New England - South Shore Massachusetts to Maine Fishing Reports

JUMBO STRIPERS UNDER THE POGIES
Best bet for this week is the area between Minot Ledge and Duxbury. There are large schools of bunker roaming those waters with big stripers lurking beneath the pogies. If you are lucky enough to find a big bunch of pogies, you have an excellent chance to hook up with a trophy striper. The great weather we have been experiencing is ideal conditions for this style of fishing. Offshore fishing for tuna and sharks will start to take hold as we move into July. Jeffrey’s Ledge and Stellwagen Bank as well as many of the inside humps will start producing impressive catches. There was a decent bite on medium size bluefin in the Gulf of Maine early in the week. July also marks the start for many of the offshore fishing battle wagons to venture out to the deep offshore canyons in search of big eye and yellowfin tuna, billfish as well tropical exotic species.