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Fishing Reports
BOSTON HARBOR - Stripers 7/18/05
July 20, 2005
Posted by Capt. Mike Bartlett, Orvis Edorsed Guide
N. Pembrok, MA 02358 USA
Email: mike@bfastcharters.com
Current Report
A new pod of stripers has
moved into the Boston area
this past weekend. These
fish have apparently moved
in from the north and east
of the harbor. On Sunday,
Fred Stockman and his friend
Mark Robinson, both from
Milford, CT had one of the
best days of the season for
big stripers. Starting out
at first light in the inner-
harbor bays produced a mix
of bass and blues. Fred
went to work with his own
fly pattern on the Orvis T-
3, 9 weight. Mark pitched
bassin assassins, on the
surface, to the fining bass
and blues.
A move to the outer harbor
produced the best action of
the trip. Surface
presentations, both on light-
spinning gear and the long
rod, was the ticket for the
new arrivals coved with sea-
lice. The last hour of the
flood and the first hour of
the ebb was the best tide
both on Sunday and Monday.
The Connecticut anglers
tallied 7 keepers and
numerous school bass, all
taken on the surface, before
the action slowed. Mark was
high rod with 4 of the seven
bass to 36 inches. Not to
be outdone, Fred landed the
pool winner of 40 inches and
20 pounds. All the bass were
released after photo ops.
The ledges off Cohasset
proved to be slow fishing on
the return trip to the
Harbor. Lunch at DiNeros
in Hull added finishing
touch to a great day on the
water.
Mondays trip with repeat
client Ken Alexander, of
DeCoverly Kennels (English
Setters) and his son-in-law
Matthew from Scranton, PA
was even better for numbers
of bass taken on the
surface. The bass were easy
to spot on the surface due
to the light south breeze.
At times it was too calm,
which allowed the bass to
see the gurglers and
assassins too clearly and
only swirl at the anglers
trickery. However, on the
first hour of the ebb, with
squadrons of fining bass
moving out with the tide,
their attitudes changed.
Before the morning blitz
ended Mark and Ken boated
close to forty bass with a
few blues mixed in. Four
keepers to 32 inches were
released. Mark took top
honors for the largest fish
boated. However, on the
last cast of the morning Ken
tricked a slammer that
dumped half the spool.
Unfortunately, while I
turned the boat in hot
pursuit, the line chaffed
off on a rock.
Capt. Mike Bartlett
B-Fast Charters
www.bfastcharters.com
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