Barnstable - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Got Stripers · 10-08-2004, 04:25 PM

Barnstable ramp can someone give me directions off the mid-cape highway, thanks.

ProfessorM · 10-09-2004, 08:41 AM

Take the Hyannis exit , I think ex. 6. Bear right on to 131 at end of exit. Go approx. 1 mile 1/2 to set of lights. Go left at lights, Phinneys Lane. Go approx. 3 miles or so to set of lights, intersection of Phinneys lane and Rt. 6A. Go straight across intersection and all the way to end of road. You will go past the inner harbor and the ramp will be all the way to end at the left. It is a state ramp but not the best maintained in the state. Putting in at low tide will work but pulling out at low tide can get tricky, 9' plus tides. If possible try to get at least and hour or two either side of low esp. if you got a big heavy boat. Small boat not too much problem. I was out Fri. beautiful day. Got only one 36 inch striper on Scoton Ledge. There were no breaking fish along Sandy Neck like there was last week. Also fished B- harbor and off Chapin Beach at dusk and picked up a few small fish. The fish IMO are still to come. Try off of Scorton. WE are to get a good NW and NE blow on Mon. and Tue. so the fishing should pick up on Wed. hopefully in this area. Good luck and let me know how you do. Any more info needed drop me a PM. If it is one place I know it is B-Harbor area. P.M

Glassguy · 10-09-2004, 06:49 PM

Exit 6 is correct but it is Rt 132 not 131. Lots of small bass off the Brewster Flats today

Bob

ProfessorM · 10-10-2004, 10:05 AM

Thanks for the right number. Pretty bad considering I lived in Centerville for 5 years and drive 132 every weekend. Just a little touch of oldtimers disease. Is that surpose to start at age 46. P.M.

Glassguy · 10-11-2004, 04:31 AM

I forget. I'm 59

Bob

irishcurse · 10-11-2004, 02:36 PM

Fished out of B.H. Sat. afternoon, we got a couple of nice blues. No sign of Stripers. Glad to hear there are fish north of us.
Tom

Uncle Matt · 10-11-2004, 03:08 PM

I fished out of Sesuit both days this weekend and did well at Billingsgate, Wood End Light and Race Point. Bluefish were everywhere. And not those crappy little ones either. We also shot outside to Head of the Meadow and as soon as the lure or jigs hit the water we were hooked up again. Bluefish bluefish and more bluefish. We found stripers feeding on sandeels in front of Race Point. Largest bass was only 38 inches though. Nothing to get excited about.

We also saw a sunfish, two wales and 5 footballs porpoising.

ProfessorM · 10-12-2004, 01:11 PM

Did you fish up on the shallow's of Billingsgate or the deep edge. Jigs or tube and worm. Thanks P.M.

Uncle Matt · 10-12-2004, 07:55 PM

P.M. -

Found Billingsgate nearly empty boatwise and slowed down to watch the FF. Saw red everywhere from 16 feet to 25+ I believe. We jigged 4 oz. white and 4 oz. purple parachute jigs. Purple outfished the white or the red most of the day. Did welll on green jigs also. Whatever we jigged, we used colored Porkers as a trailer. Those bluefish had a field day! There were only 4 boats there and it got old after a few hours of catching blues so we moved on.

If I was to go out again though, I'd head directly to Woods End Light and jig there. Missed one very big fish jigging on wire line when the dacron backing I use between 50 yard sections of line let go. I wish we could of had that one back. We had a second WHACK that yanked the wire out of my hand when I was driving the boat trying to talk on my cell phone. So there are some good fish there in the trench just inside the pot line.

ProfessorM · 10-14-2004, 12:49 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I cannot get out till maybe Mon. morning or maybe Sunday. I prefer to go on Mon. though. P.M.