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My Joyce III Weekly Report 9/3 to 9/8Overall it was a good week of fishing! The J Slager group wanted sharks so we headed out for a few hours and tussled with a bunch of giant blue dogs. After that we went bottom fishing catching a bunch of sea bass

I had Juliann Jakeman of Waretown her father Don Jakeman of Waretown and her sister Dr. Allison Jakeman of Florida on a 4hr Bay/Inlet charter. Juliann and her sister booked the trip as a Father's Day present and Allison flew up specifically for

Caught a few small Striped Bass last night around the Hatteras Harbor Marina. The largest was 16 inches. The empty slips with the old HPS lights were the most productive.

Night Striped Bass Captain Stephen D reports a phenomenal night of bass fishing aboard the Viking Starship. The bite was on right away when we got out there and made our first drop. We had our boat limit with fish into the 40lb range. Tonight’s

Water clear. Black bass are good on small crankbaits and swimbaits and on deep running crankbaits off points. Striped bass are slow. Crappie to 3.5 pounds are very good on minnows and crappie jigs under bridges. Channel and blue catfish are excellent

In this case my circle hook did just what it was intended to do as it hooked this small keeper right in the lip. The fish was released in good shape. If you are a bait fisherman who fishes for striped bass in MA inline circle hooks will be required

Another "MAGICAL" afternoon for backbay Fluke on the S&S BigEye bucktail - I had return client Erik Hansen of Doylestown with his two buddies Rodger Gensec and Michael Miele. We started working the backwaters for Fluke and the trio caugh

 The Black are really starting to settle in and have been biting consistently on the 7am morning trips... Pool fish have often been 10 plus pounds.     The night Striped Bass fishing has turned out to be the best falls run in years! &n

Summertime Striped Bass fishing is in full swing here on Cape Cod! The beautiful weather we’ve been having combined with the red hot fishing is a winning combo. The stripers have been mixing in with 10 to 15 pound bluefish that provide an incr

Night Striped Bass We did sail last Saturday night for a Full Moon Striped Bass trip but unfortunately the bass just are not around anymore. They have started their mass migration to the west so we will no longer be sailing on any night bass trips un

I had return client Ross Alber for his second trip this week and his buddy Ray on a 5hr Striped Bass charter. We started working the backwaters and hooked 6 fish pretty quickly keeping 4 for the table in the first 40 minutes of the trip. With the ti

I was able to run 5 trips over the last 3 days as we finally got some decent weather. I had a few of my long-term return clients ( Ray Currey Jr Bob Reim Michael Futterman Mike Pollino) and new client (Julian Hilongos). Striped bass fishing was rela

    Striped Bass migration map from On The Water magazine - www.onthewater.com Striped Bass 20 to 40 pounds have finally showed up but it's been tough to find a day when the weather cooperates. We've had reschedules on the days we

 The Stripers continue inhale the live eels on our 7pm to 12 midnight trips with some Jumbo Blues mixed in!

I had return client Art Diebel and his son Bruce from Allentown NJ on a afternoon Bay/Inlet Striped Bass charter. We started some areas in the back for Bluefish but could only raise and hook a lone 3-4 pounder. We headed to the inlet and worked some

Using a small lead jig head and Gulp squid I caught 6 Rockfish, 13 White Perch, and a Catfish tonight.

Ran 2 charters on Saturday - Sunday cancelled due to winds. In the morning I had return client David Cammarata and crew on a 5 hr striped bass charter. We started in an area we had them last week but could not find a bite on the troll. We switched o

I had return client Dave Spendiff of Beach Haven West with his 3 sons (Kyle Dale Garth) on a 4hr bay/multi-species charter. We started around the inlet working green crabs and the guys quickly boated their boat limit. We switched over to the backwat

It was an extremely busy week as I ran 5 charters in 3 days. We started hitting some striped bass in the inlet and bay. The bite slowed down dramatically but the ocean bite got much better. We changed over to a different tactic and had much better l

If you have been following my fishing reports and my Facebook posts you would have seen that this season has been challenging when fishing for Striped Bass.  Up and down the New England coast  fishers have been wondering what is happening t