Striped-Bass fishing on Cape Cod Bay continues to be excellent this week.

Saturday, we had the Glassman family out for a 1/2 Tuna, 1/2 Striper trip.  Last year they scored a big Bluefin, unfortunately we couldn’t repeat this year.  One tuna tried to eat our kite-bait, but didn’t get stay on the hook.   After getting frustrated by the tuna, we moved inshore and had great Striper-fishing.  We took 8 or 9 fish in about an hour with the bigger fish topping out around 38″.

Sunday, we had a group of guys from Connecticut that were vacationing with their families in Sandwich.  Very good fishing at Provincetown despite the crowds.  For the most part we were able to stay out of the crazy crowds and limited out on good size stripers.  All fish were on the tube and worm again.

Monday we fished down off of Barnstable, and had another good day.  The tube wasn’t working as well, as the fish were tight, tight to the bottom.  We switched over to jigging, and got quite a few fish.  Fun day, with a nice family that were very happy when we finished up.

Tuesday – good group of guys that won the charter at an auction to benefit the Jay’s kid’s elementary school.  The guys wanted to target some larger fish to torment their one friend that couldn’t make the trip.  There are areas of Cape Cod Bay that will hold less fish, but they are often big – so we hit a couple of those holes.  We only ended up with a few fish, but they were rewarded with decent size - the bigger ones were in the mid-20’s and one just over 30 lbs.  All in all a fun day.

Very busy this week which is a good thing.  Right now the Saturday afternoon trip is open, as well as a few slots in the middle of next week.

Good luck out there.

Great Charter today with a group of six guys from Barnstable and Sandwich.  Most of these guys fish quite a bit but they have small boats and their range is a bit limited.  Very nice to have an experienced group of fisherman on board.

Made the trip across the bay and found good #’s bass away from the crowd.  The fish set up for the entire tide right on one set of lobster pots, so staying with the fish was pretty easy.  It always takes the pressure off quickly when you get a couple of keepers on the first pass.  Fishing stayed very solid for most of the morning – it started getting a little crowded after a while, but the fish turned back on once the boat traffic subsided.  Ended up getting our limit, without anything that really even needed to be measured and some school fish mixed in as well to keep the action going.

This was actually a bachelor party, and since the guys were having a great time we forgot to look at the clock for a while and stayed a little late.  The extra time paid off, as that’s the Bachelor in the photo with his best fish of the day.

All in all, great day, with a solid group of guys.

Settled in out on the East Side of Stellwagon with good #’s of breaking fish around. Mixed bay of tuna there with 100lb – 200 lb class fish with some real Giants showing from time to time.  Had 1 bite on a live bait pretty quickly, but we couldn’t stay pinned to him.  Not sure on the size – could have been another one of the 70″ class fish that have been so prevelent this year.  Makes me feel better to think that than having lost a market fish.

We got chased off the bank pretty quickly as the numbers of huge bluefish and Stripers there made it impossible to get to get a livie through to the tuna.  Stripers are fun, but when they are eating live baits that cost $5 each, – not so much.

We went way out to the East where one of the Spotter pilots had been seeing good #’s of fish, but unfortunately there was zero visibility Offshore.  It can be pretty hard to troll when you can’t even see your spreader bars.

Highpoint of the day was seeing a 4-500 lb class Bluefin come up and absolutely smash a dead bluefish that was floating on the surface.  He took two good shots at it, coming all the way out of the water – I couldn’t hook him, but it was still fun to see

Good to be out there, back Striper Fishing tomorrow with another charter

Fishing at the Race was a little slower than it has been, looks like this massive heat-wave has finally started to affect the fishing a little bit as the water temp got up over 70.  That said, we were still able to find good #’s of stripers – we just had to work for them a little bit.

Not sure the final count, but we ended up with 8 or 9 keepers, and a bunch of schoolies.  High point of the day was the 9 year old getting the largest fish of the day at almost 40″.

All fish were on tube and worm today – easy tackle for the kids to handle.  Hot color of the day was Ruby Red, followed by Ruby Red, and some more Ruby Red – there’s been a trend this season.

Unfortunately, we left the camera at home – but hopefully the customers will email some pics so we can get the kids on the site.

Striper fishing in Cape Cod Bay has continued to be excellent.  We’re riding a nice streak here, limiting out every charter over the last two weeks (knocking wood while I write this).

While that’s been fun, Saturday’s trip gave us reason to brag:

Kate and Jack (Captain Don’s Grandkids) age 7 and 9 made their first trip looking for some keeper Stripers.  Fishing was great and the Bass cooperated.  Each of the kids got 6 or 7 nice keepers, with Kate leading the day with a 38″ fish and Jack following up with one a little better than 36″.  We are also fishing in the Canal Bait and Tackle Striper Tourney this week, and to make their day official we went and weighed up the fish.  Although I’m sure they were knocked out within the hour, the kids did rank 1 and 2 on the leaderboard after their weigh in – and to a couple of little kids, that might have been the highpoint of the summer.

On the tuna front – they are all over the place.  Don took a group out whalewatching today, and just for kicks put one line out when the tuna came up smashing everywhere.  They ended up losing the fish they hooked, but it was just some extra fun while checking out the whales.

Well, today she waited around until we finished our morning charter, and hit the water at the around 2:00.  We trolled for about an hour, and Laura started off her season with a nice 34 lb Bass.  About 2 hours total on the water including travel time was all she needed.

Some people just have the knack.

Overall, a great day with a great family.  Hope to see them back again next year.

Plain and simple – it’s on and we’re getting spoiled this week.  Not sure the #’s for the day, but we limited out in the first 40 minutes and had doubles all day long.  Largest fish was over 40″ and all the fish looked well fed – most all were in the 16-20lb range with a few better ones in the mix.  It really seemed like we were doubled up for most of the day, and quit when all of our anglers were exhausted.

All fish today were on Tube and Worm – leadcore line that is really easy for the customers to handle.  This is also a great way to fish when we’re releasing as many fish as we have this week.  Virtually all the fish are lip-hooked and landed quickly, ensuring healthy releases.  

I don’t want to create unrealistic expectations, because this is just phenominal fishing, and it’s not always this hot.  But we are certainly going to enjoy this while we can!

Didn’t take any pics – but the crew had an I-phone, hope we get a few shots in the email.

All action was on the tube and worm – no wire, no hassle, and easy fishing for both the kids and the adults.  A huge body of fish moved into the bay this week and it was undoubtedly the best fishing so far this season.  Not sure if these were the Bass on Stellwagon or the giant schools on the backside, but these should be our resident fish for quite a while. 

Looking forward to Bass trips the next 3 days – get out there, it’s on.

72" Bluefin

June fishing is really going well right now in Cape Cod Bay.

This past Friday we had our first Tuna Charter of the season and got off to a great start.  We were fishing live bait on the South West Corner of Stellwagon and had great action from the beginning.  We had two hits and then scored on the third bite of the morning all in the first half hour.  After a 2 1/2 hour battle with one of the most stubborn bluefin I’ve ever seen, we landed the 72″ 200lb+ Bluefin above.  Great day as we started the season with the same customers that had our last Tuna charter of the 2009 season – and they brought all the gear for a mean sushi lunch back at the dock.

Striper fishing has been very consistent in the bay – Saturday we fished Provincetown, and Sunday Billingsgate Shoal – both had good numbers of fish making for fun days.  A big run on monster bass pushed through the canal this week – should make for some great fishing on a bigger class of fish.  There is a ton of large bait in the bay right now – this should keep these big girls happy and local for quite some time.

Inshore and offshore the fishing is great – give us a call as we have openings now before the tourist season gets in full swing.

Good luck,

Captain Don