2016 Season Wrap Up

March 19, 2017 10:39 pm Published by

What a great year aboard the Night Heron! I would first like to thank all of the clients who make this possible. Many of you have fished with me since my first few seasons, and over twenty years later I feel privileged to fish with friends every day to make my living. The season began right on schedule with some of the best haddock action I have ever seen. Though parts of May were still chilly we had short runs and easy limits most days, fishing shallow water, to eager bites. Bass showed up in force around the tenth of May with a surprising number of 26-30” fish in with the tiny schoolies. Hope for the future for sure. By the time we wrapped up most of the ground fishing trips the bass were in summer form, with surface feeds in the harbors and rivers providing great action on the fly and light tackle. The bait situation, both mackerel and herring, was very strong most of the year, and the live bait bite stayed strong well into August. Lots of healthy fat keepers for those who wanted one for the table, with a nice mix of 40-48” fish to spice up every day. It’s always a great feeling leaving the dock knowing the fish will be at one spot or another to greet you when you put the time in. Tuna started very early as well.

Most years I’m so caught up with bass I don’t really get tuna fever going until July, but we caught giants on our first two trips of the year on June 4th and 7th. The action stayed steady all year with a better than 50% chance of catching one on every trip, in the end I fished giants 51 days and landed 26 lost 9 and released nearly thirty short fish in the 60” range. Average for the year was over 350lbs so some real monsters in the mix as well. As spring struggles to make its way in, my excitement for getting back out there climbs every day. I can’t wait to catch up with those I’ve known for years, and meet the new people that come every year. Please send me an e-mail and we can start looking at tides for the upcoming year, it will be here before you know it!!!

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