Fishing is still good, however the schools of Bunker along the beaches seemed to have thinned out. It’s been pretty quiet in the ocean but there is still plenty of action in the bays. Clam chumming remains the most consistent and the plugging has been improving, especially at first light and in the dark. We’ve even heard of a few fish caught on Bunker chunks around the bridges as well.

The West Bar is always a good bet for clam chumming, any of the bridges are a good bet too. As far as the bridges go, they can get very crowded, so try to stay away from the crowds… less competition always means a better shot at the fish.

If you’re going to give the plugging a whirl, try and fish around high tide… either tide should produce but high water in this area is a great bet. Any of the marsh banks with 4 to 12 feet of water, mosquito ditches, drains and edges of sandbars of mussel beds can ALL hold fish this time of year. The one thing that will kill this style of fishing though is boat traffic. Now that the kids are out of school the bays become much busier, so first light and in the dark are the quieter times of the day around here. The lures we seem to be selling the most of lately are the Smack-It poppers, A-Salt Bomber’s (my personal favorite is the Chicken Scratch color which is actually the “pearl/Yellow”), Bass Assasin’s, Slug-Go’s and the always faithful Bucktail… pretty hard to go wrong with a white one, tipped with pork trailer of some kind.

For the Clam Chumming, it’s kind of “meat and potatoes” fishing. A simple fish finder rig like the Fin Strike 753B rig will do the job nicely. Tie it on, bait it up and get it in the chum slick… it’s THAT simple. If you’re chunking we would recommend a much bigger hook like on the Fin Strike 747 rig. A Chunk is a bigger bait and requires a bigger hook!

By the way… we weighed in a 52lb 8oz Bass this week, caught in Orient Point… check out the picture on our Fishing Blog!

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