Fishing Reports by Capt. Rich Antonino

Cod fishing in shallow water is as good as it's ever been - Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Nice day again. What a surprise for a last-minute reservation! The ride out was incredible...33 mph and not a bump. The fish moved around on us again...leaving us questioning ourselves at first... We found some great pollack af more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank

Pollack SURFACE BLITZ and cod roundup - Sunday, May 02, 2010 I thought I was seeing things today! It's been 28 years since I've seen pollack busting on the surface! It was an all-out blitz, with pollack coming out of the water completely while chasing sand-eels. I thought it was tuna for more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank

Well, this is my last fishing report for the season.. - Yep, the season is over. We ended the year fishing for bluefin tuna...We hooked a small giant on the last cast of the year, only to lost it an hour later just under the boat! Incredible battle and 250 pound fish on a spinning rod! We use OTI Tuna more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank

Lots of big tuna today! - What can I say about today? With the crew from Okuma coming out to fish on the Black Rose Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and with bad weather rolling in and out....It was forecast to be really bad on Wednesday, so the writer and cameraman from The F more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank

OTI rods beating up on Bluefin tuna - Holy mackerel, Batman! The tuna cooperated today big time. It was one of the best fishing days of the year. OTI guys came up today from Texas to stretch their wings and beat up their Tuna Sniper rods, Tuna Popping Rods, and Jigging Rods. The bluefin more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank

Tuna and Cod on Stellwagen; blitzing - Monday, September 21, 2009 Today's trip was the best trip of the year, short 10'. That is to say, we weren't intending on tuna fishing on today's shared charter, but the tuna blitz that we saw was the best bite I've ever witnessed. Half of the fish more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank

Huge Mako Shark on Stellwagen - This was a grand slam week for us on the Black Rose. 5 trips in 5 days. Two tuna trips, both successful. 3 shark trips with the same customer and each day got better. They started great! I HAD A THREE-DAY TRIP CANCELED FOR NEXT WEEK AS MY CUSTOMER'S more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank

Father's Day gift of Bluefin Tuna! - Bang! Streak broken. Broken early and hard. A father's day trip...Father and son, son wanted Dad to hook into a tuna. We had 6 hours to play with....we really only needed one to find our fish. And another 70 minutes to get it to the harpoon. We s more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank

Another Nice Bluefin Tuna on the Black Rose - Saturday, August 15, 2009 Today was a 6-hour tuna trip. We delivered and then some. It was a great day on the water, to start. Amazing weather and great guys. Upon setting up our drift, we marked some awesome fish. With very little wind and a rush more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank

85" tuna lost after 4 hours..on spinning gear - How do I put this? It was a slob. Jeff Weber(buckmanJr) mated for me today and did great; I'm thankful to have another set of knowledgeable hands for this trip. Perfect casting conditions and sporadic jumping fish....Craig had a fish slam his yell more...
Capt. Rich Antonino - Stellwagen Bank