Conference wahoo::fishing

    No sign of blues off salem (ie. newcombs ledge, around the miseries
    or inside). I have seen some bait but no blues. There are blues
    out around the B bouy out to the A and stellewagon. I recommend
    heading south because for what ever reason they have not moved inshore
    up north.
    
    I will be able to update later in the week assuming it stops raining!!
    
    Bruce

    They have been taking a few small blues inside and outside the
    Merrimack River this past weekend. There are also a few being caught
    off of Hampton Beach, Shoal Ledge, Shoal Rock areas. We need a good
    east wind to warm the water up and get the blue feeding. 
    
    Steve

    I was out Saterday down to glousta and the Blues are in Ipswitch
    Bay off of Halibut point. I'm going out Saterday and will run that
    area. I'm out of Newburyport with "Rainbow Chaser". Give me a call
    after 08:00 on Sat.
    
    A good launch to reach Ipswith bay is at the Glouster High school.
    Run north out of the Anisquam river and your there. Just follow
    the cape shoreline in the 60ft depth and yo'll find Blues at 30ft
    to 45ft. If you wish to save fuel bring lots of chum. And rig up
    with little Mac's or Pogys on steel leaders.
    
                                               Good luck!
    
                                               Walt
    

    Is it my imagination or is surf fishing for blues late this year
    on Mass. coast, partic. the North Shore? In past years, the blues
    seemed to be blitzing in force by July 15th at the latest.

    Not your imagination...They seem to be hanging out off shore...steve
    was right in another note saying we some strong easterly winds
    to move them inshore. I will be trying off salem/manchester tomorrow
    after work, I will let you know what we see.
    
    Bruce

    The boys in Hampton had the big kill on blues yesterday half a mile
    off the beach. Just out side north and south high rock(s). Don't
    know where they will be today...
    
    Steve

    
    	Walt,Steve,
    
    	Thanks for the information. My partner for the trip will not
    	make it and i will therefore stay and fish arround the north-shore
    	area.
    
    	Steve, I think we have met at NIO. I designed QVPS. If you send
    	me some info I will ring you up.
    
    	Walt, I think i will be out there this weekend and i will ring
    	you up. 
    
    	A little about me. I work @APO and live in Beverly. About two
    	months ago i bought an IMP/INCA 23.5' with a 260 OMC-COBRA and
    	a COX-Super-Loader trailer. For ths year i will be taking it
    	in and out. I am fairly new to boating and navigation and
    	i will be interested in meeting with some of you...old timers.
    
    	I am also interested in sharing my boat with other people
    	from the north-shore (or nearby ) areas that like to get
    	out there often and can respond quickly when the catch is
    	arround.
    
    	To get in touch:
    
    		DTN   : 289-1809
    		NODE  : hazel::peterk
    
    
    	Captn K.
    
    		   
    

    Blue Flash...not the IBM type.
    
    Took friday off and covered a good portion of the ocean between
    Boston and Stellewagon. Started in Salem work my out to NW corner
    of Stellewagon around the moonie tuna fleet (no dogs around the
    fleet, good news!) but no blues either. Actually think I marked
    1 tuna up tide of the fleet but nothing in their slicks.
    So back towards marble head I ran and work that area for a while,
    finally heard someone on the radio with fish by the graves and
    ran another 10 miles over to there and YES they were there.
    Boated about 10 fish 9-13 pounds and three of those came on
    a fresh water spinning outfit with 8 pound trilene XT. These
    fish were just finning on the top so you could see them and cast
    popers right at them and bang, fish on. Also took a couple trolling
    rapala magnums. Don't get any better than surface feeding blues.
    BTW these fish were long and lean another month and they would all
    be 14-16 lbs.
    
    Bruce

    
    Bruce,
    
    I stayed in the boat all weekend ( friday 2:00 pm - sunday 2:00
    pm). I trolled for hours arround salem and the marblehead harbors,
    but no blues at sight. I tried newcombs ledge, channel between
    Bakers and the Miseries, from  #9 to #1 of the Salem harbor, and
    towards Gloucester. I guss it was not ment to be. Can you tell
    me where about is the area you are talking about. I tried to call
    you a number of times over the radio (both you and "sweet dream")
    but i got no response. At one point i heard one of you calling the
    other. 
    
    
    Thanks for the update. I will be waiting to hear any reports on blues,
    and i will be taking off (from work or otherwise) as soon as hear
    they are out there. 
    
    Captn K.
    

    Well Heres a twist. Blue bites fisherswimmerman. After responding
    to a hot call from Cap't Codfish that the blues are all over the
    place, We got down to halibut point to find nothing. I guess Bruce
    scared them all away? 
    SOoooo We desided to take a swim, Water was real warm 65 to 68 or
    so, in the bay right off wingeershiek. I came up on the boat with
    about 30 tiny little( lucky for me ) teeth marks in my leg. 
    The Blues are here! Boy does that hurt!
    
    BTW> Capt Cods boat is sweet dreams
         My Boat is "Rainbow Chaser"
    
                                  Walt
    

    Captn K.
    
    I tryed around salem on friday and then on sunday morn (in the rain
    and fog). I did not mark let alone catch a single blue. I called
    that pete's fish hot line and he had claimed blue were caught
    from the pigs to gales ledge. I have concluded that you will
    not find the blues around salem when you have a SW flow as we
    have been having. I think you will see them there when the wind
    comes from the east. Thats my theory lets check it out with some
    field data.  If you can make the run about (about 10 miles) there
    are often blues from the graves to the B bouy, I also heard someone
    say they had fish by boston light which is not far from the above.
    You will usually find a good size fleet working these areas
    so when one finds fish expect a crowd. I listen on 68 for
    people talking about where the blues are.
    
    Good luck.
    Capt. Codfish

    Has anyone got any information on the Blue fishing arround Hammonascic
    (SP) beach (Madison) area in Conn?
    
    A couple of us are going there this comming weekend.
    
    Thanks,
    
    David.
    

    I used to Blue fish at the west end of Hammonasett beach in the
    evenings with moderate success. If the blues are running down there
    now this is probably one of the better spots as they tend to run
    the bait in towards Toms creek. The creek is the west end border
    of Hammonasett beach.
    Good Luck!
    

    re: .12
    Blues are all over the place down here right now. You pretty much
    can't miss on bunker. I usually fish east of Hammonasic beach in
    the Westbrook area. In particular in the Duck Island rips and a
    great night spot is in the rip behind Mannetesuck Island. All of
    these will require a boat. One other spot that usually produces
    is the breaker east of Clinton Harbor (chelsea pnt.) If you get
    a chance try the Ct river in Old Saybrook. the bridges are loaded
    with blues.
    
    Rick

    
    
    	Bruce, Walt,
    
     	I am living today (thursday) and i am going to be out there
    	the rest of the week. 
    
    	I will try the graves.  Call me up if you make it out there.
    	I finaly decided to stick with the name Gutsy-II.
    
    	Hope to see you out there. If not i will let you know on Monday
    	the results.
    
    
    	Captn K.
    
    

    HOT action for Blues last Thursday night by the Party Boats from
    6 pm to 10 pm at the Isle of Shoals.  We anchored there late and
    also hit them again about 3:30 am.  Herring as bait and heavy chumming
    did the trick.  Fish were healthy and heavier than expected (some
    up to 14 lbs.).
    
    Try it, you'll like it.
    
    The "Missouri Midge"
    

    Went fishing out of Gloucester this past Saturday, had terrific
    action! Fished around 12-14 miles out (I think around Stellwagon),
    and the six of us pulled in a total of 28 blues between 10-13 pounds
    in about 4 and 1/2 hours. Another 6 or 7 got away. 
    
    Added bonus of the day (aside from the weather) was a school of
    dolphins which swam up to the boat, and several whale sightings.
    

                                                 

    
    	I was out on Sunday for a few Hours. Though i didn't do much
    fishing i found the blues were near Devro Beach  not that far away
    from the shore. I had both both a sinker and a surfer but they only
    hit on the sinker. I had a number of hits within minutes. They were
    good size (arround 14 lbs). 
    
    I might go again tonight for a few hours arround high tide and i
    will give you another update.
    
    
    Captn K.
    

    I found out about the bluefish being in at deveraux beach friday
    just after 5pm .So I got my gear together and called my buddy
    and headed off to marblehead . Because of various delays ,mostly
    because we didnt know where we were going ,we didnt arrive till
    almost 9pm . There were quite a few people but only a few with
    small blues. Then we overheard a guy saying he had just left Lynn
    beach where they were killin'the blues . So after getting directions
    from some reluctant fisherman (youd think we were asking for their
    life savings),we then arrived at Lynn beach to find herring scattered
    everywhere on the beach. Apparently the blues drove them right up
    on shore, unfortunatly we were too late the tide was about dead
    low and the fish were not to be found . One guy we talked to said
    between him and his wife they got 54 fish. We fished till 11pm
    When the metro police threw us out.
    
    Shawn

    
    Went fishing last nignt off Pine Point Beach, just north of Old
    Orchard Beach Me., with my two daughters, 8 and 12, and we got
    ourselves 4 nice 10-15 pounders. Funniest thing you ever saw was
    my 8 year old trying to bring in a 15 pound blue, she couldn't even
    turn the crank, but with her sisters help, they landed it after
    about 20 minutes. Theirs came on a sand eel, my 3 came on an Atom
    popper. Blues are running real heavy in lower Maine right now.
    								Jeff
    

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SAVVY::LUCIA "He's dead, Jim"                        18 lines   2-JUN-1989 12:29
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    While on the subject of salt-water fishing, I've moved from Nashua
    NH to Brockton MA.  Where in the Brockton area is there (will there
    be) good bluefishing from shore?  I went to Plymouth once last year
    and didn't catch any, but did see a little kid catch a blue that
    was not much shorter than him (I gaffed it for him, about 14-16
    lbs.)  I spent many afternoons up at the mouth of the Merrimack
    (Plum Island) and caught a bunch so I am looking for the same kind
    of action in the south part of Boston.  Even the cape (not to far
    out on it) would be acceptable.  
    
    Anxiously awaiting bluefish arrival,
    
    Tim
    
    P.S. When will they arrive?  I seem to remember reading about them
    from Bassin' Bob in the cape cod canal.  This would indicate they're
    on there way to Brockton/Plymouth...
    

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    Mr. Moderator please move this response along with the others....
    
    Some areas on the south shore I have heard good things about are
    worlds end in hull (a 50# striper was taken there last week). The area aournd
    the hull high school (hull gut I think) it is accross from pedocks
    island. Also the Fore River in Weymouth and maybe the North river
    in situate. You should also consider some early morning drives
    into south boston or dorchester. Castle island and behind the Kennedy
    Library and the Reserve Channel are produce blues in july and august.
    
    Capt. Codfish.

    Can anyone give me any idea of how far up the coast the  blues are
    right now?  Also interested in any tales about the bass population
    this year.
    
    Also any ramps in the areas of where the blue are that I can launch
    a boat from ( no shallow rivers please).
    
    thanks
    jc

I've heard they are south of the Cape right now.  In a few weeks, they'll be
out at Stellwagon.  Sometime about a month from now, they'll be catchable from
shore.

Tim

re: .23

	According to the Globe :

		Stripers are everywhere right now (and lots of them).

		blues are in Buzzards Bay (spilling over into the Canal).


	I think I'll try for some stripers Sunday!

			Robert.

    We got some good sized blues on Stellwagon on Saturday.
    
    A buddy of mine who has a place in New Seabury near Falmouth is
    catching them in shallow water out near Popponesset Beach. Apparently
    they are all over the South shore of the Cape. 
    
    Haven't heard any reports of blues along the coast north of the Cape.
    
    

    I fished the rips east of Martha's Vineyard on Saturday.  ("Peptide" w/
    Dennis Sabbo capt.)  Pretty good bass fishing early in the morning (no
    keepers).  By 10am. the blues were finning on the surface but were very
    spooky and hard to approach.  We did better when we cut the motor and
    difted along.  The extra distance you get with a big surf rod would have 
    been more helpful than the light tackle and fly rods we brought along. 
    Good trip, but strange fish.   

    Heard Blues were hittin' at Stellwagon and snappers being taken
    at the mouth of the Merrimac River (Newburyport MA.).
    
    Anybody know if they're showing up out at Halibut Point 
    (Cape Ann MA.) yet...?
    
    /MArk
    

    What are they doing? I heard the blues were way up by Boothbay ME.
    
    I thought they'ed be running down here (n.shore MA) by now, or at least
    in southern Maine?  Has anyone hit on them in MA or NH?
    
    Can anyone crawl into these critters little minds and tell me what 
    they're up to?
    
    Don
    

    They were loosely schooled around the middle of Plum Island on Sunday.
    There were about 100 boats trolling around almost everyone got fish.
    The bite stayed on until around noon then slowed way down.  Heard a
    report that there was a school hitting by the water tower in Hampton.
    Ran up there and they were 2-3 miles out.  Fish were breaking but very 
    few caught even the party boats there wern't getting them steady. 
    There
     was too much seaweed to troll after 100 yards we were all weeded up.
    Do the make a WEEDLESS bluefish lure?
    
    All in all not a bad day
    
    Gordon
    

    Well we went out on Saturday (8/25), that was a mistake. Forecast was
    for rain and up to 10mph winds. It started off that way but quickly
    went for bad to worse. In the end it was at least 25mph winds, 6-8 foot
    seas and no conditions to be fishing in.  We managed some bites but
    didnt land any. Then headed home early. On the way home we actually
    buried the bow several times, no small task on a 42 foot cape dory!
    
    I gotta get my own boat, so I can go Sundays instead of Saturdays!
    
    The skipper wouldn't take my money for the day, good consolation for
    the crappy day. These are great guys to spend a day with on the water
    if anyone is interested send me mail and I'll forward info on how to
    contact them.
    
    Don

    Where have the Blues gone?  Went looking for them all weekend and only
    got two. 
    
    Thursday, wnet out in the evening and trolled about half way down Plum
    Island, nothign not even a strike.  Except for the idiot who cut me off
    in the mouth of the Merrimac.  Got my lure back after he unwound 50 yds
    of mono from around his prop.
    
    Saturday got one at the Ilse of Shoals.  Trolled from the merrimac to
    hampton with nothing, then ran to the isle and trolled some more. 
    No-one was getting anything.  On way back all the party boats were off
    Salisbury beach.
    
    Sunday, Trolled down Plum Island to Ipswich got one fish.  Heard report
    on the VHF they were killing them at Halibut point.  Ran out there lots
    of boats, lots of bait, very few blues being caught.
    
    Did anyone get any blues this weekend?
    
    Gordon who-just-wants-one-fish-to-weigh-in--maybe-two
    

    YEs a tough weekend for blues....we fished 8/31 and 9/1...out to the
    rips of Marthas Vinyard on Fri  (3 small blues) and out across Cape Cod
    bay to Truro and Wellfleet with no success at all. Didnt see much of
    anything happening on any of the other boats out there as well. 
    Lets pray this cooler weather will start to drive them together out of
    hiding.....

Got six blues in Salem Sound on Friday.

    Correction to .-1, we got the blues outside salem sound, between
    the baker island and the #3 can.
    
    Bruce

Okay, I was close...

    To .32, .33 Come on down to NJ; I went Thursday evening the 30th and
    caught 17+ off a party boat.  Too sore to go for more, well i expect to
    go this Saturday and hopefully hit 20+?
    
    Allan

  This past Sunday, we trolled from outside of Baker's down to B buoy. We
landed 6 of them, with roughly 10 others that never got the gaff.

  Patrick

    There  are still alot of blues around, Hampton, Seabrook and Salsbury.
    The fish were in close to the beach, at Breaking rock buoy off of
    Seabrook.

    	There are still a lot of blues up here in Maine. Anywhere from Bailey
    Island near Casco Bay to Seguin Island off the mouth of the Kennebec. 
    I believe they are downeast of here also, at least to the Boothbay area, 
    but I don't have much recent information in that area. There are some
    in the Kennebec but smaller ones and very spotty.
    	The water temps are still mid to high sixties offshore so I don't
    think they'll leave for a little while yet, unless this recent cold 
    spell effects it significantly.
    	
    Regards,
    Paul

    I've been reading about fishing for "blues" in this conference for
    years and have never had the opportunity to fish for them.  It sounds
    like a lot of fun. 
    
    I would like to talk to someone about a trade - a salmon trip for
    a "blue" trip.  The logistics for this might be too much, but it
    is something we should look into.  
    
    I'm going out this weekend from a new harbor.  I've just moved to
    Eugene and have never gone over the Umpqua River bar before, so
    it should be an exciting weekend.  The silvers are hitting just
    outside so maybe we'll have a day.                
    
    
    Ken

    Wow, Haven't seen this much salt activity in this file in months.
    
    Went out last night about 5PM out of the merrimack.  Started trolling
    after I cleared the mouth by the north jetty.  Had two blues on before
    I went 100 yds.  Fishing was fast in 45 minutes had 5 fish all around
    10-13 lbs.  Only 3 other boats fishing in the area and erveyone had
    fish on.  This was about 1-1/2 hrs before low tide.  Maybe the NE wind
    of the past few days has improved the fishing.  The night party boats
    were off the North jetty when i went in and they were also catching
    fish.  Up toward salisbury and hampton I could see other party boats
    there.
    
    Looking forward to this weekend.
    
    Gordon
    

    Heard the Blues were all over Cape Ann MA. to Hampton NH. Wed. through
    Fri. Saturday was not a good day on the water due to rough seas
    etc. Sunday (9/9) I heard there was action around the Isles of Shoals.
    I was out ~10 miles off R2 (Ipswich Bay) fishing for Cod. Got a
    few keepers...nothing to get excited about.  Headed toward Halibut
    Point around 2:30-3:00 pm.  All kinds of people close to shore fishing
    ....lots of action on the surface but saw only a few bent rods.
    Could have been the bait fish on the surface.  According to the
    VHF conversations throughout the day, there wasn't much Blues action.
    They come...and they go....Wish there was more on the weekends.
    
    /MArk
    

    Went out Sunday.  Caught one 12 lbs at the mouth of the Merrimack. 
    Lots of boats up toward Salisbury/Hampton so headed that way.  They
    were getting a few about 2-3 miles off the point that separates Hampton
    Beach from north beach.  Trolled around and got nothing anchored near
    the party boats and others and fished cut mackeral -- nothing.  A boat
    with 3 teenagers not a cast away was killing them.  I think they were
    bait fishing with herring or some other small fish.  There were 3-5 in
    long-- anyone know what the were need some the next time I go out.  I
    bet they caught and released 20 blues while I was there 1-2 hrs.
    
    They were also getting them on the same bait off the water tower on
    salisbury/seabrook beach.
    
    Its tough when you have the wrong bait.
    
    Gordon
    

    Any bluefish action out there.  Got a few Sunday near the mouth of the
    Ipswich river.  I was the only one fishing there.  Looked like some
    boats trolling around Halibut point.
    
    I looking for Large blues >17 lbs.  Need a big fish to enter in the all
    summer long tournament.  Any ideas on where to try?
    
    Gordon (looking_for_a_20lber)
    

    Got 4 at Halibut Point on Saturday. real close (25-25 ft.) from shore
    right around the rock pile. Lots of people casting vs. trolling.
    My takes were 29-32 inches in length...wt. ?I duno?
    
    /MArk

    	Evidently the blues are in pretty good at the mouth of the
    Merrimack. A friend of mine went down there yesterday and got a bunch
    of blues. The stripers were also running just under the blues. He was
    trolling deep diving plugs.
    
    	He release most of the blues except for 4. The ones he caught were
    all a good eating size (3-5 lbs.).
    
    	RAYJ

 Mes parents were walking along the beach on friday night (Seabrook). They
ran into an old timer doing some surf fishing. The blues are now in and the
stripers have been biting right off the beach (in the surf.)

 Seems like a good time to do some striper fishin'.

 The Doctah

    I got a couple Friday off Halibut point in the afternoon about 1-2 pm
    just after the turn of the low tide.  Yesterday, I got a couple small
    ones trolling in late afternoon from the mouth of the merrimack towards
    Hampton got them need the nun off breaking rocks.
    
    On Friday on my way back in by Badgers rocks on the incoming tide
    blues/stripers had bait trappen up against the rocks.  The birds and
    fisherman were going crazy.  I kept going due to the time and not
    wanting to get into that crazy mess.
    
    Gordon
     The slammers should be here soon.
    

    Went out on a half day party boat saturday out of Newburyport..
    Hilton's, I think.  We went out for small blues on lighter tackle.
    The blues really just weren't there.  I landed two that weighed about
    3-4 lbs. each.  My brother, who has never fished for blues, got shut
    out, as did every other party boat in the area except ours.  We
    landed a total of six small ones.  Really quite a lousy day for
    zingin' da blues.  
    
    tt

    I was out on Sunday, and the fishing was pretty much the same, although
    things started to pick up on the outgoing tide - but nothing really
    hot.  My guess (actually the guy I went with's!) is that the fishing
    will probably improve with a change in the wind - something like a East
    to West breeze to push them back towards shore.   There were a lot of
    boats out there and we didn't see too many pulled in, although there
    was a large number of boats out there for the duration.
    
    Off the topic, but germain to Newburyport - the schoolie stripers were
    still in the mouth of the river, making for some interesting
    observations.  As soon as they began feeding on the surface and
    attracting the gulls, a swarm of boats would motor over trying
    despartely to land one.  More times than not, someone would be a little
    too agressive with his boat and scare the school away.  As we didn't
    have the tackle we'd have liked for cathing stripers, we kindof stayed
    away and watched.  We did see a dozen or so caught, mostly by trolling
    a "tree" type rig - whatever they're called.
    
    Regards,
    Moe

    I went out Saturday as always in Newburyport, since that's where my
    boat is.  Trolled around the mouth of the river foa a while.  Even the
    party boats were leaving no-one was getting any fish (blues.)  I ran
    down to the mouth of the Ipswich river and caught one 3-5 lbs and
    couldn't find anymore, must have been a stray.  They ran out to halibut
    point (cape ann) nothing happening but a few boats.  Decided to pack it
    in and troll over to Essex river and go swimming.  Halfway across the
    annisquam inlet the water started boiling with blues and we had two
    fish on.  We caught fish for 1 1/2 hours they were 20-24 feet down in
    50-60 feet of water and all over the place.  We were the only boat
    there.
    
    I have had much better luck this year in that area than near the
    merrimack.  It is still earile yet and all the ones I have seen are
    small 3-7lbs.
    
    Gordon (keep moving till you find them)
    

    Here's another report from Sunday. Fished out of Scituate Harbor to the
    "21" buoy and then across to the SW corner of Stellwagon.
    
    At the 21 we picked up fish right away using downriggers at 25 and 40
    feet, trolling Rapalas. We caught maybe 3 fish around 4-6 lbs each and
    then it died.
    
    We took the ride across to Stellwagon for better fishing and really had
    to hunt for them. We caught a few. Much bigger fish -- around 10 lbs,
    almost all of them taken on the flat line about 10 ft deep trolling
    Bomber lures with two eel-like teasers up the line. All the fish we
    caught were on the Bombers. None took the teasers even though the blues
    we caught were filled with sand eels.
    
    It was hunt and peck all day. Around the time we had to leave, it
    picked up and we were catching fish right away after putting our lines
    in (of course).
    
    The wind all day was northeast and light. Overall the fishing was ok,
    but no bonanza. The high point of the day was my buddy catching a 10
    pound bluefish on his 8 lb ultra light spinner. Took him about 20
    minutes. Great sport.

    re: -2 When you said the anisquam inlet did you mean the north side
    by wingersheik?
    
    I will likely head up that way this weekend.
    
    bruce

    Sorry for the last response.  Yes, I meant the north side, Ipswich bay.
    Over the weekend I didn't get out except tor the Fourth of July.  They
    were catching lots of fish about low tide at the mouth of the
    Merrimack.
    
    There were 4 party boats drift fishing in the channel by the south
    jetty.  What a zoo, I heard they were getting good sized blues, smaller
    private boats trolling, a real mess.  I hear the coast guard kicked
    them out of there.  The weekend traffic and all.
    
    Tried to get out saturday and sunday but couldn,t make it.
    
    Bruce, did you make it up there and did you catch any?  I have had the
    best luck on Halibut point and that area this year.  Maybe because the
    wind has been from the NW and N and is pushing the warm water and bait
    against that shore.
    
    I here the Bules are everywhere.
    
    Gordon
    

    I did not fish up that way, i caught cod out near the bank. Joe Amato
    took some blues around there though. There were small blues around
    half way rock which we also caught.
    
    If the ever shines again I will fish that area on my way to the beach.
    
    Bruce

    	Went out of Sesuit Harbor (Cape Cod Bay, Brewster/Dennis) and found
    small Blues 3-6 lbs. everywhere from Barnstable Harbor to Wellfleet.
    No thick schools chopping bait, just scattered fish.  We fished mostly
    shallow water (5-25 ft.) and caught fish on Hopkins, Roberts Bounders,
    White bucktails while casting.  After people started complaining about
    sore arms we trolled up a bunch flatlining Hoochies in Orange and Neon
    Green.  Kept four of the smallest ones for the grill last night, Mmmmmm
    Mmmmmm, Good!
    	FWIW, the Rock Harbor fleet went out around Billingsgate Shoal to
    the deeper water.  We gassed up in Rock Harbor and the fish we saw on
    the charter boats weren't any bigger than what we caught...... But I'd
    bet the customers were told they were catching 10-12 lbers.
    
    				B.C.

    While out at Plum Island on Friday 7-19-91 myself and two friends
    caught a total of 8 blues.  There wasn't one that weighed under 11 lbs.
    The blues were chasing pogies onto the shore at my feet. This is no
    lie. The whole thing lasted about 45 minutes and it was awesome.  This
    was also the first time iv'e caught blue fish.
    
    						Shawn

    re .-1
    I was there in a boat.  Never saw so many blues chasing bait busting
    the surface all over the place.  caught five on rapala magnums trolling
    and then broke out the surface plugs and chased the schools around.  I
    lost count of how many fish we caught.  I also donated 2 magnums and 5
    poppers to the deep.
    
    All fish were 10-14 lbs.
    
    Sunday got into some big ones between boars head and Isle of shoals. 
    Weighted one in 15.1 lbs.  all the rest were simular sized but weighed
    less.  On the boat my scale weighted it as almost 17 lbs (bouncing boat
    and wiggling fish).
    
    Went out yesterday and got only one fish 12 lbs.
    
    I heard that the ran the beaches all the way up to maine.  Maybe the
    tuna are pushing them in.
    
    Gordon
    

    What time of day?  What was the tide doing?
    
    Tim
    

    When they were in the river, it was around 12:30 p.m. and the tide had
    just started coming in.
    	
    						Shawn

    I got mine on the falling tide and during slack and on the incoming. 
    They were everywhere and hungry.  They were hearding schools of bait
    into shore and hitting everything.  Later in the afternoon there
    weren't too many around.  All the boat traffic and idots trolling
    through the middle of the school drove them down and away.
    
    If you ever run into a school feeding on top, *don't* blast right thru
    them.  Slowly move to the edge and cast to them.  We followed the same
    school for over an hour and never spooked them, then some nut went
    right thru the middle and they were gone.
    
    Gordon