posted by John on Jul 16
What a fun(ny) day. We went to the Race early, hit all the spots from the day before and targeted bass, but only caught blues. The fishing armada was parading back and forth there, so we went outside and the other armada was there.
The pot line was holding a lot of fish, all on the bottom. The drift was perfect, pick a depth and you followed the bottom perfectly at the same depth.
Again targeting the bass, but only getting one, we caught as many bluefish as we wanted.
We drifted about 4 miles catching bluefish after bluefish. The itch for tuna compelled me to follow the advice of one of the guys at Goose Hummock and work east of Peaked Hill Bar. We saw nothing but boats trying to tease up tuna. We scanned for birds or any other sign of life, not a thing.
On the way home I got the bright idea to hit the SW corner of Stellwagen and check for tuna there. Great idea, but it came up bass, not tuna. 2-3 acres of pushing sand eels with 15-25 lb bass gulping them down as fast as they can, with many fish leaping in the air. We figured that tuna must be below them, but no matter how hard we tried we could only catch bass. One other boat shared the fun.
The fish were no match for the tuna rods, so we tried some smaller tackle. All fish caught offshore were released back to the ocean. I hope they go south to the Race.
Boiling Water
You could hear the buzzing/chirping noise of 1 million sand eels and huge splashes from jumping bass. it was a site to behold.
Lines Tight
We use 10″ ronzi’s with 65 lb braid and an 85 lb mono leader. Big bass, no tuna.
Wendy's Awesome Big Bass.
We moved further SW and casted on some big marks, more bass.
John's Fish
Thank’s for the memories. All fish released safely!
Beth's Fish
Beth came down from Vermont to visit and accepted our invite for the trip. The fishing was good.
Stephen's Biggest Fish of the Day
We had moved quite far from the boiling sand eels and the monster feeding school. More promising marks, more bass.
All in all a very fun day.