Weather Forecast

Mon Jul 2 2018 .Synopsis for Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal waters... High pres remains over the waters through Wed keeping winds below 20 knots and seas less than 5 ft. The high will shift southeast of the waters Wed night and behind it winds will increase out of the southwest as will seas. Very humid air entrenched over the waters this week will support areas of fog over the waters especially across the south coast at night and during the morning hours. A cold front will approach the waters Fri afternoon, sweeping through Fri night.

Tonight

S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Patchy fog after midnight with vsby 1 to 3 nm.

Tue

S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

Tue Night

S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.

Wed

W winds around 5 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Patchy fog.

Wed Night

SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.

Thu

SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.

Thu Night

SW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.

Fri

SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Patchy fog. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.

Fri Night

NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Patchy fog. A chance of showers and tstms. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.

Sat

NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

Sat Night

W 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

Tought week for inshore mackeral in MA.  Pockets are still thick but the tinkers are now macking up the biomass.  Larger mackeral are still around on the offshore ledges.  As is typical its better in low light conditions.  

Inshore Intel

Large bass altough not in big numbers are being caught in MA south shore locations from Duxbury north to Nahant.  Multiple 50lb fish were caught and officailly weighed in this week.  

Commercial bass season is in full swing and although the fleet is frustrated with the number of just sub legal bass (<34") there are a number of large fish hanging between billingsgate and peaked hill.  Live bait continues to be the prefered taking as the top water and vertical jib bite has not materialized.

 

Fluke fishing on Lucas shoal has improved with more keepers being caught in recent days.

Sea bass have officially become an invasive species from Buzzards bay down to RI as they are now being caught as bycatch from fisherman targeting bass or other species.  Fish have moved into deeper water as the temps rise and they move offshore.

Flounder fishing is holding on into July but will more then likely tail off after the temps warm after this heat wave.  Green harbor is still producing well outside the jetties.    

Offshore Intel

Haddock bite is still strong on stellwagen you have to target middle bank or more east.

Damon Saco's Hyannis Tuna fest was a bust last week with no fish landed during the weekend tournament.  

As we hit July everyone is hoping this is the week that the offshore scene goes off with the rising water temps and the offshore canyons starting to fish well.  Need one warm core eddy to really heat things up.