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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
SEPTEMBER 25th: 15 Fish, Keeper Bass, Blues, and WIND!!!
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Fishing Reports Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Boston, MA
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SEPTEMBER 25th
TODAY: 15 Fish, Keeper Bass, Blues… WIND!!!
On board this morning, I had Keith McDonald and friends for some LT fishing on the bay. At first light, the winds were howling out of the SW and they never let the entire morning. But they stayed steady and did not keep increasing, so we made the best of it and went hunting for bass and blues. First cast of the morning on Brown’s Bank: KEEPAH! A nice bass hit a 4″ rubber crank bait – on 45 pound wire leader! Blues were out and about, so we fished wire leaders the entire morning. We also picked up a few small bass off Long Beach in a foot of water.
Thank God I looked up bay at the right time and saw a big flock of gulls working about 1/2 mile away. The waters were very choppy, but the birds were working and we ran for them. We pulled into a small pod of solid medium blues knocking bait into air and tearing up the water. We rigged everyone out with top-water hard baits, poppers, and then back to rubber shads. The blues hit poppers and shads about 50/50. The fish screamed off line and ran into the winds and that made for awesome fish fights on the LT. A really cool thing happened: The winds were so strong, they kept blowing us right up onto Captain’s Flat when ever we had a fish on. So, I told my charters to jump off the boat, use the wind and waves to our advantage, and beach the blues on the sand right up to Captain’s flat! This was great fun and once everyone got it down, it was automatic. A few photos of the guys beaching blues are on my site under the Baymen Reports.
We wrapped up the morning with about fifteen fish total, three of them bass, including a fat keeper, and the rest were solid blues. It was a great morning and a nice turnaround from yesterday. I’ll leave you with some of my tired and true sayings: “Every Day Is Different, And No Two Tides Are The Same….” and “You Never Know, If You Never Go…”
Tight Lines from Capt. David Bitters
Baymen Charters
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BAY VOID OF FISH THIS MORNING….
Capt. Dave’s
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
Sept. 22nd: AMAZING BLUES BLITZ THIS MORNING…!!!
Capt.Dave’s
BAYMEN Fishing Reports Massachusetts, Boston, Cape Cod, Duxbury, Plymouth Massachusetts
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SEPTEMBER 22
TODAY: Incredible Big Blues Blitz In Duxbury Bay!!!
On board this morning, I had repeat client, Russ Pelham for a light tackle charter. The SW winds were cranking this morning at 20 knots steady and it was pretty choppy. But my, didn’t big blues come pouring into the bay on the low tide rising! Insane numbers of blues in shallow water meant poppers on light tackle and scorching runs and long fights. Hundreds of birds were working over the rolling blues and we could count up to 60 blues in a pack going by the boat. And they were ultra aggressive – attacking our poppers two or three or more at a time right up to the boat. Just slamming them…! And the gear – they were destroying it as fast as I could rig it. we used 45 pound wire leaders and had some of the fish bite right through it. We had to back the boat down on at least ten of the fish with the light tackle. We just could not budge some of them against the sw winds. Let me tell you, light tackle (12lb and 15lb test) rods and spinning reels on these blues was an absolute blast…!
The good news is, I have tomorrow morning open for new bookings only if you want to go. We will leave Duxbury Town Pier at 6:30am and return around 11:00am. Three people max on this trip. All tackle is provided. If you want to experience light tackle blues fishing at its finest, give me a call and book for the morning. (781) 934-2838
Tight Lines – and Happy Last Day of Summer!
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
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SEPTEMBER 20th
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Fishing Reports Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Boston, Duxbury, Plymouth MA
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September 20th
Here’s the latest:
The past three days are a blur. We fished hard with our charters morning and evening, and caught what was available in the bay. On Saturday morning, I had repeat client Roger Grenier and his friend, Alan on board for LT bass. We beat the bay from Duxbury to Kingston to Plymouth and boated 7 bass, including one keeper, just under 30″ inches. They boys worked hard, non-stop, and Alan kept us entertained with his stories of travel and his time spent in Africa.
That evening, I had first-time client Mike Peterson on board, along with his friend, Ryan Hammett. I’ve know Ryan for years and he as fished with me several times. We were armed with fly and light tackle for the evening trip. I also stashed away a half-dozen LIVE swimming pogies (thanks Capt. Glen) I was determined to land these guys some big bass… Well, we fished live pogies in TEN of my spots from Duxbury to Kingston to Plymouth without a single hit! I knew right away, it was going to be a tough evening on the water in an East wind, but no hits on live swimmers in ten spots was depressing! We hit another final spot and had a chase, but never saw the fish or had a hit. Must have been a very small fish.
Close to sunset, I suggested we go back to fly and LT and try a spot on the high-rising tide up tight to the marsh and shoreline. Maybe we could find a fish or two. The good news is, we found lots of top-water popcorn bass with some very good mini fall blitz action and we started to hook up! It was game on as we set several drifts over top-water breaking fish in four feet of water. Ryan hooked into a fine fly rod bass and Mike nailed several bass to 26″ inches on LT. At sunset, just after the sun disappeared, the Maker threw the switch and all the fish and birds disappeared… It happened that quick and was pretty awesome to experience. The sunset was absolutely stunning – one of the best I’ve seen this season. I too some photos and we called it a great evening and headed in at dark.
I took a rare charter on Sunday and sent the family to church without me. We ran two boats for a film crew shooting a pilot on “what’s in your backyard.” Our focus was sharks and we had hopes of hooking into sand tigers that fill our bay all summer and early fall. The crew got some great footage of the bay, the gear, and the fishing. They also got footage of a bluefish landed on the other boat and a BIG bass I landed on our boat. But no sharks. We had four runs on sharks using circle hooks, and they spit or dropped the baits every time. Frustrating for me, but the crew didn’t seem to mind and we all had a lot of fun. They are hoping to come back for some lengthy shooting schedules if the pilot gets picked up by the networks.
That brings us up to today, Monday, September 20th. A screaming North wind on the bay this morning and no sign of fish in Duxbury or out front. I did not check Kingston, Plymouth, or Browns Bank areas, but my guess is they are not there this morning. The fall run has been very slow with a few decent blitzes, but nothing like four years, eight years, or fifteen years ago when we could count on 2-50 acres of top-water striped bass slamming bait under birds on almost any morning in September or early October. But I am hopeful, and I will never forget the spring blitz in our bay, that I have to say was the best I’ve seen in ten years.
Stay posted: We are fishing through October 9th.
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
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Post-Hurricane Fishing Very Slow…
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Fishing Reports Massachusetts Duxbury Plymouth Kingston
www.baymencharters.com (781) 934-2838
Tuesday, September 7th
TODAY: Gusty winds, Few Fish…
After “the big hurricane” that thankfully, fizzled out as it passed by our bay, the fish stocks are way down – for the moment. We fished yesterday and found four fish in the bay. One was a small keeper, the others were shorts. Bird action was also pretty much non-existent in Duxbury and Plymouth waters. This will change, and hopefully very soon. Fishing action prior to the storm was good to great and it will return as the fall striper blitz has to re-start itself. I am very optimistic that we will see acres and acres of top-water striped bass and even blues in our bay again soon. All we can do today is watch and wait and search for the next pod of bass.
Stay posted: More to follow…
In the meantime, here are a few photos of some of our fish we have boated this season.
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
FLY ROD KEEPERS in AM, Small Blues in PM
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Fishing Report – Duxbury Plymouth Kingston Massachusetts
www.baymencharters.com (781) 934-2838
Weekend Report August 22
YESTERDAY MORNING
On board yesterday morning, I had good friend and repeat client, Richard Comstock of New York. Richard is a hard-core fly rodder. No other gear allowed on the boat! Richard has been fishing with me for many years and fishes with me several times a season. Yesterday, he brought sunflower seeds, his new fishing hat ( a gift from his good friends in Atlanta), and his fly rods with floating, intermediate, and sinking lines. At first light, we were treated to a stunning sunrise in paradise. I never, ever get tired of seeing that and can’t resist taking a few pictures.
It was another flat-calm, lovely morning on the water. We have had the season of seasons for weather this year. High tides took us up tight to shore and down bay into Plymouth where we found tons of top-water striped bass working under birds (thanks, Ian!). They were skittish and very spooky of the boat noise. But we were relentless, however, and Richard put his fly into breaking fish consistently.
We also figured out that many fish were hugging the bottom in 7-12 feet of water and used the cast and count technique to get the fly down to them. The fly of choice this morning was Capt. Dave’s Baymen Universal. They hammered it!
I also want to say, I fought back emotions as I tied on a fly by the Late John Cook of Duxbury. John gave me one of his fly patterns in my shop about nine years ago. John was a superb fly rodder and fly tier and would stop by Baymen Outfitters from time to time to swap fishing stories. He tied a small gray and white minnow pattern with a braided head, that has caught striped bass in our bay when nothing else will. The pattern I had was one he had tied up just before he passed away, and the striped bass slammed it yesterday morning. The photos tell the rest of story and my charter, Richard Comstock, was in good trim and on his mark. He is a superb fly caster!
YESTERDAY EVENING
What a difference a few hours and a change of tide can make. The winds turned EAST on us for the evening charter and I was a little concerned it may slow the bite. “Winds from the East, fishing the least…” Jack Manly, his son-in-law, and his grandson (9 years old) from CT. were on board for our evening charter. Cool, chilly winds on the dead-low incoming tide. But, last week in east winds, I had a soldier on board from Iraq, and his three children, and the bass were stacked up! So, I was hopeful again this evening… We worked around the bay and saw no top-water action to speak of. We started to fish some structure on the incoming tide and on my demo cast to demonstrate the Baymen Bounce with the rubber crank baits, WHAM! Fish on! It was a cocktail blue and for the next hour, my charters hammered the small blues and Matt, the grandson, had a ball!
After catching all the blues we wanted, we moved around the bay with light tackle in search of bass. Matt boated one bass in two feet of water. Then, I decided we better fish some bait in the usual spots to hook into some big bass for the cooler. We hit three tried and true spots around the bay and it was hopeless. The EAST winds shut the bite down cold and the bass were no where to be found. We filleted our blues and Matt and his father enjoyed some bluefish sushi and also took home a bunch of fillets for the grill. A chilly evening, but we made the best of it and had a lot of fun!
East winds and rain on tap for most of the week ahead. We are watching the weather carefully and will post our reports and photos on the BAYMEN website at www.baymencharters.com each day for the rest of the season. Please pass the word… And if you are heading out this week, best of luck!
Tight Lines,
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
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10 BASS, 2 GANNETS, 1 KEEPER, DENSE FOG…
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Fishing Report – Thursday, June 3, 2010
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TODAY: 10 Fish, 2 Gannets, 1 Keeper, Dense Fog…
On board this morning, I had repeat clients Tom and Mike Bullock. The Bullocks have been fishing with BAYMEN for fifteen years. I have had the pleasure of guiding many of their friends and relatives as well. Today, as we set out, the bay was socked in with thick, dense fog. A moderate South wind was blowing and it was a bit on the choppy side. At first light, we found a handful of striped bass under birds. We managed a few fish to about 24″ inches. Our drifts were very fast with the wind and the bass were moving fast as well. Going by compass, we eventually left these fish and headed down bay and found just a few more fish working top-water. The fog was thick, but we managed to cover the bay in search of Spring blitz bass. After trying some structure spots with no luck, we eventually found a decent blitz of bass, birds and bait at Saquish Neck, behind Bug Light. The birds were mostly big, offshore Gannets and the bait was a combination of tinker macks and another small minnow of some type, possibly silversides. Tom landed fish number nine and then Mike landed a keeper, our tenth fish of the morning.
Check out these photos of the Gannets blitzing. They are huge birds and the flock was at least sixty or seventy in number. The Gannets were chasing our lures and it was a challenge to keep them away. We switched to all sinking lures to avoid them getting hooked. At one point, diving Gannets got tangled in our lines and Tom’s drag was singing as a big Gannet started taking line. Tom fought the big bird and we untangled it and set it free unharmed. The birds are absolutely huge and beautiful up close. I held them in my arms and made sure to keep their massive beak closed while releasing them. This was the first time in our lives that any of us had ever landed a Gannet that got tangled in our lines. Beautiful birds to see working bait, and just lovely to get a once in a lifetime chance to hold one.
Well, the fog eventually broke and we cruised the bay in search of more top-water stripers. The top-water bite had shut down and we decided to call it a great and interesting morning of dense fog, good fishing, and an awesome sight watching Gannets working bait in the bay!
Back out in the morning. Stay posted for a full report.
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
*GO CELTICS!!!*
CANAL COWS, Trout/Freshwater Report, Memorial Day Weekend
Capt. Dave’s
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
118 STRIPED BASS THIS MORNING…!!!!!!!
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Fishing Report – Friday, May 28, 2010
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TODAY – 118 BASS…!!!!!!
Yes, you read that right. Today we caught and release one-hundred-eighteen striped bass in Plymouth, Duxbury, and Kingston bay… It was by far one of the best light tackle charters we have ever had. On board today, I had repeat clients, Dwight Pierce, Jay Cohen, and John Soucy for a sunrise half-day charter.
At first light on the last hour of the dropping tide, we found a two acre school of striped bass feeding on tons of bait, all on top-water. We started our morning at sunrise with this pod of fish and fished them right through the slack tide. They never stopped feeding. Then, as the tide turned and started to come back in, thousands of striped bass poured into the bay, following big schools of bait. At one point, we estimated we were into a school of bass ten (10) acres across. The fish were shoulder to shoulder and they just kept coming. The far majority were year class fish, something we have not seen in our bay in some time. Most of the fish have been big. Today, they were all sizes from 12″ inches to twenty-five pounders, from what we could see.
No matter where we went today, we found schools of breaking fish. Duxbury, Kingston, and Plymouth all had big schools. Tons of bass like we have not seen in quite a few seasons. The bay was just loaded. All our fish were taken on light tackle gear, 12lb and 15lb line and rubber crank baits with a Baymen Bounce retrieve. We dropped a nice fish at Saquish Head in two (2) feet of water at the boat that was about 30″ inches long. Later in the morning, Dwight hooked into the mother of striped bass that doubled his rod over and screamed line off his reel. It just kept running, taking line, and making his reel sing to our delight. Five minutes into the fish fight, we knew it was a big, big fish even though we had not seen it. And then…. the line went slack as the fish finally wore the hook loose… What a heartbreaker of a fish!
The loss was overshadowed by the fact that we boated 118 other bass this morning for three rods, all on light tackle. We have not done that in quite some time, and it was the biggest catch of fish for the BAYMEN this season. It was a stunning morning on the bay, flat calm, beautiful sunrise, and striped bass all across the bay slamming baitfish in top-water. It won’t last, and soon we will be into the bump and grind summer pattern. But my, was it ever nice see and experience it all in our six hour charter. Way to go, guys. I hope it lasts just little longer.
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY AND TO ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS: Thank you for my freedom!
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838