Report for Week ending 6/16 - still 5 minutes from the ramp!

We were still able to find fish this week in the upper bay of Bristol. Larger bait like Menhaden were located in various spots which enabled each group to get some private fishing in each morning. Saturday, we had some nice schools of menhaden up north of the Mt. Hope Bridge where we were able to land some nice 35 inch bass on large fly patterns. I am editing the video this week so I hope to have it up soon (my new GOPro project). It was just picture perfect that morning and no winds which made fly fishing a dream come true.

Sunday: While we found some baits in the usual spots, it was completely opposite of Saturday. We found the bait, we found the fish, but we really did have a difficult time getting them to eat. We fished 5 different locations, each holding fish (I even showed the customers what I was looking at) to just have them turn their nose to it.  Sometimes that is fishing. We did land one nice 20 lb striper on the very first drop but that was all we could get to the boat on Sunday.  My crew worked hard all day and kept doing everything right.   The good news: There is still a ton of fish around and in the 32-40 inch range. Water temps were creeping up to the 67 degree range as you move up the rivers but stayed at the 64 range in the mid bay area.  EP Puglisi bunker patterns in green were the fly of choice that fooled two big bass on Saturday!  Hopefully this week keeps up with the pace of Saturday... and lets keep these cool temps coming!!