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The coming month and a half are my favorite months of the year. For the most part, the tourists are gone and you can finally make it around with Mashpee Rotary without taking your life in your hands. It also means that beach access gets a little easier, and when we get out there, we won't have to share it with quite so many tourists. As good as the funny fish reports are, we're also hearing a lot of talk about their big brothers, both off Chatham (okay, not hearing so much from there, but you never do) and from Stellwagen. I'm seeing lots of pics with broken rods, reading lots of well thought out posts on drag issues, and, in general, seeing all the signs of a good tuna season. The fact is that if you go fishing for tuna with a fly rod, you are going to learn every single lesson, at least twice, and you will learn them in a manner that is hard, frustrating and down right expensive. Perhaps that's why we love it so darned much...it appeals to the masochistic side of your type A obsessive compulsive saltwater fly fisherman (and yes, if you're reading this report, that is probably an apt description of you, just as it is of me).
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The good news for the week: albies have started turning up at the Vineyard. That tells me they're going to be all over the South Side, Woods Hole/Falmouth and in all the usual spots by the end of this week and probably clear out to New Inlet in Chatham by mid-next week. With them, we'll no doubt start seeing "what the heck is this fish" posts on the forum, as Spanish Mackeral, etc. start to turn up as well.
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Buzzards Bay
Capt. Joe LeClair at North Eastern Anglers reports: Fishing still good for bass and blues, tuna 25 miles offshore 80 to 200 lbs... |
Falmouth & the Elizabeths
Bob Parsons reports: Today's mission was to focus on breaking bonito. No trolling at Hedge. No trip to Woods Hole. The 14 m. trip from Cotiut to State Beach was awesome. Almost flat calm. Boat traffic had not waked it up and the wind was light. Got to my destination bright and early to find no boats, no birds, and no sign of fish. So much for getting the early start, at least I got a good parking spot at the ramp. Headed over to Edgartown to see if anything was happening. Nope nothing there either. Back to State Beach to find a bunch of boats spread the length of the beach, all waiting, seeing nothing. About 8:15 a pod erupted off my stern aways, only one boat made it in time to get a shot. Back to the waiting game. Eventually the/a pod break at the far end of the beach. ( I could not see the fish but based on the way the boats over there suddenly shifted and clusted up.) Action stayed down there for quite awhile. So everyone worked their way in that direction. Either the pod broke up or other small pods arrived, because we started to get single splashes all over the place. This made it tough since you would have a break by your boat and by the time you turned and cast - nothing. Of course the one of the best shots I had I found a loop in the line when I went to cast. aarrrrrgh. At one point I was casting to a distance school and had another school break right under my line close to the boat. When the lure passed through this school, I saw on take a swipe and miss. Overall (except for the catching factor) I had close to five hours witing and chasing breaking fish. |
The Cape Cod Canal
It's the same old story, same old song and dance. Lots of effort for very little action. If you're absolutely bound and determined, fish nights, or first light. Occassional surface action with the schoolies, occassional blues, and lots of frustrated fishermen. With any luck, it change soon. |
The South SideIt's September and when the wind's right, you can fish all the likely spots for funny fish, and that basically limits you to any of the water on the South Side that is wet and salty. |
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Martha's Vineyard
Captain W. Brice Contessa at www.fishingthevineyard.com reports: Fishing The Vineyard Report 08/27/08 Bonito fishing has remained consistent for the Fishing the Vineyard squad this week. Caution: some of those bonito are albies (see pics)! Captain W. Brice Contessa Capt. Phil Cronin at Capawok Charters reports: |
Bonito fishing has been good this past week with thrashing schools of bones in all the usual Vineyard haunts. On a typical day an angler can throw into numerous pods of breaking fish from Tashmoo to State Beach and everywhere in between. Catching them is another matter as huge balls of juvenile silversides and sandeels lessen the odds greatly. Many of us have been describing the bait as liken to the "rain bait" that’s found in Montauk and Harker’s Island. It’s not but it sure has the same effect, i.e., it aint easy to fool the speedsters. Persistence does pay off though and just like the so called fish of 10,000 casts, the Muskie, eventually one will tighten your line. On my boat the fly of choice has been my faithful go-to silverside imitation, the Scotty fly. It’s an epoxy slim body first developed by good friend and expert bonito fly fisherman, Scott Patterson. He laughs at the ones I attempt to tie but let me tell you, they work no matter how ugly I tie them. The lure of choice has been a toss up between the Maria and the L-Jack. We’re not scoring consistently, but we are on the board more so than other boats I see in the boneyard fleet. 
Last Friday we managed to lasso bass, bones, and an albie on the fly pole. Trying to complete the super slam we then targeted bluefish thinking it would be fairly easy. After numerous hours of trying to find a blue we finally gave up. A couple of weeks ago we couldn’t keep the blues off the hook. I guess it’s true what they say; "when you don’t want bluefish they are everywhere and when you do, you can’t buy one."
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Nantucket
Capt. Lynne Heyer at Cross Rip Outfitters reports: The End is near. A beautiful summer is coming to an end. This summer the weather for the most part has been very nice. The fishing however has been all over the place. Somewhat inconsistent ,is I guess, an understatement. The Stripers arrived late but when they did they were big and hungry. We had some great days on the flats as well as great days in the rips around the Island. And the last few days the flats have been fishing well. The Blues this summer have been strange. They are not holding off the Airport as well as years past. There are some days the Captians are running to the Old Man to find them. I guess my timing was good yesterday for the South Shore for when we found them they were pretty thick. So thick even a seal tried to steal one of our fish. That�s a first for me on my the boat. We did get our fish and the lure back. The Bonito Bar yesterday for me was slow. Capt. Shawn landed I think three with Craig Siracuse and company. The Bones have never gotten hot. There have been some bright spots with multiple fish days but they have been few. It seems some days if you are in the right spot that little spot is hot, but go back the next and its slow. I am hearing the Albies are getting closer. I got a report they are at Hedge Fenc e and other spots west of the Vineyard. Hopefully they will show up with a vengeance and my next few reports will be glowing. One high point the Tuna bite East is still producing. And I heard a report of a large Mako being caught in the 400# range from one of the boats in town. Sorry for the gloomy report but that�s fishing sometimes. I am hoping that the fishing will get better and the only way to find out is to get out there and sling a line in the water. |
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Chatham, Monomoy and the Outer BeachesMung and plenty of it. Things are supposedly picking up, but everyone I talk to has been fishing tuna. Word is there not having to burn as much gas as a couple weeks ago to find them, either. |
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North Side
The Bay's improved, no doubt about it. Stellwagen has the size tuna fly anglers are looking for right now. The Brewster Flats are tough, but the guys trolling wire and umbrellas are reporting a lot better action, so we can reasonably expect things for the fly guy inshore to pick up. |