Amazing Striper Fishing
Capt. Roland Lizotte
June 18, 2009
Race Point - Saltwater Fishing Report
For those of you that follow our reports, you are going to get tired of me starting out with saying this but "WOW", what another exciting day we had on the water today with our bass trip. Today was a planned 6 hour striped bass trip with repeat customers Rob, Ron, George and Steve. We left Brewers Marine around 6:45am today to fish the in-coming and dropping tides. We had a really quick ride across the bay today, the skies were overcast with very little wind which allowed us to run around 30-35mph. We decided to head off to our usual bass spots around the Race Point areas. It was the right decision for the day. Not long after we arrived, there was lots of signs that the fish were there. Marking them on the Lowrance fish finder, seeing the birds and just
clouds of sand eels in the water. The guys decided to start with the wire line so we made a few passes trying to raise some fish. Most of the fish we were seeing were suspended off the bottom as we have seen in days past. Seeing fish like this meant only one thing, break out the light spinning tackle. Within minutes of the first casts, we had fish on. This would set the pace for the day. Ron was the first to hook up, then Rob, Steve and finally George. Fish after fish, we would drift along with the school of bass casting anything from cast master lures, Ronz baits and Yozuri Minnow Jigs. It was another catch and release clinic for a while.
When we started to lose the tide, a buddy of mine gave me a call and said he was getting fish slow trolling swim shads. I did not have any on board and he graciously let us use a couple of them. So I rigged the wire line outfits with the shads and within minutes, we had fish on. We would slow troll up against the tide, pick up 1 to 2 fish on every pass. It made for some fast fishing during the slack tide. By this time, we managed to put 6 nice fish in the box, all ranging in size from 28in to 34in. As the tide picked up, we started marking fish right on the bottom and I knew we needed to put the wire line jigs out.
With a couple of the guys casting from the bow, Rob and George started to let the wire out. Within minutes, both were hooked up. Rob was on a smaller fish but George had hooked into a fish that was taking line from the reel. We new it had to be a good fish. After about 10 minutes on the fish, lots of runs and great head shakes, we got our first look. It was a nice bass, 36in plus. As George pulled it closer to the boat, I grabbed the leader and over the rails it came. On the tape, it measured about 42in and 25+lbs. Definitely a nice fish and the biggest fish for the day!!! NICE JOB GEORGE. In the end, we had our limit of fish and many throw backs for the day, close to 40 fish when it was all said and done.
So with all that said, we had another AWESOME day on the water. Stripers are in, big tuna are now running the waters from the Race to Peaked Hill. Now is the time to make it a combo day of bass and tuna. Try you luck at landing a Bluefin Tuna in the morning and fill the box with some nice sized bass for the grill when you get home!!! Bluefin and Striped Bass sushi anyone?? Give Capt. Roland Lizotte a call for booking details. We have spots open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Spend the day on the water with us and burn some memories that will last forever!!! Contact us at 774-437-1882!!!
Race Point Fishing Forecast:
Stiper fishing continues to be hot with tuna fishing getting better with every day.
Target Species:
Striped Bass, Tuna, Shark, Cod, Haddock, Bluefish
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