Massachusetts Fishing Reports

Please post fishing reports here.......as little or as much detail as you want to give.

Please note: NO SPOT BURNING! Posts burning spots will be Edited or DELETED!
Some veteran fishermen have put in years developing and learning about certain spots.Some of these spots can only handle a few guys at a time. We are losing enough access as it is, due to the unfortunate behavior of a few selfish people. No sense in making it worse.

"Spot burning" also could involve mentioning something specific only to that area. If you do this, your post may be edited, or deleted. Remember that thousands of people could potentially read these posts. You don't want to be fishing next to ALL of them at the same time!

We post these reports so our community will have a sense of what is working, what is not. We want to show people how to catch fish, rather than where.


Even if you struck out or got skunked, it would be helpful to hear that as well. It will also help others who may be driving some distance to get to the water, and want to increase their chances of hooking up.

If you have any additional details you would like to share - weather conditions, tide (incoming, outgoing, ebb, flood) water temps, bait present, or other mention of techniques or plugs used - feel free.

None of us was born knowing how to fish from birth, although many veterans would disagree. http://www.stripersandanglers.com/im...cons/icon6.gif Posting what worked for you, and what didn't, will help others who will hopefully pass their skills, knowledge, love and respect for the water on to other anglers.

Folks, I wanted to thank all the members who are taking the time to post fishing reports. Even if you went and didn't catch, that still qualifies as a report. With the prices of gas and fishing these days, every little bit of info helps.

It means a lot, and I appreciate it. This is all part of this site becoming a community. You get out of something what you put into it.

I hope you are enjoying and learning from these threads, and all the different forums. In fact, I know that many are, because we consistently have many more lurkers than posters.
So, I'm inviting those lurkers to join this site! We're not a bad group of people, some a little crazy, but ok for the most part.

We already have a few members from Massachusetts here.

It's easy and painless to join, and you have my pledge your e-mail address will never be sold or transmitted to a 3rd party. All info is private and confidential. Your registration and contact info is as private or open as you want it to be.

Thank you for coming to visit. To all you who are putting up the posts, thanks again. - bunkerjoe

Hey this isn't much of a fishing report but my wife and family recently drove to MA to visit some relatives. I didn't think to bring my pole with me. I was talking over dinner about the fishing there, and one of the cousins said he would take me after dinner. We were fishing the monomoy flats which I think is the south part of the Cape. We did a lot of walking and he said we had to be careful of the tides as they can vary. It was a tough few hours. Always moving from one spot to the next. We fished the outgoing tide. I got one 20" striper on a storm shad. He said they were getting much bigger ones at night but we couldn't stick around that long. Have heard a lot about the canal also. May come back and fish that in June as he said that's the best month for it. Still, it was fun to see how the fishing is in other states. Beautiful clean water up there. Much cleaner than I have seen in Jersey. Will def try to go back.