TerriMc223
06-24-2017, 02:40 PM
Just got home from a 2 day fluke/seabass trip out of Hyannis Ma on a nonsponsor party boat.
On our way out to Nantucket Shoals, we made a stop for sea bass fishing not far from the harbor. Loads of 3#, 4#,5# plus sea bass. We arrived off Nantucket and fished in deep water. Water temps were pushed down to the upper 50's due to three days of high winds earlier in the week. It made for unusually tough fluking. Still ,the pool fish on day one was 6#to 7#.
We tied up in Nantucket Harbor for the evening. I got up @ 3:30 and some of the guys were jigging up a decent squid catch off the side of the boat. Harbor lights were attracting them. We headed out again for day two @ 4 am and were back fishing @ 6 am. The water was a little better and so was the fluking. Pool fish day two was 10.3 #. Drifting conditions up there are fierce! 18-20 oz sinkers were necessary. At one point I needed 24 oz. Thought I hooked a really big one at one point only to find out I had tangled with a couple anglers and the combined weights between us had to be over 5 #
This was my 5th or 6th year up there. Many anglers ( at least half) are from Jersey. Many of them stayed for the next 2 day trip today and tomorrow.
Wound up with a decent catch myself after all and will be back up there in August.
On our way out to Nantucket Shoals, we made a stop for sea bass fishing not far from the harbor. Loads of 3#, 4#,5# plus sea bass. We arrived off Nantucket and fished in deep water. Water temps were pushed down to the upper 50's due to three days of high winds earlier in the week. It made for unusually tough fluking. Still ,the pool fish on day one was 6#to 7#.
We tied up in Nantucket Harbor for the evening. I got up @ 3:30 and some of the guys were jigging up a decent squid catch off the side of the boat. Harbor lights were attracting them. We headed out again for day two @ 4 am and were back fishing @ 6 am. The water was a little better and so was the fluking. Pool fish day two was 10.3 #. Drifting conditions up there are fierce! 18-20 oz sinkers were necessary. At one point I needed 24 oz. Thought I hooked a really big one at one point only to find out I had tangled with a couple anglers and the combined weights between us had to be over 5 #
This was my 5th or 6th year up there. Many anglers ( at least half) are from Jersey. Many of them stayed for the next 2 day trip today and tomorrow.
Wound up with a decent catch myself after all and will be back up there in August.