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Friday, October 25, 2013

Open Boat Tautog/Blackfish Trips

With the season winding down in the Northeast, we have two main species to fish: The Blue Fin in Cape Cod and the Tautog/Blackfish in Newport.  The Tuna bite has been dismal at best so I really am not booking anyone for those trips. You work too hard for your money for the chance to make only a couple casts at the tuna. I would rather have you wait until next year if this is your species of choice. If another captain disagrees with me, so be it. I hope you get at least 12 casts or he/she played you.  The Tog bite however has been getting fantastic. If you don't have any other people to join you, let me know. I have several anglers that are solo and want to limit out on Tautog.  We have about another month left in our season and there are scattered dates open. I base everything on tide and weather at this point. If you want to get out and get your limit, give me a call and I will get you on my list.  This is a first come first serve basis and I will go right down the list until each open day is filled with 4 anglers to divide the costs.  It will be $110 per person.  That includes bait and tackle.  You can provide your own tackle and gear as long as it is suitable for the conditions to get a discount. Please discuss this prior to the trip.

Its getting close to the end, now is the time to fill the freezer! I just love Tautog Chowder in February!!

Capt. Brian

Monday, October 7, 2013

Bonito, Stripers, Blues, Tautog, Seabass....

Holy Cow! I have never had trips where we caught every fish on one trip! The weekend started with Joe and his lovely wife on the anniversary.  Lets see, blitzing stripers (all released), blues, sea bass, scup and tautog. All on light tackle. The trip was nothing short of action packed. We had topwater bluefish early in the morning up to the 12 lb mark, nice larger school bass like the ones seen below, scup taking metal of all things, and finishing it up with tautog. There is no way to complain about that!
We also were able to add to the list some really nice bonito by the way of Dave's Crew. This is the 4th trip they did with me this year and if you look at their photos on my site, you will see they just had an awesome season.  This time, they were able to add Bonito Tuna to their resume, along with Stripers (all released), blues, tautog and seabass.  I must note that this was their first bonito they had ever caught and to get two on light tackle spin gear is just amazing.  Truly just one of my favorite times of the year.  Its just too bad these winds hit us this week as I know I had so many inquiries about getting out for these fish. I will make sure I get back to each of you that emailed me as soon as we can get back on the water and find them...hopefully!!!

Enjoy the week, I know I will with all of the weekend's fish stories!!