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Fishing Reports
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers 6/12/05
June 16, 2005
Posted by B-Fast Charters/Capt. Mike Bartlett
N. Pembroke, MA 02358 USA
Fax: 781-293-6402
Email: mike@bfastcharters.com
Current Report
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-
Stripers 6/12/05
This weeks abnormally warm
weather conditions really
turned on the striped bass
fishing in Boston harbor and
the South Shore ledges.
Water temperatures in the
upper reaches of estuaries
have risen sharply, while
out front on the ocean, the
temperatures are still in
the low fifties. Presently,
silversides are the bait of
choice in Bostons inner
harbor, and the stripers are
taking great advantage of
this indigenous bait-fish on
both the ebb and flood tides.
Robert Werme from Woodbury,
CT along with his dad and
his son Jordan, had a banner
day with Boston Harbor
stripers on Saturday. The
fish showed early on the
ebbing tide feeding on
silversides in the inner
harbor bays. Robert and
his son did well with the
long rod fishing chartreuse
half & half on 400 grain
Orvis DepthCharge line.
While, 79 year old Robert
Sr. worked below the surface
with fin-S lures on light
spinning gear. Most of the
bass were between 20 and 27
inches. What the bass
lacked in size they made up
for in numbers. Surface
activity was spectacular.
Before the morning foray was
over, more than fifty bass
were released by the CT
anglers. Four keepers were
brought to the net between
30 and 35 inches.
As luck would have it,
Robert, Sr. took top honors
with an 18 pound, 35 inch
keeper. At slack low, texas-
rigged, bassin assassin,
fished on the surface
produced great strikes and
some of the most exciting
action of the morning.
Switching to floating
Wonderline and one of
Straekles foam-head
chartreuse and white
poppers, Robert Jr. managed
to hook and release a number
of surface feeding stripers.
Sunday brought great weather
and John Reese from
Amsterdam, NY. John, an
octogenarian college
literature professor, fished
with me last summer on the
Hawke River in Labrador for
atlantic salmon. He fished
tirelessly with a 7 weight T-
3 and was rewarded with a
number of school-size
stripers. The surface
action in the morning was
slower than Saturday.
However, from slack-low and
during the flooding tide,
the bass were swirling on
the surface. 4 keepers to
34 inches were brought to
net and released by days
end.
On B-Fast BAY FLY, Capt. Tom
guided B.J. Morgan from
Belmont, MA on his annual
two-day striper safari.
B.J. was lucky enough to
land a 31 inch striper on of
Capt. Toms eel patterns.
Mondays trip was even
better for the group. With
fewer boats on the water,
the bass stayed on the
surface much longer. 30
bass were released along
with three keepers to 33
inches.
Capt. Mike Bartlett
B-Fast Charters
www.bfastcharters.com
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