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Fishing Reports
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE- Stripers
July 10, 2002
Posted by B-Fast Charters
Contact: Mike Bartlett
N. Pembroke, MA 02358 USA
Phone 1: 781-293-6402
Phone 2: 617-645-3278
Email: mike@bfastcharters.com
URL: http://www.bfastcharters.com/
Current Report
Boston Harbor and South
Shore—Striped Bass 5/28/02
On Monday Eric Shimpf and
his Boss from Merrill Lynch,
Boston had a great day of
fly- fishing in Boston’s
inner harbor. Right from the
start, the bass were
breaking off the Airport
feeding on silversides and
alewife. Large Chartreuse
Half & Halfs in size 4/0
worked well using 400 grain
DepthCharge line. The
anglers were impressed with
the performance of the new 9
wgt. T-3, weighing in at 4 ¾
ounces. So much so that,
Eric’s Boss, never let it go
the whole day. The
flyfishers accounted for
numerous bass in the 20 to
27 inch size class before
the school went down.
Moving to Quincy bay, the T-
3 matched to a 9/10 Vortex
anti-reverse held it own
with a keeper bass between
36 and 38 inches that was
dropped boat side. Three
keepers were tallied up to
32 inches—all released
unharmed.
Tuesday was a banner day for
Bill Manzello and friend
from Worcester, MA on their
annual fly fishing excursion
to Boston. Once again the
inner-harbor was gang-
busters early with the bass
on the surface until about
7:30. Both Quincy Bay and
the Airport were excellent
even though the fish weren’t
showing. Before the day was
done the fly- fishers heated
up the Vortex on 9 keepers
between 28 and 33 inches.
Both anglers, dropped bigger
bass using the Chartreuse
Half and halfs. In Quincy,
bass were swirling on the
surface. Switching to
Wonderline using sliders and
gurglers produced some
exciting surface action
strikes and follows from
some bigger bass.
Reports from the outer-
harbor and the South Shore
are that big schools of
keeper bass are feeding on
the mackerel schools outside.
Capt. Mike Bartlett
B-Fast Charters
www.bfastcharters.com
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