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<\/a><\/p>\nOn\u00a0his birthday, we went out with a local captain, Jeff Smith of Wellfleet.\u00a0We ran into some\u00a0300+ 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.\u00a0 As Jeff said, “the bass were eating well.\u00a0 Most fish were caught on soft plastics, and some topwater plugs.\u00a0 John’s first keeper of the day is below.<\/p>\n
Stephen caught\u00a0some too!\u00a0<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0 So, off\u00a0we headed for Barnstable Harbor. Inside the harbor we had the best view of the light house.<\/p>\n All these boats were using this as a pass through, and we stopped\u00a0to drift through the area pitching soft plastics on jig heads…..with great success.\u00a0\u00a0The fish below\u00a0were great examples of the early summer bite available in the area to those who know when and where to explore.<\/p>\n Here is what we caught:<\/p>\n Jeff’s Kick A$$ motor pushed his boat really fast:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n