Fresh Boston Harbor Sailing Club Fishing Reports

It was an action-packed week here at Get Tight Sport Fishing. We put the hours on the water and it showed! I split up this week fishing between Cape Cod and Boston Harbor. The weather has been a major dampener this week. The fact is, it's tough to fish in 20-30mph winds, and 40+ is just too unsafe to get out. So, we picked our shots and only fished 5 out of the last 7 days. Cape Cod is holding good numbers of tasty black seabass and these guys have been everywhere. We even had some big tautog while seabass fishing. Hogy 100gram sandeel jigs, tipped with fresh vineyard sound squid have been doing the damage. This is a fun way to fish over the conventional high low bait rig. The beginning of the week saw most of our striped bass come from high current structure areas. Focusing on rip lines has been key. The bass seemed to grow as the week went on. We now have fish in the mid to high 30-inch range moving into Cape waters. Boston harbor is awash in 15-25 inch schoolies feeding heavily on the surface. They have been keyed in on small bait. The new 1oz hogy protail in bone seems to trigger instant bites. Both Tomo's tackle and Monahan's Marine are stocking these great new baits. The flounder fishing is the best I have seen in years with 4 man limits in under 3 hours yesterday. Some of these have been brusers! The trick has been to anchor on the outgoing tide and chum heavily. I find Fishing Finatics in Everett has not only the freshest bait around but his chum logs have been my weapon of choice! Don't be cheap; if your going to do it right, you need 2-3 chum logs and a flat of sea worms. The crabs and skates have been brutal, but once the black backs move in it's been lock and load! So we got options! Tight Lines. Captain Brian Coombs

Spring has sprung, the fishing and weather are better by the day! They huge schools of smaller bass have pushed through the canal and are settling in all over the state. Larger class fish in the low 30" range are starting to show up in the mix and will arrive in numbers very soon. The larger baits have also showed up this week LG herring, bunker and mackerel. Are all present now in cape cod waters. Top water spooks as well as 10inch hogy double wides are putting a hurting on the fish. We also targeted some giant scup this week, frying pan size! These provide great table fare and action. They are a great alternative to keeping striped bass! While targeting the scup we saw large numbers of black sea bass as well. Black sea bass season opens on May 19th, these guys are by far the tastiest fish in our waters! So we have plenty of things to look forward to in the coming weeks! Tight Lines! Captain Brian Coombs

Well the 2019 fishing season has officially kicked off and I'm stoked. We have crazy good fishing right now and so many options to choose from. Flounder are now active in Boston Harbor and are pounding baits better by the day! Tasty Squid have arrived in droves to the south side of the cape and are offering fast and furious action. Dinner plate scup are also making a showing in upper buzzards bay in good numbers. But the biggest news on the agenda is the return of our beloved Striped Bass. Huge numbers of sea liced laden schoolies have returned to cape cod waters. As always this time of year they are feeding heavily on the surface. These fish are prime targets for flies, top water plugs & soft plastics. Most fish are ranging from 20-25 inches but as always this time of year. Larger fish move in daily and I expect 30 inch fish by beginning of next week. Booking dates are going rapidly! Let's go fishing! Tight Lines! Captain Brian Coombs Get Tight Sport Fishing

The weekend is over and I'm beat! Here is a quick recap of the carnage that occurred: Friday I had the opportunity to host Evan from Yeti Coolers, Joe from Why Knot Fishing, and Pat and Anthony from the On The Water Magazine crew. I had promised an epic trip on The Cape and I never come short on promises! With fish on the move I wanted to cover some ground to maximize potential, so I topped off the fuel tanks for a 200 mile run. The plan was to quickly check Buzzards Bay and ...then cut through the Canal and head north. We launched out of upper Buzzards Bay around 5 AM, the temperature was a brisk 50 degrees. We didn't see much life so we started working structure points with Hogy soft plastics. After picking up a half dozen schoolies I made the call to run north. After a quick cut through the ditch we ran into Cape Cod Bay. Spring fishing in the bay is a lot like run and gun tuna fishing - open water, big fish, and big feeds. I immediately ran 2-3 miles offshore and headed east on the 40-50 foot line. With the radar tuned into birds, I started to run zig zag patterns in a east direction, this covers a large area more effectively. After a 20 minute run, we found our first pile of birds. It was a pure bloodbath with 15-40lb bass blowing herring out of the water. We immediately tripled up. This went on for 3 hours, fish after fish fell victim to the white 3oz Hogy pro tails. We also had several beautiful fish on fly, including Joe's personal best at 30lbs. This frenzy lasted a while before dying off, so we ran again and found several other epic feeds. We spent the rest of the day throwing poppers and watching wolf packs of fish chase them in gin clear water. We got sick footage! We covered over 100 miles and boated 150+ fish. Unfortunately, I had to reschedule the next morning's trip due to inclement weather, but spent it doing recon on The Cape. Then Sunday was an exact repeat of Friday's trip, only we launched from a closer location. I had out Steve, Adam, Joe, and Nina. Joe had never caught a bass over thirty pounds, and I assured him we could make it happen, and so it did, twice on this trip! Nina had never caught a striped bass. We started her addiction out with a little top water action. Steve also caught his personal best with a fish over 40lbs. The feeds didn't last as long and were more sporadic due to heavy boat traffic, but at the end of the day every one had smiles on after boating 60+ fish! This is going to last several more weeks, the time is Now! Book Now. Tight Lines! Captain Brian Coombs Get Tight Spot Fishing

First trip of the season started out with a bang! I put together a crew of Get Tight regulars to do an exploratory trip in the upper portion of Buzzards Bay. With a crisp chill in the air, we launched at first light and were immediately greeted with diving bird life. This trip was primarily light tackle, and we were throwing a combination of soft plastics from Hogy Lures. Their new pro tail series proved to be deadly, absolutely bailing one fish after the next! Most of the fish were healthy 25-32 inch and laden with fresh sea lice. After an hour or so the action slowed and I made the call to run south to look for bird action with our radar. After a short run, we found acres of birds on bass in open water. These fish seemed to be a little pickier, so we downsized to small epoxy jigs and larger profile soft plastics (10inch Hogys in bone). The epoxy jigs seemed to catch a smaller class of fish 15-25 inches, but the larger soft plastics picked away at keeper-sized bass up to 25lbs. We also landed a 15lb bluefish on a Pro Tail. I was extremely impressed with the durability of these baits, they stood up to dozens of fish and never fell apart! After about six hours of nonstop fishing, we called it quits and had a nice shore lunch on Cape. What a great way to start our 2017 season. Tight Lines! Captain Brian

Great charter this am. We had Mark Anthony and his cousin Keith from Winthrop on the boat. With the light tackle inshore bite having been slow, the plan was to live line macks in deep water. We launched at false dawn and ran to an inshore location to get bait. The area was loaded, with little pressure bait was thick. Most of the baits were small tinker macks but we managed several larger ones. The larger baits usually troll better! It was Keiths first time making bait and he... learned quickly how to load up! Using some intel I got on the water, we ran north about 7miles. The bite had been good in 30-40 feet of water on a beach front the day prior. Upon arrival we started to live line and noticed quite a bit of bait on the sounder. As soon as we hit the forty foot line Keith's rods was almost pulled from his hands. This was a big fish bite! He had been thumbing the spool way to hard and the fish ripped the larger mack off the hook. Ten seconds later Marks rod doubled over. Fish on! After quick fight a frisky 27 inch fish came boat side. The fish came in hooked deep but after a little CPR it swam free. Things started to slow down after that, with the tide slacking out we ran to a light tackle spot I know and pick up another schoolie and had several other follows. With the wind starting to gust above 25mph I made the call to move into shore. We picked up a nice 27 inch fish for Keith on our way back in. He was very happy and fought the fish like a pro through a mooring field. Over all it was a slow day and made plans to have the two out again when the light tackle bite picked up. With the weather worsening I made the call to cancel the afternoon charter and reschedule it. Safety is always my #1 concern! Looking forward to my next trip with these guys!