Fishing Boston Harbor and Beyond

High tide, choppy water, a good amount of birds working off day mark near sunken ledge.

Perfect Friday night for those not stuck on ferry watching the fun by the airport.

Big flock of birds working off of the airport, just in main channel.

The crew is planning to head out into the harbor tomorrow morning and see if we can catch some dinner.

Bird action off other side of channel from sunken ledge, towards Quincy. Friend Chis, caught three already by the time I came by on the ferry.

On evening ferry home saw a number of birds off of Grape, sea herring?

Florence And The Machine- What The Water Gave Me Lyrics

Time it took us To where the water was That’s what the water gave  me And time goes quicker Between the two of us Oh, my love, don’t  forsake me Take what the water gave me

Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Pockets full of  stones

Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow

And oh poor Atlas The world’s a beast of a burden You’ve been holding  on a long time And all this longing And the ships are left to rust That’s what the water gave us

So lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Pockets full of  stones Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow

‘Cause they took your loved ones But returned them in exchange for  you But would you have it any other way? Would you have it any other  way? You couldn’t have it any other way ‘Cause she’s a crueler  mistress And her temper cannot be tamed. But oh, my love, don’t forget  me When I let the water take me

Lay me down Let the only sound Be the over flow Pockets full of  stones

Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow

…..

Left dock little after 6am by myself. Ran between Grape and Slate to Hull Gut. Tried a few casts off of rocks in the gut, nothing.

Then saw a lot of birds and boats in the triangle between  between Georges, Rainsford and Peddocks, so moved over there to with them. Caught a small schooly on 3rd cast (around 6:20am). While fighting him (small so definitively a him…), got boat tangled in lobster pot line. Once I’d released fish and untangled myself from the lobster, I looked around and all the boats had gone. Saw a boat heading out towards Little Brewster / Point Allerton, used the binoculars to see what was going on and saw a number of boats huddled up. I headed that way to see what was up.

Plenty of Birds…

As I approached the boats (near Harding Ledge) at 6:59am, I could see a mass of birds (photo above). Went WOT and got in front of birds and a little upwind. 4th or 5th cast (using my trusty RonZ in bubblegum), I hooked up with a good fish that took a ton of line, only to have him pull hooks. Checked out the lure and it had gotten pretty beaten up between this fish and the earlier one today and others a few weeks back. Switched out the bubblegum for a silver color. Few more cast hooked into a nice fish and ended up with the close to keeper sized fish below (was carefully revived and released very quickly after photo at 7:09am, showing no ill effects).

Nice Fish, one of three that morning!

Few more casts, broke the leader on an another nice fish. Then a quick run to catch up with the pack and caught and released another nice fish about the same size.

Quick run back to dock and home in time to start work.

Stats:

• Date: 13 July 2012 | Start: 6am
• 3 Striped Bass (time – location)
• 6:35am – Georges
• 7:09am – Hardings Ledge
• 7:24am est. – Hardings Ledge
• Lure RonZ #3X6 12Z in Bubblegum / Silver.

Went out with Jono on Penc… Jigged up three Macs and a scup. Live lined the Mac on Hull gut, no takers…

In coming tide in Hull gut.