Fishing Report |
May 1, 2008
May 1 -- The 2008 freshwater fishing season is well underway while the much more popular saltwater season is on the brink of breaking out. At this writing, trout and bass fishing in the Cape's ponds is superb. Saltwater action is slow with the migrating bass and bluefish yet to arrive and holdover fish representing the bulk of the catch.
Saltwater - Tautog have moved into near-shore waters and are being taken on green crabs, the preferred bait, or sea worms. Best spots for "tog" have been the Fort Hunter and other wrecks off the Vineyard, the rock and piers in Woods Hole and Cleveland Ledge in Buzzards Bay. Fluke and scup should start showing up within a week or but the seasons don't open until June 10 for fluke and May 24 for scup. Light tackle anglers have been taking small striped bass in bays and estuaries throughout the area. The consensus is these fish spent the winter here. There have been no reliable reports of the typically massive schools of small and mid-sized fish that signal the start of the migration. One reason the bass, and on their heels the blufish -- have not yet arrived is the to date slow or sporadic run of squid through Nantucket Sound. Although upwards of a dozen boats have been working the Sound the catches have been poor. So it's just a matter of time -- a day or two perhaps before the schoolie action gets underway. By mid-May, the first shot of large bass should also show up in the rips.
Freshwater Fishing - Trout fishing this spring has been fantastic, with most anglers easily taking their 3-trout limits. Small metal lures, night crawlers and Powerbait nuggets or paste have all been effective. Interestingly, we had two reliable reports in the past two weeks of sea-run brown trout in two of the south-side rivers in Falmouth and Mashpee. The state no longer stocks these and other streams but it appears there is a resident population of these now rare trout.
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