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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Long Overdue Update

I wanted so badly to keep the reports up each week so for this I apologize! Here it is in a nutshell:  Harpoon boats were having a field day in Cape Cod with Giant Tuna while the rod and reel guys (me included) had to sit by and watch.  There was no real surface feed to speak of which was fine, we are just going back to the good old days of tuna fishing before we were spoiled for 3 years.
Block Island has been spotty.  We really did have to work hard to find fish and several night trips to the SWE were alright but not typical.  The next morning we found out they were in another location on the Island. It is tough to run at night, but with this heat, it is usually a sure fire way to land big bass.
Bottom fishing (Fluke, Sea Bass) has been extraordinary! There has been a bent rod each drift.  I can only see it getting better as there were still a fair amount of short fluke caught.  The Sea Bass have been bigger than ever and the blues are very aggressive mid water column.

Latest report was for the smaller tuna on the Cape.  There has been a recent push of the 60-120 lb fish and now is the time to get after them.  I plan on going a couple times over the next week so I am hoping to have some solid answers for everyone.  Everyone asks me: Where do I go to fish in this heat?  If I were a betting man, I would put my money on the Pre Dawn bites. Locations, that is why people pay me good money to find fish. This time of year is not easy. You have to put in your days and work every step of the way, especially for Bass or Tuna.  The more information you can put together, the better your chances will be.  Keep fishing!

Tight Lines,
Capt. Brian Patterson