Mass Bay Guides Tuna Report

[Captain Greg Sears]

hey Greg, remember me from today? i was "following you" from what i heard on the radio. that's usually the route i travel on. but yup that was me, whats wrong with scituate folks sticking together? haha.....still working on getting my first fish...

I got no problem sticking together I was just trying to get you to contact me on the radio. allot of us troll that route. Keep in touch I will help you get that first fish. But remember sometimes I don't know what I am doing, it could be a case of the Blind leading the Blind. PS: Is this the colonel from AtoZ ?

[Captain Greg Sears]

Alot of small fish being taken. At what point do you think they should close the small fish category? Aug 15th? Sept 1? Or do you think they should let it run over as usual this year?

Just my opinion but why have a quota for small fish if they're not going to stick to the quota and close it when reached. These small fish haven't spawned yet and are the lifeblood of our fishery.

The small fish quota is fish under 47" all of the fish we have caught have been in the small Medium category.

We have a large reserve of uncaught quota, this is how they have been keeping the season open. By using the reserve we can keep the season open. Also NMFS can pull unused quota from any other category to use in another category.

When the quota of 27" to 47" is met that portion of the quota will be closed. fish 47" to 73" come out of the General quota and will remain open.

There is allot of controversy regarding which fish is the Life Blood the Mommy's or the Baby's? The quota is made to keep a good balance.

PM me if you have any questions regarding this issue.

[KP161]

The small fish quota is fish under 47" all of the fish we have caught have been in the Large Medium category.

We have a large reserve of uncaught quota, this is how they have been keeping the season open. By using the reserve we can keep the season open. Also NMFS can pull unused quota from any other category to use in another category.

When the quota of 27" to 47" is met that portion of the quota will be closed. fish 47" to 73" come out of the General quota and will remain open.

There is allot of controversy regarding which fish is the Life Blood the Mommy's or the Baby's? The quota is made to keep a good balance.

PM me if you have any questions regarding this issue.

Why do fish 47-73" come from the general quota? They're Rec fish.

Not trying to be argumentative here just feel like we need to let some more of these small fish run the gauntlet and be able to become spawners. The mommy's aren't going to be there forever (they will either be caught or die of old age. And the older a tuna gets the egg quality gets worse and worse) and need to be replaced at some point.

Just because a tuna can pull some drag on a 30, 50 or 80 doesn't mean that fish has spawned yet.

There's a fine line between trying to keep our quota from being given to Canada and killing too many small fish that haven't had a chance to spawn.

I've said my piece. Great job on the fish today and good luck with the rest of the season.

[Clint3240]

I got no problem sticking together I was just trying to get you to contact me on the radio. allot of us troll that route. Keep in touch I will help you get that first fish. But remember sometimes I don't know what I am doing, it could be a case of the Blind leading the Blind. PS: Is this the colonel from AtoZ ?

nope, my name is Clint Shone, 23....ill give you a shout out next time im out there, the name is just dreaming 25 ft grady moored in the inner harbor near you, i bought the boat 5 years ago and never changed that horrible name, i get tons of crap for it . ill be there this weekend

[Captain Greg Sears]

05:00 AM : Departed Scituate Harbor
06:30 AM : Arrive 30 miles from home back breaking waves head sea the whole trip.
07:00 AM : Fish On! Angler number 1 shaking at the knees as I yell at him to put the belt on right side up.
07:01 AM : More yelling " even if you don't know what to do do something"
07:45 AM : Landed and kept a nice 63" fish
08:05 AM : Fish On! Angler number two confused and scared the fish is going to pull him over. ( Don't worry the rod is tied in you can't lose it)
08:06 AM : More yelling " Didn't I tell you the first time how to do that.
08:35 AM : Landed, Tagged and released a nice 68" fish.
08:45 AM : Fish On! Angler number three ready to go with his belt on upside down.
08:46 AM : I give up on the yelling
09:15 AM : Landed and Tagged a nice 65" fish.
09:30 AM : Fish On! Angler number 4 completely prepared and was telling everyone else what to do.
09:31 AM : No yelling
10:15 AM : Landed Tagged and released a nice 69" fish.
10:45 AM : Fish On! Angler number five already wants to quit and has Angler number six on Deck.
10:47 AM : Everyone calls Angler number 5 a pussy.
11:35 AM : Angler number six landed a nice 68" fish I ran out of tags so we took a skin sample for SMAST.
12:30 Pm : No fish for 50 minutes so they wanted to go home.
2:00 PM : Just sprinkle a little water around and get me a cup of coffee.

[Massbaytuna3]

I love the "witty" minute by minute report haha.

Nice job fajah

(Shooting for 6 on the Al Dente this weekend though )

[backman]

great story.

isn't it always the case - its the asswhippings on the way out that invariably pay back like that once you get to the grounds. My best days have always been in 20 knots of wind.

I always wonder what it would be like to fish the canyons in 20-25 as opposed to hang on and pray for dawn

[wrap-check]

Nice job Greg.

I snapped a couple of pics of you guys fighting that fish Tuesday, I'll post them up when I find my camera..

[Captain Greg Sears]

05:00 AM: Departed Scituate
05:15 AM: Angler number one Blowing chunks of beer off the starboard side.
05:30 AM: Angler number two blowing something orange looked like spaghetti.
05:55 AM: Angler number three is the same shade of Grey as my house.
06:15 AM: Arrive at our destination.
06:55 AM: Fish on! Angler number four is chunking a good slick and not able to get to the rod.
07:20 AM: Angler number 5 landed a nice 68" fish.
08:15 AM: Fish On! Angler number six is steady as a rock has the fish under control in seconds.
08:30 AM: Angler number six landed a nice 65" fish Tagged and released.
08:35 AM: Heading for shelter from the Sea in order to not have to call an Air Lift for Anglers number 1,2,3,4,5 Angler number 6 is still steady as a rock.
09:00 AM: On the lee of the cape catching striper's and Blues for the rest of the day.
3:30 PM: Just sprinkle a little water around and get me a cup of coffee.

[Shortfin]

sounds like a colorful trip