posted by John on Jun 13
Most people think that Friday the Thirteenth is a day of bad luck, but I can tell you today was not bad luck for me. I ventured out from Wellfleet at 5:36 am and headed to the fishing ledge off the Bath House.
Here is Wellfleet harbor.
It was a fast run out with seas calm to 2ft. I was alone this morning. Line in at 6:20 am. Line tight at 6:30 am. I was catching fish from 20″ to 36″. I pulled about 20 fish and my arms started getting tired. A 9″ green Salty plug and a 7″ green Gibbs needlefish were the most productive. I lost my yellow needlefish to a large fish, but it was a few feet down and pulling hard so I did not get a good look, just a huge flash of silver, then pop, he kept the lure and disappeared into the deep.
Here are some shots of the best fish when I got back to dock. The needlefish in the picture is not the same color as the one that caught the fish, but it is the pole with 12lb test.
Here I am with the fish back at the dock.
posted by sfletcher on May 25
John and I got the chance to have a “boys” getaway for his birthday (Saturday, May 24th). We started out in Maryland on Thursday, and traveled up to Cape Cod arriving at 10:30 pm. We got out and fished the Cape Cod Bay surf, and went out with a light tackle charter captain as well. We soaked bait on Friday at high tide on Sunken meadow beach in Eastham. Here is the best pic. We got one nice pull down, but the fish did completely take the bait, and got off. C’est la vie!
On his birthday, we went out with a local captain, Jeff Smith of Wellfleet. We ran into some 300+ acres of striped bass, and the birds working the school were a sight to behold. We left Sesuit Harbor at 0600 am. First line was in the water by 0615. Lines went tight right away and we kept pulling fat, gorged bass until we were tired by 0830. As Jeff said, “the bass were eating well. Most fish were caught on soft plastics, and some topwater plugs. John’s first keeper of the day is below.
Stephen caught some too!
Having pulled at least 50 fish with 10 keepers out in the Bay Jeff asked us if we wanted to “roll the dice”, and get into some potentially bigger fish. So, off we headed for Barnstable Harbor. Inside the harbor we had the best view of the light house.
All these boats were using this as a pass through, and we stopped to drift through the area pitching soft plastics on jig heads…..with great success. The fish below were great examples of the early summer bite available in the area to those who know when and where to explore.
Here is what we caught:
Jeff’s Kick A$$ motor pushed his boat really fast:
All in all this was a great weekend with a lot of good memories established for future reference, and sore arms to boot.
posted by John on Apr 18
Get your licenses everybody. The boat checkout worked the other day, so opening day should have few mishaps. This year, April 19th is the opening day of the MD trophy season. Theorietically, all the fish have spawned and the ocean going tugboats, having sown their wild oats, are heading north to the good feeding grounds. Hopefully, one or two of the stripers will go in the box tomorrow