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Except for bad weather, capturing, hauling and holding invigorated live bait was the most complicated giant tuna problem for myself and my crew this past year. I’m very happy to state that at this point this autumn, the news on the live bait front is way more reassuring.
Last weekend I brought the Miss Loretta straight down Cape Cod to Lewis Bay, outside the Hyannis Marina. My angling good friend had completed a bluefish adventure in Lewis at an earlier time in the week, and uncovered lots of suitable length blues molesting 2 inch juvenile menhaden. Our expectations had been set high for a fruitful tuna bait venture.
To my surprise, the open public fishing boat ramp at Lewis Bay is wonderful. It’s a paved ramp, with a perfectly absolutely new dock in addition to plenty of space to move around a pickup truck and boat. Besides that, there was no charge. I’m betting free of cost entrance was basically a post-Labor Day miracle, and most likely is not the standard at Lewis. In any event, it works for me!
After some searching all-around we stumbled upon the biomass of bluefish stacked up in 7-18 feet of water. The schools of bluefish swum from spot to spot, but yet there were so many of them, to the point that when we lost track of them, it didn’t require much time for us to move around quickly find them again. The fastest fishing took place once the tide begun coming in. The productive fishing slowed down fairly quickly when the current began to stop, at nearly noon time.
We dealt with a good deal of tiny blues that were just too small to use as giant bluefin tuna bait. Even so, for almost every 10 snappers we hooked, we boated one more substantial bluefish-fantastic for live bait. It turned out that as soon as we encountered a pod of juvenile menhaden, we would also find the larger, perfect for tuna bait-size bluefish underneath them. It was pretty easy fishing. Actually, I think this could turn into a good spot to catch small bluefish from shore. That'd be great, considering the cost of fuel these days!
Hot lure for the very tiny blues was a gold 1 inch Kastmaster. This small metal lure casts very easily on very light line, and catches extremely well. Top lure for for the perfect bait size bluefish was a 3 inch suspending, blue colored Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow. I'd imagine that any small swimmer would have worked. These are bluefish we are talking about here.
I’m really praying that the Bay becomes loaded up with giant tuna bait size bluefish throughout the fall. It’d be great to possess a reliable spot to find tuna bait. Even if we've got to travel around somewhat to make it there.
Last weekend I brought the Miss Loretta straight down Cape Cod to Lewis Bay, outside the Hyannis Marina. My angling good friend had completed a bluefish adventure in Lewis at an earlier time in the week, and uncovered lots of suitable length blues molesting 2 inch juvenile menhaden. Our expectations had been set high for a fruitful tuna bait venture.
To my surprise, the open public fishing boat ramp at Lewis Bay is wonderful. It’s a paved ramp, with a perfectly absolutely new dock in addition to plenty of space to move around a pickup truck and boat. Besides that, there was no charge. I’m betting free of cost entrance was basically a post-Labor Day miracle, and most likely is not the standard at Lewis. In any event, it works for me!
After some searching all-around we stumbled upon the biomass of bluefish stacked up in 7-18 feet of water. The schools of bluefish swum from spot to spot, but yet there were so many of them, to the point that when we lost track of them, it didn’t require much time for us to move around quickly find them again. The fastest fishing took place once the tide begun coming in. The productive fishing slowed down fairly quickly when the current began to stop, at nearly noon time.
We dealt with a good deal of tiny blues that were just too small to use as giant bluefin tuna bait. Even so, for almost every 10 snappers we hooked, we boated one more substantial bluefish-fantastic for live bait. It turned out that as soon as we encountered a pod of juvenile menhaden, we would also find the larger, perfect for tuna bait-size bluefish underneath them. It was pretty easy fishing. Actually, I think this could turn into a good spot to catch small bluefish from shore. That'd be great, considering the cost of fuel these days!
Hot lure for the very tiny blues was a gold 1 inch Kastmaster. This small metal lure casts very easily on very light line, and catches extremely well. Top lure for for the perfect bait size bluefish was a 3 inch suspending, blue colored Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow. I'd imagine that any small swimmer would have worked. These are bluefish we are talking about here.
I’m really praying that the Bay becomes loaded up with giant tuna bait size bluefish throughout the fall. It’d be great to possess a reliable spot to find tuna bait. Even if we've got to travel around somewhat to make it there.
Quick update: We headed out to Stellwagen Bank yesterday and although we did not land any tuna on these blues, we did catch a 10 foot long, 400 plus pound blue shark. Not bad! As always, making the effort to catch fresh live bluefish paid off.
Good luck and tight lines!
Captain Ryan
