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Blues have been belting plugs and shredding soft plastics from Nahant through Salem, with pogy schools at the latter holding some impressive bass.

Big blues are blasting plugs north and south of Boston, North Shore stripers are slurping eels at night, while further south, mahi mahi and yellowfin tuna are in abundance offshore.

While an influx of baitfish has Boston bass biting, the black sea bass and fluke action in Buzzards Bay has been excellent and tuna have been chasing sand eels up through the SW Corner of Stellwagen Bank.

The front line for striped bass has shifted from rivers to embayments and harbors, and tautog gathering around structure in deeper water as they wrap up their spawning.

Members of the public who wished to offer testimony or ask questions had a March 14 deadline to register.

Members of the public who wish to offer testimony or ask questions have a March 14 deadline to register.

Massachusetts Fishing Report – May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021 Serious stripers have now invaded Massbay with talk now turning to taping fish in excess of 40”! Flounder fortunes remain positive while the hot haddock fishing continues unabated. Speaking of hot, the early season surge in temperatures is already bringing some southern visitors to our realm. Massachusetts South/Boston Fishing Report While not exact, generally breeder-size stripers that wind up as resident fish from the South Shore t...

Questions answered at Acadia Aqua Farm scoping session BAR HARBOR — Where do baby scallops come from? Why is a light necessary to mark buoys? Will the farmed scallops increase the local wild scallop population? These were some of the questions fielded by owners of Acadia Aqua Farms during a scoping session on Friday.   One of Maine’s largest mussel farming operations, the company has submitted an application for a 20-year lease on a 68-acre suspended gear operation for farming scallops ...

Mussel farmers intend to diversify with scallop farm BAR HARBOR – With one aquaculture lease application still in limbo due to the pandemic, Acadia Aqua Farms has submitted a second application to the Maine Department of Resources for a 68-acre site in Frenchman Bay. The company proposes a suspended gear operation for farming scallops 4,000 feet from shore and 2,700 feet northeast of Sunken Ledge. A scoping session is scheduled for 5 p.m. Jan. 29 via Zoom. A scoping session is a meeting where...

Scallop scoping session scheduled for Jan. 29 BAR HARBOR— With one lease application still in limbo due to the pandemic, Acadia Aqua Farms has submitted a second application for a 68-acre site in Frenchman Bay.  A scoping session for what is proposed as a suspended gear operation for farming scallops 4,000 feet from shore and 2,700 feet northeast of Sunken Ledge is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 29 at 5 p.m. on Zoom.   A scoping session is a meeting where applicants explain their tentative pr...