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Evening Fly Fish

Went out after work, at low tide. Saw a bunch of birds near Weymouth, but no bites. Headed over to Hull and as I came across the Crow Point Flats ran into a good bird ball. Hooked up pretty quick … Continue reading

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Birds Working, No Boats

Saw a good number of birds work just round the corner of Portuguese Cove, below.

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1st Strips on the Fly in 2022

Caught 2 nice fish in the shallows on the fly. Both put up a great fight on the 9wt and we’re of course a sliver under keeper size. They had sea lice so assume they are pretty fresh.

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Boats at Spectacle

Was on 7:15 ferry to Boston and spotted a huddle of boats fishing south end of Spectacle. Did NOT see any birds or fish caught! Did see birds working on the surface at the outer harbor end of the airport. … Continue reading

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Sailfish Oasis / Allure II Guatemala 2022

Just wrapped up 4 great days of fishing at Sailfish Oasis on the Allure II. Ended up with 10 fish a day release average and a beautiful stripped Marlin to boot. Food and company at lodge was amazing as always, … Continue reading

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9/26 Another Great Morning for Schoolies

So had so much fun the day before, Tate and I got up early and headed out to see if some of the fish where still there. Our first sight was a bunch of boats on our spot, including a … Continue reading

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9/25 Great Morning For School’ies…

We got off dock around 6:40 am with Fly rod and spin rod in hand. We knew low tide was scheduled for 8:40am Made it to old long island bridge without seeing anything. Mike suggested we go along Long, and … Continue reading

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X Marks The Pogies

Saw aFISHionado this morning on her mooring on ferry ride in, looks fine. Also saw a guy snagging pogies in the shipyard channel, as well as seeing a pogies on the surface in some distress. Maybe a striped bass had … Continue reading

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HYC Tournament

So the tournament ran from 5am to 1:30pm. High tide was at at 4:30, which gave us a tough fishing window. On Friday afternoon I swung by the Hull tackle store at picked up some worms and extra circle hooks … Continue reading

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A Blue Fish Bonanza

The day started off as any other, us cruising around the harbor looking for birds. We checked out, Fore River, Quincy Bay, Airport, The Poop Factory and then headed home via Hull Gut. As we neared Georges we saw a … Continue reading

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2020 Tuna Regs

media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2020-12/HMS Recreational Compliance Guide_01_01_2020.pdf

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Boat Splash & Some Tube and Worm

Helped Brian splash his boat. We then took a cruise around the harbor looking for some calm water to tube and worm or birds working. Caught three fish including a 27 incher. All caught on tube and worm in the … Continue reading

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Music On the Water at HYC

Brought boat to HYC with Tate. We put 100 gallons in, got us to a smidge below full. Nats and Chelsea came on a short time later and we went to find mooring. Once tied up to mooring, bad fish … Continue reading

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Finally Found The Birds & Fish

Left dock at 6am in 10kn+ of breeze. Middle tide heading to low. Did the loop to HYC, Hull Bay, through the gut to south side of Long Island then to Long Island bridge supports, through Quincy Bay, around Nut … Continue reading

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1st MV Tuna Trip

So hopped on a friends boat for a tuna hunt Saturday. We left Falmouth around 4:30 with lines in around 6. We hit most of the spots Capt Mike suggested. Didn’t see or catch any tunas, but did see a … Continue reading

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Birds working just ahead of Long Island bridge

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Pile of Birds again tonight

Mass of birds inside of nun marking dog leg of main channel just east of Airport.

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Birds again off of Airport.

I’m on 5:40 boat. Tide is ebbing, 1 hr to low…

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Birds working off of Airport

1st bird action sighting for me in 2019

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And so it starts…

Went out for the first trip of 2017 in the Whaler. Mike, a friend and me for a little evening cruise after splashing the boat for the season. Fishing off the North West area of Peddocks just out of Hull … Continue reading

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