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_{Oct.
6, 2008: Reports
from the harbor were very good this morning. Surface activity in the
bay for at least two + hours or so. Signs of the fall migration,
finally!}_{Oct. 5, 2008: Gwen and Craig
Pozega avis fly fishers who hail from Helena, Montana fished with me
today. We were blessed with calm winds and flat seas... Worked the are
up north by Lynn Harbor and Revere beach but managed only one schoolie
bass! Ran back inside the harbor to find a mix of bass and blues in
Quincy Bay. Probably were feeding actively most of the morning. But
hey, you can't be in two places at the same time! Right?

Craig Pozega and a
schoolie bass... first time in the salt for both
Craig and Gwen!

Gwen Pozega fights a nice fly rod striper!

Oct. 4, 2008: Tough day on the
water with strong NW winds and cold front conditions! Give me a break!!
Mike McGee and his colleague Jamie joined me for some light tackle
fishing. Jamie landed and released a decent fish right off the bat but
Mike would ony catch one more and that was it! Boy, what a tough day...

Jamie with Deer Island linesider

Sept. 21, 2008: Mike
McGee and his friends Michael and Lee fished with me this morning and
got right into surface activity after first light in the Sound. There
were a mix of bass and blues chasing bait to the surface. There was a
very good bite that lasted for a bit and then we proceeded to chase
birds and look for breaking fish on the top as we were blessed with
calm winds and flat seas. So, it would appear that the fall run is
beginning but not yet going gang busters.

Lee with a small keeper bass anf friend Michael with a nice
schoolie...

On Saturday morning, BillyWilson anf friends Adam and Natalie came out
looking for big blues. It was Natalie's first time in the salt and of
course she managed to catch more fish than both Billy and Adam! Never
found the big blues that were lurking beneath the schools of pogies. In
fact, the pogies had thinned out a bit since the previous week. We ran
out to the Sound and fished the north beach to catch a handful of blues
and one bass.

Natalie with her first
bluefish!
Adam with his first blue on the fly!

Sept. 13, 2008: It
was an awesome morning for fly fishing in the harbor! No wind and lots
of bait and blues. There are so many schools of large bait (menhaden or
pogies) in the harbor you can almost walk on them!! Below the bait are
very large bluefish and bass tearing them up. The bass are hard to come
by as they tend to be lazy and hunker down below waiting for left overs
or an easy meal. Dr. David Weinstock and his friend Dr. Stephen
Horowitz fished large bunker flies on fast sinking lines and 8 wt fly
rods to fool a bunch or really nice bluefish. But the stripers were no
fools today... BTW, we're also seeing schools of river herring and baby
bluefish around the marina. What we are not seeing are the large
schools of peanut bunker considered the harbingers of the fall run.

Stephen fights a very large bluefish on the fly!

David quickly gets into the game!

Sept 9, 2008: Fall
is in the air and the those lucky enough to fish the morning tides are
seeing loads of bird activity and bass pushing bait to the surface. The
area around Georges I. was particularly good the past couple of
mornings and the anchorage was holding some large bluefish, most likely
feeding on pogies, as well as small herring. There are still tons of
pogies especially in Dorchester Bay near the entrance to Marina Bay.
The late afternoon tides have not been very good this week but that may
change next week. Dare I say the fall run is on? Maybe it's just the
beginning of something great to come!

Sept. 2, 2008: There
were reports of surface activity this morning with fast moving schools
of bass around the Hull Gut and West Gut area. Elsewhere, plenty of
pogies and
large schools of herring to make the bass kind of lazy... Guys setting
up and chunking have been doing really well. The blues keep ripping up
baits for the liveliners. Looking forward to things heating up soon for
the fall migration to please fly and light tackle anglers, alike.

Aug. 30, 2008: Had the
pleasure
of taking Rick Dyer and his sons, Adam and Sam out this morning for a
fly/light tackle charter. Things were slow... It was encouraging to
find a mix of bass and blues crashing on herring around the day marker
near Castle I. Plenty of pogies for those choosing to live-line, but we
weren't after that kind of action.

Adam Adams shows off a schoolie bass

Aug. 24, 2008: Alison
Adams
and her med. school friend Marion joned me for a beautiful day on the
water. Alison has been fly fishing only for a few years and lives
in
Charelston, VA. Hoping to catch her first striper on the fly, I didn't
want her to be disappointed. oth she and Marion did catch a few
stripers and yes, Alison did catch one on the fly. But only one... It
was very slow...

Alison Adams, Revere Beach/Lynn Harbor area

Aug. 19, 2008: We
fished this morning and found bluefish in Hingham, Quincy, and
Dorchester Bays. Although the wind made casting a
challenge, it was great to catch fish on topwater poppers and bucktail
jigs on light spin tackle. With some great early morning outgoing tides
and the peanut
bunker, the fishing toward the end of the week and into next week ought
to
be great!

Joseph Brooks with a small bluefish

Aug. 18, 2008: Finally,
beautiful summer weather! Last week of the kids' fishing camp began on
a high note. We decided to fish the outside of Deer I on the high tide
and using the tube & worm rigs trolled up a bunch of bass including
2 keepers (29 and 31 inches) and one bluefish. We then moved off to
QBay where we trolled up another small bass before moving to a shallow
water spot where we proceded to mark a bunch of fish. Sadly, they
wouldn't take our jigs... Additionally, the kids pulled and baited the
lobster traps to find one egg bearing female which was promptly
released.

Michael Page released this nice keeper
bass.
Joe Ingoldsby with a small keeper (29")

Stod Rowley puts this female lobster back in the water.

Aug. 15, 2008: For David
Weinstock and his friend John, the fly fishing was about as tough as it
gets today. We logged many miles on the boat and fish a number of areas
only to catch and release one 27" bass and two blues! The fish came up
later in the morning chasing bait (at the top of the tide) but we were
at the dock by then. With better weather, reports of peanut bunker, and
a good outgoing tide, next weekend ought to be much better. It won't be
long!!!

John had to work hard for this one!

Aug. 13, 2008: Beautiful,
sunny day and lots of bait in the harbor. Large schools of herring and
pogies. The kids' campers snagged a bunch of pogies to live line and
to be used for the lobster traps. Unfortunately, no takers. We did get
cut off by
bluefish, yes BLUEFISH! There was a good bite in the anchorage with
blues but we missed it! We were live lining pogies... In the afternoon,
the action remained slow. However, we were able to troll up a bunch of
schoolies on the t & w rigs, so the kids had fun. Personally, I'm
looking forward to stable weather, peanut bunker, and outgoing tides
for the fly and light tackle charters.

Aug. 11, 2008: Neither
rain, nor wind, nor generally miserable weather could stop Matt,
Alanna, and Michael from fishing this morning. No surface action with
the NW wind and chop, but Matt's first fish on weighed @ 19# on the
boga. We landed and released @ 6 more schoolies before heading for the
barn.

Matt Seymore's turn today to bag a nice 19# keeper!

The afternoon campers got a break with generally nice weather, no rain,
and light afternoon winds. The low tide posed a challenge but we found
lots of cookie cutter size bass (24-25") around the flats in the
anchorage. The kids landed and released @ 20 bass!

Stoddard
Rowely....................................................................Sam
Jenkins and Joe Brooks........<*)))><

Aug. 11, 2008: The
weather continues to mess with the fishing but my morning kids' camp
got off without a hitch (the afternoon session had to be cancelled).
Matt Seymore, Mike Page, and Alanna Looney braved a little bit of rain
and the wind did pick up as the morning progressed. No fish to cast to
on the surface, so we broke out the tube & worm rigs and fished the
eastern end of Quincy Bay to land 16 and 17# stripers on the
first two
passes! A couple of small fish were added to the mix before checking
the lobster traps. Two keeper lobsters! When is this weather pattern
going tot end???!!!

Kid's Camp veteran Matt Seymore helps Michael and Alanna
show
their fish for the camera.

Aug. 7, 2008: Overcast
afternoon, threat of showers and thunderstorms... Checked the traps and
nada. One undersized lobster and a few skate! I gotta move these traps
tomorrow. No surface action and the SE wind picked up in the afternoon.
So, we decided to troll tube & worm rigs. The campers only caught
two fish today but the first was 40" and weighed 25# on the boga grip.
The second was @ 30" and looked dwarfed by the big bass. Not too shabby
though...

Graham needed a few hands to heft this
cow!
Crane catches a smaller keeper...

Aug. 5, 2008: I
slept in this morning and from what I heard, I'm glad I did! Things
were on the slow side and the east wind was no friend to anyone looking
to find sustained surface action. This afternoon, the kids campers
checked my lobster traps (which I had moved to a new spot) that were
loaded with spider crabs! I may have to move them back to my old spot
on Thursday... We then headed to Hingham Bay to find surface activity
like the day before. Didn't last as long but still good to find fish on
top in the middle of the day.

Joe Bloomer is all smiles
today!
Jack has a "fish on"!

Exciting fishing from Hingham Bay

Aug 4, 2008: Kids'
camp started off a new session with a bang today! After setting the
lobster traps, I received a call from Mark O'Sullivan, one of the
producers of the MAFishing Report. Get over to Hingham Bay where there
are tons of working birds! Sure enough, we found working birds and bass
crashing on tinker macks and herring. We luckily dodged the rain and
the kids cught bass up to 30" on white bucktail jigs and 3/4 oz jigs
tipped with small bass assassin's.

Graham Schwandt with a nice 30"
keeper!
Jack Duffy with a fiesty schoolie bass

Crane Friedman with one of many schoolie bass...

Overall, there has been a bit of a slow down this week after a great
week of fishing, mainly during the beginning and middle of last week
(of course, I was on the west coast!). There is still plenty of bait in
the form of pogies, juvenile herring (3-5") dumping out of the rivers,
tinker mackerel, and squid (my local bait shop guy catches these squid
on jigs off the Nut Island dock at night).

July 21, 2008: In
the main, last week the fishing was very slow. On Saturday, Jim Husk
and his daughter, Brittany, came out for a morning of fly and light
tackle fishing. We covered a whole lot of territory and to get bit off
by one bluefish and landed only one striper on a bass assassin'.
But
that is fishing and Jim was happy that it was Britt that caught the
bass!

Brittany Husk

On Friday, the kid's campers also had a slow day. One nice bass
was
landed by Mitch Reid and two keeper lobsters were taken by Annabel and
Meg. Still, the kids had a great time!

Mitch Reid
.............................................................................<*)))><
Meg & Annabel with lobstas!

July 17, 2008: Week
#3 of the Kid's Fishing Camp started off very well with all campers
catching fish, mostly on the tube & worm rig. Gus Muscato bagged a
nice 19# linesider whereas Annabel Bermejo, Meg McKeone, and Mitch Reid
were happy to catch and release smaller bass. There are lots of schools
of menhaden (pogies) in the anchorage and QBay as well as herring
beginning to dump out of the rivers. Still on the slow side for
fly
fishers but that should change with improving tides next week.

Gus with a nice keeper
bass!
Meg with one of many smaller fish

Annabel Bermejo

On Wednesday morning, we had a make-up rain day for week #1 kid's camp.
We deceide to try something different and snagged a bunch of pogies to
live-line. First fish on weighed in at 20# on the boga and measured 38"
in length. Way to go Jacob Pierce! Unfortunately, we had some more fish
on but couldn't keep them hooked.

In the afternoon, the kids were into casting bass assassin's on
the
surface and caught a bunch of nice bass in the 24" range. Annabel had
what I would estimate to be @34", 12-15# striper that sadly slipped out
of my hand at boatside, so no pics :(.

July 15, 2008: I had
the pleasure of fishing with George and Janet Piskurich, avid fly
fishers from Georgia, over the past three days. The fishing, given the
time of year and weak incoming tides (through in some wind and a cold
front) was spotty to say the least. Janet landed a beautifil 30"
linesider off structure on the second day and managed a few more small
fish on the two remaining days. Unfortunately, George was fishless on
Monday and Tuesday. It wasn't for lack of effort, I can assure you.
That's fishing... BTW, they co-wrote a great little book entitled, "A
Guide to Guides: Your
Perfect Fly
Fishing Book", MicroPress, 179 Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, KY
41073, 859-291-1412.

Janet Piskurich coaxed this nice bass off the riprap

July 13, 2008: Today,
I had the pleasure of guiding Janet and George Piskurich of Georgia for
a morning of fly fishing. It was difficult at best since the wind was
at least blowing 17 from the SW to start and gusting beyond 20mph. We
worked structure in the lee of the wind to no avail. Picked up a few
fish in a spot somewhat protected from the wind but called it short as
most of the habor was unfishable today. George and Janet will be back
at it tomorrow morning, weather permitting.

George with a schoolie bass.

The Kid's Fishing Camp ended on a high note, well, at least for Mitch
Reid. Mitch not only caught the most fish and smallest fish, but also
the biggest! While blind casting below structure on the incoming tide
in the bay, Mitch landed a beautiful 36" bass weighing 19# on the boga.

Mitch is all smiles hefting this big cow!

During the morning, Ed Moore of Connecticut and Charlie Devems of
Charlestown spent a beautiful morning fly fishing instead of working!
It took a while for the fish to get going due to the tide and
unfortunately, the pair had to leave fish to get back to the dock.

Ed
Moore
Charlie Devens

July 10, 2008: Fishing
has been decent inside and outside of the harbor lately. Week #2 of my
Kid's Fishing Camp began Monday with all kids catching bass, including
a nice 30incher caught on tube & worm by Max Harrison. Dr. David
Weinstock fished with me on Tuesday morning and got into a number of
nice bass on the fly. On Wedsnesday morning, Capt. Dan DeMarco, Tampa
Bay Flats fishing guide, and his brother-in-law Joe Sullivan, had one
of the best days of the season for me (and probably the best striper
trip they ever had). We hit a nice school of bass in Western Way just
after the tide turned and stayed on those fish for almost an hour. We
then headed outisde the harbor to fish a flat that held numerous bigger
fish aggressively feeding on herring. Using light spin tackle, the pair
boated fish up to 38". Dan had never caught a striped bass and proceded
to catch 4 keepers up to 34". Joe landed and released the big fish
werighing @ 20# on the boga. Today, George Beal and David Firestone had
a great fly fishing outing with numerous bass caught and released. The
majority of fish were in the 24" range with one fish measuring 28".

Max Harrison with a nice
keeper!
Kid's Fishing Campers & Capt. Wayne

Capt. Dan Demarco with one of many nice
fish!
Joe Sullivan with a beautiful bass on light tackle...

June 7, 2008: Week
#2 of Kids' Fishing Camp started out on a high note! No thunder
storms!! And the kids caught two keepers ~ 29" on lite tackle spinning
(1oz white bucktail jig tipped w white sluggo) and one on the tube
& worm. Numerous small bass were also taken on spin & lite
trolling.

Gus with a nice 31" keeper



   Collin with a 29" bass on lite spinning tackle

On July 4th, Victor Moldanado and his brother, Carlos from Puerto
Rico, came out for a morning of fly and lite tackle fishing. We started
out early in the rain which fortunately didn't last too long. I
commented that I was due for a big fish (usually a mistake) on the way
out to QBay. With only an hour or so left in the outgoing tide and a
big minus tide at that, not much was going on in the bay. We fished the
structure hard and then decided to move to another location. Good move!
Began marking lots of fish and big fish too in the deeper channel. We
had a very difficult time getting these fish to eat a fly. Victor
managed only one on the fly. Carlos, on the other hand, caught a
handful on a bucktail jig tipped w a white sluggo, including a small
keeper that measured 29" and a monster measuring 43" and weighing 30#
on the boga.

Carlos was a happy man, especially after landing his big bass!

July 1, 2008: Alex Klip and
his
son, Jonathan from Toronto, joined me for a half day fly and light
tackle
trip. It was tough going for three hours with only one striper landed
on the fly by young Thomas. Hey, but that didn't bother Thomas as it
was his first ever saltwater fish taken on fly! And he got it in the
deeper water out by the NC Bouy. We ran back into the bay and were
delighted (ok, I was relieved) to find a nice school of bass blitzing
on small herring. From that moment on, until both had to catch a cab
back to Boston, it was a fish on every other cast!

Jonathan Klip with his first striper on the fly!   How cool
is
that?!

The Kids' Fishing Campers flogged the structure to no avail before
heading into the bay and finding the same school of bass we located in
the morning. After the action slowed down, we trolled up a few more on
the tube & worm before heading back to the dock. Below, Jake and
Connor double up!

June 30, 2008: Week one of
Reel
Dream Kids' Fishing camp began today and all aboard had a great time.
And everyone caught and released fish on light tackle and unweighted
bass assassin's and trolling the tibe & worm rig. No big fish but
my crew caught fish up to 26". A good start!

Max and Connor are all
smiles............................................................<*)))><

Chris and Jake with a couple of nice schoolie bass.

Over the weekend, Cliff Deetjen, his brother Leif, Tom Schneider, Ted
Trask, Tom's brother and another friend fished the harbor for two days
guided by myself and Capt. Tom Koerber. Friday brought sunshine and hot
weather with a number of schoolie bass taken on fly and light tackle.
Saturday was cool and foggy, for at least part of the morning. Ted's
big fish, 35" and 15#, was taken in the fog off the rocks.

Ted trask with a very nice keeper
bass.
Cliff D. with one of many schoolies

Leif
Deetjen
Leif, Tom and Cliff triple up!

Tom Schneider guides for trout in Colorado

On Weds. June 25, Bob Bloomer took his son, Joseph and father-in-law
out for a morning of light tackle fishing to celebrate Joe's B-Day.

Joseph and his Dad show off their catch.

June 23, 2008: The bass
fishing
is settling into a summer mode. We're finding early morning and late
afternoon surface action under working terns and/or gulls, depending on
whether or not the bass are feeding on small or large bait. We're also
finding fish moving into flats and areas around structure, given
certain stages of the tide. Today, I heard from a reliable source that
some decent size (@6#) blues were found in one of the bays in the
harbor.

This morning, Mark Ozog and his GF Jessie, from Great Fall, MT came out
for a morning of fly fishing. Both caught a bunch of schoolies before
we called it quits and tried to beat the storm before it hit Boston. No
luck...

Jessie with her first striper on the fly!

Yesterday, Rick Dyer and his sons Eric and Sam joined me for some fly
and light tackle fishing. Once again, all on board caught fish and had
a great time even though no big fish were taken. Sam caught his first
striper on the fly!

Sam and Eric
Dyer............................................................................<*)))><

Rick Dyer

On Saturday, Roy MacDowell and his colleague Eric joined me for some
early summer fly fishing for stripers. Overall, the day was on the slow
side although both anglers caught fish. Eric caught and released his
very first striper on the fly. (He's caught bass before on light
tackle.)

Eric with his first fly rod
bass!
Roy MacDowell shows off a schoolie caught on an Orvis 8 wt Helios

June
17:
The
harbor continues to provide good action for fly and light tackle
anglers. Lots of bait and bass feeding aggressively. In addition, the
bass are beginning to hold on structure. Mitch Reid and his friends
Gus, Nick, and Nick D. celebrated Mitch's birthday on Saturday and all
aboard caught fish and had a great time! Happy Birthday, Mitch!!

Mitch and his friends enjoying a birthday party on the water...

June 11, 2008: Perhaps
it was a change in barometric pressure, or maybe a lousy late afternoon
tide? Whatever it was, the bite was sure off this afternoon. I marked
very few fish in the usual spots although there were birds flying
around in the bay picking up bait. It was a beautiful afternoon and Dr.
David Weinstock enjoyed being out on the water despite only one bass on
the fly. We all love to catch fish but sometiomes it's not just about
the catching.

David Weinstock




Gary Cook

June 9, 2008: Good
news! A slug of nice fish have entered the harbor over the
weekend.
The fishing was as hot as the weather yesterday for Scott Young and his
work colleague, Gary, both from Rochester, NY. After pounding the
structure to no avail at the top of the tide in the late afternoon
(still early for bass holding on the rocks) we found a nice school of
fish on the flats in Hingham, Bay. Stayed on those fish until the
action died and moved into another bay where we had been earlier. No
fish on the mussel beds or near good structure, so we looked for the
birds.
Our efforts were rewarded and we were soon doubling up on nice
fish up
to 16 pounds feeding aggressively on big blueback herring. It was a
fish on every cast using 1/2 oz jigs and large bass assassin's! No pics
as my camera crapped out over the weekend and I'm waiting for the new
one to arrive.

Over the weekend, Guido Stein, along with his brother and dad fished
with me using fly and light tackle. The fish we caught, and it wasn't
many, were taken mostly fishing channel edges and flats. There were
fish scattered about on herring in the deeper water but they were hard
to get on, especially given the boat traffic. Dave Grainger and
Gary
Cook had a great morning fly fishing schoolie bass up to 31". We found
a decent school of fish concentrated on small bait and fortunatelt very
few boats on them!

June 2, 2008: Bigger
fish have moved into the harbor following a good slug off fish toward
the end of last week. This picture of your's truly was taken on Sunday
while showing Michele's sister Suzanne how to "walk the dog"
using an
unweighted Bass Assassin. BTW, there were lots of herring gulls
chasing bait that was being pushed up by striped bass in the anchorage.
It was windy and choppy early Sunday morning and the bass were moving
fast. Seemed like more birds, bait, and boats! It got a little to nutty
for me so I left and found some fish elsewhere.

A fat 32" fish... taken near structure in the bay. Capt. Wayne

May
29, 2008: After
relatively tough fishing over the weekend, the harbor lit up yesterday
and today with working birds and breaking fish, including many keeper
size bass. It was "easy" fishing for those lucky enough to get out on
the water.

May
28, 2008: Wind,
wind, and MORE wind!!!! Ok, so I'm not a weatherman and the weather
over the weekend did not settle down. Last week, there was good action
in the harbor with working birds over herring and silversides and
breaking fish in the usual spots (QBay, Dot Bay, the anchorage, North
channel...). But the NW wind made for difficult fishing on Friday,
Saturday, AND Sunday. We saw some sporadic bird action and surface
breaks but didn't mark many fish. I was not out on Saturday but
heard
it was about as slow as it gets.

On Sunday, I guided Antonio Mingrone, an Alitalia pilot from Milan, who
chose to fly fish the harbor. It wasn't particularly stellar, but
Antonio was quite pleased to catch a handful of schoolies on the fly.
On Monday, the wind shifted to the WSW in the morning and was breezy
right from the get go. And it picked up bigtime by late morning. Brian
Lowinger, his Dad, Larry and father-in-law, Barry fished light tackle
with me. The action began a couple hours into the dropping tide
in
Dot Bay and moved to the anchorage. It wasn't easy fishing but
all
aboard caught fish and had a great time! Those who chose to fish slow
and low off the bottom did well picking up schoolies and larger bass.



Barry with a feisty
schoolie
Brian Lowinger

May 23, 2008: Fresh
stripers have been arriving in Boston on a daily basis but the weather
has been somewhat of a factor. A blow from the NW today could certainly
put the fish down. However, the weather ought to settle down over
the
weekend and fishing should be spectacular! I still have a number
of
really good dates open, so call or email me for availability.

May
19, 2008: The
fishing was outstanding last Friday with schools of bass chasing
herring and small silversides throughout the usual channels and bays in
the harbor. On Sunday morning, Brad Connor from Montreal and his
colleague Jack from Annapolis, MD fished light tackle and fly. It was
very tough going early with at least 20 knot NW winds and few signs of
fish. We decided to head out of the wind to a place that tends to be a
good early season spot. Although nothing was showing on the surface, we
did mark a number of fish and proceded to set up a drift which paid
off. After catching a number of schoolies on jigs and shad bodies, the
duo switched to 8 wt fly rods loaded with depth charge lines to catch a
bunch more. About two hours before high tide, we found fish on top in
one of the larger bays and it didn't take long before Brad and Jack
were doubling up! The weather hasn't helped the fishing with front
after front and high winds. Hopefully, the trend into the coming weeks
will produce calm winds and stable weather.

Brad Connor
with a
feisty
schoolie bass

May 11, 2008: Fished
the outgoing tide yesterday with Johnny Hopkins who landed his first
keeper of the season on the Reel Dream. We found loads of bait, mainly
herring, and birds working in Boston and QBay. The stripers weren't as
numerous but we managed a handful a piece (including a 30" linesider
for the grill). Johnny fished a 4" rubber shad which did better than
the fly as the bass were scattered about and moving quickly. BTW, my
new 8 wt. ZG Helios fly rod was like casting a feather. Very light in
the hand, powerful, fast, and a pure delight!

Johnny
with a nice
first
keeper of the 2008 season!

Capt.
Wayne Frieden

Reel Dream Charters

fish@reeldreamcharters.com

60 Dracut Street Unit 1

Dorchester, MA 02124

617-909-7122}