Fishing for Tuna, Stripers, Bluefish, Cod, Haddock, Bass

DATE: Monday, August 18, 2008
NAME: Gerard Leonard
FROM: Canada
WHERE: Stellwagen Bank
REPORT: From the PESCADOR. TUNA a lot around. Not on the bit mood. Only few caught
BAIT & TACKLE: The best Slugo back color
MEMO: More fish are coming in

DATE: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
NAME: John Osborn
FROM: Quincy
WHERE: Airport, Rainsfort
REPORT: 20 Bass all just under 28"
BAIT & TACKLE: Umbrella
Memo: Morning charter. Very Windy hard to stair the boat, drift side way

DATE: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
NAME: Paul Mc Gregor
FROM: Arkansas
WHERE: Nahant.
REPORT: 10 Bass 4 over 28" up to 40"
BAIT & TACKLE: Umbrella
MEMO: After noon charter, wind quiet down. A lot of grass on the surface. Quality fish

DATE: Saturday, August 23, 2008
NAME: John Kardes ,
FROM: West Roxbury
Where: Any spot on the Boston Harbor and Riviere
REPORT: At any stop fish where there. Cut by bluefish also. 21 Bass and some Blue
BAIT & TACKLE: Umbrella
MEMO: Bachelor party for John junior

DATE: Sunday, August 24, 2008
NAME: Dr Ravi Thadnami 3 kids and wife from France
FROM: Boston
Where: Rainsfort and the BG buoy
REPORT: 10 bass before moving offshore for ocean running Bluefish
BAIT & TACKLE: Umbrella
MEMO: Bluefish 40 'down, nice and big fish, keep 5 for the grill

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DATE: Monday, August 11, 2008
NAME: Joe Pepe
FROM: NY up state
WHERE: Airport, Gallop, spectacle
REPORT: 15 Bass up to 37"
BAIT & TACKLE: umbrella
MEMO: Trip with a family of 4. Fish in deeper water around the Island

DATE: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
NAME: John Brewer
FROM: NY city
WHERE: Reinfort Island, Quincy Bay, black rock etc……..
REPORT: 40 bass up to 38"
BAIT & TACKLE: umbrella
Memo: Rain, rain, but the fish go crazy. Just Father and son the kid 13 was very good after ½ of fishing

DATE: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
NAME: Marc Ward
FROM: Baltimore
WHERE: Steelwagen bank and back in the bay.
REPORT: A lot of commercial boat in Northwest corner but no TUNA in sight back in the bay 30 bass up to 36"
BAIT &TACKLE: offshore TUNA bar and Daisy chain. In shore umbrella
MEMO: After 2 hours of trolling for TUNA the kids (4 of them) turn white, time to go back in the bay.

DATE: Saturday, August 16, 2008
NAME: can't said it
FROM:
Where:
REPORT:
BAIT &TACKLE:
MEMO: Said he will send deposit after I make 2 calls. No deposit and did not have the courtesy to cancel.
I LOOSE THE DAY

DATE: Sunday, August 17, 2008
NAME: Bob Young, Father and Brothers and nephew
FROM: Quincy
Where: Airport, Quincy Bay, Long Island
REPORT: 25 bass 4 Blues no Keeper bass
BAIT &TACKLE: umbrella
MEMO: The kid Anthony Ciraolo 11 year old perfect fisherman laid the line and reel bass on this own.
Also FISHERMAN READER

DATE: Monday, July 7, 2008
NAME: Al Pardo
FROM: Quincy MA
WHERE: Airport flat, and Nahant
REPORT: 27 bass keep 3 for the grill up to 34"
BAIT & TACKLE: Umbrella
MEMO: Bird working all over. A lot of weed on the water, but mostly 27"fish Gerry Vonfrymen from Holbrook have 5 bass on one rod 2

DATE: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
NAME: Kyle Tivault from Bridgwater and Philip Holmer from New Jersey 7 years old
FROM: Bridgewater and New Jersey
WHERE: Airport
REPORT: 21 bass up to 36"
BAIT & TACKLE: Umbrella
MEMO: Kyle Tivault got the biggest w/ the 36" see photo attach

DATE: Thursday, July 10, 2008
NAME: Hank and grand daughter Coutney(cooki)
FROM: Hough neck
WHERE: Airport
REPORT: 20 BASS up to 30"
BAIT & TACKLE: Umbrella
MEMO: Courney last 4 hours good girl. Grand father fisherman reader

DATE: Friday, July 12
NAME: Walter White and wife Pattie
FROM: Milton
WHERE: Nahant
REPORT: 12 Bass all good size
BAIT & TACKLE: Umbrella
MEMO: A lot of weed fish the rocks, no bird.

DATE: Sunday, July 13
NAME: John Malouff and family
FROM : Rockland
WHERE: Nahant and the airport
REPORT : 12 bass keep 2 for the grill up to 35"
BAIT & TACKLE : Umbrella
MEMO : very windy, tuff fishing,

DATE: Monday, June 23, 2008
NAME: Greg John's
FROM: Hull, MA
WHERE: Airport, east of Boston light
REPORT: 40 bass 2 keepers up to 34" on a ½ day
BAIT & TACKLE: U mbrella
MEMO: Andrew John's 16 was the best of all with a 34"

DATE: Thursday, June 26, 2008
NAME: Alan Sharaf an 3 friends
FROM: Brookline
WHERE: Rainford and Hospital Shoal
REPORT: Enough flounder for dinner
BAIT & TACKLE: Chum w/ clams, bait -sea worm
Memo: Slow late afternoon, found drifting was the best way to catch fish

DATE: Saturday, June 28, 2008
NAME: Sally Adam's and family
FROM: Iowa
WHERE : Spectacle Island and Long Island
REPORT: 20 bass 4 keepers up to 33" on a ½ day
BAIT & TACKLE: Umbrella
MEMO : Thick fog all morning

MAY.  The season began just off-shore where the cod and haddock were in abundance.  On Stellwagen Bank the mussel bed produces cod up to 30 lbs, while on the east side, it was easy to locate schools of haddock.  In shore, the Bass reached 30 lbs as they followed and feed on live mackerel. The Umbrella did the trick especially well at catching medium size fish. As soon the water turned 53 degrees, the Flounder where in action. By the 15th of May the fish were a lot fatter with gains of 3 lbs.  The end of the month included catches with a mix of cod and flounder.

JUNE.  Flounder where fat and plentiful with the catch limit reached in only few hours.  The cod fishing was also abundant, but the quality was offset by the smaller sizes. For a second month, the off-shore cod and haddock were in abundance. A few boxes of fat fish were picked up in short order. Bass where in full swing, with the birds working the bait and the school of bass under it. 15 to 30 lb. bass was the norm for the 4 hour charters. Most of the keepers where in the 30”to 37” range.   TUNA. Bill did very well on Stellwagen bank and Peaked hill bar, trolling squid bar. Fish were around 60 lbs. with some reaching 110 lbs.

JULY.  Early in the month the fishing was hot for bass.  By the middle of the month the fish found deeper water which slowed down the catches. Pogies where in Wollaston beach, making for nice live bait. Although there were less bass, they were getting bigger at 20 to 30 lbs. The umbrella took in more fish many in the 30” to 36” range. Smaller size Bluefish could be found using light tackle.  TUNA. Bill did well on Stellwagen catching 50 to 60 pounders at the northwest corner early in the morning. As the crowd arrived, fish moved to BG boy resulting in an afternoon of trolling. This was the best time to troll with a slack tide, and then gigging the schools.

AUGUST.  Very busy month with good fishing all month long including my biggest fish of the season;  47 lbs the Angler MARK WHITE from Milton MA. The proof was pictured on the Fisherman Magazine and the Spray. The fish was caught on my umbrella in 10 ft of water off Logan Airport. Live bait was the recipe for producing some nice fish during the month.  TUNA. August fish were found on the southwest end of the bank. Fish were in the mid 70 lbs with a whopper over 120 lbs.

SEPTEMBER.  Pogies were no challenge. One Pogie was caught for every big bass or big blue. The bass averaged 20 lbs or more. Small umbrella on 5 lbs breaded line worked very well. We averaged 30 fish during a ½ day charter with some days under the birds working the bait, 50 schoolies,  2 or 3 at a time. Two days in the row we tallied 60 bass in 5 hours. TUNA. Bill started to slow down on the tuna and switched to big bass on live pogie.

OCTOBER.  Fishing was just like September. For some reason the pogie, bass and blue refused to leave the bay.  There were less fish but all were big. We pulled the boat out for the winter and prepared for some Florida time for the tired Captain.

NOVEMBER.  Some extra fishing found a big surprise. The bass and blue still eating pogies. Never in my 27 years of chartering have I see fish so late. 

Thank you for a wonderful 2007 season.  Hope to see you in the spring.
Capt. Roger