Photo Gallery: Autumn Exotics - The Fisherman

Photo Gallery: Autumn Exotics

It’s been a banner year for exotic species, and things have really reached a crescendo in the fall. It’s been a solid year for albies, a top-shelf year for bonito, we’ve seen some impressive Spanish macks and a bunch of surprise southern visitors as well. When the water’s warm and the small bait swarms, you just never know what’s going to take aim on your epoxy jig. As we push into November, these fluorescent speedsters will quickly fade into memory, but we sure won’t forget the exotic influx of 2025.

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Johan Frenje put in some long hours off of Monomoy searching for some big albies to target with the fly rod. He eventually made it happen, landing this 31-inch tank on the long wand!
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Father and son, Pete and Charlie Hastings, made a trip across the Sound from their home in Connecticut and connected with this nice albie!
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Danny Rego caught this surprise jack while hunting albies around the Elizabeth Islands.
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Here’s a monster Spanish mackerel, caught by Al Romeiro while fishing the Elizabeth Islands.
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Lisa M. landed her first albie and wore that ‘first albie smile’ all day long.
jim
Jim Smith usually fishes the Boston area, but he made the trip down to Rhode Island to get in on the albie bite and cashed in.
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Gallery legend, Larry Thompson, with a particularly handsome bonito taken along the Rhode Island South Shore last month.
grace
This young lady can fish! We get photos from Fisherman’s World all the time of Grace Bloom and she – flat out – puts fish on the deck. Here she is with a beautiful bonito.

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