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Fishing Reports
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE- Stripers 7/14/04
July 17, 2004
Posted by B-Fast Charters
Contact: Capt. Mike Bartlett
N. Pembroke, MA 02358 USA
Phone 1: 781-293-6402
Phone 2: 617-645-3278
Fax: 781-293-6402
Email: mike@bfastcharters.com
URL: http://www.bfastcharters.com
Current Report
BOSTON HARBOR & CAPE COD-
Stripers & Blues
Just returned from my annual
fly-fishing trip for
Atlantic Salmon on the Hawke
River in Labrador. Water
level was perfect, as was
the weather and the fresh
run of salmon, covered with
sea-lice. Catch and release
limits were the rule every
day.
Mostly 4-6 pound grilse and
some salmon to 15 pounds
aggressively took hitched
glitter Black bear hair
green butts size 6,
chartreuse-butt buck bugs
size 4 and Magog Smelt size
2.
On my return, I found both
Bostons inner-harbor and
outer-harbor striper fishing
much improved. Erwin Brady
and friend from Florence, MA
annual fly and light-tackle
trip to the harbor produced
Erwins personal-best light-
tackle striper. The 38, 20-
pound linesider slammed a
Texas-rigged Bassin
Assassin right beside the
boat. Two other keepers in
the 30 inch class took
chartreuse Half & Halfs on
the long rod in Bostons
outer-harbor.
On Friday both the JANET B
and the B-FAST were after
stripers in two different
locales-Race Point and
Boston Harbor,
respectively. Kevin
Concannon, from Hingham, MA
and EMC, hosted the group
trip to the Race jigging for
Bass and Blues. Bass to 48
and good numbers of blues
took the parachute jigs
bounced in the sand on the
edge of the drop-off.
Meanwhile in Boston, long-
time client Deano Romanow of
Framingham, MA went to work
with Epoxy-head herring
patterns cast on 350 grain
DepthCharge line. He
accounted for about a dozen
schoolies and two keepers at
32 and 30 inches from
Bostons inner-harbor before
the feeding foray ended.
Herring and silversides were
the bait in evidence.
Dick Cook (Lowell, MA) used
the T-3 Trident and Vortex
reel effectively to land two
keepers using chartreuse
Half & Halfs in the early
morning on Saturday. Both
bass were taken close to the
beach on the edge of a bar
where the bass were lined up
to ambush the baitfish on
the running tide.
Capt. Mike Bartlett
B-Fast Charters
www.bfastcharters.com
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE
Stripers -June 28, 2003
This week excellent top-
water action could be found
in the inner-harbor bays
early in the morning. Some
good-size keeper bass and
both small and large blues
are in the upper reaches of
the harbors and bays. Blues
this early is atypical in
Boston. That said the
fishing was relatively slow
this week, especially for
the numbers of bass.
Traveling anglers John
Sensenich and friend for
Berwyn, PA fished three days
on Monday through
Wednesday. Mondays early
morning blitz in Hingham
bays produced the best
numbers of bass for three
days. White Slug-gos on 5/0
offset worm hooks brought
great surface action and was
one of the best lures for
the PA anglers. John was
high rod for the week
landing 6 keepers and his
two personal best bass at
35 and 38, tipping the
scales at 18 and 20 pounds.
Long time client Ed Ajamian
and friend Roy from
Skillman, NJ fished the end
of the week and found plenty
of bass swirling on the
surface with lockjaw. 90
degrees temps, no wind and
soft tides appeared to be
the culprit. Nevertheless,
the fish did turn on at the
late morning tide change on
the outer-harbor flats.
Herring patterns and gray
and white Half & Halfs
worked well on the long rod
as did large Bassin
Assassins on spinning gear.
Numerous keeper bass,
covered with sea-lice, came
over the rails in the short-
lived blitz.
Saturdays weather change
sparked by the NW wind
turned the bass on in the
outer harbor flats. Both
Andrew Budway and friend
John from Medford, MA
fishing on the B-FAST and
Scott Sullivan and friends
from West Hartford, CT
fishing on the BAY FLY had
multiple keeper trips.
Again the numbers of fish is
way down but the size of the
bass made up for this. By
far, surface presented
Bassin Assassins were most
productive followed by large
herring imitator patterns on
the fly rod. John took a
35, 18 pound keeper and 3
other on the B-FAST, while
the BAY Fly accounted for 5
keepers to 34 inches for
Scott Sullivans group.
Out-of-State anglers have
been taking advantage of our
association with the
Cohasset Harbor Resort,
Barker Tavern Restaurant and
the Boston Harbor hotel.
Capt. Mike Bartlett
B-Fast Charters
www.bfastcharters.com
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-
Stripers 9/5/02
Before the past weeks
Noreast winds and seas, the
outer harbor was alive with
bass and blues feeding on
peanut bunker and tinker
mackerel. The surface-
feeding blitz got started at
first light and continued
until the tide slackened.
The NE winds warranted
cancellations mid-week
through the Holiday weekend.
Dick Hurd (Lexington,MA) of
CSFB and client/friend Will
experienced the best feeding
foray since June on last
Tuesday the 27th. Armed
with long-rod, the fly
fishers cast small bunker
patterns fished down with
DepthCharge line and small
white gurglers and sliders
on top with Wonderline. The
top-water presentations
worked best on a long pause
after the strip. The bass
exploded on the stationary
slider or gurgler,
simulating a stunned peanut
bunker, more readily than
fast moving presentation.
The two-inch bait-fish were
all over Broad Sound. Small
1/0 Black-back or Chartreuse-
back bunker patterns with
reflective mylar sides
worked best subsurface.
Before the tide let go mid-
morning, the fly fishers
boated double-digit keepers
and numerous stripers
between 25 and 27 inches.
Dicks 37-inch, 16 pound
bass was the best fish of
the morning.
Todays trip with Jeff
Hamilton and clients from
Goldman, Sachs, Boston was
off to an early start
leaving Rowes Wharf at 5:00
am on B-Fasts BAY FLY.
Capt. Tom found the inner-
harbor loaded with birds
working bait, however very
few bass were working the
bait. Moving the group to
the outer-harbor off Revere,
the anglers were into
schools of breaking fish
feeding once again on peanut
bunker. The forecast 20
knot NW winds came up
earlier than expected,
making fly casting
difficult. The bunker
patterns worked well
however, anglers soon
switched to light-spinning
gear due to the winds.
Blues in the 6 to 8 pound
range were on the surface
with the bass feeding
below. Letting the
presentations sink below the
blues prior to retrieving
hooked up most of the bass
in the 24-27 inch size
class. Two small keepers 28
and 29-inch size class were
released.
Capt. Mike Bartlett
B-Fast Charters
www.bfastcharters.com
Baitfish Report
Silversides, small herring,
adult herring
Hot Fly Patterns
Chartreuse Half & Half
gurgler, small poppers,
small bunker patterns
Meet our Guides
Capt. Mike Bartlett
Capt. Tom Hickie
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