Weather Forecast

Mon Jun 18 2018 .Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters... A cold front will approach the waters into this evening, sweeping through overnight ahead of which there is the possibility of showers and thunderstorms, especially over the eastern waters. A weak wave of low pressure and wet weather is possible Wednesday night over the S waters, otherwise cooler and drier conditions beneath high pressure and northwesterly flow for the remainder of the week, while a warm front lifts north across the waters over the weekend

Overnight

SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.

Tue NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

Tue Night NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Wed W winds around 5 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Wed Night SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the evening. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

Thu N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Thu Night SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.

Fri SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.

Fri Night S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

Sat S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

Sat Night S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers. winds and seas higher in and near tstms. seas are reported as significant wave height, which is the average of the highest third of the waves. Individual wave heights may be more than twice the significant wave height.

Bait Intel

Mackeral are  still thick on the inshore ledges but becoming harder to catch in the sunlight.  Best bet is to target in the early morning in low light conditions.  

Inshore Intel

Striper action this week has been consistently good with mid range fish making up most catches but fish up to 30lbs are mixed in on the bay side.  The race down the backside to the golfball have been producing.  The schools thin out the further down teh backside you go but there are bigger fish.  Top water has been working early on but its been hard to beat a live mackeral.  

Sea bass fishing continues to be very good in buzzards bay this week with some large scup in the mix.  

Flounder fishing is at its peak for the year as tehy will soon be heading to deeper summer waters.  Boston and scituate harbor continue to yeild limits.

Offshore Intel

Haddock bite is hanging in their but the fish are on the move east  and have to be targeted a few miles from where the biomass was in May.  Another Halibut was taken on the NW corner of stellwagen this week.

Unfortunatly no signs of tuna at this stage in the game with most boats making long runs to see whales.