Another solid week of Striped Bass Fishing. Mackeral are still here in astounding numbers and there are more and more big Bass filtering into Ipswich Bay. Thursdays charter with New England Management was a bit slower on the Bass side but they kept plenty busy with the Macs, Fridays charter saw a couple of Tuna hooked up with a nice fatty 125lber come over the rail. We got a later start than normal but within thirty minutes of lines in the closest rig got absolutely slammed and we were off, the fish stayed right at the surfare and you could hear the line slicing through the water, what a great way to start the Tuna season. It took Mark about 30 minutes and some complaining about the night before but he got the fish. We later found massive amounts of bait and whales feeding with Tuna cruising around on top all afternoon but could only manage one bite out of all this as the Tuna fish were not very aggressive, problably had eaten their full and were just digesting. Frustrating....But this happens quite often with early season fish. The tuna are just starting to move in and we will start targeting them regularly from now thru Thanksgiving. Saturday's charter saw fantastic action almost limiting out on some very large Bass for Warren and crew. Kudos to 8 year old John Taylor, I have never seen anyone as relentless as this young man jigging mackeral for a solid, and I mean solid six hours. Last picture is of a fish we took out of a Striper's belly? Anyone know what it is??? Till next week, tight lines....
Capt. Mauro
