Captain Phil was at the helm of the Goose Hummock Shop this weekend taking a break from his canyon runs which are producing near record catches of yellowfin tuna and other species. They also deep dropped and caught a swordfish. There were reports of a few more giants taken around the Sword and the Crab Ledge area but no names or details. There are stripers all along the Cape Cod Bay shore, particularly around the Fishing Ledge area and around the Provincetown area. The ocean beaches are just now beginning to give up some bass for surf fishermen but it is mostly a bait bite.-South Shore Massachusetts to Maine - The Fisherman
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Captain Phil was at the helm of the Goose Hummock Shop this weekend taking a break from his canyon runs which are producing near record catches of yellowfin tuna and other species. They also deep dropped and caught a swordfish. There were reports of a few more giants taken around the Sword and the Crab Ledge area but no names or details. There are stripers all along the Cape Cod Bay shore, particularly around the Fishing Ledge area and around the Provincetown area. The ocean beaches are just now beginning to give up some bass for surf fishermen but it is mostly a bait bite.-South Shore Massachusetts to Maine

September 8, 2026 by Donna johnson

Over at Surfland the consensus was that there are still good numbers of bass along the south end of the island, but everyone is waiting and salivating for the moment that all those stripers chowing down in southern Maine begin to migrate into local waters. Bait guys are doing best, clams or worms on the bottom in the daytime or eels after dark. The river and Joppa remain slow. The bluefin that were raging offshore have moved, the little bit of bluefish action we reported last week, seems to have cooled off too.