Boston 7/24--Wind, Rain, and Fish!

The fishing has improved a bit this week in Boston as we suspected it would the week after full moon tides. We still have tons and tons of bait--mackeral, juvy herring, adult pogies, and even a few squid! The bluefish have started to trickle in a bit more so expect the mackeral to begin to thin out. Though we have been off the water the past two days for some boat maintenance and a weather related cancellation, we will be fishing every day for the next five days starting tomorrow.

It should be a good weekend and next week's tides are good also. We have Saturday morning, August 2nd open, if you'd like to get out for an early-morning 4 hour trip.

Tight lines,

John

ps Sorry for the lack of photos. I left my camera in the TV Diner studio and am waiting to get it back...

Weekend Report (includes our TV Diner appearance!)

The fishing remains tough but we are plugging away and keeping the dreaded skunk away. The weekend trips, both morning and evening, yielded decent catches. We found a couple good schools to the north working bait on top and caught good numbers on both fly and spin. My clients today, husband and wife from CT, who were both new to saltwater fishing, had perfect conditions for fly casting and caught their first striped bass. The tides are better this week and with the loads and loads of bait of all kinds everywhere, things are poised to bust wide open. Still very few bluefish in our waters which is very unusual for this time of year... Usually the macks are long gone and the blues have moved into every nook and cranny of Boston Harbor.

Our tuna interview on NECN's TV Diner aired yesterday. We are still new to being in front of the camera but I think we were able to get our message across. Thanks again Jenny and Billy!

TV Diner at 10a Sat the 19th

We did another episode of TV Diner for this weekend. Always a good time with Jenny Johnson and Billy Costa! Check out T.V. Diner. Oh, and if your wondering about the fishing, its slow. Work structure, white wash and the comming tides. Enjoy.

Boston 7/10--Hit or miss...

The fishing has slowed some overall but we are still catching good numbers most trips. Things were on the slow side over the 4th of July holiday weekend with the boat traffic but have rebounded since. We are finding bass feeding on a combination of small mackeral, pogies, and young herring. This morning the Ocean Lure Sand Eel lure did a good job imitating the juvy herring. Still not many bluefish in the harbor which is unusual for this time of year. The tuna fishing has been on the slow side too, though the fish are here, just not feeding hard. We will be running a mix of bass/bluefish trips and tuna trips over the next few weeks.

Even though the fishing is not red hot, get out while you can. You never know what you're going to find!

John

Boston 7/1 Kids Love Fishing!

The fishing in Boston is holding up well despite the summer heat. We are still finding fish well inshore. The bass are oriented around the large schools of adult menhaden which are prevalent in our waters this year. We have had great success using topwater flies and lures to entice these fish to eat.

Recently, I had Mark Lawrence, his 12 year old daughter, client and his client's 10 year old son. Isabel is a seasoned angler and got the hand of striper fishing right away. The fish were finicky at first but as the tide dropped and the sun began to move lower in the sky the fish became active. We caught schoolie after schoolie and a few keeper sized fish as well. Everyone had a blast and dads and kids went home having caught their fill.Richard will be fishing in Boston for the balance of the week. I will be down on Martha's Vineyard targeting bass with the flyrod from shore. Should be great with good night tides and lots of sandeels along the beach.

Tight lines for now,

John