Crab ledge is heating up with 3 confirmed hookkups this week all giants. Macks have been producing the best.
Peaked hill picked up over past three days. Confirmed network reports of a hook up on a bar on the troll, and pogie on a kite for fish around the 73-80 mark. There is a ton of bait in the area.
Southwest corner is being fished hard but had been slow.
Middle bank had a hookup this week on herring.
Buyers are contemplating lifting the moratorium on July 15th so commercial pressure should pickup.
Bass
Billingsgate is still holding the large volume of fish and boats fishing macks if they can get them are doing well with the larger fish and slot keepers.
The fingers are giving up nice fish early and late for eel slingers.
Race point is still loaded with small fish have to fight through 25 to get to a keeper.
Backside down to peaked hill has been very quiet this year.
The North River has been steady for school size stripers with larger fish being caught at the mouth of the river.
Offshore ledges off sciuate and green harbor are giving up few but larger fish.
Big stripers are being found beneath some of the pogies schools on the south shore but need to hit the right school.
Groundfish
Flounder fishing is still productive inside Scituate and Green Harbor
Haddock continues to be productive in the same area east of middlebank.
Bait
Mackeral are still around the south coast but you have to head to the offshore ledges no longer in close in shallow water.
Pogies have invaded cape cod bay and can be found from Wellfleet harbor all the way to the North shore.
Squid are starting to show up on Stellwagen watch out for your hookbaits.