Winthrop

[Slamdance]

Fished the Winthrop area from shore last night fron 7-9:30. All fish were caught before the sun went down. Biggest was just under legal size and was caught on a large herring fly which I was bouncing off the mussel beds.

[Brendan2]

Hey Slamdance,
Thanks for the report. I have always wanted to fish the winthrop area but have only been out to explore it once. I live in Somerville so it's in a pretty good place for me to try after work. Do you have better luck fishing the east (ocean side) or in towards the airport? I remember there being a bit of a mussel bed off Winthrop beach. Any advice for my first time out there? For what it's worth, I fished Wollaston beach last night, saw a few fish smacking something but would not touch a fly.

Brendan

[Slamdance]

Can't really help you as I was a passenger and getting towed around out there, so I don't know where we were. I suspect anywhere in the Harbor would produce the same or better results.

[marvin]

<P><FONT color=blue face="Times New Roman,Times" size=2>Brendan,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face="Times New Roman" size=2>I've fished both sides- and feel like I've done a little better on the ocean side- but not by a whole lot.&nbsp; I tend to fish the inside on lower tides, and oceanside on higher ones, but will change depending on wind direction (avoiding that fly in the back of the head feeling).&nbsp; There's a big gravel spit that heads out from under the water tower- the very tip gets interesting at dead low.&nbsp; Bring ear plugs- you'll need them!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face="Times New Roman" size=2>Marvin</FONT></P>

[frank]

<FONT color=black face=Verdana,Geneva size=2>I live in Winthrop and I&nbsp;let the wind decide where I will fish.&nbsp; I have been having luck lately on a large white deceiver.&nbsp; I have hit 3 in the 22-24" range, the rest small. I saw several flyfishers fishing mussel flats off a street called Grandview Avenue....that is a good place to start...lots of parking and lots of area to spread out. good luck....</FONT>
<P>frank <A href="mailto:n1gdo@juno.com">n1gdo@juno.com</A></P>