New England Hunter: Fishing 2019

Fishing 2019

I had an overall very productive fishing season.

The striper bite in the Cape Cod Bay was very good. The majority of the biomass was very small, 20-25 inches, but there was plenty of them to go around. The south side had a similar account, producing more fish than the year before, but around the same size. Fun to catch, but not the slobs I was looking for.

I did a lot of fishing from my 16' center console, but I also purchased a 22' center console with a 125 Merc, at the beginning of the year, to extend my fishing year and give me a chance to get out there on snotty days.

I fished the canal for the first time in a long time with my father in law who has a camp on Bourne Scenic Park. I timed it right and had one of the best fishing days of my life. Cow sized stripers were slamming schools of macks. I was throwing a Sebile Magic Swimmer for the majority of the day. Even when things slowed down I switched to a plastic swim bait and pulled them off the bottom.

I got to experience tuna fishing for the first time. A friend took me out of the coast of Chatham to the Sword. We hooked a 74" tuna while whales were breaching all around us. It was an all around amazing experience.

I took a charter with a few guys from work on the Emma Jack, out of Bass River. We went to Monomoy Rips and had a fun day catching a lot of shorts.

Check out the Youtube video below for video footage from this year.