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brubjnb · 08-04-2003, 09:49 PM

about two weeks ago I posted a request for help about where and how to fish offshore in the Sandwich, MA area, where my 19 y.o. son and I were planning a weekend trip from Pennsylvania. Well, we just got home from a great weekend in Cape Cod.
We drove up Saturday, getting a bit of a late start since "one of us" was out too late with his girlfriend - and no, it wasn't me!
And the drive on Interstate 95 thru NYC took long as always, so we only arrived in Sandwich at 8:30 pm, and went straight to the BEE-HIVE restaurant for dinner. It was Great, but too late to try to do any evening shore fishing.
My friend Steve picked us up at 5:30 Sunday morning with the boat in tow, and we were on the water in Barnstable Harbor ( learned it's pronounced "haaba", at least by Steve). After working the outgoing tide and landing a number of small stripers and blues and one 20"+ flattie, we moved out into the Bay. Due to the misty, foggy morning, it took things awhile to get going, but we finally ended up on Billingsgate Shoal where we were jigging sluggo's. My son got his first big bass which was 33" and weighed in at 12 lbs. Not to be outdone, dad (me) came up with a 35" which also weighed just over the 12 lbs. Since these were the first keeper stripers we ever caught, we chose to keep them for eating. Many. many dogfish later, i also got a 30" striper, which I released. Total take for the day for the 4 species we caught was about 40 - 50 fish. We trailered the boat at 3pm, and after a bit of rest, Steve finished the day by buying us dinner at the Aqua-Grill in Sandwich, insisting that I eat my FIRST Lobster Dinner in his presence. It was fabulous.
Like Arnold whats-his-name says - "We'll be baaaccccckkkk"

08-04-2003, 09:49 PM	#21
brubjnb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: pennsylvania Posts: 4	fishing trip results about two weeks ago I posted a request for help about where and how to fish offshore in the Sandwich, MA area, where my 19 y.o. son and I were planning a weekend trip from Pennsylvania. Well, we just got home from a great weekend in Cape Cod. We drove up Saturday, getting a bit of a late start since "one of us" was out too late with his girlfriend - and no, it wasn't me! And the drive on Interstate 95 thru NYC took long as always, so we only arrived in Sandwich at 8:30 pm, and went straight to the BEE-HIVE restaurant for dinner. It was Great, but too late to try to do any evening shore fishing. My friend Steve picked us up at 5:30 Sunday morning with the boat in tow, and we were on the water in Barnstable Harbor ( learned it's pronounced "haaba", at least by Steve). After working the outgoing tide and landing a number of small stripers and blues and one 20"+ flattie, we moved out into the Bay. Due to the misty, foggy morning, it took things awhile to get going, but we finally ended up on Billingsgate Shoal where we were jigging sluggo's. My son got his first big bass which was 33" and weighed in at 12 lbs. Not to be outdone, dad (me) came up with a 35" which also weighed just over the 12 lbs. Since these were the first keeper stripers we ever caught, we chose to keep them for eating. Many. many dogfish later, i also got a 30" striper, which I released. Total take for the day for the 4 species we caught was about 40 - 50 fish. We trailered the boat at 3pm, and after a bit of rest, Steve finished the day by buying us dinner at the Aqua-Grill in Sandwich, insisting that I eat my FIRST Lobster Dinner in his presence. It was fabulous. Like Arnold whats-his-name says - "We'll be baaaccccckkkk"