Fishing Reports by Capt. Mike Bartlett

STELLWAGEN BANK,MA-Cod & Haddock 4/19/2008 - STELLWAGEN BANK, MA-Cod & Haddock 4/19/2008 After a relatively slow start, both the weather and the cod fishing have reached their typical spring potential. Acres of sand eels and herring are on the shoal-water on top of the bank with gannets and more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Stellwagen Bank

Coastal Massachusetts - Boston Harbor & South Shore-Stripers 8/14/06 BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers 8/12/06 Peanut Bunker Blitz Underway Early last week big bass had the silversides corralled as they staged in the inner-harbor bays and coves. Stripers to 38 inc more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Boston Harbor

Coastal Massachusetts - BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers 8/4/2006 BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers 8/4/06 This week traveling anglers from Utah and California found the inner-Harbor alive with big bass slurping silversides in the upper reaches of the bays. The more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Boston Harbor

Coastal Massachusetts - Boston Harbor & South Shore Stripers-7/30/2006 BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers 7/30/06 This week juvenile silversides in the upper-reaches of the inner-harbor bays have been the attraction of stripers and some larger bluefish. Many of the Ba more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Boston Harbor

Coastal Massachusetts - Bsoton Harbor & South Shore-Stripers 7/9/2006 BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers 7/9/2006 I just returned from my annual Atlantic salmon trip to Labrador with friend and colleague John Putnam. Although the rivers were low making for tough fishi more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Boston Harbor

Coastal Massachusetts - Boston Harbor & South Shore Stripers-6/24/2006 BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers 6/24/2006 Inshore striper fishing has pick-up significantly this week. Silversides can be found in the upper-reaches of the inner-harbor bays, and where you mark more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Boston Harbor

Coastal Massachusetts - STELLWAGEN BANK,MA- Cod & Haddock Fishing May 7, 2006 STELLWAGEN BANK, MA- Cod & Haddock Fishing 5/7/2006 The month of April was a literal blow-out to say the least. Strong northeast winds for weeks on end, very rough sea conditions and sub-par more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Boston Harbor

Coastal Massachusetts - BOSTON HARBOR-Stripers & Cape Cod Bay-Bluefin 9/3/05 BOSTON HARBOR-Stripers and CAPE COD BAY-School Bluefin-9/3/05 This past week the Peanut Bunker Blitz has continued in both Boston’s inner and outer harbors. The feeding forays had brought som more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Boston Harbor

Coastal Massachusetts - BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers 8/21/05 Peanut Bunker Blitz BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE- Stripers 8/21/05 Striped bass fishing in the Boston Harbor area has blown wide open due to the start of the peanut-bunker blitz. These juvenile bunke more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Boston Harbor

Coastal Massachusetts - BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE- Stripers 8/14/05 BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE-Stripers & Bluefin 8/14/05 Inshore this week, schools of juvenile herring have continued to pour out of the rivers and estuaries in both the inner and outer harbors of Bos more...
Capt. Mike Bartlett - Boston Harbor