Here's the scoop from our recent trips...
2007-10-07
Captain Kevin Malone reports:
We headed out with Bad Fish Outfitter customers Dennis Fox and Glen Pokraka from North Falmouth MA, for an overnight Canyon trip. Pushed off the dock in the fog at 12 noon from Kingmans in Pocasset. Stopped at Menensha on the Vineyard to top off the fuel tank.
Got to the edge of Fishtails Canyon about 5:30 pm. Started trolling and hooked up with a Longfin Albacore within 10 minutes, then another Longfin 5 minutes after. Then another knock down and dropped a fish. By this time it was getting dark and the fog was still thick, so we decided to tie up for the night.
Started chunking Butter Fish for the night in 70 degrees and about 500 feet of water on the west wall of Fishtails. Nothing for the first couple of hours. Then our swordfish rig started going, then nothing, reeling it up from the depths showed that we got cleaned out. Bummer!! About a half hour later another rod goes off, a whole Butterfish. Then a mishap with the drag being free spooled and fish off. Bummer number 2.
About an hour later started getting some action with some Mahi Mahi right at the boat. Landing 2 nice 34" Mahis. Couple more got off. Great light tackle action. Then it was quiet for the rest of the night. Up trolling at 5 am, in the fog still !! The morning was real quiet with only one Longfin Albacore, a big one about 55 pounds, at about 9 am. Lots of Atlantic White Wided Porpoises out there and a few other boats. Picked and ran for the barn about 10 am as Glen had tickets to the Red Sox game that night, hope he stayed awake till the end of the game as I heard the ending was epic!
2007-09-14
Captain Kevin Malone reports:
Headed to West Atlantis Canyon on Thursday pm. Dropped the lines in approx 12 miles before the canyon as the sun was headed down. Not 10 minutes and Fish On! 80 pound Yellowfin Tuna.
Continued to troll but no other bites after the sun went down. Headed for the edge and set up for chunking for the night. Very slow night with only one run off. Back up and trolling at 5 am sharp. trolled about an hour then Fish On! Another 80 pound class Yellowfin Tuna.
Continued to troll and found lots of weeds so we moved to the west. We found a large patty of weeds and trolled next to it and loaded up on Mahi Mahi.
2007-08-31
Captain Kevin Malone reports:
On the Canyon trip we did last Tuesday I LOST the biggest tuna of my life! Hooked a Big Eye Tuna, probably 300lbs+ . Fought him for 2 hours, backing the boat down, waves over the transom, flooding the cockpit the whole 9. Got the fish to surface going for the Gaff shot, then THE ROD BREAKS! Explodes like a bomb!
The first pic is me demoralized by that Big Eye. The other pics are from a charter we did today Julie stellar and sons caught lots of blue fish in B-Bay then went to middle ground and trolled up 1 Bonito. Good kids good trip.
2007-08-02
Captain Kevin Malone reports:
We made our first run to the Canyon Monday night thru Tuesday afternoon. Fished Fishtails Canyon 85 NM south of Martha's Vineyard. Got to the fish grounds approximately 11 pm, set up chunking and drifting for the night. Nothing but squid under the boat all night.
4 am started up on the troll. Within 20 minutes we had our first knock down, White Marlin on Ballyhoo on the starboard short rigger. After a 10 minute fight he was released boat side.
10 more minutes of trolling Mahi Mahi hit Ballyhoo as well, 5-8 lb Mahis good for the table. Lines back in and hooked up again with another White Marlin this time hit a Cedar Plug tight to the transom. Awesome fight on a 30 stripped me down in to the backing without a problem. After 15 minute tug-o-war he was finally brought up on the boat for some pics and dehooking and released.
As the day went on a bunch more Mahi Mahi, then headed for the barn. Stopped in Menemsha, fueled up and were home about 7 pm.
Great first canyon run.
2007-06-25
Captain Kevin Malone reports:
Fished offshore of Chatham on Monday and caught fish up to 100 lbs, but had trouble with a horde of Bluefish hitting the squid bars and Green Machine daisy chains.
Had a fluke charter on Saturday. Wind was howling out of the north west. Drift fished mouth of Cape Cod Canal and Mashnee flats area. Did real well we limited out on keeper Fluke and took some real nice Sea Bass @ about 5 lbs. A bit rough but the fishing was real good. Eyeing the warm water at the Canyons. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate.
2007-05-29
Captain Kevin Malone reports:
Headed to Middle Ground in Vineyard Sound this morning where the current was ripping and the fish were biting. Wire lined jigged and caught a couple of Bluefish. There seemed to be lots of weeds in the water and that got a bit aggravating. We decided to start casting into the rip that forms there and we caught six Bass up to 24 inches and five Bluefish up to 8 pounds. It was a good trip even though there were no keepers. We're waiting for the bluewater action to start!
2007-05-27 John Clancy & Family charter
Captain Kevin Malone reports:
Fished with John Clancy and family on a Striper charter on sunday. We headed back to the Canal where we had done so well with Mike Carpenter 2 days earlier. Except this time it wasn't nearly as good. We wire lined jigged at the Canal and landed one small schoolie and lost a couple more. After beating a dead horse at the Canal for a couple hours we decided to run to Quicks Hole. We caught one blue fish there, and that was it for a slow day of fishing. The wind was easterly and, as the old saying goes, "wind out of the east the fish bite the least".
2007-05-12 Mike Carpenter bass charter
Captain Kevin Malone reports:
The stripers are here full bore and there.
Fishing off Weepecket Island. Schoolie Stripers blitzing everywhere, birds diving the bite was on. Caught about ten 18-24 inch stripers.
Inshore charter half-day Striper fishing. Fishing was real good. Wire lined jigged at the mouth of the Canal and caught four keeper Stripers and too many schoolies to count and one Bluefish.
2007-04-28 Schoolies!
Captain Kevin Malone reports:
"First schoolie Striped Bass of the season. Caught from land with a Point Jude Nautlis spoon. Got 3 tonight."
We stock point jude lures at Bad Fish Outfitters!!
2007-04-01 - Waiting on Spring
The Cape is off to a slow start this year as cold air and water temps keep the saltwater fishing action on hold. Not much sign yet of Stripers, at the traditionally productive early spots. The freshwater folks are already enjoying some good catches on the local Trout ponds while the rest of us wait impatiently for Spring to "really" arrive.
2006-10-17 - Charter Nails 19 Tuna
Capt Kevin Malone did a quick turn around and had the Diablo out on Oct 16-17. They went right where they left off at Nomans and went straight to the chunk amongst the draggers, as the second rod was being let out it was ripped out of Mark's hands. For the next hour the boys put 6 Yellowfin and 5 Longfin in the boat.
As the weather cooperated tonight, they decided to put it on the drift and put a few more Yellowfin and Longfin in the boat before midnight with one of the Longfin pushing a little over 70 pounds. With plenty of Tuna in the boat, the boys then decided to make a drift in the deep for a Swordfish and it payed off but, came up short. They caught two swords before unfortunately too short to keep. At first light the bite started again as it has for the past few days and put a few more in the boat to top off the boxes.
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