I will be in Falmouth on Saturday with my wife and her family. Her 84 year old grandfather is coming along and I know he would love to wet a line. We could fish at my wifes uncle's private beach, but I would really like for him to catch something. Any thoughts out there. It would have to be reasonably accessible as he is 84.

There are a couple piers down there (I can get to them driving by blind luck and a prayer but not well enough for directions) northeast of Woods Hole. You might need to haul thewm over the top but there should be fish. Between schoolies and some bigger stuff... There is a couple local shops there that maybe FW remembers the names (I'm drawing major blanks today)

specialist,
a couple of suggestions...take rt 28 toward east falmouth, turn right on Acapesket and follow down to Menahaunt Beach...there's a jetty there at the parking lot that's pretty easy to walk out on...try that and if you're lucky enough to hit a falling tide, you can drift a seaworm or eel with the current and likely do pretty well.
Another option is the jetty at Maravista, a little harder to walk the rocks but another good spot, same approach w/ lures, seaworms or eels.
If you drive along Maravista extension you can also go down most any sidestreet to Great Pond and shore fish for schoolies in the estuary. Ditto Eel Pond back at Menahaunt.
Another good spot is on the Woods Hole road around by Nobska Point, if you're coming from Woods Hole, go around Nobska and on you're right you'll see Vineyard Sound...keep going until the road is about to go into the woods, just before it does there's enough room to pull your car onto the shoulder (I usually park right by the No Parking sign...<g>...in the evening they don't usually bother you there. It's a good level spot to fish from the beach, there are rocks & small jetties and old piers right there.
Another suggestion would be to drive down main street to the old post office and stop at Eastman's Hardware (parking right around back in the lot) and go in to Eastman's Bait & Tackle (downstairs). Ask Jim Young to give you directions to any of these places & maybe suggest a couple more...he's a great guy, very knowledgeable and I'm sure he'd steer you straight. You can get any lures, seaworms, eels or whatever you might need there as well.
Good Luck...hope your grandfather nails a big one...
Jerry Vovcsko
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