06-29-2002, 10:24 AM
BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE- Stripers 6/29/02<br><br>Fishing is the harbor has been usually slow for this time of year. There is plenty of bait in evidence, both herring and silversides, however the bass aren’t showing in the bait—maybe the results of feeding at night on the moon. Quincy bay and the rocks and ledges off Cohasset’s Minot’s Ledge produced the best results during this week.<br><br>From fly fishers, large herring patterns with a Ray’s fly dropper worked well in the bay as well as cast to the ledges. Roger Thout of Princeton, MA and son-in-law Mike had a good start in Quincy catching two keepers in the 30” class and finished with numerous sub-legal size bass , 20-27 inches, from the ledges off Cohasset. A non-flyfisher, Mike cast Fin-S rubber Baits in Alewife color on ½ oz. Jig-heads as well as Texas-rigged white Slug-gos for his bass. <br><br>Rudy Ford, a charter skipper from Lake Ontario, had similar results on his two-day bass trip during the week. However, a mixed-bag of bass and small bluefish were part of his take. Sliders and poppers on the long-rod worked well in the early morning hours of the out-going tide in Quincy Bay as did Slug-gos on light-spinning gear. Towards the end of the week, new bass appeared to be moving in the harbor as the ones we caught were covered with sea-lice.<br><br>Capt. Mike Bartlett<br>B-Fast Charters<br>www.bfastcharters.com<br><br> <br><br><br>Capt. Mike Bartlett<br>B-Fast Charters<br>www.bfastcharters.com