The temps are rising both in the water and out of the water. That makes for a slowdown of both people and fish. There is still plenty of action going on, but not as hot and heavy as it was the last few weeks. But what the rise in temperatures also brings out is greenheads in force!!! This weekend will be the height of their cycle so you have been fair warned! For those of you that have a loathing for these guys we carry some of the Skin So Soft Bug Guard to assist in the fight not to get chomped on!

FLORIDIANS COME TO PLUM ISLAND!!!

There have been loads of  vacationers in the area and this week we had two different people visiting from Florida who went fishing. First there was Burton Boone from Starke, Florida who was up visiting his son Ron from Londonderry, NH. They came down on Tuesday and hit Sandy Point to fish. (no greenheads would stand in their way!) They both used mackerel chunks to land their fish

On Wednesday we had future son-in-law Nathan Bailey from Naples, Florida visiting Sean Hogan from Salisbury, MA. They went out along the oceanfront, snagged pogies, and then live lined for the bass underneath.

And this afternoon Dan O’Connor from Plum Island came in from fishing Joppa Flats. And of course it was the tube-n-worm during the high tide that did the trick again.   Dan is a neighbor of Jim and Amy who also like to tube-n-worm.  It looks like a competition of the best striper recipe will be taking place in their neighborhood!  Another neighbor, Mick Wallace(Brendan’s dad) was heading out as Dan was coming in.  We’ll see if Mick brings in a keeper too.

Pogies Pogies Pogies

The amount of pogies out front along the ocean this year is incredible. Up and down the coast we have heard from many  fishermen in from many different places that the size of the pods are massive. The sightings of small whales, big tuna, and stripers feeding on these baitfish are numerous. But if you are in it to catch a big striper you may have to have an abundance of patience. They are there, they are not there. That’s the story everyone is telling. Nothing under this pod, move to another and you’ll find the bass. Not promising that you’ll catch one. The fish are full. But we have had a few guys, like John Noonan from Amesbury. He hooked into this  46 1/2 ” fish fishing with live pogies from a boat yesterday. The fish weighed in at 36-8 pounds.

From Facebook we had Joshua Najem and Ryan Graves send us in some catch & release photos from the boats over the last week. Thanks guys, always great to see!

As far as this week’s beach action. It has definitely slowed down for some, but plenty of activity if you happen to be in the right spot at the right time. During this past rainy Monday evening, we had a young fisherman in that had just been on the beach fly fishing from the little set of rocks we have out front which is called a groin. He had a ball catching schoolies on his fly rod. And then we had another fisherman come by to tell us that he had done well fishing the southern end of the island, also fly fishing. Maybe it is time to try fly fishing!!!

Okay back to fishing from boat or kayak. Joppa continues to produce a lot of fish. High tide is the right tide to troll around that area with a tube-n-worm or other lure of choice. We have been told that there are again a lot of undersized stripers that have also moved into Joppa that are busy sucking down those worms that are at the end of the tube! But Here Gabriel was lucking enough to catch a keeper over the weekend! And with another round of morning and early evening high tides it is gearing up to be a great weekend! See you on the island!

Well the pogies still maintain the lead as far as food of choice by the stripers. Same story as last week, if you can snag a pogie your chances of following up with a bass is 50/50. But Kim Crotty did Friday. Kim is visiting from Deerfield NH. She caught this fish on a live pogie in the mouth of the Merrimac River from a boat. Others haven’t been so lucky. We have received calls from Hampton down to Gloucester. “What’s the action up there? ” Our answer…..same as you. Lots of pogies, some pods have big fish under them some don’t. It is quite the cat and mouse game out here!

For the surf guys that have had some slow nights. Don’t despair! Here is Matt LaBella from Merrimac sending us some catch & release photos that shows we have big bass around. So it’s time to hit the beach this week! Thanks for the pictures and info Matt. Much appreciated.

Some exciting news……parking lots 6 & 7 are now open on the Parker River Wildlife Refuge. So all of you that like to fish Emerson Rocks area you can! However, no walk on night fishing permits will be issued yet until more of the birds in other locations fledge. But soon!!! And for anyone that wants to take advantage of the drive on lottery there is still time but do it quick. Dead line is 7/31.   Go to the PRWR website and follow the instructions.

https://www.fws.gov/nwrs/threecolumn.aspx?id=2147563056

This has definitely been a summer of beginners. The number of people getting outside and trying something new, like saltwater fishing, has been huge this summer. But one girl in particular has given it her all. Jennifer Brennan one day this past week came in and Mugsy helped her out getting set up for some surfcasting. She was kind enough to send us some pictures and a few words:

Hi! An older gentleman at the shop helped me rig my line and sold sea worms that I used to surfcast for stripers. I caught 4 fish in all yesterday! Although they were just schoolies (measuring between 14″- 15.5″), it was my first experience catching any! I made sure they swam back. I’m very pleased with the help and tools I received yesterday from the shop. The guy said to bring the fish back or get a picture. Since I wasn’t about to wall around with a too small schoolie, I snapped my own pictures. I had a lot of fun and will be back very soon!

Well she has been back! Jennifer came in  Friday night and was ready for a new fishing adventure………..  live eels!!! Have not seen her to get her story on this adventure, but with anybody that tries live eels for the first time…. there is always a story and it usually is pretty entertaining. So welcome Jennifer and so glad you have taken up a new sport. And a big thanks to all our new customers for giving us the chance to get you started on a new outdoor adventure.

The past few weeks have been a little slow for big fish from the surf. The pogies are certainly making it difficult to find hungry stripers. But on Friday we had a fish brought in from the jetties. Doanh Mai from North Andover was using chunk mackerel to entice this fish to bite. Maybe the fish was just plan sick of a diet of pogies and wanted something else. LOL This fish weighed in at 22 pounds.

Our next picture is 9 yr old Mason Fowler. Mason is the son of Kerry Gallagher who used to work for us at Surfland. She comes from the island and grew up fishing with her dad Mark. Grandpa has kept the love of fishing  going in all his grandchildren. Mason caught this fish while out with Grandpa Thursday in the boat when he caught this 19-15 pounder on live pogies. SUMMER FUN!

The day before we had Christain Reed  from Newburyport weigh in his 31-13 pounder that he also caught from the boat using live pogies. Dad Chris commented on the abundance of pogies, whales, tuna, and other sea life that is so close to shore this year. Amazing sights all around he said!

The summer of the bunker continues to play dominance up and down the coastline. The numerous schools of these baitfish have caused much frustration with some fishermen who have had to spend time hoping from one school to another looking to see if the bass are underneath them. But for others, they have done well. And still others have been lucky enough to see activity from other marine species such as whales and tuna that have been feeding off the bunker. In fact the whales are back off Salisbury Beach and can be seen on the Salibury Sunrise Facebook feed.  Check it out!https://www.facebook.com/Salisburysunrises/

One of our lucky fishermen that caught a striper on a pogie this past week is Hunter Currier. Hunter is grandson to Russ and Judy Currier who have summered on the island for many years and have been friends of the family just as long. Russ is an avid fisherman and brought up his kids and grandchildren fishing the area. Hunter was down visiting from Maine and was out with grandpa when he caught this fish

Other boat action reported to us this weekend starts with a confirmation that there are now some bluefish in the area. Brendan (SBT) and Allie were out in the Plum Island Sound  last night using eels to fish for stripers when this little guy chomped on his eel. So you have been warned! But on the other hand, these guys are fun to catch on light action!

Mike MacCormack  (SBT) got the chance to go out with Ed and Andy (SBT) Kelly yesterday. They planned a deep sea fishing trip and headed out early am before sunrise. Lots of haddock, a big toothy wolfish that went back into the deep blue sea and some visits from a couple of Minke Whales. All in all a great day to be on the water.

Now some surf news. Some surf fishermen have seen a slow down in striper activity. Again the thought is that they are so full of pogies that they are just not hungry. But everyday is different. Reports of some nice fish off the jetties and inside the mouth of the Merrimac continue to be reported to us. Friday Duat Lu from Lawrence came in from fishing the Salisbury side of the mouth. He caught this fish while using a Guppy Lures top water pencil popper.

Also had a fisherman in yesterday reporting to us that he had a big fish off the jetties. He had it at the rocks and tried to lift it with the rod but the line broke. Okay, so this is where a lesson is going to be injected. If you are using a surf rod (especially graphite ones) off the jetties and try to land a big fish by “lifting” it there is a good chance that your surf rod could break. They are not meant to be used that way. If the fish jumps and put an unexpected heavy bounce in the rod there is another chance of the rod breaking.   If possible move the fish down to a safer place that you can get down to reach the fish, use a heavy mono leader that you can grab and bring the fish up with, or we have some guys that bring out big landing nets. Another choice if you are lucky to have more than one rod, something with fiberglass in it will have more give and allow for some “lifting” However you land your striper be careful of dragging him over the rocks if he will be heading back into the water.

Okay, rant over.

Other surf fishing news. The Parker River Wildlife Refuge is now allowing night fishing. It is only allowed at the southern end for now until other lots get opened up. To get your permit stop by the main headquarters during open times or at the gatehouse at the entrance to the refuge. If someone is manning the gatehouse you can get your permit there.

And with more and more of the refuge opening up and now some night fishing areas also open and then some drive on to follow we will have a lot more bait fishermen coming in. One thing we have had an issue with these last few weeks are sea worms. The size and quantity of sea worms and or blood worms (when available) all depends on the moon. Yes the moon, the moon affects the draw of the tide. When we have Full and New Moons the pull on the water is greater. what the means for us is that the low tide is bigger than average, which means the diggers can get out further, which means more worms and usually bigger worms. and then the opposite is also true. When the moon is at its weakest pull the tides barely shift and the diggers cannot get out and get any quantity or size in worms. So we do apologize for any inconvenience but it is out of our hands sometimes. Better tides are coming! Here is an interesting piece to read to help explain. 

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/tides.html    

 But have no fear, whatever the worm situation is our boy Finn is always keeping a close eye on our worms for us!

BIG FISH ALONG THE OCEANFRONT

So looks like the tide has turned, literally. You know how it usually goes around here, high tide along the oceanfront, low tide in the river. Well not these past few days. Low tide along the oceanfront  has been the place to be. Maybe it is because it been right before, during, and just after sunrise and sunset? Maybe because of the amount of bait fish out front, maybe because of the full moon. Whatever the reason, we have had some fishermen turning their frown upside down!

On Friday Mike Bombardier who is vacationing from Granby, MA brought in a fish to weigh in. He’s had the opportunity a few days this week to go out in the boat with the legendary  Joe Brotz who is a superstar when it comes to fishing the Merrimac. (Stickman did a story on him a few years ago and can be found in the archives). Anyways, Mike wasn’t fishing with Joe this day and hit the surf before sunrise. He walked the beach throwing a needle fish and was in the vicinity of parking lot 1 on the PRWR when he hooked into this 36 pounder during the low tide. Mike would like people to know that he did try to revive the fish but it just didn’t work. Mike also caught a few fish in the low 20 pound range that morning.

And then yesterday we had Charlie Ashworth show up with his keeper that he also caught along the oceanfront. Although a little north of us along Salisbury Beach and out of a boat, it was also during low tide. Charlie said there were tons of big fish in the water. Charlie was live lining mackerel to catch this fish.

Other news is that there are still some nice fish in Joppa and a lot of little guys. Maybe the change in the temps these last few days has made the fish a bit more active, but hopefully it is setting everything up for some spectacular fall fishing!

Timothy Eldridge sent us this picture last week on FB. Thanks for the nice catch & release photo!

Another fisherman, Jonathan Fudula also sent us some nice photos and this information:

Hi Surfland. Here’s my first check-in, please feel free to share what you’d like. Thursday I fished low tide from The sound up to Gangway rock and played with a few schoolies on tube & worm. Then last night I hit the flats in the kayak and landed this 39”-25lber trolling an eel about an hour before high tide. Thanks to the good dude and lovely young lady behind the counter for the eels and magic rag. Until next time!

Jon Fudala Merrimack, NH

***Congratulations to all the people that were picked in the lottery for the drive on permits. 85 permits are being issued and a lot of the old gang got theirs this year. And with more beach available for drive on (cut off is somewhere near the old Camp Sea Haven) it should make for some great fall fishing. We are so excited to have you all back with us this summer on the island! See you all soon!!!

Looks like we have a Northeast wind and some 3′ to 5′ seas for a couple of days before things swing around. This can make for some unfavorable fishing conditions for a lot of fishermen. The Ledgers plus one were down fishing early this morning and have just returned saying that the seaweed has moved in. They still managed to catch a few schoolies under the seaweed, but they had to keep checking their line more than usual. But, on the other hand when the surfs up a bit, the fishing can be great. So that leaves you with some hard choices, deal with seaweed in the hunt for big bass or give it a rest for a couple days. Choice is yours!

Earlier this week, island resident Ken Cmar weighed in his fish that he caught out from along the oceanfront from his boat. Ken was just headed out for a ride when he saw the school of pogies busting near the start of the PRWR. He snagged a pogie and then proceeded to land this 23-11 pounder. Ken was a lucky one this week, the rest of the week was a continuation of frustrated fishermen in their quest to get the big bass to strike under the pogies.

Yesterday was the annual event “Back in the Maine Stream” held  at Riverfront Marina. Riverfront Marina on the Parker River is run by Kay’s son David who has been hosting this great event over the last few years. A group of boat owners graciously donate their time and services to get these veterans out on the water for some good fishing. We’d like to give a big shout out of thanks to all the help make this event a success for another year. The weather and seas weren’t the most cooperative yesterday, with many boats having to come back in and fish inside the rivers, but we hope that the veterans enjoyed their time on the water in our area, the good food served up at Riverfront and the Surfland swag! We so much enjoy being a part of this event and the chance it gives us to show our appreciation! Check out some of the pictures here and on their FB page.

Welcome to all the fishermen that got their drive-on permit! So glad to have you back for another season. This was one of Kay’s favorite times of the year, welcoming all of you back to fish Plum Island shores. With the opening of parking lot 2 the other day it gave way to the opening day of drive on to not be altered. With more beach to travel than the last few years some of the old favorite holes can be visited once more to see if they hold the big fish like in years past. See you all over the next few days and into the fall season!

But before the opening of the beach this week we had some action early on. I had many reports from some of the fishermen that they had some great fishing Monday and Tuesday, but then it went quiet for them towards the end of the week. Others have reported that there seems to be more small fish in the area. Parking lots 1 & 3 have been producing small stripers for a lot of guys off and on all week. The seaweed that rolled in with the northeast wind at the beginning of the week seemed to accumulate at the southern end of the island more so than the northern end so most guys stayed from lot 3 north.

Reports are that a pod of common dolphins came in and have scattered the pogies we had out front. It has also made it more difficult to find the schools of mackerel. Not saying they won’t return but for now both are scarce. So maybe the bass will start to get a little bit “hangry” and get more active along the oceanfront with other baits.

Now lets talk bluefish. Does anyone remember what they look like??? Well kind of like this. So there have been a few reports. Brendan walked the beach the other day and saw some boats catching some fish not far from the beach at the beginning of the refuge area so decided to do some casts there. He caught one bluefish about 12-15 pounds and then lost another. He saw that the boats were doing well on them. Another two reports we got is that they are up off of Hampton, but from the boat. So maybe, just maybe we will see some bluefish action this year. Would be nice, they are a great fish to fight on the end of the line!

The season has begun for fishing the Parker River Wildlife Refuge! With the opening of the drive on season starting this past weekend, the night fishing well underway, and the whole beach open to fish this is the spot to be. It was a very nice reunion with a lot of the buggy guys over the weekend. A lot of you have been missing over the past few years and it is great to have you back. Many of you shared stories of Kay with us since we haven’t seen you since her passing and it was very touching. We had one fisherman who asked about Kay and was brought to tears when we had to tell him the news. (you know who you are and we are so ever grateful for your genuine display of love for our mother) It again reminded us of how many lives she has touched and what a special place in your hearts you have for her and we thank you all!!!

Okay but I can hear Kay now saying get back to what’s important………….fishing. There wasn’t much chatter about what went on over the weekend. We heard of a couple keepers but most reports were of schoolies. Must of been father and son weekend out on the beach because one such keeper was caught by Ron & Alex Burns from Newbury MA. Ron & Alex are drive-ons who fished south of lot 3 and used clams to catch this fish. It was the start of the outgoing tide. They hadn’t done anything and were thinking about packing up when they decided to give it one last cast. You just never know!!!

Another father son team that hit the beach over the weekend was Dave & Jack Coleman. He sent us this picture from the beach.

As of now it looks like we have a mixed bag of weather coming our way. Not sure what effects Dorian will have on our coastline over the next few days but can pretty much guarantee some strong rip currents so be careful out there!

With the wind starting to ramp up and the rain that is headed out way I’ve decided to sleep in for an extra hour tomorrow am! The ocean is starting to get churned up and the seaweed that will inevitably start moving in so I’ll see some of you at 6!

But mid week Ray Gallagher came in and got some bait and headed out to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge to do a bit of fishing.  He sent us this picture of a 31″ striper he got at lot 1. One happy camper!!! There have been many reports this week of a lot of fish in the 24″ – 31″ range. Most have been gobbling up sea worms and clams. This week we saw some beautiful days and a lot of people fishing the refuge so hopefully Sunday when the sun comes out we can get back to it! It may take a few days for things to calm down for bait fishing but for those of you that like to fish lures………….the time has come!

It has taken a few days for the effects of Dorian to leave us. The reports from the PRWR is that there are mostly schoolies up and down the beach. We had these pictures sent to us on  Sunday afternoon.

“Fishing pretty slow, a few shorties around this morning. Weed still an issue, but getting better through the day. More weeds on the north and less on the south. Beautiful day otherwise to be out” ~G

Well just got up to wait on a customer who was here yesterday and said that he had issues with the seaweed yesterday at lot 1 but was back again today to try again and hopefully not run into the weed. Suggested trying further south along the beach. Hopefully that works for him!

Since Sunday afternoon we are still getting reports of schoolies up and down the beach. Just opened not long ago and my first customer had been down at the set of rocks on the beach up from the shop where he said he caught a few little fish while waiting for the shop and the refuge to open.The fish were around the 18″ range. He got some worms and clams and headed to the refuge to fish the mornings tide.

It is nice to see so many schoolies being caught around the area. Reports from the north has guys doing well along the New Hampshire coast and southern Maine on bigger fish. They will be here soon! Just keep the storms away!!!

Just a quick post and picture to let you know that we had a fisherman catch a bluefish in the mouth of the Merrimac today. This afternoon John Fusco from Windham NH came down to go striper fishing. We told him that no one place has been more productive than another. Since it was low tide we suggested since he likes fishing the mouth of the Merrimac to start there. Well he came back not long after the turn of the tide to say while using an Al Gag’s soft plastics he kept getting it back with pieces missing. He finally hooked onto something and it turned out to be a 10 lb 12 oz Bluefish! He packed it in some ice and headed back out to find his striper. Hope he found it!

Other reports of bluefish have boaters catching a few along the ocean from the start of the PRWR southward. We also had a boater tell us that he was catching some snapper blues inside the Parker River. So fingers crossed everyone, some September Blues would be nice!!!

The Friends of Parker River NWR have a great upcoming lecture. Wednesday night, 7pm-8:30pm at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters. Well worth the time.

Well the blues were definitely further inside the mouth Wednesday. Captain Christopher Husgen of Tide Charters LLC sent us these photos. He was on his boat with pup Watson when they ran into these big blues.

Today Gabe Marks brought in this 14 lb dressed blue that he caught in the mouth of the river on chunk macks! And then this afternoon we heard of some more caught at parking lot 1 on the Parker River Wildlife Refuge. Time to get the wire leaders out that have been packed away for a few years!

The visitor turned out to be a Mola Mola also known as an ocean sunfish. Inside Joppa! Wonder what brought him inside the mouth so far? Usually we see a lot of these guys in close along the oceanfront this time of year. They like to feed on salps around here. Ever see the kind of clear globs on the beach, that’s a salp. But they also feed jellyfish, squid, small fish besides a few other things. Maybe the bluefish and sunfish were after the same thing? We have heard of a lot of tiny baitfish in the river.

Joppa Mola Mola

Here’s a real fisherman! Donald Dunbar from Ipswich! He shows up usually on a weekend night, usually with daughter Jillian and/or others in tow, fishes all through the night well into the next day. Sometimes coming back for bait once or twice the whole time down on the beach. Never ever complaining about not catching anything or only catching little fish. The man just loves to fish. Well on Saturday morning he caught a small keeper and had his fish to eat. You are the man, you are “The Donald”! Love your love for fishing! Jillian Dunbar, his daughter sent us these pictures and a  post on Saturday:

Hello, I just wanted to share this with you guys. Last night we started fishing at the beachfront. We caught at least one fish and some skates. Our friends left early this morning and we stayed out longer. My dad caught a 30 inch on the beach front with clams. Sadly I didn’t get a keeper but my fish was about 24-25 inches. It was a great time!   ~ Jillian

Jillian was just in tonight and heading out to fish the night tide. She said they caught a few others that day, but all in the 24″ range. Good luck tonight Jillian!

Other news these last few days has been a mixed bag. Sometimes there has been a few complaints about the weed, other times nothing. The tide seems to be bringing some in and out. Some of the drive-ons got small keepers this past weekend, but  most of the fish caught were in the 18″-25″ range. Since the weekend we have only heard of some schoolies being caught on the oceanfront. Haven’t heard anything since our last reporting of bluefish. Bummer, really was hoping they would of stuck around for awhile! But the mackerel are back around in  numbers if you can get out of the mouth to fish for them. So maybe it will attract some blues back?! Fingers crossed!

Today has been a windy choppy day on the water. Not many boats heading out due to the offshore disturbance causing some good waves and rip currents. The surf guys are reporting some rough surf, not unfishable, but definitely some chop. By Friday the wind is supposed to turn around to the north, northwest so that should flatten out the ocean and allow for some better fishing condtions throught the weekend. And it is supposed to be a beautiful one!

It’s that time of year again. Time to cut back a little bit more on the hours. Starting tomorrow these will be out new hours up through Columbus Day. The PRWR gate is shutting at 6:45 pm so anyone looking to get on to fish must be here before then. But as always give us a call before we close and we will do our best to accommodate you if you are running late. (But, there is nothing we can do about the PRWR gate!!!) Still plenty of fish to be caught out there so see you in the am!

Sorry folks. Was away for a few days so didn’t get a chance to post anything but we haven’t exactly had the best of weather to fish (well for most) until yesterday. The stripers are still here. Yesterday morning one fisherman came in after catching daybreak and said he got a lot of small schoolies fishing around the shore down by the Captain’s Party Boats. Nothing big but he was pleased. Brendan fished Friday sunset until about 8 pm along the oceanfront by the shop and caught some schoolies and one keeper sized bass. He was throwing needlefish, swimming lures, and then the trusty eel at dark. And then just now Mike Parent came in from fishing the southern end of the island and reported that he caught a bunch of schoolies up to 20″ . So the storm hasn’t scared off the fish so we hope that it hasn’t scared the fishermen away. Still plenty of fishing left to do!

The one picture I have from around here is of the cruise ships that took to Ipswich Bay for safe harbor against this latest storm. Crazy stuff!

Have no other local  pictures but can share a few photos of where I was this past week. Have family visiting from Scotland and took them to Nantucket. Got stuck an extra day due to the storm, but got out Friday and back to this island!

Some of you knew Eddie, some of you have seen him in the shop, and others didn’t know him. But he was a part of our Surfland family so we wanted you all to know…….

A longtime customer of ours, Edward Fewtrell passed away on October 10th.  Eddie was 86 years old and one of the kibitzers who would come in on winter Saturday mornings to chat with Kay and all the other fishermen.  Eddie was a fisherman & explored the whole North Shore for fishing spots, both salt and freshwater.  He loved to fish with a fly rod as well as use conventional surf and spinning gear.  Ed and another late fisherman, Jim Dwyer used to run a guide service call Shore Thing Fishing.  Ed was a former member of the Plum Island Surfcasters Fishing Club. Edward was a proud Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He will be missed.

Services were held today @ 1 PM on October 21, 2019, in the NH State Veterans Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Hwy., Boscawen, NH 03303. Memorial donations to the NH State Veterans Cemetery.

We have seen a slow down in fishermen these last two weeks but the few that are fishing are still catching! In fact this past week has had some nice action. There have been fish big and small, keepers and not, and even a few juvenile blues. Just to prove it here are some pictures. First off is Plum Islands on Ken Cmar who sent us in this photo at the beginning of the week. The man knows how to take a great photo!!

Vermont has been well represented on the island this month. Here are just  two of the Vermonters that sent me pictures before the storm. They had a blast catching some small fish. All caught on seaworms. Fished for several days until the northeaster blew them back to VT to shovel snow!!

Then an email came through from Federico Larco for Martha yesterday. Federico Larco  fished Friday night. Although he only caught the one fish there has been others fishing that have done extremely well this past week.  A lot of it during the top of the incoming tide which also happened to coincide with sunset. This combination this past week made for some great fishing!!!

Martha,

Thanks for selling me some juicy select worms! Caught at 32” Striper off lot 3 area at approximately high tide. This was the only action I experienced having started fishing around 5pm and having caught the fish around 8:30pm. No other action to be seen. Did also throw plugs, needle fish, tins… etc with my St Croix, but nothing was interested in any of that. Had the beach to myself. Being new to surf fishing (having only started about 2 1/2 yrs ago), this is my first legal fish from shore. Super pumped. Here are a few picks.

Enjoy!! Federico

So with the end of October coming to a close, we also would usually be coming to a close. But if the fish are going to hang out a little longer so will we. However there are a few dates at the beginning of the month that we cannot be open for so check the website or Facebook for notifications. But for now we will see how the first week or so goes in November!!! 

This weeks hours shall be:

Monday- Friday 7am-6pm       Saturday 6am-6pm             Sunday 6am – 3pm.

Keep Fishing, Team Surfland

Just got word from Officer Williams that due to the weather and high wind forecast that the OSV gate will be shutting this afternoon to any more access until 2020. Its been a tough October for the OSV’s, the Nor’easters we’ve had have certainly pummeled the beach and has made it tough going for the vehicles. So just a heads up to anyone that had any kind of idea of heading down for one last night, not that we thought anyone would but thought that we better post this.

As far as the fishing from the beach for the walk on surfcasters the beach on the Parker River Refuge will be open, plus the public beach. Last reports of fish come from Sunday and Monday.  Had one fisherman in today who said that he hasn’t had a strike in two days but will be heading out again in November to see if he can catch a November Striper! (Until just now, had a customer in that caught a fish on the Salisbury side~~ Still here!!!)

Along with the OSV closing this will be our final week of being open on regular hours. We have some shows to go to (where we will hopefully get some good deals to share!!!) and other stuff to attend to coming up but will post on the site and FB when we will be here. The first two weeks of November will be erratic hours, but after that we will  set some hours. Weekends we will be here so again check the site for hours.  And then of course we will be here everyday two weeks before Christmas to help with anyone’s shopping needs.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!!