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Let's face facts, we're into the traditional beachgoing time of year. Our waters and beachs will be full of jet skiers vying for a place in the Darwin Awards, golden retrievers behaving as though they've eaten a fist full of amphetamines, and all manner of nitwits in on the water and afoot that could possibly be imagined. It's enough to make many of us consider either homicide, or fleeing to the hills. We're going to have to deal with it. We know it's coming every year, and we know it's going to be worse each year, than it was before. Grousing about it won't help, and unless you've already got a trunk full of quick lime and a good shovel, My best advice for dealing with the crowds is this: "go where they ain't." That means investing the time if you are a shoreangler to walk more than 300 yards from your car. Most folks will not leave that magic 300 yard area around their beloved vehicle, so a little hike in the sand will often give you the room you seek. Consider accessing those areas that are harder to reach. A kayak or canoe can make all the difference by giving you the entre to that lonesome sand bar, while the rest of the folks dunk their clams and do whatever else they do at the easy access point. Fish when they ain't...many of the popular spots may be crowded at sunrise and sunset, but the night time can be the right time. Especially with the full moon this weekend, which will make it a lot easier to find your way around. Best advice: buy a headlamp, their cheap and come in very handy when you need to rig up. Also, remember that black flies work wonderfully under the full moon. What are your best stories of summer lunacy? How do you deal with the crowds? Discuss it in this thread on the Reel-Time Forum. Don't forget to send me your own reports, and until next week...
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homicide will probably create it's own unique set of problems.
Keep a sense of humor when it comes to the crowds. Some of my best war stories involve the utter lunacy I've seen during the heat of the summer. Such as the time that the catboat cruised past me in Plymouth, out of the channel on the falling tide...I yelled at them to warn them and they waved their daquaris at me, then flipped me the bird...just as they struck ground hard. It took them some time to get up the nerve to ask for a tow...which didn't work. Boston Metropolitan Regions
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There are still plenty of fish to go around. To the north, Capt. Nat Moody of First Light Anglers put a 38 pounder (not on a fly) in the boat this week. In Boston, there have been some big fish taken on the fly, including a rumor of a 52" fish that was released. On the south shore, both the ocean front and Plymouth Harbor continue to produce. |
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Capt. Rich Armstrong of Boston FishStix had this report: I Capt. Wayne Frieden of Reel Dream Charters reports: June 30, 2004: The guides and recreational anglers are into some really large stripers on both fly and spin tackle. Rumor has it that one fellow (who just happens to be in the slip next to mine) caught and released a 52" stripers on an 8 wt fly rod! Sunday ended my charter before it really began with a blown piston. Plan to be back in business and on the water before the holiday weekend. June 28, 2004: The fishing in the harbor has become more consistent with a fresh charge of bass over the past few days. Today we found fish and bird action in Quincy Bay and outside the harbor where guides were putting their clients onto keeper size stripers. Friday late afternoon, Leighton Patrick and his colleagues Kelly and Karyn caught a number of small bass and a couple blues on the Deer I. flats and in On Saturday, we found overcast skies, FAC conditions, and no rain for the entire morning. I did have to contend with dense fog on the return trip to the marina. Ed Constantini from Minnesota and his long time friend, Dennis who hails from Omaha, NE, joined me for a morning of fly and light tackle fishing. Ed hooked up quite a bit on a lavender/gray half & half while Dennis had some trouble getting the fish to bite soft plastics and bucktails jigs. Dennis did manage to snag a nice bass on the fly before finishing off our trip.
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t's about time! Some big fish in good numbers have shown up in the outer harbor. In my opinion, this was the best week to regain my fishing "mojo", seeing plenty of surface action of big bass munching big herring. Catching on the fly proved well... Mike "Mud Dog" Rice.... dropped off some of his "Yak Hair Fly's" which is one of his most popular patterns I use when the big fish come in. The pattern is about 5-1/2" long on a 3/0 hook in olive/white or chartreuse/white to imitate herring. The physical characteristics of yak hair allow for a large, lightweight fly to be built that sheds water, casts well, maintains a long and sleek profile and makes a good presentation in the water. This pattern, particularly the olive/white version, has been very effective on large fish feeding on large baits in the clear water. Get out early as possible to avoid the crowds this weekend. Have a safe 4th.
July 1, 2004: We were greeted by very calm conditions and an extremely low tide this morning. The fish were in the bay but fishing was spotty. Didn't mark any fish outside the harbor and had to leave the water just 4 hours into the coming tide.
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South Shore
JakeFF reports: Went out yeaterday Wednesday two hours before high tide. River was quiet, so being a nice day headed outside. Went to one of the cliffs, fished with flys for about an hour not one take. Fish were there but very fussy as to what they were eating. After being frustrated, and still needing a few more fish, for the collection of scales for the State, i switched to tube and worm. Peter Sorensen reports from Plymouth: There are plenty of fish to go around. Fish the guzzles towards the bottom of the outgoing and Saquish rip or the cowyard on the incoming. There are fish all over the bay but they are not as big as the fish in FALMOUTH because FALMOUTH is BASS CITY!
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July 1st- Salem Sound has continued to have sporadic surface feeds over the last week. If you hit it right and there are not too many boats the fishing can be fantastic. Not a lot of big fish but there are definitely nice schoolies with some legal fish mixed in. There has also been a nice surface feed around Nahant over the last week. This surface feed has had a much nicer class of fish chasing around 3-6” herring. We have been throwing a bunch of large herring patterns and 7” Fin-S fish. Nat’s client took that 38lb fish in the photo on a Fin-S last Friday. Although I was not there I did hear that the birds were working yesterday morning in the area. The rock fishing around  |
The Merrimack River
Capt. Charlie Crue at Channel Edge Charters reports: Someone brought in a forty pound striper for a photo at Surfland on The other day (Sunday) my clients experienced a bright sunny morning. That, of course, is not the best weather for inshore fishing. However, Brian and his son and daughter did get stripers, snapper blue fish and one nice big shad. All of their catches were on spinning lures in the river and on Joppa Flats. Tuesday my clients enjoyed battling a couple of keepers on Joppa Flats as well as schoolie stripers. As we begin the July fishing period we can expect more blue fish to be caught. We have already been catching snapper blues in the river. The big ones should be outside in good numbers. I recall catching a 13 pound blue fish out on Joppa Flats last season. The big ones often follow bait into the river on high tides. During this month we will continue to have good striper fishing with big fish around. Last year a 54-inch, 55 pound monster was caught on Joppa by a young fisherman using chunk bait. Captain Charles Crue Channel Edge Charters 978-462-9212 |
The striper fishing continues to be outstanding in the Merrimack River Estuary. People fishing with me, including two 15 year old novices have been getting big stripers. Some were taken with flies and others with light spinning tackle. Just check the photos that I am including with this report and you will get an idea of how the fishing it has been around here. I get reports of very good striper fishing from people who stop by at 
Saturday my clients Jeff and his son Jeff, Jr., had a banner morning catching four or five keeper stripers up to 36-inches. They also lost a few large fish.