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Chatham, especially the flats on Monomoy Island near Morris Island and inside Pleasant Bay have held a nice mix of stripers up to 40" and the occasional run of bluefish up to 12 pounds. One the flats, fly and spin fishers should catch the flood tide for best results and just anchor up off the lip of a shoal for fast fishing. Up inside Pleasant Bay the fishing has been incredible live lining with herring and teasing up big bass off the flats even under the midday sun. There are always keepers in the bottom of the channels and following the worm hatch of the last full moon the fish have settled back into foraging on chubs, very small sand eels and herring returning from the ponds. Fishing is excellent, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Capt. Michael Eichenseer |
Kildee Hill Bait & Tackle
on Rt. 28 in Harwich |
In Harwich, Larry Nickerson reports that the fishing has been slow due to the big winds lately and the bad tides during the day. The bigger bass are being taken off the Nantucket area and though he weighed on just now that went 35 pounds, 45 inches; there hasn't been consistently good bass fishing for a while. Bluefish ahve been pretty consistent at West Dennis beach though for this week and they've been hitting plugs and spoons. |
Powderhorn Outfitters
at 210 Barnstable Rd., Hyannis |
Around Barnstable & Hyannis, Andy says that from Popponessett to Osterville there are just lots of bluefish spread out hitting poppers and the like. These are fish in the 3 - 10 pound range. Schoolies are everywhere too but the best fishing seems to be on the rips from Wasque to Bishops and Clerks some in the 40's and a 48" measure in the store just the other day. don't forget the rivers and back bays either. The Centerville River is always underfished especially at night and with bait. The last of the squid seem to have moved east around chatham but a few really big fish have molested tackle of Craigville lately where squid were recently. One note; inside a lot of the bigger bass lately have been bigger crabs and good sized Scup indicating that they are bottom feeding for anything they can find. On Freshwater the Bass are up and the trout aae down as the water warms. |
Nelson's
at 44 Race Point Rd. |
Emilio at Nelson's in Provincetown just told me that there are schoolies everywhere and the flyfishermen are having the time of their lives catching one fish after another just about everywhere. Mixed into the schoolies are Bluefish up to about 10 pounds maximum, expecially on the back beaches and at the Race. The Bigger STriped Bass are being taken on bait, chunks and sand eels off the back beaches. Some Fluke are beginning to show up now and there is lots of smaller sand eels for forage. A few locals have seen the Bluefin Tuna in the harbor so the guys are getting ready for a good year. |
| Orleans | Bruce up at his MacSquid's says that the Atlantic beach has been slow lately but the fishing has been mixed and productive on chunks and black eels inside town cove and along Fort Hill and the inside of the beach. On Cape Cod Bay, the bigger bass have been taken up on the shoals with smaller fish and lots of 'em on Brewster flats. Bluefish have been taken just about everywhere but no blitzes yet and a real mix of sizes. One note he adds are that there are still big flounder up on Sesuit for those that like fillets! |
| Nantucket | Barry, out at Barry Thurston's Fish Supply on Nantucket reports the best Striper fishing on the West end of the Island; Eel Point and Smith Point. There are a lot of Bluefish around the island, nothing big but fish in the six to eight pound range near Sconsett and Tom Nevers Head. The herring are still coming up the runs but the White Perch are over. No Scup yet or Sea Bass either - in a couple of weeks probably. |
| Wellfleet | Ed Metterville at the Black Duck Tackle shop in Wellfleet says that the Bluefish and Striped Bass are into the Harbor in Wellfleet and hitting on the usual plugs and jigs and on the sand eels that are showing up now. Bigger bass are to be found chunking the back beaches: Cahoon, Newcombe and at the Head of the Meadow and Corn Hill. Good Fluke are still being picked up at the Pamet River and everyone is awaiting the season. |
| Falmouth | At Eastman's, Jim says that is you want Stripers, head for Wasque or Squibnocket or even the Elizabeth Islands but stick to using jigs; hair jigs and parachutes. Flukin' is good on Lucas and the Middle Ground. There are small Bluefish at Cotuit, four and six pounders or try Norton Shoal with wire deep for bigger Blues. Besides jigs the chunk baiters are using Pogies now and left over herring which have all but stopped but are coming out on the rain and tides. Scup fishing is still good at Cleveland Ledge and East Chop, Squash Meadow too off Chappy. Tautog is slow and in freshwater the Largenouth fishermen are doin' pretty good. |
Cape Cod Canal
Canal Bait & Tackle |
Bruce at Canal Bait & Tackle reports that there has been some very good bassin' in the Canal during slack water this past week allowing for surface pluggin' beside the chunking that has been producing for weeks now. The bluefish are still coursing the canal, fish in the 4 - 10 pound range. flounder are still being caught and a few Sea Bass have been taken recently up at the East End too. He knows that the Bay is filling with some bigger Bass too with some beaut's coming down from Billingsgate where the deep wataer guys are having a ball. Sandy Neck should be good from the shore this weekend and the sand eels are everywhere. |
| Martha's Vineyard | Cooper Gilkes, at Coop's out on the Vineyard reports very nice bass fishing on the ebb tide off Wasque for Bluefish up to 11 pounds. There are schoolies up into all the esturaries and rivers and plenty of sand eels for them to forage on on the tide. The boat fishermen are doing well off Menemsha, McConicky, Middle Ground, Devel's Bridge, and Squibnocket. Some fluke are bieng taken on Lucas Shoals. The Scup fishing is slow and the Sea Bass is good. (Expect about 300 for the flyfishing tournament in a couple of weeks!) |
| Freshwater Around Cape Cod | The freshwater fishing is changing as the smallmouths finish up their spawning in the shallows and move back offshore to the edges and drops and the largmouths move into the shallows fulltime for their spawn. Perch are deep as are the Trout as the water warms but the panfish are everywhere, active and ravenous. Good time to take a kid fishing. |
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