Massachusetts Fishing Report- August 24, 2023
Free-falling water temperatures are driving stripers, blues, black sea bass, tautog, and groundfish all into feeding mode.
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Free-falling water temperatures are driving stripers, blues, black sea bass, tautog, and groundfish all into feeding mode.
South Shore stripers up to 50-inches are being taken on eels while bonito, in both big and small versions, have made an appearance from Provincetown through Scituate.
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.
Fishing is good up and down the coast, with a variety of good options including South Coast fluke, stripers and slab scup all feeding, a good fluke bite in Vineyard Sound and Tautog crunching crabs on wrecks and ledge throughout the South Shore.
About 500 people browsed among the vendors of the inaugural Cole County Gun Show on Friday night.