Massachusetts Fishing Report- August 17, 2023
Dropping water temperatures are pushing the blues out, and bringing the pogies in with stripers up to 50 pounds in-tow.
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Dropping water temperatures are pushing the blues out, and bringing the pogies in with stripers up to 50 pounds in-tow.
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.
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.
Striper fishing continues to ramp-up with bigger bass blasting herring on the surface early in the morning.