Birds and Boats

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Salty Dog in Boston

Good amount of boats huddled up between airport and deer island this morning.

Rumors of 45lb fish caught in Boston Harbor on pogy’s…

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Ton of birds off Spectacle Island Right Now!

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Salty Dog in Boston

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Wednesday 18th July 2012

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Salty Dog in Boston

Had an early 5:30am start with Darren. Left through Hull gut, didn’t see much action.

Round about route on Wednesday

 
saw some bait on the surface outside Hull gut. Did quick tour of outer islands, met up with Chris and after not seeing much action headed back to where we saw bait. On the way Darren spotted a lot of bird action in the Hull Gut.

Small pods of birds and fish pop’d up and down, they were feeding on Macs (we know this as one hit and was caught by Darren). After running and drifting through these pods we ended up with two good sized fish and one very small schoolie.

A good morning all around…

 

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What a Difference A Day Makes | Saturday 14th July 2012

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Salty Dog in Boston

So after such a great day of fishing on Friday the 13th, I was expecting even better things the next day on Saturday. I was going out with Chris, we had a faster, bigger boat, we knew where the bite was the day before and we had more time.

End results didn’t live up to expectations, we caught some macks, which Chris did a great job live lining at Hull Gut turning one into a nice 24 inch fish and I missed another in the same area. That was about it

Just show’s yesterday’s results are no indication of future results.

Specifics:

8:40am High Tide with a 8.1 height @ Hull Gut

 

Some Links to the Gut:

http://www.patriotledger.com/answerbook/hull/x696946656/Hull-Gut-offers-anglers-convenience-and-deep-water

http://freedomboatclub.com/locations/29-quincy-ma/waypoints/258-hull-gut

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_Gut

 

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Lucky Friday 13th Pre Work Fishing Trip

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Salty Dog in Boston

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.

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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).

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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.
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Friday Morning Fishing

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Salty Dog in Boston

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.

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1st Striper of 2012 and My 1st Striper on a Fly Ever…

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Salty Dog in Boston

Went fishing with Jono in North river today. Caught 4 or so small fish on fly (silver and blue flashbou fly) and another couple of small fish on bubblegum small Ronz. There seemed to be a lot of fish piled up down stream (out going tide) of the rocky bottle neck on the left hand side looking up river. Was a great day and a lot of fun in the herring run.

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Birds working off airport

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Salty Dog in Boston

Ferry ride home at 5:35, saw birds working off airport and a couple of boats fishing the area.

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Posted on May 24, 2012 by Salty Dog in Boston

5/24/2012> Saw birds working last night just off airport on out going tide…

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