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Fishing Reports
Boston Harbor & South Shore -Stripers 6/24/2006
June 24, 2006
Posted by B-Fast Charters/Capt. Mike Bartlett
N. Pembroke, MA 02358 USA
Email: mike@bfastcharters.com
Current Report
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-
Stripers 6/24/2006
Inshore striper fishing has
pick-up significantly this
week. Silversides can be
found in the upper-reaches
of the inner-harbor bays,
and where you mark this
baitfish on the bottom,
stripers will be in
evidence. Adult herring are
still dropping out of the
rivers, however, the herring
are not bunched up. As a
result, it is hard to get on
the stripers as they bust on
single herring. The outer
harbor rocky promontories
and structure has produced
some of the largest fish of
the week.
On Wednesday, long-time
client Alan Levick of
Newton Center, MA had a
great day finding the bottom
paved with silversides on a
ten-foot edge in Quincy.
Gray rubber-baits fished on
½ oz. jig-heads and sparsely-
dressed gray clousers
matched the bait-fish well
on the early morning flood
tide. Most of the bass were
between 20 and 25 inchesone
30-inch keeper was kept for
the table as well as a stray
bluefish. A move to the
outer harbor structure, bars
and channel edges produced
three more keepers to 33
inches; all were promptly
released.
The inner-harbor was very
slow at weeks end. So much
so, that we skipped going
inside all together on
Friday and Saturday.
Concentrating on structure
fishing in the rocks off
Minots and Bostons outer-
harbor was very productive
using texas-rigged soft-
plastics on light-spinning
gear. On the long rod, Ken
Abrames flat-wing Sure-thing
and L & L Special teased up
numbers of school bass from
the structure. Bob
Steinmann and his lovely,
first wife had a 30 fish
morning on Thursday, however
none reached the 28 mark.
New fly clients from NH,
Allen Wetmore and friends,
had to work harder for their
bass, but still managed to
land just shy of 30 school
bass and one 30 inch keeper.
Abrames Razzel Dazzel flat-
wing produced as many
strikes as the previously
mentioned chartreuse
patterns.
The rain and fog on Saturday
didnt deter Roger Thuot
from Petersham, MA. The
stripers were more than
cooperative, and we had the
pond completely to ourselves
most of the morning. The
flat-wings out-fished the
surface presented soft-
plastics, tricking some 20
school bass. However,
Rogers walk-the-dog
retrieve was too much for
the two slammers that jumped
on the stick-baits with a
vengeance. The first keeper
pulled down the Boga to the
21-pound mark and was taped
at 39 inches. This fat
fish, covered with sea-lice,
was quickly revived using
the Boga and released. It
appears that some of the big
bass from the bay and
Stellwagen are starting to
move onto the structure.
Twenty minutes later Rog was
at it again, tied to another
monster. Failing to loosen
the drag after the last
battle, Rog put too much
pressure on the big
stripers initial sprint
easily parting company and
the line.
Capt. Mike Bartlett
B-Fast Charters
www.bfastcharters.com
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