02/19/08

School Bluefin Tuna Seminars and Shows

Dave and Jack will also be exhibiting tuna tackle and techniques at the Saltwater Fishing Expo, Garden State Exhibit Center, Somerset, NJ on March 14-16, 2008. You will find many show tackle specials at booth # 211. www.sportshows.com

On April 4-6, 2008 the Pro Staff will be offering tackle specials and tips in booths # 934-935 at the New England Saltwater Fishing Show, RI Convention Center, Providence, RI. www.NESaltwaterShow.com

9/19/07 - School bluefin tuna have been in abundance at the Regal Sword and Peaked Hill. Squid spreader bars have been the ticket with some fish also taken on green "Tuna Trains" and ballyhoo. Rainbow and black with green glow stingers have been the most popular colors. The inshore striped bass bite has slowed but should pick up again by the end of the month. For the offshore enthusiast Atlantis Canyon has been hot yielding both swordfish and yellowfin tuna.

8/24/07 - We have had a great summer but the best is yet to come. Water temps have stabilized and the great fall striper fishing has begun. School bluefin have been consistent all summer and should get better in Sept. Call now to plan a custom fishing charter on beautiful Cape Cod.

7/04/07 - The fleet from Allen Harbor has found school tuna in the shipping lanes all the way from the BB Buoy to PTown. There are a lot of bluefin on Crab Ledge but the bluefish can be a real problem. On some days it is an early bite but on others anglers have had hits throughout the morning. Offshore Pursuits squid bars, green machine tuna trains and ballyhoo rigs have all caught fish. This gear can be found at http://www.offshorepursuits.com/tackle/.

Our friends in Cape Cod Bay report large schools of bluefin tuna everywhere with tons of bait to hold them. It looks like a great year. Good luck.

6/15/07 - The bass and blues have arrived at Monomoy and it should be fantastic for the next two months. We will fish Handkerchief, Stonehorse and Bearses. And share some fantastic memories with some great friends. We invite you to join this elite group of angler's.

We started fishing Memorial Day weekend and the stripers and blues were everywhere. Marthas Vineyard and Bishop and Clerks produced constant action with bigger fish expected the 1st week of June. The bass will be at Monomoy any day now. Thanks Dave and Jack

As reported on Offshore Pursuits 04/08/07.

04/08/07
"We're Still Waiting"
"By: Capt. Hap Farrell"

"It's Sunday Afternoon, the 8th of April, Easter.
I just got home from going to Sesuit, Northside Marina, to check on my boat and take some stuff up to it. I restocked my wood stove and brought in more wood for the evening, it's going to be cold tonight. It's supposed to be in the 20's. Where is Spring?"

"Earlier today I stopped by the Goose Hummock, in Orleans here on Cape Cod, to see if Fran had heard of any small stripers being caught. Fran stated he'd checked the Red River a few days ago and found nothing. I had found nothing at the River Road landing behind the Orleans Town Hall. Usually by this time Fran would have gotten word that there we some small bass on the south side of the Cape but there is still no real word yet. Where is the Spring?
In years past I could usually find a run of small bass by going to the end of Barley Neck Rd. and walking out to the last point. On the dropping tide I would land a number of small bass, some over 20 inches by fishing off that point with small swimming plugs. This season I think I'm going to wait a little longer."

"I did stop at the Brewster Herring Run to see if any fish had started up the run. There were a few scouts. One of the town naturalists told me they had been coming up the run for the past few days but just a few at a time. While I stood there, pondering on what this upcoming season might bring I swear I heard, "When is the spring going to get here?" coming from the direction of the run."

As reported on Offshore Pursuits 2/06/07

"Awaiting A New Season"

"By Capt. Hap Farrell"

"It’s the early part of February 2007 and 6:30 in the morning. The temperature outside is 14 degrees here in Orleans, Ma. down on Cape Cod. There’s not much wind. If it was the middle of May I’d be
getting ready to go fishing this morning to see if the big bass have move out of the Sunken Meadow area and out by the #3 and #5 cans near
Billingsgate Island. It’s not, it’s still winter and cabin fever is starting to take it’s toll. My rods are in a corner gathering dust and the boat is still covered with a white plastic. However, there is hope. A sign that may mean we will have another good season with the bass and bluefish staying in the Bay and in our area . Ice, and lots of it. Ice in Cape Cod Bay.

Over the past few seasons I’ve noticed something. When we’ve had a
mild winter when we don’t have much ice build up in Cape Cod Bay we
also don’t have much of a influx of bait in the Bay. The sand eels,
squid and other bait may move into the Bay for a while but not for
long and not in any volume. If we have a cold winter and a good
amount of ice in the Bay the bait seems to come in early and stay for
a while. The amount of bait is significantly larger and the variety
of bait is more extensive.

The last two winter we’ve had, there has been a fair amount of
ice in the Bay. We had large schools of big sand eels on the north
edge of Billingsgate Shoals, a good amount of squid was also in the
Bay from the shallow water in by the Eastham shore out to the deep
water off the Path. P-town had large schools of sand eels and squid
also and this kept larger schools of bass in the areas from Long
Point around to Race Point and further down the coast.

I’m not a marine biologist but it seems to me that the bait comes in
to the Bay because there is an abundance of food for them. This food
must be fairly small like krill or small sea life. They are there because there is food for these creatures also. This food has to be plankton which is created in abundance in cooler water as I remember.
 
What they feed off of is beyond me but it is common sense to think
the conditions must be good for the plankton to exist. Another sign
will be the whale activity in the early spring. When we’ve had this
abundance of ice we have had a large number of Right Whales in the
Bay in middle March into April. They too are here because there is a
large amount of food for them.

Putting all of this together only one conclusion can be taken. We
are going to have a very good season this year. The fish should be in
the Cape Cod Bay area in the early spring and stick around until it’s
time to put the boats away next fall. So, it is going to be up to us
to catch them. This is something I plan to do as much as humanly
possible and I suspect I’ll see you there too. We do have something
to look forward to."  

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