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The Lisa&Jake made its first run this week. The new heat/AC unit provided a very comfortable wheel house temp for those who chose to stay in the cabin. If the A/C works as good I am sure to have a lot of company in the summer. The new gelcoat job on the boat’s exterior has not suffered any slamming weights yet – I am sure this will be short lived! New Transmission and a new wheel gave the boat a nice smooth, quiet ride to and from the fishing grounds.

Out on the Haddock grounds where we went were fish plentiful for the clam dunkers. Capt Rob will be piloting the Kayman Too again this year – he has been putting anglers on some great Haddock so far this spring! On off days Rob and Beard have been fabricating some custom items for the boat to keep things neat and accessible.

Be sure to check the Availability section below for info on upcoming trips, and check our online booking system for up-to-date availability.

Also, check out the latest fishing reports on our blog!

The Stellwagon Tuna bite is red hot!

The Bait on Northern Stellwagon is mainly Sandeels and Lures like our Custom Slug-Go Spreader Bars and Custom Rigged Single Slug-Gos  and Daisy Chains have been the ticket (troll these rigs slow!!) Our customers are also reporting many fish holding 50-75′ down and Butterfly Jigs and Braid Jigs are the weapon of chioce for these stubborn fish!

There are tons of Pogies down around the Southwest Corner of Stellwagon and on the Backside of the Cape towards Peaked Hill Bar. The best way to fish this bait is live. You should either slow troll them or fish them off a Kite.

If you can’t net some live bait, lures such as the Braid Lil Speedys are doing a great job mimicking this great bait. Also producing great numbers of fish is our Custom Black Magic Spreader Bar!

For more reports give us a call at the store at 978-281-0858

Good Luck and Tight Lines!

This past week, Stellwagen Bank has been flush with cod.  Up until last week, we’ve been getting great numbers of cod and haddock at the SWC, right on the western edge.  It didn’t matter much about where you started; some of the drifts were a mile long.  As it often happens, though, that didn’t last.  It became more and more important to watch your fish finder and mark a solid school of fish on the bottom, plotting that spot with your chartplotter.  Find the school, mark it, and precisely drop your baits on that school.  Hook up, reel up, then redrift over that school again and try to stay on it as it moves around.  Leaving the SWC, we made our way up the western edge, marking schools, catching them, and moving on.  Reading my reports and notes from past years, the end of May was incredible on the northern part of the bank.  So…I’ve been there every day since Friday with tremendous success.

What we’re finding is that the fish are active in the morning..early.  Then the bite dies down and you really have to be precise about your drifts.. Or…you relax and drift, catching what you may until the bite picks back up in the late morning.  I suspect that the fish are full all morning, then go on the feed again a few hours later.  That next bite has been one for the ages.  Just drop and catch.  We’re not using bait, but rather a 7oz Jig and a rubber shad teaser a foot above the jig.  We’re finding that gold is a better color for the jig in the morning, while silver is better later in the day.  Bright pink teasers have been better, with long white teasers coming in second.

 A huge school of stripers has moved onto Stellwagen Bank and that got me excited yesterday as I saw birds working as if they were over tuna.  We had our tuna spinning gear on board in case and it was ready in an instant as we sneaked out of the fleet to the working birds.  But…it was stripers.  Tuna will be here any day now; check out my site for daily reports.  We’ve got some great fishing ahead of us this year with a banner cod and haddock season under way and promise of some big fish to come!

As you probably know, mackerel are in right now with a huge school of fish off of Green Harbor in 30-60′ of water, with loads of cod underneath them.  Always keep a livie in the water away from the boat when catching mackerel to get any hungry stripers that are going to be shadowing those mackerel schools. Why not?  See you out there…

Capt. Rich Antonino

Black Rose Fishing Charters

http://www.blackrosefishing.com

Phone number 508-269-1882

Specializing in 1-4 person charters for cod, haddock, sharks, bluefin tuna (casting and trolling), and stripers.

Life is too short, so have fun out there while you can.

May 24th, Out of Gloucester- Stellwagon Bank

Today we had to go with quick short drifts again because the cod were in tight piles. Every time you would get on them all 5 rods were lap over with singles hook-ups and lots of doubles (if you were patient enough to wait another second before cranking.)

Fish were biting mostly on jigs and teasers. All fish were market size with a bunch of larges mixed in, with some up to about 20lbs. It was nonstop action every time the guys would drop, but as soon as you were off them it was time to move. No time to sit down as the move sometimes was only a boat length before it was time to send the jigs down again!

Dave
www.fishgloucester.com
412-759-3584

May 22th, Cod and Haddock

By noon time we went looking for haddock we were all done with the cod. The haddock bite never did shape up today with only a few in the cooler.

All in all they went home with bags stuffed full of nice size cod fillets.

Heading back out in the morning for hopefully another repeat day…

Capt Dave

www.fishgloucester.com

412-759-3584

May 17th Cod and Haddock

Today we got a later start than usual, leaving the dock around 7 AM.  We had 4 persons with 2 coming from France for their first visit to the states.  It was a great day with plenty of cod jigging in the morning and then the winds came on strong and it was all over.  The cod once again were not as big as last week but keepers anyway.

We then took a short ride to look for haddock, threw the anchor and in about 15 minutes time it was nonstop haddock.  Drop and reel fishing once again with lots bull haddock.  If you had one on and waited another second you would have a double.  The coolers filled up in no time and it was another early ride home with tired customers and coolers full of fillets.

Capt. Dave Carraro 

http://www.fishgloucester.com/fishingreports.html

Hi Folks,
I wanted to share with everyone that the huge bite is on and that the
“Kayman Too” and “Lisa & Jake” are on the Fish!! The Bank is alive
with sand eels & whales and big schools of fish are gorging on them.
Fishing has been lock & load on Codfish and Haddock, jigs have been
the ticket!

Due to high demand for shared charters we have opened up Friday, May
29, 2009. The cost is $225.00 per person (not including mates tip).
The boat leaves at 6am and returns at 3pm. If you are interested in
going you must go to www.kaymancharters.com and pay for your spot thru
the “Book It Now” section. Simply select the day and secure how ever
many seats you need. This new feature will allow you to see all open
dates for both boats and whether shared or full day trips are
available. Hope to see you soon and thank you, we truly appreciate
your business.

-Capt. Kevin Twombly

http://www.kaymancharters.com

Capt. Bob Simmons of Miss Ashley Charters out of Newburyport Mass had their first Fishing Trip of the 2009 Season on Sunday May, 17th.

Ron Flynn and his fellow officers and troopers from weatern Mass., had a great day with non-stop, bent-rod action all day long.

Excellent Haddoock with some decent Cod mixed in along with several Cusk. Butterfly Jigs (especially Pink and Yellow ones) and Shrimp were the bait of choice along with Clams. We fished Jeffrey’s Ledge near the Curl in 180 feet of water.

Vistit www.missashleycharters.com for reservations and additional Reports

4-29-09

Today we had out Big Al from the Sea Horse and other crewmembers from Atlanitc Highlands. Fishing was so good today and it was not as good as it has been, that they decided to come again tomorrow.

It was a bit windy this morning when we left and I knew we were not going to be able to jig until later in the day when the winds were going to back off. So we anchored and had a pretty good pick of cod and haddock for a few hours, filling about 3 coolers of fish.

As soon as the winds let off we pulled the anchor and found the cod. All I will say it was drop and reel fishing and as quick as you hit the bottom you where on! If everyone went down at one time there where 5 bent rods. You never came up with an empty jig unless of course you were Al. Fish were all over the deck with all coolers full and they just kept coming.

We left the fish biting and will be back in the morning to hopefully do the same.

Pictures to follow tomorrow when we get back in or check out our website on the fishing reports section.

Fishing has been awesome this year and there is plenty of bait around and it should continue.

Dave Carraro
www.fishgloucester.com <http://www.fishgloucester.com/>
412-759-3584