Summer Season Starts...
By: Capt. Hap Farrell
It is the end of June. The schools are letting out and folks are headed to Cape Cod. This means the traffic will be busier, lines will happen and be long, and the weather will be hotter. Hopefully the fishing will get the same way.
The west end of Billingsgate Shoals is still the place to go. That and up around P-town. Although, if you do not like to fish in a very crowded area I would not go there. It can be hot and cold, lots of fish that won't eat, no fish, or really, really active. When it is active from Wood End up to Race Point there are usually so many boats you can walk from one to the other and keep your feet dry.
There are some fish showing up around the Path and out in the deep water off the Path. It's a mixture of bass and bluefish with mostly bluefish. These may be the fish that were out in the deep water off the north edge of the shoals. Umbrella rigs on wire work well with these fish or even a single hootchie on wire will work. Hopefully, these bluefish will move south and get in the Stony Bar area and off the Eastham shore where they belong. Only time will tell so when you have a chance check that area out. It should get active soon.
I saw something in the paper last week that got me thinking. The Lower Cape Outreach Council indicated that their pantry was running very low. So, I'm going to make challenge to the charter fleet in Rock Harbor, in fact to all of us who are somewhat skillful in the art of fishing. For every unusually large fish, whether bass or bluefish, caught by an angler on my boat I will donate $20 of canned and non-perishable food to this organization in the name of the angler. I challenge the fleet and any of you who fish for both pleasure and an occasional dinner to do the same. The way I see it, it's like making a deposit in a bank that we hope we'll never have to make a withdrawal from. Drop off points will be at the booth at Rock Harbor, the Goose Hummock, and the Lower Cape Outreach office on 19 Brewster Crossroads in Orleans. The office hours are from 9:30 am. to 3:30 pm. Mon. thru Thrus. and 9:30 am. to 12:30 pm. on Fridays. You can call 508-240-1490 with any questions.
For those who are not on Cape Cod and able to participate in this challenge you may sent a check to the Lower Cape Outreach Concil care of Janice Perrin, Human Services Coordinator, 19 Brewster Cross Rd., PO Box 665, Orleans, Ma. 02653. Thahk You....
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