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08-08-2012, 07:03 PM
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Bonito
Anyone come across bonito yet between vineyard and cape?
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08-13-2012, 07:34 AM
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Well I'll share what Ive been hearing. Bonito still solid just south of the vineyard and on the Nantucket bars but nothing substantial north of these areas, though there has been action reportedly in eastern LI sound.
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08-13-2012, 08:11 AM
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It was gangbusters for a couple weeks, very nice fish too. It has slowed a little but they are still around in numbers. Frankly, I am already tired of them, waiting on albies now.
Inside, a much slimmer pick. They are being caught (even a couple from shore) but nothing like outside. Don't waste your time inside (yet), but they will come inside.
dense schools of 4" sandeels are what they are feeding on just offshore.
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08-13-2012, 11:33 AM
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wow, I'd love to be tired of catching bonito
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08-13-2012, 01:00 PM
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Be just south of the islands at daybreak with a deadly #^&#^&#^&#^& or crystal minnow, it is pretty much a sure bet.
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08-18-2012, 06:47 PM
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small blues and other than that the proverbial finless brown
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08-18-2012, 10:20 PM
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Lots of bones out there today
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08-19-2012, 06:03 AM
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albies starting to show now...but I have not caught one yet. Maybe today.
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08-19-2012, 02:52 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cape Cod
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Done a lot of miles and burnt a lot of gas,got the skunk not even a rat blue.  |
Fly & Light Tackle Fishing
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08-19-2012, 05:20 PM
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1st albie of 2012 for me! (got 2 today along with 7 footballs)
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08-19-2012, 06:06 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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How far out?
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08-19-2012, 07:31 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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awesome. I can't wait for them to get close enough to use a tin boat to get em. Just finished up a new bunch of metal to throw at them too.
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08-20-2012, 08:58 AM
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Sandman, south or north of mv
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08-20-2012, 06:09 PM
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Was out all day again all day today....they were pretty darn thick I got a few even a couple 14+# fish. They are swiming with the tuna and feeding on squid like no tomorrow, squid all over the boat. All are double digit fish. Only 2 school tuna today but a boatload of fun with the albies.
I was about 8-10 miles southeast of the hooter. I know they got a few out of the hooter today in the morning early, not a lot were caught there but they were caught. Howerer the bonito fishingis insane there right now. Big fish too. I could hear them on the radio doubles triple hookups. One boat I think had 22 fish during a single charter. ALso there are a ton of bass out there, not to mention a steady pick of bluefish. But the bonito fishing is as hot as it gets.
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08-30-2012, 05:50 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
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Found my first bonito today, actually got 2! Thanks Mr. S for the intel. Glad we got an early start, smooth as glass heading out and until about 10am, then the SW'er kicked in big time.
Couldn't hook up with an albie but saw them busting under the birds.
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08-30-2012, 05:59 PM
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Not Jack
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Other Cape
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Are bonita fish big?
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08-30-2012, 06:05 PM
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Glad you found a couple... Next time for albies kick the speed up a little
The albies fight ALOT harder
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08-30-2012, 07:23 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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nice Mr. Buzz. Looking forward to chasing the albies in my neck any day now, please.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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08-31-2012, 07:55 AM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
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I have never caught any of them  But that said I have never tried. It was on my list this year but so were a lot of things! I am going out tomorrow, but have not decided were or for what? Maybe this is what I will do? What is the best gear for them? |
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08-31-2012, 08:12 AM
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Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
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believe it or not ...they R being caught around cape ann
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08-31-2012, 05:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fly Rod
believe it or not ...they R being caught around cape ann
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CC Bay too this week.
They've been hitting umbrella rigs on the shoal.
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08-31-2012, 05:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: East Prov RI
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Wow, you ever see that before Jay?
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Originally Posted by big jay
CC Bay too this week.
They've been hitting umbrella rigs on the shoal.
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08-31-2012, 08:26 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by macojoe
I have never caught any of them But that said I have never tried. It was on my list this year but so were a lot of things! I am going out tomorrow, but have not decided were or for what? Maybe this is what I will do? What is the best gear for them? |
A little of the fun from yesterday:
Bonito Fishing video by PRBuzz - Photobucket
(sound only in 1st 1/2 video to protect the guilty)
Used Penn450 & 550ssg reels with 20lb Sufix NEON FIRE braid (thnx Skippy for the great deal). Once on board, bled and iced quickly. GoPro chest mount.
Last edited by PRBuzz; 09-01-2012 at 07:23 AM..
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Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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08-31-2012, 08:43 AM
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Phil,
Do you ever wear that GoPro to bed?
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08-31-2012, 12:50 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
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Anyone have any good recipes? Found one on-line that says marinate in equal parts butter/Worcestershire/lime juice then grill.
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08-31-2012, 02:46 PM
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dice it up and squeeze some lime on it. add it to a home made salsa and some tortilla chips. and dont forget the coronas
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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09-01-2012, 07:28 AM
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I've never seen them there, but the Rock Harbor guys were saying on the radio that it would happen every now and then in the 70's and 80's.
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09-02-2012, 04:03 PM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
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I can scratch f.a.'s off my bucket list. these things really make a real scream.
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09-02-2012, 04:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishsmith
I can scratch f.a.'s off my bucket list. these things really make a real scream.
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Well done, now get one on a fly rod and you will understand the addiction. |
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09-02-2012, 05:54 PM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
Well done, now get one on a fly rod and you will understand the addiction.
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Gracias, I'll bet they're a blast on a fly rod. I did like the multi-purpose deadly #^&#^&#^&#^& today to pick away at sea bass/scup and fling at the the albies when they popped up. |
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