Conference wahoo::fishing

    In my opinion the best place to launch in that area is actually
    at plymouth state launch. The only problem I have with it is
    it gets to much use by people who don't know what there doing.
    
    I have launched at a private launch in Green Harbor but it
    wasn't the best. Green habor Marine I think. They sell
    Grady White.
    
    Yes you shouldn't have any problem getting gas etc.

    I can't help you on your original question but I am interested in
    how you made out fishing.  I have tried Yellow fin tuna fishing
    off block Island.  Caught one last year but was skunked this year.
    
    Tuna fishing appears to be a art since some boats caught them when
    no one else did.  I was fishing with a friend and we had a number
    of strikes but did not hook up.  Unfortunately we now know what
    we did wrong, I guess we'll have to wait until next year.
    
    There is generally a good month of fishing in my area and they usually
    run 50-100 lbs.  Good to eat also.  Any one into this sport should
    let me know, perhaps we can set up a trip next season.  I have a
    22 ft Sun Runner and love to run off the Block.

Hi there.  Glad to see someone else with tuna fever in my area.  This was my 
rookie tuna season off Block.  We picked up a 24' grady white this year, our
first big boat, and tried some tuna hunting.  Had a great season.  Eight
in the boat, and dropped/broke off between 12 and 15!  I flyfish for trout 
and salmon, surfcast for blue's and stripers, but once I hooked my first tuna
I became hooked.  I've never seen such strength in a fish.  Maybe next season,
I'll meet you out there and we can team up and get you into some.  I learned
some really neat tricks and am always looking for more.  I've got a question,
do you know if they're still around down there (I'm in NH, but the boat's 
in Ct.)?  I want to try one last time this season, but haven't heard any 
reports lately.  I can't/won't go to the canyon with my boat, so I'm looking 
for something inside the 40 fathom line, have you heard anything?   Hoping
to see you off Block.

Joe Amato

    The tuna are/were still around before the blow of last weekend.
    The party boats out of Hampton N.H. had been seeing quite a few
    on Jeffries. Most seem to be the small footballs, only a few hundred
    pounds. The guys chumming or trolling for them haven't had very
    good luck. They think there's to much bait in the bay.
    
    There are a few fish being take in Cape Cod bay. I here there's
    no bait there so the tuna may feed if you get them under your boat
    in a chum line. The guys catching the fish down there seem to be
    using live bait, whiting. The problem is catching the live bait.
    These guys have draggers and make a few hour tow to get live
    fish for hook bait.                                     
    
    As to where to fish, I've never fish in Cape Cod bay. I do have
    several friends down there right now and have been getting some
    reports. 
    
    I plan to give the bay a try again this week, Thurs- Sunday.
    
    Steve
    

    Just wondering if you were able to get out tuna fishing last week?
    I heard that about 20 were taken the sometime over the last 2 weeks,
    and a lot of the whale watching boats are seeing plenty of tuna.
    I might be able to give it one last shot (my last one last shot
    was cancelled) in about 2 weeks, so I'm anxious to hear what you
    found out.

    I tried to fish Thurs-Sunday last week. But the weather didn't look
    very good. A lot of wind. So we decided to fish close to home to
    be on the safe side. 
    Thursday we fished about 13 miles from Hampton. We caught 2 Blue
    Dogs, but no Tuna. We did have several in our chum line for 2 hours.
    We tried everything to get them to bite the hook. As soon as the
    chum would sink out of sight, you would see the fish on the
    depthfinder.
    Friday, we tried to catch some live whiting for hook bait. Well
    we had all the live bait we needed, but the wind kept us from getting
    offshore.
    Saturday was the same story, we started out for the northwest corner
    around 35 miles from Hampton, but turned around when we got just
    south of Cape Ann. The wind was blowing around 20-30 from the
    southwest.
    Sunday, was the same story, headed for the nw corner, but the wind
    started again out of the north so we truned around and fished at
    the same spot as Thursday. One Blue Shark, some small jumping tuna.
    
    So I guess the way the weekend weather looks (several cold fronts)
    we get to do it all over again.
    
    I think I need a bigger boat, in fact, its for sale.
    
    Steve

    Hi,
    
    I am new to fishing notes, but not to fishing!  I have a 21 ft Chris
    Craft which I tailer. I have fished mostly inshore for Cod and Blues
    but have been out to both Jeffries and Stellewagon when the weather
    is right. Have been blown out the last three weeks except a quick
    trip off block, wanted bonita but ended up catching scup off clay
    head (sea's were 8-12 ft, no fun at all!). Anyway, I am planning
    a trip for either inshore cod (around Salem), offshore cod (jeffries)
    or maybe some tuna if some one can help me out with some TD's as
    to where to look for them. I can help someone with some good cod
    spots around salem (very fishable unless there is a hard NE Blow).
    
    
    Bruce (In LKG)

    Sorry the weather didn't cooperate.  I heard about a 440lb yellowfin
    taken off of night ledge sometime in the last week.  What were you
    using for bait and where did you get it.  The guy I might be going
    with is Bruce, in .7  Any hints on some areas we might look for
    some bluefin?  I've though about bringing my boat up here, but the
    tuna season's too short.  So I'll just have to see if I can talk
    Bruce in to giving them a shot ;-)!  Anyway, if there's anything
    you can let me know about that might help in finding them, I've
    got some ideas on making them bite if I can find'em and what they're
    feeding on.  Thanks.  

    If I were going fishing in Cape Cod bay, looks like this weekend
    is going to be another BLOWout, I'd fish around Fishing Ledge.
    You can't miss the place, its on the chart right in the middle of
    the bay, north of Barnstable. There are around 200 boats fishing for
    bluefin all over the bay. They set up chumming fleets almost anywhere
    in the mud around the bay. Find a fleet near fishing ledge and anchor.
    But give these guys some room. You can chum with anything, mackeral,
    herring, whiting, or blue fish. If you can get live bait, use that
    on your lines. I hear that a small live blue is a sure winner if
    the tuna come through. If no live ones, then fish with a herring
    tail. 
                                      
    Good luck, maybe I'll see you there if they blow the forcast.
    15-25 southwest may not be too bad in the south part of the bay.
    I don't know, not ever fished there.
    There have been a few fish caught, the guys from the Hampton/Seabrook
    have been doing OK. One guy went 41 straight days without a fish,
    he caught 6 fishs last week. Around $40K. But you have to go every
    day.
    
    Steve

    I don't know if we'll get down towards Fishing Ledge or not.  But
    can you give me a general idea of where you head off of Hamnpton?
    I was looking at my charts last night, and it looked like the Cove
    or Old Scantum(?) might not be too bad.  That way if the tuna aren't
    cooperating, we can still look for some cod.
    
    On another note, have you tried any of the party boat fishing at
    the canyon for tuna?  A few of us up here are thinking of giving
    it a shot in a few weeks, if they're still getting anything.  Last
    reports that I heard was bigeye to 250, and yellowfin around 100.
    I'm just not sure about the long ride, 5 hours in the boat, and
    the expense, $130.  If you don't catch anything, that's 2 days of
    travel and $$$.  Oh well, that's fishing!
    

    The place I fished many times  this year is called the outside flag.
    I don't have the TD's here. Its an oval shaped ledge SW  of Old
    Scantum. To the NNW is another ledge that has a high spot of 142
    ft.  An other spot to try is called Halfway. Its a high spot north
    of cape ann. They have been seeing tuna all week just south of the
    Isles of Sholes.
    
    I've never tried party fishing for tuna, no one in NH does it.
    
    Steve
    
    If you need the TDs real bad for the Outside Flag, give me a call
    at home. 603-926-5177.

    Steve, have you popped any tuna up this way ever?  And how long
    does the tuna season run up here?  My boat is way down in Conn, and
    that's about a 2 1/4 hr drive each way.  Then to get out to Block
    Isle sound to start fishing, it's another 1 1/2 - 2 hour run in
    the boat.  That means a real looong day after cleanup and drive
    home.  Danvers Port, where I'm thinking of moving my boat to, is 
    cheaper than my marina, and only about 45 minutes (if I've got the
    VW), but I don't know what kind of tuna season we've got up this
    way.  Down there, the giants show up from the begining to mid July 
    for a few weeks, and then the yellowfin show up from the end of
    July, into Sept, and then the football bluefin run from mid Sept
    until the first good blow.  How does that compare with up here?
    
    Thanks,
    trying to decide
    joe 

    The bluefin show up around the same time, July and stay into November.
    
    Never seen a yellowfin.
    
    Steve