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Derby Is Only One Week Away!!!
The Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby is only a week away. The economy has not affected the derby sponsors because they have just as many prizes as ever and Eastern Boats has stepped up and went from donating a 19' center console to a 24' center console. The boats looks beautiful and will be a great prize for any shore angler.
Of course you can sign up anytime, but with some good tides early in the derby why wait? I believe this is going to shape up to be an excellent derby and I predict some very big fish this year. We've had a good season, but everything seems to be a bit late this year which will bode well for derby contestants. The shore category will host the coveted prizes this year and I predict more surf fishermen this year than previous derbies.
I will be available for trips during the derby, but I will be limited to nights and weekends because I will be back to school teaching. I will still be hitting the beach hard so give me a call or drop me an email if you'd like to book a trip and catch the derby winning fish. Good luck to all and have a great derby!
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One of our locals caught a five and a half pound spanish mackarel from one of Chappaquiddick's beaches this past Monday, August 31st. The Vineyard has been known to hold spanish mackarel, albeit it is not a fish we can consistently count on to join in our fun from year to year, but the Vineyard angler will hear or be lucky enough to catch a few each year.
The bonito and albie fishing is improving each day, and now with reports of albies and bones being caught along the north shore of the island - it will only be a matter of hours before the multitude of anglers are crowding the jetties and the boaters are zipping around and pushing the fish all over the sound.
Check out Livinit Blogs to get updated fishing reports. I will try to keep you all updated to weekly, sometimes daily, fishing reports on Martha's Vineyard. Being that I am primarily a surf fisherman, my reports will deal mostly with surf fishing. I will at times, especially if something awesome or unusual is happening, give boating reports (like bluefin tuna in Vineyard Sound).
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Is this hurricane season or what? The island is pretty churned up right now. The water looks like my morning coffee, except for the clumps and clumps of weed and grass. Fishing is a bit frustrating right now because of the conditions, but if you are willing to stick it out and strip loads of gunk off your barrel swivel and plug, you will be rewarded with a few keepers and possibly a few bass up to 44 inches, as one of my clients found this past Wednesday. It was very difficult fishing, but we managed to put a few nice bass on the beach and released to fight another day.
False albacore have peeked the interest to many who have taken it easy during the summer doldrums. It is still early for albies (late for bonito), but some anglers are having great success with these speedy little tuna. Boaters, of course, are having a better go of it than the surfcaster, but one or two jetty rats and surfcasters have been able to ride a few. State Beach and Wasque Point would be two good places to wait it out for some albies to move in close enough to put a Maria, Crippled Herring or my buddies new creation, the "Silver Bullet" which can be purchased at Dick's Bait and Tackle. Good luck and have fun.
Remember, the Derby is only a couple weeks away. Get over here and get your Derby pin and catch that fish of a lifetime.
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Bonito are still being a bit uncooperative, but the albies have begun to play. Reports have been coming in of false albacore being caught along State Beach, Wasque Point and Hart Haven. If the bonito do not want to play then their speedier and more powerful cousin will have to do. Surfcasters are not having as much fun as the boaters, but our time will come. With the presence of peanut bunker, sandeels and silversides, the surfcaster and jetty rat will get his or her chance if they are patient enough for that special pod of speedsters blast through!
Check out Livinit Blogs to get updated fishing reports. I will try to keep you all updated to weekly, sometimes daily, fishing reports on Martha's Vineyard. Being that I am primarily a surf fisherman, my reports will deal mostly with surf fishing. I will at times, especially if something awesome or unusual is happening, give boating reports (like bluefin tuna in Vineyard Sound).
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So I haven't posted any reports in a few weeks and I apologize for that, but (incredibly) I've been fishing and haven't had much time for much else.
So, the update is this: it's hot - it's August. The fishing has been as sporadic as my fishing reports. My friends, clients and I have had some fantastic nights, mixed in with some not-so-fantastic nights. My recommendation is this: if you are seeking striped bass, stick to the midway points of either tide and fish late (preferrably after 9 or 10 pm). We have picked up bass in the 28-36 inch range on Chappaquiddick and Gay Head and all have been on plugs. Rapalas, SS Darters and Bombers have been the lure of choice for Chappy, while needlefish, Danny's and 14" Hogy's have been good producers for Gay Head.
If bluefish is what you seek, hit Chappy around the witching hours (6-8 pm) and cast either some metals or pencil poppers in the rip. West Chop has also been holding bluefish and the same lures can be used there, but a morning excursion would be recommended.
I see great potential with Vineyard Haven Harbor. VH Harbor is loaded with peanut bunker and small bass and blues have been crashing and pushing them around for several days now. I have some very energetic and jovial twin brothers catch their first six fish of their lifetimes (scup) while I proceeded to witness small bass and most likely some bluefish pound the peanut bunker off Eastville Beach all morning. It is only a matter of time before those bunker have a new predator disturbing their slumber in VH Harbor - bonito.
I have full confidence that if you head out to either Chappy or Gay Head areas after dark, and you are patient and keep hitting those beaches, you will hit that bass blitz you've been waiting for since June or July. Good luck and see you on the beach.