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BAYMEN FISHING REPORTS MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON CAPE COD
October 7th, 2010 | 
Author: BAYMEN FISHING REPORTS MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON CAPE COD
Here is the update on the Baymen fishing reports for Massachusetts, Boston, and Cape Cod bay from Baymen. Specifically, today’s report is for Duxbury, Kingston, Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts. We are just coming out of a strong NE/E wind rain and fog pattern that has lasted for several days. Normally, with today’s West winds, things would turn around in a tide or two and the bay would fill up with migrating fish. This pattern would continue until all the fish up north pass through our waters as they move south to the Chesapeake, Delaware, and Hudson Rivers for the winter months. However, even though we have the NE/E weather pattern moving out, right on its tail we have big minus tides coming right in with a –1.0 October 6, a –1.5 October 7, a –1.7 October 8, and a –1.7 October 9. Then, next week, it starts to turn around with a –1.3 on October 10, a – 0.8 October 11, and a –0.2 on October 12. W are back into plus tides October 13 for the rest of the month.
The big question is this: is there enough time (read: bait, water temps, W/NW wind patterns and bass) after the tides turn around, to get into some fall striper blitz fishing in OUR BAY, here? South of us, absolutely. Right into Nauset to Long Island sound, as the remaining migrating fish move south. My guess, and that’s what keeps this game interesting year after year, is IF the fall fish are still coming down near shore and not passing us by offshore, we COULD see a significant fall blitz between October 13th and October….25th. This is a big IF. There are a lot of factors that could come into play over the next two weeks that could swing things one way or the other. But that is the realities of fall fishing with the weather pattern and tide pattern we are currently in.
How was the season overall? Excellent. Baymen boated 3,000 fish+/- on light tackle, bait, and fly gear. The majority striped bass, with some huge blues finally showing in our bay for the first time in decent numbers in September. We also did well on Spring (winter) flounder. Striped bass were very, very consistent this season. We were still into top-water sight fishing in July! And the spring blitz in May? By far the best spring we have seen in our bay in ten years! Also, the quality of fish in our bay was way up. I can not remember boating some many top-water stripers in the high teens to low twenty pound range on light tackle. Usually, we have a few big fish mixed in with a lot of small schoolies. This season has been just the opposite, much to pleasure and joy of sight fishing. Overall, this season has been one of the best in many, many years on Duxbury, Kingston, and Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts.
Baymen has four more scheduled charters to complete this weekend for wrap up our striped bass season. We are scouting the bay daily and will post Massachusetts fishing reports and photos right here at www.baymencharters.com We will start booking for the Spring Blitz 2011 in November. The best dates go fast, and May is booked solid quickly due to the excellent fishing and anglers chomping at the bit to get back out on the bay after a long winter. So, keep this in mind if you plan on fishing with Baymen in the Spring. Book early!
As the fishing season comes to a close on our bay, we have a few days of transition, and then we start the fall/winter waterfowling guide season, that will take us into the end of January. We also guide rabbit hunts over hounds and that runs through February. The end of March starts the beginning of the spring trout guide fishing season here in Massachusetts. Then, at the end of April, we are guiding our clients to Spring Turkey Season. Also it is the beginning of striped bass season in our bay, so there is a LOT happening and never a dull moment at Baymen Guide Service, Inc. all year long.
That’s the word for today, October 7th. All of our fishing, hunting and waterfowling reports and photos will be posted right here on our site all fall and winter, so check back often to stay up to date on what's going on in the woods and on the waters of Massachusetts.
Tight Lines!
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
BAY VOID OF FISH THIS MORNING….
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BAYMEN Fishing Reports Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Boston, Duxbury, Plymouth Massachusetts
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SEPTEMBER 24th
TODAY: In a word, Dead! The bay is void of fish this morning and we covered a lot of miles… At first light we ran to the Power Plant in search of yesterday’s big blues blitz. It was a ghost town…. We trolled and poked around and one boat ran to Mary Ann’s and came back with the word: Nothing there. We searched Browns Bank, Bert’s, White’s Flat, Plymouth Channel, The mooring fields in Plymouth Harbor and the Jetty, Kingston Channel, Cow Yard, Duxbury Channel, Splitting Knife, Beach Channel, North Side… and back to the Duxbury Harbor. Absolutely dead out there this morning. We did see one blue landed just north of Clark’s with five boats fishing it, but that was it. So, I called the trip and we came in early and set our sights on a new day. That’s fishing.
We may make an afternoon run today, and then we are on the next eight days in a row. I’ll post full reports right here on the website Baymen Reports on what’s going on out there.
Stay Posted:
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
SEPTEMBER 24th PART II:
Just got off the water again after another look: Fished Plymouth Channel, Browns, Whites, Kingston, Beach Channel, Duxbury Channel. ZIP! I spoke with two other boaters that got into a quick blues blitz and landed a few blues of decent size. But it was over before it started. If you head out and put your time in today, in the SW chop, you may get a fish or two. But BAYMEN is canceling our afternoon charter and we will be watching the bay to make the call for tomorrow’s trip later this evening. It could turn around, and I hope it does, but right now, there is next to nothing in the bay.
Stay posted:
Capt. David Bitters
SANTA Gets Another Keeper Off Powder Point Bridge – Second Day In A Row! August 28th…
SANTA GETS ANOTHER KEEPER OFF POWDER POINT BRIDGE – Second Day In A Row!
Saw Santa at the PPB again this morning. A repeat of yesterday: Another keeper on floated chunk mack at Dead-Low Tide. Way to go Santa! Something tells me he is going to try for three keepers in three days come tomorrow morning…
Good Luck!
Capt. Dave
Duxbury, Plymouth Bay ON FIRE This Morning…!!!! 35 Bass, 3 Keepers
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BAYMEN Fishing Report – Duxbury, Plymouth, Kingston Massachusetts
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THIS MORNING Wednesday, June 9: BAY ON FIRE!!! 35 Bass, 3 Keepers
What a morning out there today. I don’t know where to begin. I had a charter last night and the bay was just dead. No top-water, no bait to speak of inside, and hardly any fish for Bill and the Boys. Eight hours later, I was back out on the bay and it was ON FIRE!!! The Almighty threw the switch and bait and bass poured into the bay this morning in amazing numbers…
On board this morning, I had repeat client Chris Mcconaughey and his fishing buddy, Steve. Both anglers have been fishing with me now for several seasons. At first light, we found four small schools of bass working under birds, scattered in Duxbury and Kingston bay. We worked the fish for a while, moving from school to school. They were very selective and a little skittish of the boat. We stayed at it and started to land bass on light tackle rubber crank baits with the Baymen Bounce and cast and count techniques. A small cold front began to move across the bay as the tide started to peak at high and man, did the bay ever turn on…!!! Lit up with bait, birds and tons of bass…
We fished new waves of fish pouring into the bay in Duxbury, Kingston, and to a lesser degree, Plymouth. Check out the photos of the birds over the fish. Just amazing! At one point, I decided it was time to fish one of my spots I call the aquarium. It was on fire and BIG fish were pushing bait. Everything was on top-water and Steve and Chris slammed them with the light tackle. Then, at the top of the tide, the front move south, and a very slight breeze came out of the East. The top-water shut down cold and the bay looked as dead as it did last night…
The bass were in the bay in crazy numbers on top for about three solid hours this morning. We saw and boated fish to twenty pounds, and many more in the low to mid-teens. Total catch for Steve and Chris was 35 bass, with 3 keepers in the mix. It was another amazing morning of world-class striped bass fishing on Duxbury and Plymouth bay, Massachusetts!
Three more trips to round out the week. Stay posed: Full Reports & Photos to follow.
TUNA BITE
The offshore tuna bite is very, very good right now with 200lb fish being landed regularly. Tom’s Toy brought in a 64″ incher yesterday and Johnny B brought in a 71″ incher.
FLOUNDER
The winter flounder are still in the bay. Find them in 12-25 feet. Spreader rigs with sea worms or clams.
BLUES
WE got bit off once this morning by a blue deep up in the bay. Expect to see more and more of them inside this month. Keep some wire handy in case you run into them. I have not been to the power plant, but they may be there now …
POWDER POINT BRIDGE REPORT
Keeper bass being landed daily now. Nothing really big but fish in the low 30′s” inches. Also some sea bass showing around the bridge. This morning, Santa hooked into a monster striped bass. HE said it was the biggest he has ever had on at the bridge. He could not get the fish in. It was very big and very heavy and finally wore out his hook. Santa said it had to be in the forty-fifty pound range.
That’s the word for today, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Please pass along the BAYMEN Reports to any anglers you know that may enjoy them. Watch our website for all the latest news and photos. Also, sign up for the Baymen Reports e-mail edition on our homepage at www.baymencharters.com
Tight Lines & Good Luck Out There!
Capt. David Bitters
www.baymencharters.com (781) 934-2838
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12 Bass, 4 Keepers On Light Tackle – Monday, June 7
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BAYMEN Fishing Report – Monday, June 7, 2010
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TODAY: 12 Bass, 4 Keepers on Light Tackle
On board this morning I had repeat client, Roger Grenier, for a light tackle and fly fishing trip. At first light, there was a lovely sunrise and several schools of bass were working the bay. The NW winds kicked up to about 15-20 knots and stayed there for most of the morning. The bass were very spooky and fly fishing was tough in that kind of wind. But we prevailed!
Roger worked the fish under the birds for a good couple of hours. They were spooky and selective so we left them and started to fish structure around the bay. One of my spots held a bunch of fish and we made seven long drifts, hooking up on six of them. Four of the fish were keepers. This one spot was the only spot that had any fish on structure today. This was surprising to me, because there seemed to be a lot of bass in the bay at first light. We found a late morning pod of fish up on Browns Bank but again, they were spooky, fast moving, and very selective. We did not one even though we had follows on several of our drifts. The Gannets continue to work the bait in the bay. We saw what could have been immature menhaden or herring, but did not get a positive ID. They were spooky. The water temps were also all over the place. 51 degrees down bay, 64 degrees in the harbor. Quite a spread.
All in all, it was a beautiful morning on the bay. Roger ended his morning with a dozen fish and four keepers. I must tell you that once again, we did hook into a whale of a bass that fish dumped 150 yards of line and was still running without let-up, when the line rubbed on something down deep and snapped. My heart sank and it was a killer. By far the biggest fish we have hooked into on LT this season and one of the top ten runs in recent memory. How big??? Who knows… We never saw it, just watched the rod doubled over, the line fly off the spool, and that big fish running full speed ahead without any thoughts of slowing down… As Tom Hennessey once said, “you soon forget the ones that you bring down, but you never forget the ones that leave tracks on your mind…”
That’s the word for today, Monday, June 7, 2010. A great start to a great week. Back out again in the morning with a full report to follow. Stay posted and watch our website for all the latest news and photos.
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
KING OF THE BRIDGE!
“Santa” with a keeper striped bass he landed off the Powder Point Bridge in Duxbury on Saturday, just before the thunderstorms rolled through. He caught the fish on a live pogy.
BUG LIGHT COW, PEA SOUP FOG
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BAYMEN Fishing Report – Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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TODAY: 23 Bass, Bug Light Cow
On board today, I had repeat client, Jay Clancy from Norfolk. Jay has been fishing with me for the past fifteen years. At first light, we had dense fog, thunder & lightning, and a S/SW wind at ten knots. We waited for the storm to pass, put in, and were into top-water action within ten minutes. We got into about two acres of year-class bass of 15-25 inches. We worked them for a while and then ran around the bay looking for bigger fish. We ran to Gurnet and then along Browns, and then back in behind Bug Light. That’s where the big ones where hiding this morning. Jay casts into breaking fish and WHAM…!!!! A corker hits the rubber crank bait and makes a 100 yard dash for deep water…
One thing about Jay, he never drops a fish. He fights them perfectly. After some time, Jay brings the big bass alongside the boat and I net the fish. As I pull it over the gunwale, the hook drops out of its mouth. If Jay had slacked the line, rushed the fish, lost the bend in the rod, or gone too tight while feathering his drag as the fish was running, we never would of got that fish in the boat. But in fifteen years of fishing with Jay, he’s never dropped a big fish with me. He is so relaxed fighting afish, I often get jittery, wondering if he is actually going to bring it in!
Congratulations on another fine fish, Jay. A great day of light tackle striped bass fishing on Duxbury, Kingston, and Plymouth bay, Massachusetts! Back out today for a flounder trip this afternoon, and then back out tomorrow in search of more big bass…. Stay posted: *SEE MORE REPORTS UNDER THE BAYMEN REPORTS TAB*
Tight Lines!
Capt. David Bitters
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CANAL COWS, Trout/Freshwater Report, Memorial Day Weekend
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BAYMEN Fishing Report – Sunday, May 30, 2010
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TROUT/FRESHWATER REPORT
I had the pleasure of guiding Katie Cullen, and her husband, John by canoe on Saturday for trout trip. We met at 4:30am and were on the first trout pond of the day by 5:00am. Light ripples on the water soon turned to small waves as the winds picked up to about 15 knots with higher gusts, and stayed with us for the rest of the day. We did not let it bother us and switched up tactics and got a fine limit of trout: two rainbows and brown! Not bad, considering the water temps were very warm and Spring Trout bite is nearing the end. A few bonus fish today were two very tiny bronze backs, a yellow perch, two tiny largemouth bass, a sunfish, a pumpkinseed, and a final largemouth of about two pounds.
At first light we set up some drifts over structure and along steep banks, but the wind was so strong, we had to be drifting about ten miles per hour! After several drifts, we did the only thing we could do in the wind, and that was to troll small spoons. It proved to be very successful, as all three trout were boated by trolling. All the other fish were boated on our drifts.
After fishing our first pond at sunrise and boating some fish, we loaded up the canoe and gear and headed to another pond in hopes the winds would be less. No luck on the winds laying down, so we did a few drifts and then opted to troll our light tackle again. We picked up a big rainbow and then called it a morning.
Next up, we traded in the trout gear for heavy largemouth bass gear and headed for our third pond of the day. On arrival, we thought we heard thunder in the far distance. We dropped in and canoed out to some nice looking lily pad structure and John landed a nice two pound largemouth. A big crack of thunder overhead sent us out of there in a hurry, and steady rain soon followed with some lightning. We called it a day around 6:30pm and packed up and head for home.
All in all, a very fine day of freshwater fishing with two great anglers and we had a lot of fun and put a limit of trout on ice.
CANAL REPORT by Bull Fish came in with macks. East wind is a blessing this time of year. The big fish in the bay follow the macks in and a free for all ensues. Had to be thousands of fishermen lining the shores of the canal this morning. At Red Top, we replaced many fishing rods reportedly broken fighting big fish. We weighed in numerous fish in the high 30s and 40s. Fish will be around as long as the wind stays east. They will flee to the sea on the first whispers of southwesterly breeze. Tight lines!
NORTH RIVER REPORT by Tom Oertel Weather was still dead calm and glassy by the time I floated down the North River to the mouth, and at dead low nothing was going on inside, so I fished the boulder field below the point where the tower is – some swells but no breakers to give me concern. Fish began breaking under birds just 100 yds away to the N. between the 1st red and green channel markers outside the river – got over there in time to cast but nothing could temp these fish off the bait. This repeated itself 4 more times in the next hour – big fish, big swirls and tail slaps all around the kayak – some followups but no takes on streamers (fly rod), metal or plugs – the silversides were thick. At times there was no surface action but I could see waves of keeper size fish streaming by 5-7 ft underneath the kayak Maddening. Last blitz was at 9:30 (dead low was about 6 according to the charts, but water still flowing out by 7am). Only 1 other boat – a single guy fishing the blitz with me – he was live lining a mackerel – no luck either. I paddled back up the river to the launch thinking I might pick up some of the bass that had looked to be streaming into the river after the blitz- but never saw a fish. Great calm day for a kayak, only one 16″ fish in the boat.
Hope somebody’s getting ‘em!
FINAL WORD That’s the word for today. I don’t charter on Sundays, but I took the family to Church and then we enjoyed some lobsters and hit the beach. Polished off the evening with a game of cards with the family and then I made a run to the harbor (I can’t stay away!!!) to scout for top-water. Decent pod off bass working in the Beach Channel this evening just west of High Pines. Back home, I decided to try to pull together a last minute freshwater canoe trip for largemouth bass, but as expected, all my buddies were tied up with family activities for the Memorial Day Weekend. Winds are back up anyway, so I decided to pull the plug on that idea and get this report out.
Tight Lines & Happy Memorial Day to all!
Capt. David Bitters, www.baymencharters.com (781) 934-2838
Today’s Fishing Report – Thursday, May 27
We stayed in port today. High Rod Greg Smith got it done. In his own words:
“Really questioned getting up at 4:30am due to NE winds, but work schedule permited. Only boat on the bay at 5:30am and no birds to be seen. Ran outside for macs. Nasty 3ft seas well inside the Gurnet and got bigger as you went further. Tough morning for jigging macs, but pulled 5. Back inside and found a nice pod of fish and birds up against Gurnet point and into Saquish rip. Each mac got hit within 2 minutes. Boated 4 fish on 5 macs, all 25-27″. Proceeded to throw rubber shad and got another 4 – but smaller. 20-24″. Only had about 1hr to fish, because the ride out and back took time, but 8 fish in an hour was pretty good. Bay was nasty everywhere, except up against Gurnet point which was outside of the waves and wind. That was the only pod of fish I saw all morning, nothing but whitecaps on the ride home.”
Greg Smith