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Bonito??? Apparently a lone scout bone has been caught by one of our local boat guides off Chappaquiddick. They are very late this year, but this was expected being that we had such a lousy spring and early summer. Surfcasters have not had much luck with bonito from the beach these past few years, hopefully our luck will change this year and we'll get a good bonito run on shore.
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 sorry for not keeping the post up to date. I've been a bit busy this week. Finally I feel like summer has begun. I just finished my last paper for a summer graduate course I've been taking and now I'm done.
Back to the fishing . . . it was very good at the beginning of this week. A lot of bass had moved in to Norton Point (the Cut) on the south side of the island. The bass ranged in size from a little 24 incher to a nice 45 inch fish in the high twenty pound class range. They were hitting a variety of plugs from black needlefish to black 14" Hogy's to big Bombers in a variety of colors. It was weird fishing though because the fish were holding tight to certain locations. If you were not in the "zone" you were fishless. You had to work the beach to find them, but once you did you had a dozen or more fish in less than a half hour.
I did have some fun with an energetic young angler named Tyler at Wasque point. He caught several nice bluefish and was very eager to learn about saltwater fishing. He had an ultra light rod with him and really wanted to hook up with his set up. I was curious too, because if he hooked into even a 4-5 pound bluefish in that current he would've been spooled in seconds. He casted like a madman and all of a sudden he got an explosion on a yellow Surface Tension. He was on for a fleeting moment and the thrill and excitement that exploded from him was awesome. I would've loved to see him fight that fish, but it wasn't meant to be . . . on that day, but I know he'll be back. He was one determined angler and had more skill than most veterans who'd fish that beach for 30 years. Nice fishing with you Tyler.
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The striped bass fishing continues to be sporadic and almost non-existent at times. There is plenty of bait around the island: sand eels and baby herring. The water temps are three degrees cooler than this time last year, so I am being optimistic and hoping for a good July (being that June's weather was dismal). The few bass that have been caught have been on Rapala's X-Rap, Super Strike Darters and bucktails. Top lures for Lobsterville and Dogfish Bar are Slug-gos, Hogy's and walk-the-dog type lures like Jumpin' Minnows and Rapala's X-Rap Walk 13.
What continues to flourish is the bluefishing. In fact, the bluefishing is so good at times we are questioning whether it is having an affect on the bass fishing. Bluefish are being caught all around the island, with Chappaquiddick and Menemsha being the most productive. Lures of choice have been bucktails (red and white) and long thin metal jigs, obviously because of the abundance of sand eels. Pencil poppers have been successful at dusk and popular colors are yellow, yellow/chartreuse, yellow/red head and all white.
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If we get anymore rain I think we'll be able to fish in our backyards. The rain doesn't usually affect the fishing . . . the fish are already wet. We're the ones that have to get over it.
The bluefishing continues to be productive. Big bluefish have been crashing Wasque Rip and East Beach on Chappaquiddick. Bass fishing on Chappy has been sporadic, but fisherman continue to catch keeper size bass, with the occasional fish over 30 pounds. Light tackle and fly fishermen are doing well inside Cape Pogue Bay and at Dyke Bridge.
The north shore has been giving up some big fish too. Reports of bass in the 40-pound class have been taken on bait and eels. Fly fishermen and light tackle anglers have been doing well with slug-gos and Hogy's, Jumpin' Minnows, and 6-8 inch RonZ.
What has been depressing and discouraging is the presence (or lack thereof) of bait. Lobsterville/Dogfish Bar and some of the bowls along the north shore have held bait, but not consistently. This is what has frustrated most of the surf casters. The boats continue to hit schools of fish.
Hopefully, July will bring some nicer weather and better tides. I am optimistic as I have done well in the beginning weeks of July.
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There are reports of a couple big bass being caught on Chappaquiddick with fresh bait. The fishing continues to be sporadic, or rather, feast or famine. Makoniky and Cedar Tree Neck proved to be extremely slow (DEAD) on an outgoing tide this past Saturday night. Lobsterville and Dogfish Bar is holding a lot of bait, with schools of bass and blues staying close at hand. Friday night had numerous fisherman and getting a spot was the most challenging part of the night.
The Vineyard is looking at some ugly weather for then next few days and hopefully this wind will not churn the waters up too much. I'm wondering when March and April's weather is going to let go and let June and July weather start?
The boats continue to do well, giving up large numbers of bass and blues. The Wasque Shoals are so thick with bluefish that anglers cannot even get their spools out of free spool before they have a bluefish chompin' away. Middle Ground Rip and Devil's Bridge are equally as thick, but are doing much better with bass, mostly the anglers jigging with wire.