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SEPTEMBER 20th
September 20th, 2010 | 
Author: 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
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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
www.baymencharters.com (781) 934-2838
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
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CANAL COWS, Trout/Freshwater Report, Memorial Day Weekend
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Fishing Report – Sunday, May 30, 2010
www.baymencharters.com (781) 934-2838
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
BAYMEN Fishing Report – Thursday, May 20
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Fishing Report – Thursday, May 20, 2010
www.baymencharters.com (781) 934-2838
TODAY
A quick report for today. We had a last minute reschedule so we have a “day off.” I did go to the bay and scout the ocean side and the bay side of Duxbury & Plymouth. Did not get up into Kingston. Two schools of bass seen. One small pod in the bay tight to shore in skinny water. No doubt the bass have silversides backed into bank in 2-6 feet. Also found a very big school of fish offshore about two miles. Birds working both pods. Offshore, it looked to be a two-hundred yard long school of migratory fish, most likely stripers. But with Blues 20 miles south of us for the past week, there is a chance…
Macks continue to be thick out front. They are moving about from 45 feet to 80 feet. You got to put some time in and try to mark them on sonar. You can also look for top-water schools if it is flat calm. Another way to locate them is to troll and when you hook up, shut down and start your drift. Some big bass on the bottom under them, so not a bad idea to weight down a mack and see what happens…
Flounder are still around in the bay and just outside. Put your time in on the bottom and you will find them.
Cod/Haddock/Pollock
The ground fishing continues to be excellent offshore. The bank is always the place to start your search in 70+ feet. Some anglers report they are running over the bank and finding fish in deeper waters of 120-150. Again, watch your sonar and locate the schools of herring. When you find the herring, you will find the cod. Set up a drift and stay with the bait.
That’s the short report for today. We are prepping gear and boat for Friday & Saturday’s trips. A full report to follow. Stay posted.
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
Fishing Plymouth, Duxbury, Kingston, Manomet, and beyond…
NEW FISH BACK IN BAY – 3 Fly Rod Keepers, Bunch of Shorts
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Report – Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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NEW FISH IN BAY
Every day is different and no two tides are the same. Back at it this morning with client, Rich Comstock from New York. Flat calm and new fish came into the bay overnight. Not a ton of bass, but a few schools that had upwards of two-hundred fish in them from our estimates of seeing fish breaking water. Richard was on do or die fly gear for the morning and he nailed them. Three keepers to 34″ inches and a bunch of shorts. All the bass were landed on Capt. Dave’s BAYMEN Universal fly pattern with the exception of the biggest fish. That one was landed on Mike Rice’s peanut bunker imitation in all white with a peacock hurl back.
At first light, around 5:00am, we found birds working top-water schools of bass. What a relief after yesterday’s slow day. We pulled into the schools of breaking fish and they held tight and were not skittish. They took out fly patterns with gusto. Then, at slack tide, we worked some guzzles at the opposite end of the bay with no hook-ups. When the tide turned and came back in, the bass poured in with it and we hooked up on the big one on the 9wt. Richard fought and landed that big fly rod bass to perfection. We took its picture and sent him back, as well as all our fish boated today.
Watching the weather for the morning. Looks pretty choppy but we are planning on a bait and LT trip at first light as Spring Blitz 2010 continues. Stay posted: More to come.
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
THUNDER STORMS!!!
Capt. Dave’s
BAYMEN Report – Saturday, May 8, 2010
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TURKEY
As I write this BAYMEN has a hunter in the woods with one of our guides hoping to bag a big Tom. I spoke with the guide a short time ago and he said they had four Tom’s fly down out of the roost and coming on strong. Then, a thunder storm came up with rain and lightning and that was the end those Toms. They headed for cover and have not been seen again… Thunder storms continue at this moment and that usually ends a chance for a Tom on this morning’s hunt. But the boys are still out and I am hoping and praying they get their bird… Capt. Dave scouted this morning and marked one roosting Tom in an area that held no birds two days ago. The Tom gobbled three times on the roost, flew down and gobbled once more, and was never heard from again for the rest of the morning! Thunderstorms… Capt. Dave also marked more lone hens this morning, his 9th and 10th, in the past two days, at nine separate turkey stands. That’s good news!
Bright and Cheery At 4:00am!
DUXBURY STRIPERS
After last nights blitz on Duxbury Bay, we could not get out this morning with the storms. But we did get a cool photo of the rain distorting the bay as view from our windshield at the boat ramp. We watched four boats leave port and head out. We are glad we were not one of them with the lightning bolts near constant over the bay at times. We will be back on the bay all next week after one final guided turkey trip.
CANAL BLITZ
Bull reports the canal was loaded with BIG fish yesterday. Lots and lots of bass into the mid and upper twenty pounds range landed from shore. Top-water plugs…
My Keepers Yesterday Were Earting Good – The Stomache Contents!
That’s the quick report for today. Its never too soon to lock in your dates for your guided fishing, hunting, and waterfowling trips for the upcoming seasons. Give Capt. Dave a call or e-mail anytime.
Tight Lines & More To Follow… Stay Posted!
Capt. David Bitters
(781) 934-2838
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TROUT BITE ON FIRE AGAIN THIS EVENING…!!!
Trout Bite ON FIRE Again This Evening!
My favorite trout to catch is the Brook Trout, but I will not pass up top-water rainbows to 14″ inches any time! BAYMEN slammed the bows again this evening as the fish were on the feed, taking insects off the surface. They were not sipping, they were all-out blitzing! At times, we saw as many as a dozen fish in a school slamming the top-water and they took the ultra-light 4lb test with gusto!
If you are looking for trout fishing in Massachusetts, book a half-day of fly fishing trout or light tackle trout fishing in Massachusetts with Capt. David Bitters of BAYMEN Guide Service, Inc. (781) 934-2838 www.baymencharters.com Capt. Dave will put you on the trout fishing in Massachusetts.
