Intel
We caught a little bit of luck with Hurricane Florence passing well to the south of us this past weekend with only heavy rain in the forecast for tommorow as the remnants of the storm pass through new england.
So the news out of the weekend was the recreational fleet is starting to do very well out east of the bank. A number of fish in the 50-70" range are being picked up from a mix of topwater surface lures and live mackeral. Saturday the mass of fish were east of stellwagen between the south east corner and the shipping lanes in the deep water off the edge (~400-500ft). The fish moved to the north by Sunday to where the shipping lanes turn west on their approach to Boston. The whole area has schools of fish chasing halfbeaks and generating some decent surface feeds when the fish stay up for a minute or two.
This entire area on the edge of the lanes held fish over the past few days. The word is out and there is a pretty good fleet working the area.
Giants have moved into Cape Cod bay in the whiting grounds and up on Jeffries Ledge as evidenced by the thinning out of the usual haunts on the bank.
Inshore Intel
The Albies are loaded in western buzzards bay all throughout nantucket sound
School sized stripers are crawling all over the south shore specifically the north river and plymouth and duxbury bays.
Offshore Intel
Haddock fishing is official done for the season effective 9/15
Good numbers of shares around up on Stellwagen as there was a few makos caught out east in an amongst the small bluefin.
Weather Forecast
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
Synopsis: ANZ200-181200- 716 PM EDT Mon Sep 17 2018 .Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters... Remnants of Florence will sweep across the waters Tuesday into Tuesday night. Near gale force winds possible surrounding the passage of the system. Thereafter an ebb and flow pattern with cooler conditions and northerly winds associated with high pressure Wednesday and Thursday being followed by a return of more seasonable weather and southerly winds with the potential for showers Friday before potentially turning back cooler again over the weekend.
Tonight
SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Showers likely after midnight.
Tue
S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Patchy fog. Showers with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.
Tue Night
NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.
Wed
NE winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
Wed Night
NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
Thu
NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
Thu Night
E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Fri
S winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
Fri Night
SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
Sat
N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Sat Night
NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. 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.