Haddock Fishing with Sue

On Sunday, July 11, I went out on Buzzard's Bay with my friends, Rick and John.  We caught a few small scup that were sent back and two keeper Black Bass.  Rick caught the first one and soon thereafter I caught the second.  Weather conditions were perfect, clear skies and calm waters.   We caught the fish at about 1:30 pm using cut squid for bait.

I was lucky enough to be invited on a friend's boat on 7/16/12 for my very first tuna fishing expedition. The skies were blue with a consistent wind blowing. The chop, and the distance, kept some of the other boaters out of the area. From Waquoit Bay we traveled 3 hours to our destination of "The Dump", located south of the Vineyard. Whales and dolphins seemed to be everywhere. Trolling with a variety of plugs and rigs we managed to pick up 2 beautiful bluefin. This is one of them.

I arrived at the Canal at 4:30 am parking at the Aptuxet Trading Post in Bourne, I found my place at the canal. I did fall trying to get down to the water banging my knee and bruising my hand. After several casts my line tangled, and I had to cut the line and tie a new leader. Unfortunately, that took me about 30 minutes. The stripers arrived on time at about 6:00 am with the tide turn. A school passed through and I did not hook up. The man to my left was fishing and I heard a large splash and when I looked over the man had fallen backwards. I asked if he was all right and he said the fish had gotten off his lure as he had almost had it in. A few seconds later I looked to my right and a seal surfaced with a striper in its mouth. I yelled to the man, “the seal got your fish”. He ended up catching and releasing about three fish. I did connect and get one at 6:10 am. I was using a mackerel lure. The fish was small, I did not measure, I would estimate about 20 inches, but it gave me a good fight. I just wanted to make sure I landed it and got a photo. Once in and photographed I was able to release the fish without issue. It was a beautiful morning on the Canal, temps in the 70’s and nice sunrise. The forecast was for scattered showers. It did begin to rain about 7:30 on my drive home.