Martha's Vineyard Tuna

[ScottM]

Finster, try a 1 1/2 oz. Yo-Zuri Metallic Sardine (black or green) re-rigged with a stronger split ring and a single 7/0 hook if they're chasing peanut bunker. That's what was doing the trick around here last season.

[Finster]

I'll give it a whirl. I had a blast last season with the albies, bonita and spanish mac's with the flyrod. The weather sucked though, you really had to pick your days in between nor'easter's. I assume you Mass guy's had the same deal with the weather.

[ScottM]

The fall was almost a total washout for us. From mid-September on, the wind just blew like crazy. For us, timing was everything, since the boat came out when the weather went downhill - the lower unit let go (on our way to chase school BFT of course!), and by the time the insurance company settled on the claim and our mechanic fixed it, it was late October. We were able to get in 10 days of excellent albie fishing on MV from shore though, so that made things better, but it sure was painful hearing all the guys come back with stories of catching 60-80# bluefin on medium spinning gear and flyrods only 2 miles off the beach in Scituate and Gloucester.

[squidrig]

We had a great late summer/early fall run. Hit the school BFT's numerous times off P-Town and the backside of the Race. ChugBugs worked generally well among others. Decent fishing up until nasty winds in late September and onward. Didn't even have a chance to go offshore for the giants. Made a few trips to the BC Buouy east of Chatham working south to the BB late in the summer and got skunked. Insane winds squashed any dreams of trying it in the fall. Curious to see if the small BFT's show up again in the bay next fall, it's not a regular showing.

Hooper, your site looks pretty cool. We should meet up next spring and hit the early run off Monomoy.

[Finster]

Their pretty consistant here in the fall. I've seen 100+ lb'ers getting airborn in the schools of 4lb. bunker......whata sight. I had one spool me this year on a penn 930, whata joke. I was in the boat by myself, pulling four rods...What chance did I have? [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

If you guys up in Mass ever need heads when the action heats up, I'm game. I can always hang at my cousins in Chatham. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Hooper]

For those of you who know Barnstable Harbor, we were throwing spoons at schoolie bluefins at the Barnstable bell bouy last August. We didn't catch at thing but we had fun. This year, I want to take one of those things!!!

I am definitely in on a group trip. Keep me posted!

Hey, deepsushi, did you run a SeaCraft north of the Canyons??? That musta been quiet a long run...

I will drop back in when I return from Florida. Hopefully I can post a few pics... I would love to get a redfish or a snook! There are supposed to be good runs of King Macks too. We will see!

See you when we get back! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

-Hooper is at www.stripersandblues.com

[Matt1121]

Count me in too! I'll drag the Mako down from Newburyport or I can always be the chum bucket guy or airhorn guy in someone elses boat. I need to learn more fishing techniques from you pro's.

Scott, we definitely should go fishing in Boston Harbor this summer. Sometimes I wish I still kept my boat in Quincy because I used to sneak out of work at 4:30, rush home to Brookline, drive down to Quincy and be out fishing in the harbor by 5:45. I was always afraid that my boss would see me from one of the commuter ferries....how funny would that have been. Can't do that anymore now that the boat is on a trailer in Newburyport.
-Ed-