Boston 6/25

The fishing continues to be solid in Boston. Richard fished this morning and found breaking fish under birds before hitting the structure to find a steady pick of bass, all on the flyrods. There also continue to be large schools of pogies scattered throughout the harbor. Unfortunately, most the the time the schools of big baitfish are unmolested. Bluefish have moved into our waters though the ratio of bass to bluefish continues to be very good. Tuna are here and we have found some decent feeds out on Stellwagen Bank. We will start targeting these fish more aggressively come July.

We have a few good openings over the next few weeks (including this Friday morning, 6/27, for a 4 or 6 hour bass/blufish trip) so let us know if you have a date in mind.

Tight lines,

John

85 at 85

Bert is 85 years old. The tuna he caught this week was 85lbs.

Enough said.

6/18 Bass and Tuna

Short report this week. Richard and I have been on the water a ton, chartering in Boston and down on the Cape. The bass are here in good numbers and continue to cooperate for fly and light tackle anglers. Even better, the school bluefin (which are really growing up this year!) have arrived both up north and way down in the bay. We've hooked a number of fish in just the past few days. The hot lure is the Ocean Lures tuna popper and their "SP." Check em out at www.oceanlures.comLet us know if you need info on the local fishing or want to get out for a trip.

Tight lines,

John

Boston 6/10--Big Dog Days

It feels like the dog days of summer around here with temps reaching well into the 90's over the past few days but the fish dont know it. We have been chartering a lot over the past few days and finding good fish all over the inner harbor. Both incoming and outgoing tides have been producing though the bigger fish have eaten better on the low incoming. Saturday we took a number of large fish on really light gear with the largest going just over 40" and 32lbs. The fish have been a bit picky the past day or so as they feed on smaller bait and the hot sun beats down. That said, there was a good feed again today and my client Bernie took this 36"/2olb fish on the fly, his largest of the year so far!We will be out most days this week. Check in often for updated reports.

Cheers,

John

www.bostonfishstix.com

Boston 6/2--Quality and Quantity

Rich took the weekend shift and put clients on fish all weekend long despite battling some wind and weather. As others have noted here, find the warmer water and you will find the fish. We have been fishing in shallow water with temps ranging from 54-57. The fish are schooled up and feeding aggressively even during the middle of the day on the right tide. The big fish yesterday was a 38", 21lb bass taken on the fly. Bill had to strip it in after the reel seized up. (pic below)My charter canceled today and I spent some time working on the boat before sneaking out for an hour in the early evening. The start of the incoming tide was great, and I caught fish, most above 26" with the largest about 35", on almost every cast using both large sluggos and yak hair herring flies. Water was about 10ft deep and the wind was calm. A beautiful night on the water.

We have an opening this Sunday (June 8) morning for a 4-hour trip as well as Tuesday (June 10) morning. Good tides should make for some solid action.

John