June 20, 2023

For beginner anglers trying to find a go-to spread of lures for the canyons that can catch tuna, mahi mahi, and a chance at a marlin, the lures contained in this article are the ones that I would fish.Depending on the size of your boat and experience of your crew, ...

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The Reliable & “Standard” Canyon Spread
August 13, 2020

My dad and I, and a friend, recently had a great weekend fishing the Nantucket Big Game Battle. We fished down south at the canyons on day 1 of the tournament, which was on Friday. We departed Nantucket Harbor at 2:30 am and set a heading for Hydrographer Canyon. After ...

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Fishing The 2020 Big Game Battle
July 26, 2020

My dad and I had a great day-trip to the canyons this past Wednesday July 22nd. We left the Nantucket Boat Basin at 4:30 am and headed straight for the tip of Veatch Canyon. We chose Veatch due to some fresh intel we gathered a day or two prior to ...

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Veatch Canyon | Offshore Fishing Report
July 10, 2018

Kurt SaracenoWe left the Nantucket Boat Basin at 3:00am on July 4th for a day trip to the canyons. The weather forecast called for winds less than ten knots and a 3-5 foot swell.Unfortunately on the way out, the fog made for some interesting navigation and it took us a ...

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Yellowfin & Bigeye Blitzes @ The Canyons
August 19, 2017

Kurt Saraceno The Nantucket Big Game Battle took place last Thursday-Saturday (August 10-12). The BGB is a tournament that takes place annually to raise money for charity. Starting on Thursday night, the captains' meeting took place in the Boat Basin to review any new rule changes and gave crews the ...

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Fishing the Nantucket Big Game Battle
July 6, 2017

Kurt Saraceno I arrived at at the Nantucket Boat Basin around 8:30am to prepare Rumble, a 36 Yellowfin, for the long haul to the Northeast Canyons.After the 78 mile run, we put lines in a couple miles north of the canyon and trolled into the deep. The 10 rod spread ...

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Hot Yellowfin Bite | July 6th Report
July 21, 2016

Kurt Saraceno We left Osterville Harbor on July 16th, after gassing and loading the boat up with rods, single lures, and spreader bars. There was a small debate on the boat regarding where to fish, but after looking at the water temp charts we decided to head to this offshore canyon. We cruised ...

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Cape Cod Offshore Fishing Report
September 2, 2015

My Dad and I headed out to the canyons this past weekend for an overnight trip in hopes of tuna, mahi mahi, and marlin. After loading the boat and gassing it up we picked up the crew and were on our way. We decided to make the run to West ...

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West Atlantis Offshore Fishing Report
August 6, 2015

We left Osterville harbor around 7:30am, on a calm day last week, after loading all our rods and gear into the boat for the long 100+ mile trip to the canyons. Along the way we stopped in Madaket Harbor to top off the tanks with fuel. We then proceeded on ...

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Canyon Fishing Report