Pelagics?
August 10, 2018 Scituate 1 photo
Haddock
Haddock

Trip Summary

There is no better substantiation of a rumor than an eyewitness. The South Shore has been rife with the murmur of mahi mahi in close, and Captain Mark Rowell of Legit Fish Charters saw four of the pelagics, which were recently caught in Cape Cod Bay! It might be time to start looking for high-flyer lobster pot buoys, flotsam and any other surface clutter from which these exotic fish can launch an ambush. Mahi mahi tend to not be fussy; a well-placed cast with a shiny spoon, jig, or small plug should do it. In my experience the sand eel Daddy Mac Elite casting jig has been a mahi mahi killer. mahi mahi Warm water eddies have brought mahi mahi in close! Surprisingly the skipper is finding the shallows of Stellwagen Bank loaded with big haddock. This may seem counterintuitive, but eddies of warm water have been spinning off from the Gulf Stream making, in some cases, the water east of the bank warmer than the bank itself – strange days indeed! For bass, Mark suggests showing them a tube-and-worm with the logic being it sometimes takes a different look to get their interest in the middle of all those pogies.
Mark Rowell
Scituate, Massachusetts, United States
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