Cape cod striped bass striper charter fishing guide on pleasant bay, monomoy, the atlantic,
and nantucket sound. Also bluefish, bonito, false albacore or little tunny
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MORE CAPE COD CHARTER, FISHING & GUIDING INFORMATION
Information for the sportfishing enthusiast about charters
and charter fishing for striped bass, bluefish, bonito and false albacore
on saltwaters and their freshwater cousins, largemouth bass & smallmouths,
perch and pickeral, trout and even sunfish for the family. Captain Mike
provides: fish timetables, tackle guidelines, charter rates,
and many possibilities for one fisherman or the whole family.
The fish supreme in saltwater, is the Striped Bass. This is the
fish most anglers are interested in, and the one most often caught. A guide
will help you catch more stripers and bigger stripers than they might on
your own. Striped Bass have recovered strongly under federal protection,
and the possibilities for a good catch is excellent. Many fish have matured
to the 24" to 30" class, providing the fisherman with great sporting
opportunities. Bigger fish are plentiful and catching a "keeper"
with a guide in summer is more likely than not. There are opportunities
to gain experience catching strong fish from the healthy stocks of "Schoolies"
in the spring months of May and June - look for my article on Flyfishing
Pleasant Bay Stripers from June, '98, On The Water magazine - and all
through the year.
A few tried and true techniques exist for catching these
beautiful fish. Most importantly, when I'm guiding, I adapt to the needs
of my clients. That includes their choice of flyfishing, or spinning. Each
of these is rewarding in its time and place. I also provide the right tackle
and the expertise to help my clients experiment with techniques that may
be new to them. This allows my fishermen to adapt to and learn from different
challenges on the water. The important thing to remember is the right tackle
and technique, in the right place and time, makes for a successful and enjoyable
fishing trip. My expertise will help you catch the best fish you can, and
that's my goal.
There are other fish in the sea too: Bluefish,
Bonito and Albies. These are worthy quarry as well, and often available
in sufficient numbers to make pursuing them worthwhile and exciting. These
species can be boom or bust on any particular day, so anglers should realize
they are far from a "gimme", even though numbers have been high
in recent years. Specialized techniques, tackle and learning versatility
always improves your chances to score on one or more of these fish. Rarely,
yet sometimes delightfully, two of the three can be found together when
forage is plentiful. Bluefish are sometimes found as close as Pleasant Bay,
but are more often pursued on the Atlantic or in Nantucket Sound. Bonito
are usually chased on the Islands, in the Sound and along Monomoy Island
but many come around Monomoy to Chatham's "outside" ocean waters.
False Albacore, "Albies" or Little Tunny, make their way to Chatham
waters in late summer. A "slam" is all four: a striper, blue,
bonito and albie in a day. If the timing is right, we can try for a New
England Slam.
Still more choices exist for the adventurous fisherman.
Fluke will take an artificial (fly or spin), though more often folks use
bait. Scup, Tautog and sea bass hang around the rocks and wrecks. There
are even occasional sharks (not dogfish, mind you, White's, Mako and Porbeagle)
close in, every year. Tuna too. (The world record Mako came off our Monomoy
just over a year ago.)
Line class records are possible too. At this time,
in this area, the highest probability of setting a record would be the lightest
line classes for Blues and Stripers and possibly other gamefish that are
often thought of as a by-catch (fluke, shark, bonito . . .)
I use an 19' flats boat. It's an advantage to fish
from a wide stable craft like this, but there are places and times that
boating to a location and wading is the best method too, such as the flats.
Adaptability is always important to success.
Cape Cod Outdoors
Charter Rates
Saltwater charters, flyfishing or light spinning, for stripers
and blues (little tuna too), my boat, terminal tackle provided, five hours on the water,
is $400.00.
I provide rods for those who need them (fly or spinning) and all terminal tackle.
Fly casting instruction, marine electronics lessons, navigation lessons, captaining your boat to the fish, all usually $75/hr.
Freshwater fishing rates depend upon whether we
fish from boat or shore, your boat or mine, the travel distance to the pond
- we have so many - and the duration of the trip. But generally, my 19'
boat is $100.00 per trip and my guiding fee, $50.00/ hour therein.
Looking
for something special? Custom charters.
If you want to do something more limited or something
special, let me know and we'll talk over how best to accomplish your aims.
For instance, not listed but possible are: ferrying to the outer beach for
surf casting, night fishing, combination fishing/shellfishing trips, shellfishing/lobster
trapping instruction, safe boat handling and local navigation instruction,
etc. (Check out my articles published in On The Water magazine and elsewhere:
Flyfishing for Stripers in Pleasant Bay , Navigating the Bay, Six Best
Lures , Perch Fishing, Cold
Water Largemouths, Bluegills, Knots
and more.)
If you think you might be interested in a locally experienced
guide, drop me a line through Email
or snailmail at: Cape Cod Outdoors, P.O. Box 591, N. Chatham, MA 02650,
or call (508)945-6052 or (508)945-3812 and we'll talk about your interests
and what's available. Just don't wait too long, things get crowded around
here in the summer and I'm booking 2003 now.
The fish supreme in saltwater, is the Striped Bass. This is the
fish most anglers are interested in, and the one most often caught. A guide
will help you catch more stripers and bigger stripers than they might on
your own. Striped Bass have recovered strongly under federal protection,
and the possibilities for a good catch is excellent. Many fish have matured
to the 24" to 30" class, providing the fisherman with great sporting
opportunities. Bigger fish are plentiful and catching a "keeper"
with a guide in summer is more likely than not. There are opportunities
to gain experience catching strong fish from the healthy stocks of "Schoolies"
in the spring months of May and June - look for my article on Flyfishing
Pleasant Bay Stripers from June, '98, On The Water magazine - and all
through the year.
usually chased on the Islands, in the Sound and along Monomoy Island
but many come around Monomoy to Chatham's "outside" ocean waters.
False Albacore, "Albies" or Little Tunny, make their way to Chatham
waters in late summer. A "slam" is all four: a striper, blue,
bonito and albie in a day. If the timing is right, we can try for a New
England Slam.
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