BOSTON HARBOR & SOUTH SHORE- Stripers 6/29/02<br><br>Fishing is the harbor has been usually slow for this time of year. There is plenty of bait in evidence, both herring and silversides, however the bass aren’t showing in the bait—maybe the results of feeding at night on the moon. Quincy bay and the rocks and ledges off Cohasset’s Minot’s Ledge produced the best results during this week.<br><br>From fly fishers, large herring patterns with a Ray’s fly dropper worked well in the bay as well as cast to the ledges. Roger Thout of Princeton, MA and son-in-law Mike had a good start in Quincy catching two keepers in the 30” class and finished with numerous sub-legal size bass , 20-27 inches, from the ledges off Cohasset. A non-flyfisher, Mike cast Fin-S rubber Baits in Alewife color on ½ oz. Jig-heads as well as Texas-rigged white Slug-gos for his bass. <br><br>Rudy Ford, a charter skipper from Lake Ontario, had similar results on his two-day bass trip during the week. However, a mixed-bag of bass and small bluefish were part of his take. Sliders and poppers on the long-rod worked well in the early morning hours of the out-going tide in Quincy Bay as did Slug-gos on light-spinning gear. Towards the end of the week, new bass appeared to be moving in the harbor as the ones we caught were covered with sea-lice.<br><br>Capt. Mike Bartlett<br>B-Fast Charters<br>www.bfastcharters.com<br><br> <br><br><br>Capt. Mike Bartlett<br>B-Fast Charters<br>www.bfastcharters.com

We just got back from the Gorge and the kokanee and smallmouth fishing was great. We fished at sheepcreek from 5:00pm until dark on thursday, we caught and released 10 kokes before setting up camp for the evening. Today we caught our limits of kokes by 8:00am and then started fishing for smallmouth. After catching 25 to 30 smallmouth we headed for home around 11:00am. Water temp was between 66 and 68 degree. WH2 <br><br>

Water clear; 84 degrees; 908.38':<br>LARGEMOUTH are good to 6 lbs. at daylight and dusk in 3'-6'<br>of water on Pop R's or Yellow Magic topwaters, silver 1/4 oz.Terminator buzzbaits (www.terminatorlures.com) and later using watermelon 4" Disc Worms on split shot rigs in 10'-20' of water along bluffs. Major secondary creek points are producing some good fish using a pumpkin/char. 4" Sliding Weight Craw Fish (www.slidingweight.com) on Carolina rigs.<br><br>SMALLMOUTH are fair in 8'-20' of water along deep points and bluffs on Devil's Tongues (www.cremelure.com) on split shot rigs, 3" Super Tubes and 3" smoke BBB grubs on jig heads.<br><br>STRIPERS are fair at night on live perch and goldfish in 50' of water over humps and along bluffs. Vertically jigging a Pirk Minnow, 3" Lit'l Fishie Shad and casting a 1/2 oz. Rat-L-Trap to surface activity is sometimes productive.<br><br>FOR AREA INFORMATION OR TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP WITH THE MOST EXPERIENCED/RECOMMENDED AND ONLY FULLTIME BASS SPECIALISTS AND ALL SPECIES GUIDES ON THIS LAKE CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE<br>www.jrguideservice.com. Call (830) 833-5688 or jimfish@moment.net. See us at FISHERMAN'S CORNER www.canyonlakefishing.com , FM 306, (210) 213-2534 to check out the largest and best slection of tackle and <br>live bait of any dealer around Canyon Lake.<br><br><br><br>JR'S FISHING GUIDE SERVICE <br>Texas Highland Chain and Canyon Lake.

Water stained; 84 degrees; 824.80':<br>LARGEMOUTH are good to 5 lbs. at night and very early around docks and points with brushpiles using black 1/4 oz. Terminator buzzbaits or black spinnerbaits (www.terminatorlures.com), 2" chrome/blue Yourzi <br>topwaters and 4" pumpkin Sliding Weight Craw Fish (www.slidingweight.com) or 4" watermelon/pepper 4" BBB Disc Worms (www.bigbitebaits.com) or watermelon/red Devil's Tongues on split shot rigs worked along the edge of rip rap in 5'-8' of water.<br>.<br>WHITE BASS good at night on 1/32 oz. Curb's Crappie Jigs and 1-1/2 " Lit'l Fishies.<br><br>CRAPPIE are fair to good at night on 1-1/2" Lit'l Fishies and 1/32 oz. white Curb's Crappie Jigs<br><br>FOR INFORMATION OR TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP WITH THE ONLY GUIDES WITH OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE FISHING LAKE LBJ CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE www.jrguideservice.com. Call (830) 833-5688 or email<br>jimfish@moment.net<br><br>JR'S FISHING GUIDE SERVICE <br>Texas Highland Chain and Canyon Lake.

Water clear; 84 degrees; 1015.30'<br>LARGEMOUTH are fair very early in 4'-8' feet along points <br>on Chug Bugs, white/char. 1/8 oz. Terminator Tiny-T buzzbaits www.terminatorlures.com) and Whacky rigged Scoundrel worms (www.cremelure.com). A watermelon Sliding Weight Craw Fish (www.slidingweight.com) on Carolina rigs and 4" BBB watermelon Disc Worms (www.bigbitebaits.com) will account for bass along mainlake points at Black Rock, Mason and Maxwell Slough.<br><br>Stripers are fair to good in 28'-40' from Flag Island to the dam <br>drifting live bait or trolling Curb's striper jigs and vertically jigging 1/2 oz. Pirk Minnows. Topwater activity is limited in time so have a Rat-L-Trap or Red Fin rigged and ready.<br><br>WHITE BASS fair trolling Shad Raps on lead line and casting <br>2" Lit'l Fishie Shads or Tiny Traps.<br><br>TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP FOR LARGEMOUTH CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE www.jrguideservice.com. Call (830) 833-5688 or email jimfish@moment.net. <br><br><br><br>JR'S FISHING GUIDE SERVICE <br>Texas Highland Chain and Canyon Lake.

LOUISIANA FISHING EXPEDITIONS: Hopedale Report<br><br>Yesterday my customers , Dr. John and Madelyn, started out catching nice size trout up to 4 pounds on ultra light tackle. <br><br>After a couple stops, I went into an area that I have not been in for months and I broke out some new 5 foot Fenwick rods with brand new Sedona 500 reels loaded with 6 pound vanish line. I am talking some really light equipment and they had all they could handle catching a couple of 4 pound trout and 15 black drum up to 7 pounds. They caught most of their fish in one spot and said that they had never experienced fishing like this before.<br><br>They were fighting fish constantly for a couple of hours with the light tackle with their drags screaming the whole time. They really broke in my new ultra light rods right for me. In all, they ended their day with 40 nice fish.<br><br>I put a new 250 hp Yamaha motor on my boat yesterday and am going to give it it's first run in a few minutes. Thanks Roy for lending me your boat to work out of for the last couple of days!<br><br>Toll Free# 1-877-271-2059<br>Local# 985-893-0180<br>Email: captbenleto@yahoo.com<br><br>

Finally got into the wipers hard. Caught everything on the troll. No good boils but we had some surface activity around us a couple times. Casted into it and had some followers but no takers. Tried out my new in-line side planar board and with chrome and blue thundersticks seemed to be the hot ticket. Also caught one wally. Ended up catching close to 20 fish.<br><br>

Looking for a fishing buddy with a boat in San Diego,will help with fuel ,bait and what ever else is needed. <br><br>

Flats Report for the Banana River<br>6/8/2002 Flats fishing report for the Indian and Banana Rivers. By Capt Doug Blanton<br>Fishing has been great this past week. With all the rain we have had over the past few weeks the water temperature has come down and the top water feed is on. All of the trout and reds we have caught this week have been on top water! So, if you are a top water nut like me, get out there now and catch a memory.<br>Redfish<br>All of the reds we have caught this week have been in 1 to 2 feet of water. The reds have been holding near schools of mullet on the inside edge of the flats. Unlike earlier this year when the reds were schooling with the bait, they are now busting any mullet that swims a little to close. We have had our best luck this week on the 3 1/4 inch Florida Special Rip Roller. We have been working these top water plugs slowly a few feet in front of the reds with great results. Keep in mind the the water has been flat and clear. Try to cast as far as possible from the boat, keep movement to a minimum and be very quite. These fish have been a little spooky. <br>Trout<br>Great news, the larger trout have been on the flats and hungry for top water plugs. Most of the trout we have put in the boat this week have been between 15 to 30 inches. We haven't found any of the 30 + inche fish yet this year but I feel it is only going to be a few days now till we land a gator. It ways in June last year that we put 6 trout over 30 with one 37 inch gator gator in the boat. All of the trout we caught this past week were one again caught on the 3 1/4 inch Florida Special Rip Roller. Most of our trout were caught in 2 to 3 feet of water on the outer edge of the flats.<br>Till next time, Capt. Doug<br><br>No-motor Zone<br>6/25/2002 report by Craig Redwine<br>As of 6-25-02 well our patience has paid off despite constant downpours the fishing has been excellent the Redfish have been schooled up and taking most baits. Sunday I fished alone and caught plenty of Redfish, 3 were over 40 inches and caught my first red on fly. Snook, Trout, Jacks and Ladyfish are all abundant keeping the excitement up and the drags screaming. So in a nutshell if your willing to put on the raingear and brave the weather the rewards are worth the pruned fingers.<br><br><br><br><br>See you on the water<br>Capt. Doug Blanton<br>Indian River Adventures<br>321-432-9470

The action on Wilson the last few days has been surfacing stripers! The fish haven't been large but the action has been excellent. Lots of fish to 5 lbs. 3 days ago I saw a school on top that was approx. one acre in size and they stayed up for 30 minutes. I wish I would have had my video camera with me. The white perch are also surfacing for those of you that want to catch allot of smaller fish. The perch are easier to catch and follow while surfacing than the stripers, and they make excellent eating. I have been having my best luck throwing 1/4 oz. bucktails with a red head and white or yellow tail. Good Luck and with the 4th of July weekend coming up be safe and look out for the other guy.<br><br>