7/5/10

Man, was the village mobbed over the last couple of days. But it didn’t carry over very
well to the charterboats. Overall business sucks again this year. So bad in fact that a
couple of the guys who run draggers over the winter are still working them on days when
they have no trips instead of hanging around doing boatwork and being available if a
group walks by interested in going fishing.

Offshore the bluefins are still hanging around and some are being caught. But, in order to
be successful you have to leave the dock around half-past last night. If you haven’t got
the gear in the water as the sun is peaking over the horizon, you are just going through
the motions. And, don’t forget that fish between 59” and 73” are off limits, and there are
some of them around. The canyon is heating up a bit as well with some decent fishing out
to the east around Atlantis.

The shark fishing is still great for blueies, but the makos and threshers are scarce. Try to
avoid the Butterfish Hole. There are lots of bluefish there. I had to move on two
successive days to get away from them.

Inshore the bass fishing is in great shape with limits of fish on a half day the norm.
Unless you only want big ones. The big tubes are starting to work for them, but you
won’t catch many of the smaller fish under thirty pounds or so with them.

Bottom fishing is also hot, unless you like eating fluke. Keepers are hard to come by, but
the porgies and seabass are in good supply

Next week is the MBCA shark tournament (Saturday & Sunday) being run out of Star
Island Yacht Club. Stop by and show the kiddies the big maneaters and buy a tee shirt.
It’s all for charity.

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