# 56250: Subject: Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts

Submitted by Capt. Rich Antonino (ip 75.67.195.176)

• Fished on 5/5/2007

• Report received: 5/6/2007

Water Temperature: 50
Water Clarity: very clear
Seas: calm
Weather: Mostly sunny, chilly,but no wind or waves.
Fishing_for: cod and haddock
Boat: Black Rose
captain: Rich Antonino

Report:
Summary: Perfect day on the water! We had professional Okuma Bass Fisherman, Joel St. Germain fishing with our shared charter. He was trying out his Okuma Nitrox 400 spinning reel in these shallow-water cod grounds. He had a blast and everyone landed a pile of fish today. Nothing too big, but the great news was the number of nice haddock in shallow water again. This is much like two years ago, when there was a great run of spring haddock in 140' of water. I like seeing it and will be on the water all week, trying for more easy fishing.

We bounced around more much of the day, hitting fish here and there until the fish moved on. The bait is thick on Stellwagen Bank and we were happy to leave from Green Harbor again. Plymouth has been good, but I do like Marshfield a lot. For a while, we were fishing in 80' of water and landing lots of cod, many of which were small, though. 8 year-old Michael Cahill did great today, landing 5 double headers, 4 of them in a row! He rubbed it in with a good smile. All of the luck his Dad had went to him, but big Mike did ok as well. Jimmy White, from Tenn., landed a pile of good fish, accentuated by a nice keeper-double header on a fluke rod and an Okuma T-10. In my opinion, jigging with the light tackle and this reel is awesome--6 oz jigs on 30# test. It's not tiring and fun for all.

The sea bass will be coming into Buzzards Bay this week with the warming weather, so give us a call. We do have Mother's Day available. She'll understand! Keep having fun out there. Capt. Rich Antonino, Black Rose Fishing Charters, 508-269-1882

To add a remark to this report click here.