June 5

By Bill C

Bill at Yankee Fleet reports that we have had to shift gears from our spring favorite spots to the Summer time grounds. Fishing out on Stellwagen was great up until the arrival of all the commercial gear. It took a few days to zero back in on the fish.

Each day since June 1st has been a little better. Capt. Josh had a fantastic day on Thursday. An even mix of cod and haddock, were caught on both bait and jigs. Even a beautiful 26lb wolfish was caught.

Still plenty mackerel and schooling stripers around. A few striper hook ups add a little excitement to every trip. The mackerel are jumping on both the jigs and teasers. Gloucester harbor and Ipswich Bay both have no shortage of schoolie stripers and mackerel.

Our pool winners this week were Robert Goodwin of Salem, Ma with a 15lb cod. Bob Gossom of Willsboro, NY caught a 15lb wolfish.  Dana Brehm of Dorchester, Ma jigged up a 20lb cod. Walter Ruzycky of NY had himself a 10 ½ pound cod.  Peter Jones of Lowell, Ma added to the list with a 15lb cod caught on a jig. David Mycue of North Reading, Ma. had a nice 18lb cod. Tom Hurley from Beverly, Ma caught an 8lb cod. To round off the week, Dana Brehm of Dorchester, Ma won the pool again with a beautiful 26lb wolfish.

Our half day fishing season begins on June 13. Week days from 8am to 12:30 pm and weekends 3:30 pm to 8 pm.

Watch for our report next week on our upcoming first offshore trip of the season. Capt Tom Luke is very excited about it as we all are.