C Bass Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I was hooking up all morning off the rocks on the North Shore this morning. I landed 6 fish, all super healthy, strong and clean. The largest was a solid 33". All catch and release. I will post pics in a bit. Today was definately a personal best for me, from shore! I took a charter, North Shore Charters out of Beverly this past Wednesday morning. Two of us landed 20+ fish. The largest was 37" and 20lbs! They are here and they are crushing macks! For my money, Captain Mark from North Shore Charters is the best striper Captain in the area. I have been going out with him a few times/year for the last 10 and he ALWAYS produces. PIcs to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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north-shore fisha Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 What did you catch them on this morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikefrombeverly Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 hello john, we were live lining macks and pollack, mostly pollack. he kept hooking up while i got to stand next to him and get the skunk. have you been going for flounder at all? I wanted to try for some, pm me if you have any useful intel for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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north-shore fisha Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Boat fish don't count! Mass_Angler45 and bringa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Bass Posted June 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 We caught them from the shore and posed for pics on the boat. Ha. But your right...getting them on a boat is just not in the same vicinity as shore fishing them. I can attest to that! Mass_Angler45 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 New to the forum, from Gloucester. I figured I'd revive this thread, rather than start a new one. Wanted to introduce myself, and I'll give a little update on the same spot C Bass was fishing at. C Bass I'm the guy who has been out on the rocks with you guys a couple times (thanks for mentioning Stripers online, great site). I've been back to that spot the last couple days (mornings, outgoing tide--mostly low, wrong tide for this spot), and landed 4 fish (two yesterday, two today). No keepers (although I think I lost one, it was stripping line pretty good before it threw the lure), yesterday's fish were 26" and 27" (so close), today's were tiny (both about 15"). All of them caught on plugs. Capecod365 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket500 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 No boat, no bait- no problem. Bucktail jigs work great on the North Shore, like they do everywhere else: Mass_Angler45 and Capecod365 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north-shore fisha Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 bravo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Bass Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Rocket, she is a beauty! 30#? White bucktail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket500 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Ahhhhh.....trade secrets. I learned everything I know about bucktailing from Doc Muller's book if t hat helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoverStriper Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Ahhhhh.....trade secrets. I learned everything I know about bucktailing from Doc Muller's book if t hat helps. Just finished reading it for the 3rd time. Very informative, and can be read in one sitting. F TOMBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Any more North Shore reports? I've got no keepers lately, but the 24-26" size class appears to be frequenting the two spots I've visited lately, both off of the rocks in Gloucester. July will be a light month for me, but I'm going to keep an eye on SOL to keep tabs on how the fishing is going. Related questions: Is there a slow period in the middle of the summer up here? It doesn't seem like the water would get too warm, so maybe the fishing is good (or consistent anyways) right through the summer? Also, does anyone ever fish Wingaersheek at the mouth of the Annisquam River with success? And, is there any access to the mouth of the Essex River opposite Crane's Beach? Perhaps by bike or is it all private propoerty over that way off of Wingaersheek Rd? C Bass, I got your PM but I think I must be too new to the forum to send one back. I saw on another thread you might need 15 posts before you can send a PM, so as soon as I get there I'll shoot a message back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Bass Posted July 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Russ, I went up to the spot on 7/4 and fished from 3:45 to 7:30. Very little bait fish around and I had only a few hits. Another guy was throwing a swimmer for a couple hours and he landed an enormous bluefish...30+" and fat. I switched over to lures for an hour at the end and nothing. Definatley slow going up there right now. Other guys have reported getting into a lot of fish on Cape Ann recently...but not me. I am taking a charter on Tuesday out of Beverly again. I imagine we will chunk off shore a bit...I will let you know how it goes. I was at Crane's on Monday too...not fishing but beaching with the family. I saw one guy take a nice keeper from the channel rip up there at NOON. I wish I had my gear with me...except there were probably 10 thousand people up there! Crane's looked like a great spot though. I plan on hitting it up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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