Cape Cod/Buzzards Bay
Dave Ryan caught this 40-pounder in Cape Cod Bay.
5-year old Will Parker with his first fish ever, caught while fishing on a jetty in Mattapoisett.
Vin Foti with another Monomoy striper, submitted for the Striper Cup Catch & Release Photo Contest
Art Hughes landed a nice bass off Sandy Neck Beach.
Ralph Folz and his son Jack with one of the 30 bass his party caught off Chatham. All fish were in the 30 to 39-inch range.
Capt. Bobby Rice of Reel Deal Charters had no problem pulling 50-60 inch tuna.
Joe Gugino reports the bonito bite is alive just off the Vineyard.
Jailbreak Charters out of Harwich was responsible for this monster bass and happy customer.
Jonathan Lewie sent in this photo of a longfin albacore after “smoking the tuna bite east of Nantucket”.
In case you missed it, Justin Sprague caught this sailfish while fishing in the Canal.
Ron Dore will receive a pounder pin (and potentially a lot more than that) from the Striper Cup for this 50-pounder caught off Cuttyhunk.
Elijah Reynolds caught and released this beautiful striper just east of Chatham.
On The Water’s Andy Nabreski snapped this photo of a small Bluefin Tuna while fishing east of the Dump.
Jordan Lyons caught his first striper in the canal on a Tsunami Eel.
Phuc T. Hong with a 28-inch fluke caught off Noman’s Land.
Reel Deal Charters shared this photo after another successful day of striper fishing out of Truro.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine
A 7-year old got a big thrill in Humarock when he reeled in this 40-pound, 40-inch striper.
Some very nice fish were caught during the 9th annual Help Hook the Cure Derby.
Bob Roy, Sr. landed this mammoth 54-pound, 10-ounce striper just outside of the Merrimack River while fishing with live mackerel. Thanks to Surfland Bait & Tackle for the photo.
12 year old Aaron Robertson and the 43″ striper he landed (and then released) fishing with Capt Bob Weathersby from Rye on Aug 17. The fish was landed on light tackle using a live mackerel for bait.
Danielle Watson caught 7 bass in the 24-46 inch range in Quincy Bay.
Mike Starsiak caught this 22-pound striper in the Back River in Weymouth.
Steve Langston of Melrose prepares to release a nice bass that took a pogy from his Hobie.
You can’t beat a live pogy on the line, just ask Gina Paone of Medford who took this cow on a livie.
Carl Vinning of Somerville used a sliding sinker to catch this big bass below the schools of pogies.
Bobby Reilly caught this 36″/20-pound striper with live mackerel in the North River in Humarock, MA.
Rich ‘Risky’ Daniels with a 47-inch striper caught on squid at Hull gut.
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Matt Zimmerman has been “absolutely killing it” in Beverly Harbor. Here he is with 32″ bass that hit a topwater plug.
Adam Humphrey caught this 28″ from the beach around Pine Point in Scarborough, ME.
Brian Coombs of Medford had success fishing light tackle in Boston Harbor.
Julie C. caught this big bass at the mouth of the Merrimack. Photo courtesy of Surfland Bait & Tackle.
Steve Foulds (right) and his dad with a 44″/47-pound bass caught while fishing in the Chelsea Yacht Club Striper Tournament.
George DeFranca caught this 44″ striper on tube and worm right after his wife caught a 40″ fish off Manchester, MA.
Sammy with a 38″/30-pound bass caught while fishing with Capt. Keith Hall of Maine Coast Guide Service.
Carl Vinning of Somerville holds proof that the Harbor has been hot!
Rhode Island/Connecticut
Harrison Barlow landed this 51.9 pound striper while fluke fishing in the Watch Hill.
Reel Cast Charters was able to put their customers on some nice fish at night.
Patrick J. Dougherty, Jr. with his best-ever sea bass caught right outside Narragansett Bay.
Bill Hawkins caught this 30″/9-pound fluke aboard the Gayle Francis near Block Island.
Nate Melanson sent in this photo of his dad with a weakfish caught in CT waters.
Jack and his dad had a great day fishing with Blaine Anderson of Anderson Guide Service.
Capt. Ryan Gluek sent in this picture of a successful bonito trip.
Jesse was fishing off a Worden Pond dock in Wakefield and caught this 30″ Pike.
OTW Reader Andrew Jones with stripers of 34 and 25 pounds pulled from eastern Long Island Sound.
Riley Hobe caught this 41.11-pound striper on an eel near Block Island.
13 year old Will proudly hoists his first longfin tuna that he wrenched in all by himself. Thanks to the Saltwater Edge for the photo.
Reel Cast Charters in Connecticut is seeing consistent striper action.
The Bluefin bite is hot off the Rhode Island coast. Photo courtesy of Watch Hill Outfitters.
The crabbing is fantastic in the lower Connecticut River.
Captain Tony Notaro of Lucky Hook Charters shared this photo of a large mako shark taken by a customer.
The author with a pair of 30 lb bass taken from the Eastern CT surf.
New York/Long Island
Randall with a 35″ striper.
Tre and DeCarlo had a successful trip day off Montauk.
Jerry String and the boys on Mucho Clams bringing in a beautiful 207.5 lb big eye tuna! Thanks to Two Chums Bait & Tackle for the photo.
Causeway Pete with an 80-pound Bluefin taken at Chicken Canyon.
Kevin Owens & Chris Schneck with their 150lb Thresher caught 7 miles offshore!
Captain Mike Boccio of Prime Time 3 sent in this photo of a successful August 1st trip.
The MegaByte brought in 8 keeper fluke while fishing off the AB Reef.
Kristin Trovitch caught this Bluefin Tuna 25 miles off Long Island.
Beth Jansen caught this 5-pound fluke while fishing the Shinnecock Canal.
Jonathan Stabe with his potental NY-state record 117-pound Wahoo.
New Jersey
Fluke fishing has been good on the Big Mohawk.
Parker Pete’s was able to put its clients on some sea bass.
Jerry Coombs with Keegan and the rest of their Sheepshead catch including his 13.42 pound 27-incher!
Allen Watts caught this 11.85-pound doormat while fishing off the sea wall.
No question that the fluke bite is on if you ask Craig Rogers of Wynnewood, PA! These 2 6# beauties were taken on a big profile B2 squid trailed with GULP swimming mullet and a long strip of salted mackerel.
Mike headed out to the Ocean City Reef and came home with several nice flounder, including this 6-pounder.
Richard DiGiacomo of Dansville, PA with a MONSTER 10.46-pound in fluke caught in Great Egg Inlet.
This huge butterfly ray was taken on the North end of Brigantine.
Parker Pete’s has had success with the fluke bite.
Larry V. from Blue Anchor, NJ caught this 10-pound, 8-ounce was taken on a bucktail just off Sea Isle.
Tim Bush at Cape May Point brought this toothy 4’ Sand Tiger up on the beach for a passport photo before sending him back over seas!
The Bait Shop in Bradley Beach posted this photo of Roy Curtis with a 20-pound cod.
Robbie caught a 3-pound fluke, and showed it off on The Reel Seat’s Facebook page.
A couple of trigger fish have been caught recently off the coast of southern New Jersey.
Tom B. with a 7 pound 2 ounce Flounder from Townsends Inlet Reef, shared on Sea Isle Bait & Tackle’s Facebook page.
Two Chums Bait & Tackle posted this photo of a 102-pound Bluefin caught by Captain Jerry String of the Mucho Clams.
Andrew’s Custom Flies of East Windsor, NJ shared this photo of a nice Bluefin Tuna catch with us.
Steve O’Connor sent in this photo of a 70-pound black drum, caught aboard the Captain Cal out of Belmar, NJ.
Upstate NY
Paul Devlin of Niagara Falls with his 12 pound, 14 ounce walleye reeled in from the Niagara Bar to win the Fish Odyssey Walleye Division!
Larry Goehring of Spaggs, PA won the Grand Prize in the Fish Odyssey with this nice brown trout, a 17 pound, 13 ounce fish caught east of Olcott.
Pat with his son Tom aboard the Popeye.
The DaSilva group with an excellent haul after a trip aboard the Popeye.
Mark Finney of
Jacksonville, FL with his first salmon, a 21 pounder out of Olcott with Cinelli Sportfishing.
This team won the Sodus Pro Am, held July 20-21 with a mix of browns and kings.
Offshore
The crew of the Resilience out of Wychmere Harbor is calling this year “The Year of the Bigeye” for good reason. Photo Credit: Tyler Hagenstein
Ray Phelan (right) and Al Lescius were rewarded for their offshore trip out of Long Island with a big tuna. Photo Credit: Sergio Diaz
Cam Crocker bested a 150-pound bigeye at Hydrographer’s Canyon aboard the Provider.
This big eye tuna was caught aboard the F/V WIRELESS fishing the Block Island Tri-State tourney.
The tuna grounds east of Chatham have been producing lately.
Jackson Parmenter caught this 25-pound longfin albacore at the Canyons fishing aboard Skipjack out of Falmouth Harbor.
Two Chums Bait & Tackle posted this photo of a 102-pound Bluefin caught by Captain Jerry String of the Mucho Clams.
Captain Terry Nugent trolled up this marlin south of Martha’s Vineyard.
Andrew Kleinfeld was able to snap this photo of a blue marlin pushing 800 pounds. The fish was 14ft long and dwarfed the transom of the 26-foot Black Watch he was fishing from.