Big week of Striper fishing in Cape Cod Bay. We were out straight this week, so this will be more of an overall recap as I don’t think I can keep the individual trips straight. We ran doubles most days, and I believe the final tally was limiting out 7 out of 8 trips. Most fish were in the 32″-40″ range with a few bigger ones sprinkled in and more schoolies than we could count. For the most part, we fished Billingsgate shoals in the am, and then ran up to P-town for the afternoons. Snapping wire was the ticket on the shoals, where the jigs definately outproduced the tubes. However at P-town, the tubes were taking solid fish while the jiggers were stuck with mostly schoolies.
One noteable catch this week was by Mike Gonsalves’s 11 year old son – his first ever Striper was 40″ and he did a great job landing it without any help from his dad. Fishing was unreal that day, as we were marking schools 10′ deep that filled the fishfinder.
Full disclosure, the 44lb cow that Jay is holding was not taken on the L-J. Jay did an overnight trip with his buddy Eddie Gotovich on Ed’s Doghouse. When Ed isn’t commercial bass fishing or solo tuna fishing, he fills in as a mate for us. Whenever Ed decides to start chartering on his own, he’s going to fill up fast, because the guy catches.
Without being too specific, conditions are lining up for our local big bass run. For our customers that have hit this with us in the past, give a call soon, as this is usually the best big fish time of the year in the bay. No wire, just tubes, and lots of 40″ plus fish.
On the Tuna front, things have been slow. We ran 2 trips this week with only 1 bite on a livie to show for it. Last week we went long giving it a solid 12 hour effort with only the one hit to show for it. We did have a few surface shots way east, but didn’t convert. This past Saturday we had a 1/2 tuna 1/2 bass that turned quickly to bass as Stellwagon seemed like a dead zone.
Moving forward, the combo of this Noreaster and the Moon should get things turned back on, and we’re confident that the Fall Fishing will be outstanding. In the meantime, east of the bank is covered in sharks, so these are a great option for people that want to bend the heavy tackle quickly.
Overall, fishing has been extremely consistent. If this is the Summer slowdown, I can’t wait for the September runs.
Good luck out there.
