Nice fish.Great morning fishing Smallies.
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2016 Fishing/Ice Fishing Thread
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My son and I went out Sunday on a friends boat. We found some nice sea bass all day. As usual the boy out fished me (must be his lucky NES hat) but I'm used to that by now. Black sea bass is an excellent tasting fish and we have enough for a few dinners. We had our share of mostly keeper size bass, some big scup and the occasional sea robin.
Lone Wolf McQuade
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Went to South Cape Beach in Mashpee Tuesday evening. Zip, Zero, Zilch.
Here's my fishing for tomorrow:
Daughter's soccer game at 8:45, son's baseball game at 11:45.![[crying]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/006.gif "Crying [crying]")
We got you covered, fishing from 3-8 am, then going to shoot an IDPA match at 9 , Sunday same fishing times then running a practice for the MA championship next weekend. Fishing and shooting..life is good.
kengog
NES Member
Nice!
Nice fish,wish I could join in.Had a cortisone shot 3 weeks after arthroscopic knee surgery.So I will be sitting here watching the grass grow around the boat.
Well if it helps you out I'll volunteer to get the deck bloody for you. You can just drive ! Lol. Recover quickly you know where they'll be soon.
ccm75
NES Member
73BLow
NES Member
Headed to the Cape at 3:30 this morning, back home at noon with dinner. I gotta move closer to the ocean.
Largest of the three fluke is 25". I caught a couple that were bigger, but these three were enough, so I released them.
Largest of the three fluke is 25". I caught a couple that were bigger, but these three were enough, so I released them.
admcd
NES Member
We got into the stripers today in North Bay/Osterville. Ended up clearing about 20 little guys, 2 small fluke and a very nice blue fish (6ish lbs). They all came on fly rods except the blue which smoked a paddle tail on light tackle. Great morning!
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Morning smallies...
Nice fish!!!
Fished the Assabet river near concord with my son in the canoe for 4 hours Sunday before the rain hit. Perfect morning for canoe fishing no wind and overcast. Only got two small bass but had a good time!
If any of you are looking for a fantastic canoeing trip the concord river/Sudbury river/Assabet river all near concord are fantastic. The current is almost non detectable so paddling both directions is easy. Put in at the junction of Lowell road and liberty street in concord is great. Go left to the junction of assabet and Sudbury goo right and you are on the concord main branch and the old north bridge is only a short paddle away. I've taken two decent pike out of those waters over the last few years they do show up in there from time to time.
If any of you are looking for a fantastic canoeing trip the concord river/Sudbury river/Assabet river all near concord are fantastic. The current is almost non detectable so paddling both directions is easy. Put in at the junction of Lowell road and liberty street in concord is great. Go left to the junction of assabet and Sudbury goo right and you are on the concord main branch and the old north bridge is only a short paddle away. I've taken two decent pike out of those waters over the last few years they do show up in there from time to time.
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I spend most of my time fly fishing rivers in the western part of MA but would like to head east for the striper fishing. What weight setup are you using? I have an 8 weight, would that suffice? What sort of flies are you throwing? Im assuming variations of streamers?
Thanks, Chris
admcd
NES Member
I am far, far, far from an expert in Fly Fishing, let alone fishing for stripers. My uncle, who guided me on the trip, on the other hand isn't. He gave me my setup and provided the guidance.
We mostly threw Clouser Minnows in Chartreuse and White. I think the hooks were 1/0.
I used a 9' 8wt rod with 9wt line on it. Sinking line and weighted eye flies got down to em pretty good.
ETA: Sand Eel and worm patterns are pretty popular, too.
Awesome, that plenty of helpful information to get me started, thanks! I have a friend in Hyde Park that will likely travel along with me so between the two of us, we should be able to get started. I don't know the area well so hopefully he has some spots scouted.
admcd
NES Member
Happy to help. There are, evidentally, nice stripers in Boston Harbor. That's my next stop.
kengog
NES Member
Headed to the Cape at 3:30 this morning, back home at noon with dinner. I gotta move closer to the ocean.
Largest of the three fluke is 25". I caught a couple that were bigger, but these three were enough, so I released them.
Nice!
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Morning smallies...
Very nice!
Lone Wolf McQuade
NES Member
No action at South Cape Beach this evening
Morning smallies...
Very nice!!!
More pics of the little guy and me fishing tonight. Stayed out way longer than I told the wife We would and caught a little shit once we got home. Worth it. He got to use the new rod/reel I bought him and loved it. He stepped up to a 4'6" spincaster. Kids a fishing machine.
