We've been in Nantucket and Vineyard Sound. The rips between the East Side of the Vineyard and the West Side of Nantucket have been very good to us and oftentimes we have the entire ocean/rip to ourselves. We can oftentimes see other boats in the distance but we always prefer to fish a rip solo, so we find our own fishable water.
So far, in my experience, I've found that wind direction does not matter. Tide and stage of tide does not matter. Sunny, overcast, slight mist, rain, none of these things matter to the bonito, or the bluefish. For us, it has been pick a rip in the roughly 15-20 square miles from Wasque point to Tuckerneck Island and there will be Bonito in the rip. Of course there will be bluefish too and bass, I don't think this is a big secret. Hell, not long ago I wondered where the Hooter was, I just didn't know that that bouy out there was called the Hooter.
Here is another story of how I think. For many long years I would go out and catch nothing, I reeked at fishing and still don't think I'm good, still a intermediate-novice. I had a boat and read about many, many spots and all the techniques and methods available to fish them. The thing with spots is that at least from a boat, the boater still has to gas it up, gear it up, and run the oftentimes churned up seas. It is easy for the uninitiated to look at a chart of Western Vineyard Sound or the Eastern end to Nantucket Sound and think that all one has to do is point the boat in the right direction, throttle up and go, but nothing is almost further from the truth. Just how many rips are NorthWest of Nantucket?, a real lot, and they are all in a 20 mile radius, a large area for our 20+ center console single engine fishing boats. All there has to be is a little wind and current and shoal-ey/rip water and it just won't be a swell ride for most boats under 24 feet. So while there are spots out there, there just aren't many who can get out to the "promised land" to fish the water. It is why I understand the whole shore "spot-burning" issue. Who wants every potential poacher going and catching every short that will bite?
I hope this helps as I can't wait again to get out early Friday morning and if possible, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Labor Day weekend, geez.
Bassyius hiding behind a 3.5 pounder. I can seeeeeeee you.
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