Looking for Mac's

[spinncognito]

Inner harbor of Gloucester once agin loaded up today. Seems they are on an every-other day schedule. Every possible size from spikes up to some hefty 2-pound horse macs today. Everyone filling up buckets and bait-wells.

Big-ass bruiser blues up to 15 lbs all around the perimiter of Cape Ann.

[nightfighter]

Those big bruiser blues were busting outside of Marblehead to Cat Island for hours this morning. Had to be almost forty boats on them. Fun, but certainly signals the end of the mackerel locally. All the normal haunts were void today , and yesterday for the most part. If you get on them, you better load up on them and fill the freezer. Best to have a lot of ice to mix with salt water to keep them in the best shape.

I even was out as far as 5 miles beyond Halfway Rock looking for them today. Nada. But did see and mark a good number of tuna in close.

[Fly Rod]

Macs were in the inner harbor this morning. The key to be successful seems you need to be there at daybreak. Blues took most of my baits this morning, only managed to get one striper.