were off-to-the races,
following a big bass surging
for deep water. This liner-
sider proved to be our
largest bass of the season,
pulling the Boga-grip to the
26 pound mark, and it was
taped at 42 inches. We
promptly revived the fish
and released it unharmed.
The rest of the morning,
were moved from one piece to
structure to the next
fishing the pocket-eater and
picking up a few school bass
at each location. Abrames
Razzel-dazzel flatwing
worked well on the long rod
in the wash off the rocky
promontories both in
Bostons outer-harbor
Islands and in Minots rocky
ledges. Roger continued to
do well with light spinning
gear, however only one more
29 inched keeper was brought
to the net.
On the BankStellwagenthe
word is the best bait
concentration in the past
five-years. Bubble-feeding
whales and sand eels can be
found along much of the
sickle-shaped western edge.
This bodes very well for
bluefin tuna fishing,
especially giant bluefins,
which have been all but
absent in our area the past
two years. The table is set
for a potential banner year
for giants.
Capt. Mike Bartlett
B-Fast Charters
www.bfastcharters.com
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