08-01-2004, 09:39 PM
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE- Stripers 8/1/04[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]A tough weather week made fishing difficult and warranted numerous trip cancellations.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The inner-harbor bays are producing some small bluefish, and larger blues are on the ledges in the outer-harbor and South Shore. Good numbers of school and keeper bass are still taking surface presentations in the early morning where they show.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Offshore, east of Stellwagen Bank, haddock and cod fishing is still strong. However, the giant bluefin fishery is off to another very slow start, and the catch limit has already been increased to 2 per day due to the slow catch rate. Further, dog-fish or sand sharks have moved on to the bank, making giant fishing very difficult.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The strong east wind and rain abated toward the end of the week. With the wind shift to the south then southwest, Roger Thuot from Petersham, MA and friend Al Dimazio were finally able to get out to the Harbor for a fish. Stronger SW winds than forecast made fly fishing difficult. Al, a former freshwater bass pro, did well with pearl white slug-gos fished on the surface as well as 4” Zoom smokin’ shad rubber baits fished on ½ oz jig heads. Small blues and a few school bass in the inner-harbor bays were the first action of the morning.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]A move to the North, in the outer harbor to fish structure, yielded the best fish of the day.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Once again, surface presentations brought the bass up. Numerous swirls and short strikes on the texas-rigged Slug-gos, let us know big bass were in evidence. As the tide continued to flood, Al brought a big bass up. The striper missed on the first pass and then rolled, in the head-tail rise—typical of a salmon take, back fully out of the water, to slam the slug-go right at Al’s feet, at boat side. The bass was off to the races, dumping half the spool on the first run. Al’s fishing experience helped make quick work of the rest of the battle. The 39 inch and a very fat, 25 pound bass was quickly revived and released with the Boga Grip, after a few Kodak moments.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Capt. Mike Bartlett[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]A tough weather week made fishing difficult and warranted numerous trip cancellations.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The inner-harbor bays are producing some small bluefish, and larger blues are on the ledges in the outer-harbor and South Shore. Good numbers of school and keeper bass are still taking surface presentations in the early morning where they show.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Offshore, east of Stellwagen Bank, haddock and cod fishing is still strong. However, the giant bluefin fishery is off to another very slow start, and the catch limit has already been increased to 2 per day due to the slow catch rate. Further, dog-fish or sand sharks have moved on to the bank, making giant fishing very difficult.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The strong east wind and rain abated toward the end of the week. With the wind shift to the south then southwest, Roger Thuot from Petersham, MA and friend Al Dimazio were finally able to get out to the Harbor for a fish. Stronger SW winds than forecast made fly fishing difficult. Al, a former freshwater bass pro, did well with pearl white slug-gos fished on the surface as well as 4” Zoom smokin’ shad rubber baits fished on ½ oz jig heads. Small blues and a few school bass in the inner-harbor bays were the first action of the morning.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]A move to the North, in the outer harbor to fish structure, yielded the best fish of the day.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Once again, surface presentations brought the bass up. Numerous swirls and short strikes on the texas-rigged Slug-gos, let us know big bass were in evidence. As the tide continued to flood, Al brought a big bass up. The striper missed on the first pass and then rolled, in the head-tail rise—typical of a salmon take, back fully out of the water, to slam the slug-go right at Al’s feet, at boat side. The bass was off to the races, dumping half the spool on the first run. Al’s fishing experience helped make quick work of the rest of the battle. The 39 inch and a very fat, 25 pound bass was quickly revived and released with the Boga Grip, after a few Kodak moments.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Capt. Mike Bartlett[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]B-Fast Charters[/size][/font]
[url "http://www.bfastcharters.com/"][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]www.bfastcharters.com[/size][/font][/url]
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