10-04-2002, 12:54 PM
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers 10/3/02[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Early in the week fishing in Boston’s inner-harbor and Quincy Bay was fantastic. The shear numbers of bass and blues, feeding on the running tides, rivals our best fishing in June. Unseasonably warm weather, optimal water temperatures, and the abundance of bait is making for a fall season to remember.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Two groups, here at the Beer Distributors convention in Boston, sampled the best Boston had to offer—bass fishing that is. Dick Carlson and his son from Salt Lake City, Utah departed from Rowe’s Wharf at 6:00 am. They were into blue and bass off the airport with in minutes. Finding these fish in the shallows very selective, Capt. Tom moved to Thompson’s Island to find the peanut bunker driven to the shoreline by the blues with the bass feeding outside and below the blues. The anglers cast to the swirling bass with a 5/0 “Grocery” pattern, letting it sink initially using DepthCharge line for best results. Five keepers between 28 and 32 inches took the fly fishers presentations. The biggest bass as well as a few blues smashed a yellow and white popper fished on Wonderline.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]On Monday, Neal Whittaker’s group from Topeka, KS battled the strong Southwest breeze. The anglers caught a mix of bass and blues between 24 and 33 inches. Like Sunday, the action was fast and furious on the outgoing tide off Thompson’s. Both fly and light-spinning gear was equally effective. The last couple of hours of the ebbing tide, the bass had the bunker pinned to the marsh off the airport flats. The anglers found peanut bunker fleeing onto the marsh grass and flats with the fins and tails in hot pursuit in only a foot of water. The blues were actually beaching themselves to get at their prey. They then flipped, completely out of the water, on the shore in an effort to get back to the water. The westerners commented that just seeing this action was worth the price of admission. Texas-rigged pearl slug-go worked best cast on light-spinning gear. The Grocery fly was again the ticket on the long-rod.[/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]Early in the week fishing in Boston’s inner-harbor and Quincy Bay was fantastic. The shear numbers of bass and blues, feeding on the running tides, rivals our best fishing in June. Unseasonably warm weather, optimal water temperatures, and the abundance of bait is making for a fall season to remember.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Two groups, here at the Beer Distributors convention in Boston, sampled the best Boston had to offer—bass fishing that is. Dick Carlson and his son from Salt Lake City, Utah departed from Rowe’s Wharf at 6:00 am. They were into blue and bass off the airport with in minutes. Finding these fish in the shallows very selective, Capt. Tom moved to Thompson’s Island to find the peanut bunker driven to the shoreline by the blues with the bass feeding outside and below the blues. The anglers cast to the swirling bass with a 5/0 “Grocery” pattern, letting it sink initially using DepthCharge line for best results. Five keepers between 28 and 32 inches took the fly fishers presentations. The biggest bass as well as a few blues smashed a yellow and white popper fished on Wonderline.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]On Monday, Neal Whittaker’s group from Topeka, KS battled the strong Southwest breeze. The anglers caught a mix of bass and blues between 24 and 33 inches. Like Sunday, the action was fast and furious on the outgoing tide off Thompson’s. Both fly and light-spinning gear was equally effective. The last couple of hours of the ebbing tide, the bass had the bunker pinned to the marsh off the airport flats. The anglers found peanut bunker fleeing onto the marsh grass and flats with the fins and tails in hot pursuit in only a foot of water. The blues were actually beaching themselves to get at their prey. They then flipped, completely out of the water, on the shore in an effort to get back to the water. The westerners commented that just seeing this action was worth the price of admission. Texas-rigged pearl slug-go worked best cast on light-spinning gear. The Grocery fly was again the ticket on the long-rod.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Capt. Mike Bartlett[/size][/font]
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