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Schoolie and slot-size stripers chase squid in the rips, sea bass fishing improves across the board, and larger stripers chase mackerel in Cape Cod Bay and the Canal.

Bonito and bluefish blitz on peanut bunker, larger fluke are caught in Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay, and big stripers take live eels around the Elizabeth Islands.

Gator blues surround the Cape, stripers eat pogies and sand eels in Cape Cod Bay, and small bonito are trolled up south of the Vineyard.

Slot-sized stripers are chasing macs on the South Shore and along the inner Boston Harbor while bluefish have added some badly needed diversity to sport-fishing in Massbay.

The arrival of sea herring and mackerel is spreading out the striped bass bite, haddock are in close and big blues are bingeing on bunker.

Nothing says spring surfcasting like the combined stench of bluefish, fresh mulch wafting over the beach from summer homes, and the unmistakable low-tide smell. As I stepped over the mounds of mung (that nasty, hair-like seaweed we see each spring) which made a minefield of the sandy beach, I thought about how good it would

Warming water has flounder and holdover striped bass hungry and on the prowl, while over in freshwater, holdover trout and bass continue to binge.

Fluke and stripers chase rain bait on the flats, Canal chunking improves, while Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds yield big blues and sea bass.

New Hampshire and Maine Fishing Report – July 8, 2021 New Hampshire and Coastal Maine Fishing Report As typical of July, striped bass remain the headline fish but interesting alternatives abound. Foremost is the great groundfishing, which lately includes whiting and pollock to go along with the ever-reliable haddock. Winnipesaukee rainbows and lakers remain a nice  sweetwater choice while their sea run relatives – salter brown trout – are stealing a bit of thunder from stripers! New Hamp...