May 5, 2016

Captain Jason Colby My first flounder trips of 2016 are in the books. This report will document my late April and early May trips.  When launching the boat on the afternoon of April 27th I had surface temps of 50.7 degrees but the very next day it had dropped to 47. On April 27th the water temperature

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Boston Harbor Flounder Report
March 29, 2016

Mark Timmerman Recently The Town of Harwich, MA put a project out for bid. The idea was to construct an offshore artificial reef for fishing.  The foundation from the old Harwich High School was thus saved, and intended for use as the main material for the new fishing reef. Robert B. Our Co., Inc. was

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Harwich’s New Artificial Fishing Reef – the Harwich School Reef
December 27, 2015

Ron Rudowsky Why would I embark on a trip around the Cape? Because I always thought about exploring the Outer Cape, using my boating and navigation skills, and fishing along the way. For me that made it an easy decision.

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Circumnavigating Cape Cod & Fishing Along The Way
December 2, 2015

Note from Ryan – We are just getting settled in Costa Rica. I plan on publishing a report very soon, probably tomorrow! Captain Jason Colby When I announced open boat for this particular trip over a month ago the boat was filled up almost instantly.  Strangely, of the 6 people who booked, none of them

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Last Tautog Of The Season
November 11, 2015

Captain Jason Colby This past Sunday I fished with Matt Newman of Newton and his sons Zach and Adien. They caught their limit of tog in “tough conditions” on the close inshore rockpiles with several fish approaching 7 pounds and one that was over that mark, caught by Adien. Even though I had two anchors

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Tautog in High Seas & Rough Weather
November 1, 2015

MFCC member Eric Meyer So with the great weather predicted for Tuesday of this past week, I took my kid out of school for the day. I figured why not. With a good trip on Saturday and the cold setting in, this may be our last chance of the season. The wife was against it. “What

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Last Call For Gator Bluefish | Part #2
October 30, 2015

MFCC member Eric Meyer It’s late October, it’s cold and the weather is always questionable. I work so much, but I’m not complaining because my work provides a good life for my family and I. However work cuts into my first love, which is of course fishing! This time of the year I seem to

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Last Call For “Gator Bluefish” | Part #1
October 29, 2015

Capt. Jason Colby So the wind was blowing a bit today and the waves were a little high, but that doesn’t matter…right? After all we are fishermen and fisherwomen!Actually for this trip, we did have a woman on the boat and she did get seasick, but not before she caught a few good fish and

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October 29 Tautog Fishing Update
October 22, 2015

The past week or so has been “picky” with open boat on Thursday 10/15 taking a bit better than half limits. The water was still on the warm side and sizes were on the small side. Saturday 10/18 I had My Fishing Cape Codder John D. Silva along with Ryan Collins. The fishing was “tough at

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Buzzard’s Bay Striper and Tautog Fishing Update
October 17, 2015

This morning was windy and chilly on Buzzard’s Bay! Nevertheless I set off for tautog with MFCC contributors John D. Silva and captain Jason Colby of Little Sister Charters.​ The plan was to capture some video and some keeper-size tog for the box.I am happy to report that the trip was a success.​

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Buzzard’s Bay Tautog Fishing | Oct. 17th 2015 [VIDEO]
October 13, 2015

This past Sunday we headed out at 4:30 am to bass fish. Onboard I had John D. Silva (the famous outdoor writer and photographer) and Kevin Chueng (the Federal Fishery Biologist).We were tossing “anything with a lead head” and the bite was slow and steady. At one point I did have 3 or 4 on

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Big Tog and Big Bass | October 13th Report
October 7, 2015

Yesterday morning started off “very weird” to say the least. There were still some large swells hitting the river when we began casting eels. The swells breaking in the rocks were making eerie sounds compared to the quiet we are used to in this particular spot. After at least 45 minutes with the eels, Ron

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October 7th Capt. Jason Colby Fishing Update