Tuna Fishing Stellwagen Bank

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Fish Reports

Tuna fishing continues to be great. Fish between 63-67" were caught this week kite fishing with live pogies. Ralph Holleran and crew from Binghampton NY fished for groundfish on Wednesday. Fishing was non-stop with huge pollock to 25 pounds with a mix of cod up to 8 pounds hammered jigs in depths of 350 feet. Saturday's trip of John and Jane Timmons from Newark NJ also had non-stop action with the large pollock. They also caught and released 4 large blue sharks up to 8 feet. The biggest surprise was a big porbeagle that chased a pollock all the way up to the transom. Bass fishing continues to be slow but several large bluefish have moved into the race for great light tackle action.

The big news this week has been Tuna. We caught tuna every trip this week all on live pogies either on a kite or balloon. Dan Burns from Marshfield MA, caught 4 bluefin on Monday up to 66" down on Peaked Hill Bar. Friday Eric Timmons from Billerica MA, and Derek Santini from Wilmington MA took out there young boys for some bluefin action. After only a half hour the pogie was hammered from the kite and a nice 67" came to the gaff. Our next bait was attacked less than a minute after setting up with a tuna that was released. The boys had a great day hooking and releasing dogfish on light tackle while tuna fishing. The Nick Muruso charter from West Roxbury came out to do some bass and blue fishing on thursday. Fishing was slow most of the day. Bass fishing continues to be slow but should pick up by the end of the month. Groundfishing has also slowed down with some nice pollock and redfish in the deep water east of the bank.

Last weekend we fished the Monster Shark Tournement down in Oak Bluffs. Friday was a washout with heavy winds and big seas. Saturday was beautiful with 23 sharks released. The biggest caught by Mike Moitoza from Taunton MA, an 11 foot blue shark estimated around 350 pounds which was released. Tuna fishing this week has been great. We have changed tackle to live pogies since the squid bars have become harder to attrack stikes. Friday Tyler Ludecker from Middleboro MA, and friends saw great tuna action. Within 5 minutes of stopping at Peaked Hill Bar we had a 68" tuna attack a pogie on a balloon. The fight lasted nearly 45 min. until the fish came to the gaff. Seven minutes after setting back up we had another take down on the pogie on a kite. That fish measured 60" and was released. Bass fishing has been hit or miss as of late. Cod and Pollock fishing is heating up in deep water. We are fishing 300 feet or deeper water for these groundfish but the fishing has been! non-stop.

Captain Brian of Ocean Runner Charters reported that some larger Codfish up to 23 lbs are being caught. Most were in the 10-12 pound size. Steve Heintzelman group from Auburn, Pennsylvania on Saturday, June 13th. bounced Cod Jigs in the shallow waters of Stellwagen Bank's Northern Edge. They all hooked legal size Codfish to catch there limit and move to get into some giant Pollock. On the way to the fishing grounds, there were plenty of Whales, Striped Bass and School Blue Fin Tuna playing on Stellwagen Bank. Come and let the Pro's of Ocean Runner Charters put you on Fish!!!

Ocean Runner Charters is now one of Green Harbors charters boats most popular craft. Captain Brian Flannery has his anglers trolling his red and black jigs from the race to wood end with outstanding success. They are hooking keeper Striped Bass in the 40 plus size at a phenomenal rate! The Aaron Getty group from Plainville, MA hooked braggin bass limits and spiced their catch with several slammer Bluefish. The fish are fat and loaded with sand eel fodder.

Blue Fin Tuna continue to provide steady action and several 67-inch tuna were hooked this past week. The Henry Thompson charter from Brockton, MA landed a 66 inch Blue Fin and released a 64 inch blue Fin Tuna in fighting good shape. These Blue Fin Tuna were taken on black and pink bars. The fish were hooked in the deep water side of the southwest corner of Stellwagen Bank. Visit Ocean Runner Charters picture gallery to view all the different variety's of fish.

May 24, 2009
Fishing continues to be phenomenal. Cod limits have been reached on every trip this past week. On Friday we welcomed returning guest Dave Neeman and his crew from Hartford CT. Fishing was non-stop with cod up to 15 pounds. Drew Stefanski and crew came all the way from Pittsburgh to have an awesome day with cod limits. Fish averaged 8-12 pounds. Largest fish was 14 pounds.

June 6, 2009
Saturday was a bass trip to the race. Chuck and crew from Hillsdale MA enjoyed a great day with bass limits up to 22lbs on black jigs. The fishing was non-stop. Cod fishing is still outstanding up on the northwest corner of the bank. The fish are slamming jigs as soon as they hit bottom. Tuna news is spreading with fish in the 70" range showing up on the bank. Tuna charters will start this week and will go on until November.

June 14, 2009
Cod fishing is still great with limits on every trip. Fish up to 23 pounds were landed this week with many in the 10-12 pounds. Dan Keegan and friends from Duxbury MA fished on Monday. Steve Heintzelman and crew from Auburn PA fished on Saturday. Fishing is with jigs in shallow water on the north corner of the bank. Large pollack were targeted after limits were reached. First tuna trip is Wednesday. The bass are loaded at the race wire-line jigging.

June 20, 2009
Cod fishing continues to be amazing with limits on every trip. Skip Webster from Chicoppe MA and crew enjoyed non-stop cod limits to 18 pounds. Several large pollack also hit the jigs with green teasers in shallow water on the Northwest corner of Stellwagen Bank Tuna fishing is off the hook. Several large fish up to 69" were taken on squid bars on the SW corner of the bank. Black and pink bars were the takers. Bass to 25 pounds and bluefish to 11 pounds were taken off the race on the Steve Foley charter from Halifax MA. Fish hammered red jigs and 9er rigs.

June 28, 2009
Fishing continues to be great. Thursday we welcomed the James Erlwein charter from Liberty NY to tuna fish. Fishing was tough due to all the large bass and bluefish hammering the squid bars but finally managed a 63" bluefin on a pink squid bar. Deep water off Peaked Hill Bar provided the action
Friday we welcomed Don Cooper and friends from Newtonville MA for great bass and blue fishing. Bass limits were scored using red and black jigs up to 21 pounds. Bluefish to 9 pounds also hammered the jigs. Chris Paze and crew from Raynham MA joined us on Saturday for some bluefin tuna fishing and bass fishing. Tuna action was slow on the SW corner of the bank. Bass fishing was red hot at the race as fish hammered the jigs again.

July 11, 2009
Bass fishing continues to phenomenal with bass up to 40" almost every trip this week with red and black jigs at the race to wood end. The Aaron Getty party from Plainville MA scored bass limits up to 39" and several nice bluefish. The fish are really fat loaded with sand eels. The tuna fishing continues to be steady as well with fish up to 67" taken this week. The Henry Thompson charter from Brockton MA scored a 66" bluefin on a black squid bar and also a 64" which was released that hammered a pink bar. The fish were taken in deep water off the Southwest corner of the bank.

July 19, 2009
Ryan Crowell from Mansfield MA and friends were out for a combination tuna/bass charter. Ryan is the owner and creator of Last Fling Lure Co. He specializes in rubber skirted bucktail jigs. We started the day trolling peaked hill bar for tuna. After 20 minutes of trolling the outrigger popped and we fought a 63" tuna for an hour and ten minutes. The fish was real fat and loaded with sand eels. We then went to the race to wire-line jig his own "Last Fling Lure Co. jigs". They worked great! Bass up to 42 inches hammered the black and red jigs. Ryan is trying to advertise his jigs to local bait and tackles and charter boats in Green Harbor are all ready buying them directly. On Friday the Janine Quigley charter from Bridgewater MA came on the boat for a tuna/bass charter as well. Tuna action was quiet all day except for some large bass hitting the squid bars. The bass action was non-stop with fish up to 39" hammering the jigs. The largest bass weighed 23 pounds caught by Peter Quigley. Their two sons also caught 20 plus pound fish.

August 2, 2009
Last weekend we fished the Monster Shark Tournement down in Oak Bluffs. Friday was a washout with heavy winds and big seas. Saturday was beautiful with 23 sharks released. The biggest caught by Mike Moitoza from Taunton MA, an 11 foot blue shark estimated around 350 pounds which was released. Tuna fishing this week has been great. We have changed tackle to live pogies since the squid bars have become harder to attract stikes. Friday Tyler Ludecker from Middleboro MA, and friends saw great tuna action. Within 5 minutes of stopping at Peaked Hill Bar we had a 68" tuna attack a pogie on a balloon. The fight lasted nearly 45 min. until the fish came to the gaff. Seven minutes after setting back up we had another take down on the pogie on a kite. That fish measured 60" and was released. Bass fishing has been hit or miss as of late. Cod and Pollock fishing is heating up in deep water. We are fishing 300 feet or deeper water for these groundfish but the fishing has been non-stop!

August 9, 2009
The big news this week has been Tuna. We caught tuna every trip this week all on live pogies either on a kite or balloon. Dan Burns from Marshfield MA, caught 4 bluefin on Monday up to 66" down on Peaked Hill Bar. Friday Eric Timmons from Billerica MA, and Derek Santini from Wilmington MA took out there young boys for some bluefin action. After only a half hour the pogie was hammered from the kite and a nice 67" came to the gaff. Our next bait was attacked less than a minute after setting up with a tuna that was released. The boys had a great day hooking and releasing dogfish on light tackle while tuna fishing. The Nick Muruso charter from West Roxbury came out to do some bass and blue fishing on Thursday. Fishing was slow most of the day. Bass fishing continues to be slow but should pick up by the end of the month. Groundfishing has also slowed down with some nice pollack and redfish in the deep water east of the bank.

August 16, 2009
Tuna fishing continues to be great. Fish between 63-67" were caught this week kite fishing with live pogies. Ralph Holleran and crew from Binghampton NY fished for groundfish on Wednesday. Fishing was non-stop with huge pollock to 25 pounds with a mix of cod up to 8 pounds hammered jigs in depths of 350 feet. Saturday's trip of John and Jane Timmons from Newark NJ also had non-stop action with the large pollack. They also caught and released 4 large blue sharks up to 8 feet. The biggest surprise was a big porbeagle that chased a pollack all the way up to the transom. Bass fishing continues to be slow but several large bluefish have moved into the race for great light tackle action.

August 23, 2009
Tuna fishing remains red hot. Fish between 63-66" were hooked consistently on live pogies. It is an awesome sighting watching the tuna inhale the pogies under the kite. Most of the fish were taken on the SW corner with a couple taken at Peaked Hill Bar. Greg Stunzenas from Marshfield MA, had a great trip fishing for sharks east of Stellwagen. Blue sharks up to 250 pounds were caught and released. Greg and the guys were thrilled fighting these guys and several nice pollack up to 15 pounds were jigged up while drifting. Cheryl Chan from Quincy MA took her family out on Saturday for some great tuna action. The pogies got hammered throughout the day with several take downs but only a nice fat 66" fish came to the boat. Cod and pollack fishing remain great in the real deep water east of the bank.

August 30, 2009
Wednesday we welcomed Rudy Langer and crew from Marshfield MA for some great tuna fishing. Fishing was slow for the morning bite with minimum bird and bait activity. A move toward Peaked Hill Bar was all that it took. Fish were breaking under diving birds and our pogie was inhaled of the kite. A fat 64" tuna was brought to gaff. The tuna fishing continues to be great as well as the shark fishing. Frank Konroy from Bridgewater MA, came aboard for bass and blues. Bass fishing was a little slow but the bluefish were extremely thick. Bluefish to 9 pounds were hooked on light tackle. This weather has caused for canceled trips this weekend.

September 13, 2009
Tuna fishing is still great with fish between 61-65" on the Southwest corner of the bank. Andrew Ouellette from Danvers Massachusetts and crew had a great day on Wednesday with 3 bluefin all on live pogies on the corner. The largest measured 65" and weighed 160 pounds. Bass fishing is starting to heat up. The bathhouse off of race point has produced fish up to 40" on red and black jigs. Groundfishing is also starting to heat up in a little shallower water. Codfishing are starting to move back into the 200 feet depths and are slamming jigs with a feather teaser. We still have great dates open for some awesome fall fishing.

September 20, 2009
The southwest corner is loaded with bluefin of all sizes. Boats have been hooking up from fish in the low 40" all the way up to the big giants. Due to the windy weather, trolled squid bars and slug-gos have been taking smaller fish on the bank. The large giants have been hooked on bluefish. Halfbeaks have shown and causing the tuna to go wild. Groundfish action has been good with codfish and pollack mixing the catch. Fish are are hammering jigs with green teasers. The bass action has been hot with fish up to 42" on red and black bucktail jigs from the bathhouse to the race. Next week we will be fishing the South Shore Tuna tournament.

October 11, 2009
The wind this fall has been terrible. In between the blows of this weeks the tuna action was red hot. Fish from 46"-68" were busting bait from the southeast corner all the way to peaked hill bar. Slug-gos and squid bars are taking fish throughout the day. Live bait such as pogies or whiting bring in the larger fish. As long as the weather holds, we will be chasing the tuna into November. Bass fishing in front of the bathhouse to the race has come alive with fish. Black and Green jigs on wire brought fish to 43" this week.

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