Weather Forecast

Thu May 24 2018 .Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters... High pressure over the waters will settle offshore to the south Friday and Saturday. A back door cold front will slowly settle south across the waters late Saturday. This front will become nearly stationary just south of the waters for Sunday and Monday. A cold front will cross the waters on Tuesday. 

Overnight

SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.

Fri  - SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

Fri Night - SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

Sat - SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

Sat Night - E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.

Sun - E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. A chance of showers.

Sun Night - E winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 8 ft. A chance of showers.

Mon - E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

Mon Night - S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

Tue - NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

Tue Night - NW 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.

Bait Intel

Mackeral are thick from the east end of the canal up through scituate.  Herring continue to be mixed in.
 

Inshore Intel

Bass have officially invaded all Massachusetts waters with larger fish starting to mix in.  A 51" 42lber was caught in the canal off the Martime this past week.  Low thirty inch fish are being caught regularly both with live bait and top water lures from buzzards Bay up to Boston harbor..

Flounder fishing this week opened up on the south shore as water finaly pushed steadily above 50 degress currently hoving between 52-54.  Plymouth, Scituate, and Boston harbor are your best bets.

Sea bass opened last Saturday and the fishing is lights out in buzzards bay and even better in Nantucket sound.

Tatuag fishing in Buzzards bay has officialy hit very good status with fish up to 10 lbs consistently on the rock piles.  

Offshore Intel

Bait continues to cover Stellwagen both Herring and Mackeral.   The haddock fishing has not slowed down with the best bite and largest fish on the Northwest corner.  Middle bank is also producing but you have to pick through the cod and shorts.  First signs of tuna arrived this week as sighting from some reputable captains have come in.