Go Fish Camp, Week 2 Day 2

Another great day on the water; however, it started very slow. We began the day at one of our most productive fishing spots, only to find very difficult to find fish. In an effort to change our luck, we made the call to hit a pond that no one had ever fished before. Before long, we were into fish, including some nice bass.

Not A Mack!

Chris was making bait with his sabiki rig when he pulled up this surprise catch.

Go Fish Camp, Week 2 - Day 1

The second week of the St. John's Go Fish camp is underway and we have a great group. Today we hit three fishing holes and pulled some nice fish out of each one. Tomorrow we will be back at it bright and early. Here are some photos from the day:

Go Fish Camp, Day 4

What a week! We had a great group of kids and from the start they were pretty fishy bunch with an average of over 70 fish a day! Despite my suggestion of just enjoying the time on the water and not worrying about how many fish they are catching, I have to admit I was pretty impressed when the kids were crunching the numbers. They definitely fished hard and earned their success on the water.

Go Fish Camp, Day 3

Go Fish Camp, Day 2

Go Fish Camp, Day 1

The St. John's Prep Go Fish Camp is underway and off to a great start. Every camper was in the double digits with fish. Lets get right to the pictures!

Trip Report: School's Out

Several fishing club students met at the docks in Beverly to do a trip after the school year with Captain Judd. From the beginning, it had the makings of a great day with beautiful weather, not to mention a surface right off the docks. We started the trip out with diamond jigs and sabiki rigs and very quickly filled the bait well with live mackerel. Only a short trip later to one of the Captain's favorite fishing holes and we were into fish. The bite was hot and everyone had multiple fish in the boat within twenty minutes. The fish ranged from 26 -32 inches. All fish were released and 6 were tagged with American Littoral spaghetti tags.

Trip Report: Senior Trip

Last week, the graduating members of the SJP Fishing Club were invited on the first charter of the season with Captain Judd of CJ's Charters. The plan was simple: catch mackerel for bait; rig on circle hooks; catch striped bass; tag fish; and release. The plan pretty much went off without a hitch and everyone had a great time. We tagged and released our first 4 striped bass of the 2010 season.

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day weekend always seems to be a great time to get on the water around here. Based on the reports that have come in already, this year is no exception. Several big fish were caught live-lining mackerel and there were also reports of a few nice fish caught on the fly as well. Here are a few of the pictures that came in this morning.

Making Bait

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Large Largemouth

Sam has been pulling fish like this out of local ponds all spring long. Can't wait to see the pictures from his upcoming fly fishing exploits in Vermont and Belize!

Hot Flounder Bite

The striper fishing has been pretty good on the North Shore, but there has been a lot of talk regarding the flounder bite. Captain Judd reported flounder up to 22" this past week. Chris V. also heard the positive reports and took a break from striper fishing and targeted flounder. From the looks of it, he was rewarded for his efforts!