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Old 08-02-2004, 05:45 PM   #1
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Tuna off of Cape Ann
My buddy gave me a report of small blue fin hanging around about 1 mile from Thatchers light!!!! saw them there at 8:30 while operating the whale watch boat and they were still in that area on the return trip at 1:00pm

Tomorrow can be a different story!!!

There has been an abundance of bait fishswimming around about 5-6" long!!!
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Old 08-04-2004, 05:55 PM   #2
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Up date!!!

football tuna busting all over Ipswich Bay off of Halibut Point!!!
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Old 08-05-2004, 12:19 PM   #3
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Fly your killing me!!

Did you go after them? I'm assuming these would be in the 70lb range?

Maybe they'll still be there on Sunday!!
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Old 08-05-2004, 12:27 PM   #4
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damn, tuna. flyrod, did u get my email?
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Old 08-06-2004, 03:49 AM   #5
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My friend that operates the whale watch boat said that he was seeing an abundance of football tuna from Cape Ann to P-town!!!!
Said he also stopped the boat so the people on board could watch them jumping around!!!

Haven't been fishing for them , to busy chartering for stripers!!!!

Will try to get a report on Saturday from my buddy on the whale watch for ya!!!

Have ya been in the Lanesville Blue Fish tournament??? It's on "Sunday" of Labor Day weekend!!!! Big Bucks 1st--- 3rd place Sign up is at 6am---9am at Lanes Cove by land or boat !!
Cost=10.00 bucks per person
Weigh in is at 3:30pm--- till 4pm by their clock!!!
Over the years I've seen fish from 10lbs.----- 22lbs. win 1st place!!!

Yep!! got your e-mail Notaro and replied back!!!
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Old 08-06-2004, 06:06 AM   #6
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The fish I saw over the past couple nights seem to be "smallish", maybe around 30 pounds. A few bigger schools mixed in. I have yet to see any Giants.
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Old 08-06-2004, 01:51 PM   #7
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What do you use for bait when trying to catch the footballs, jigs, plugs,
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Old 08-06-2004, 09:03 PM   #8
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I use a flyrod!!!
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Old 08-06-2004, 09:08 PM   #9
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I just renewed my permit online and broke out my lucky cod teaser from last years tuna!!!

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Old 08-07-2004, 02:58 PM   #10
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Talked to my buddy on the whale watch and they saw tuna about ten miles out on jefferies!!!

They were around my boat today about 11:30am just off the Groaner!!! The fellas that I was chartering today tried casting chunk baits towards them with no luck!!!

By the way ,we had 8 nice stripers and we have been dog free all week!!!
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Old 08-08-2004, 08:16 AM   #11
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This Ipswich Bay tuna was caught on Wednesday:
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Old 08-08-2004, 02:54 PM   #12
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Old 08-08-2004, 07:32 PM   #13
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Well im jellous. Hopefully I'll get out there tomorrow .
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Old 08-16-2004, 04:10 PM   #14
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Today 2miles east of thatchers a group of about 30 footballs were splashing around!!!

Also humpbacks hanging around about 12 miles east of Cape Ann!!!! Where there iare humpbacks there should be tuna!!!!
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Old 08-16-2004, 05:00 PM   #15
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nothing today from the minots to the b bouy.
lumpy-bumpy ride though.
sounds like there up north?
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Nice fish!
thats why they call it fishing not catching
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