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Fishing Reports
Boston Harbor & South Shore Stripers 8/14/06
August 21, 2006
Posted by Capt. Mike Bartlett-Orvis Endorsed Fly fishing guide
N. Pembroke, MA 02358 USA
Email: mike@bfastcharters.com
Current Report
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-
Stripers 8/12/06
Peanut Bunker Blitz Underway
Early last week big bass had
the silversides corralled as
they staged in the inner-
harbor bays and coves.
Stripers to 38 inches and 22
pounds were being hooked on
a daily basis with good
numbers of school-bass to 27
inches mixed in. By weeks
end, schools of 1-1 ½ inch
peanut-bunker moved into the
outer-harbor and along the
South Shore with hordes of
marauding 4-8 pound bluefish
crashing on the fleeing bait
fish. School bluefin are on
the bank and may move
inshore behind the bunker,
as in the past.
The Broderick boys and
friend (Cohasset & Hingham)
had a banner day early last
week casting soft-plastics
to big stripers swirling on
the surface feeding on
silversides. This charter
was a birthday gift to Jim
Broderick from his wife
Karen. As luck would have
it, high-liner, Matt
Broderick from Cohasset,
took top-honors with two
38, 21 pound keeper bass on
light-tackle. Not to be out
done, Jim hooked is birthday
keeper bass on the last
drift of the day.
We picked up Steve Forded,
hailing from across the Big
Pond (UK), at Rowes Wharf
for an early morning fish.
Steve was in Boston for a
week at MIT doing technical
work for his business. This
was to be his first light-
tackle trip, and the first
time he wet a line for
stripers. At first light,
on his first cast, Steve
rose and hooked a big bass
which threw the hook on the
run. The next cast, we were
into another big striper
tapped at 38 and 21 pounds,
which was promptly revived
and released. The top-water
action continued right
through the morning flood
tide producing numbers of
school bass to 27. Steve
was amazed by the action and
numbers of stripers here in
Boston, and he threatened to
bring his brother on his
next trip to the States.
By weeks end the surface
activity increased
dramatically, especially in
the outer-harbor regions.
Squadrons of blues were
pushing the peanut-bunker to
the surface, and the sea
birds were taking advantage
of the feeding foray.
Mostly blues are in the
deeper water (40-80 ft) and
the stripers are more
inshore. This activity
heralds the start of the
Peanut-Bunker Blitz which
will continue to escalate
right into the fall all
along our coastline, and is
an indicator of the
spectacular fish to come.
The Gangemi family, of
Cohasset, MA, was right in
the thick of the feeding
foray inshore on Sunday. At
times we were tripled with
school bass to 27 inches.
Although, the production of
big bass has decreased, the
numbers of surface blitzing
fish makes up for it!
Capt. Mike Bartlett
B-Fast Charters
www.bfastcharters.com
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