Julian's Bait and Tackle

The second half of September had mixed results, said Jay over at Julian’s Bait & Tackle. Bluefins were moving in and out of the mid-range waters and into the inshore waters with anglers finding some good fishing. Jay said that fishing should still be on tap in October. Bluefish, bonito and albacore were also in good supply and they too should give anglers some good fishing. Local stripers were also starting to get active and it’s a good bet they will still be around most of October. Jay said the full moon should be the spark plugs for some good fishing in the tenth month.

“The bay and the inshore waters are loaded with baitfish and we had some decent weather this past week, so you know there were some fish caught,” said Jay over at Julian’s Bait & Tackle. The flip side of that coin was a lot less fishermen fishing most of the week. The fluke are on the moved and some nice fish are in the mix. We had an influx of weakfish into the back bay waters this past week and there are plenty of mixed size bluefish and bonito prowling the inshore waters. Reports of striped bass being caught after dark also made the list at the shop as well. “If anything is going to explode the fishing along northern waters it’s the full moon that is coming up in about 10 days,” Jay said.

I spoke with Capt. Bunting over at Julian’s Bait & Tackle and he told me fluke fishing was decent along the east edge of the Shrewsbury Rocks during the week. On the flip side of the coin bluefish and bonito were scarce this past week and seemed to have moved from the areas they were being caught in last week. Bottom fishermen are picking away at one fish limits of tog and sea bass, along with some croakers, scup and occasional triggerfish. Lastly he said the bay and backwater areas are still full of all kinds of baitfish.