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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 248.1 | some ideas.... | AIMHI::TOMAS | Joe | Mon Feb 09 1987 15:21 | 20 |
| I used to go to the Salem Willows Pier years ago and fished from
the pier for flounder and cod. They also used to rent row boats
so you could row out into the Beverly/Salem harbor. The flounder
fishing USED TO BE good, but considering all the polution that comes
down the river, I'm sure things have slacked off considerably.
I used to scuba dive the river and inside of an hour, would pick
up 30-40 legal sized lobsters. Now, you run into the botton before
you see it and your wetsuit has dissolved before the end of the
dive!
There are also a number of other places you can go like Gloucester,
Rockport and Magnolia. There's several jettys in Rockport to fish
from and LOTS of coastline. If I remember right, there's a bait
shop in Gloucester called Al's that might be able to give you some
more info. Perhaps someone else familiar with Gloucester can give
you more info.
Also...there's Plum Island. Lots of beaches to surfcast from.
-Holeshot-
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| 248.2 | What about the left coast while we're at it? | ARMORY::CUZZONES | | Tue Feb 10 1987 07:01 | 7 |
| It looks like I'll be in Southern California for 4 days in late
March. I was thinking about going a day early for some Pacific
party boating if such a thing exists. Anybody got any information
on party boats out of Long Beach or Newport Beach (or anyplace not
too far from Anaheim/Orange County)?
Steve
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| 248.3 | WHY FLOUNDER FISH WHEN THERE ARE BASS | MTBLUE::VORHIS_AL | | Tue Feb 10 1987 08:28 | 12 |
| SO A BUNCH OF YOU LANDLUBBERS FROM VT WANT TO CATCH A FEW FLOUNDER!
JOE , YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO MASS TO DO THAT YOU KNOW . ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS TRAVEL TO THE LOCAL GRAND UNION AND THEY GUARENTEE
THAT YOU WILL BRING HOME THE BACON . WE ARE PLANNING THE SAME TRIP
THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST 5 OR 6 OUT OF
GLOUCHESTER ON TH YANKEE FLEET , AND I AM SURE THAT WE COULD FIND
ROOM FOR SOME OF YOU GUYS ( I'M SURE THAT THIS WILL GET A RISE OUT
OF SOME OF YOU , JOE ALEXANDER ET AL.
ANY WAY THOUGHT I WOULD JAB A LITTLE , SEE YA GUYS SOMETIME .
AL
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| 248.4 | | AIMHI::TOMAS | Joe | Tue Feb 10 1987 10:05 | 35 |
| Al,
I grew up and lived in the North Shore (Hamilton) for many years
and I used to hit the party boats out of Gloucester and Rockport
a lot. Back then (early-mid 60's), we used to leave the harbor
and go out NO MORE than 3-5 miles (land still in sight) and fish
till our arms dropped off!. The fish wells used to overflow and people
had so many fish (cod, haddock, cusk, wolffish, pollack, and an
occasional halibut) that they left a lot behind. The "pool" fish
was usually a 50-70 pound cod with 30 pounders not uncommon. I
used to come home with 50-60 pounds of FILLETS!
Today...sigh...you travel 2-3 hours out to the banks, fish 100-300
feet down, and if you're lucky, catch 3 or 4 fish. Your arms still
drop off just hauling up the 1-2 pounds of weight to check your bait.
The pool fish MIGHT be a 7-10 pounder with a rare 20+lb fish. Given
the time it takes to get out there and back, you're left with only
2-3 hours of actual fishing time, and usually less because if they're
not hitting in one spot, it takes 10-15 minutes to drag anchor to move
to another "hot-spot".
Now don't get me wrong...I ENJOY FISHING!...any type of fishing.
And I really don't care IF I catch fish, I simply enjoy being in
the great outdoors feasting on the delights of Mother Nature
(poetic, huh?). But things just aren't what they used to be.
Anyways...I'm certainly up for a part boat excursion and would
certainly enjoy getting together with you guys when you're ready.
And I'm sure Chris "Bass_Bustin'" Fletcher would join us...and even
perhaps DonMac (as long as he doesn't get sea-sick!).
Later...
-HoleShot- (anyone_seen_any_open_water_yet??)
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| 248.5 | Salem ain't what it used to be | HPSCAD::WFIELD | | Tue Feb 10 1987 13:24 | 7 |
| In years past I too would have recommended Salem Harbor for
flounder fishing, but not now. The flounder fishing (or anything
else for that matter) within Salem sound has fallen off badly in
the past couple of years. There is still supposed to be good
flounder fishing in the Quincy area and finding a rental boat
for a day should not be a problem. However there is still the
question of pollution in this area.
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| 248.6 | Yankee go home | SPMFG1::CUZZONES | | Wed Feb 11 1987 10:21 | 10 |
| The Springfield crew will take its 3rd annual trip on the Yankee
fleet this summer. We'll go later than last year to avoid the 30
degrees and 5 foot seas of early May. Based on 2 years experience,
the bigger fish were caught in June, anyway.
Hey, that wasn't one of you Vermonters hanging over the barrel all
day last year was it :^)? I don't recommend ocean fishing to anyone
who experiences any level of motion discomfort.
Steve (Try_the_rivers_for_open_water)
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| 248.7 | TRIP | BIGALO::VORHIS_AL | | Wed Feb 11 1987 10:36 | 10 |
| WE WILL BE GOING ON THE OVERNIGHT TRIP TO CASHES LEDGE WITH THE
YANKEE FLEET AROUND THE MIDDLE OF MAY . THIS WILL BE THE 6TH YEAR
FOR THIS TRIP , MOST HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, ONE WAS A WIPEOUT CAUSED
BY WEATHER (THEY DID REFUND ALL $ ) EVEN AFTER A ROUGH RIDE ALL
NIGHT . I HAVE WOUND UP USUALLY BRINGING HOME SOMEWHERE NEAR 100#
OF FILLETS AND HAVING A GOOD TIME AND PLENTY OF ACTION . AGAIN ANYONE
INTERESTED IN JOINING US GIVE ME A CALL @ DTN 271-6975
ADIOS
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