[funcatching]

What are the PB options of porgy fishing in MA around the Memorial weekend (5/23-26)? Helen-H seems fully booked for that weekend. What about New Bedford? Viking starts May 16 there. Is OnsetChief still running from there? Any other choices?

 

[fisherdad]

seven bs in ri is a good boat to pound porgies

 

[Peterk814]

Check out Hy-Line they are fishing the same areas as the HH, new bedford wouldnt be a bad idea as well. Hy line docks across the water from the HH in hyannis.

 

[628852]

ALSO................................

LADY K IN ONSET

I would DEFINETLY stay in Mass no knock against RI boats. The EARLIER in May you can go might be better on KNUCKLEHEAD Seabass also

 

[ctwhitechin]

I would go with the viking, easy tides, 1-2 oz sinkers, but tough weekend to get on...fishing should be superb by then, Hyannis is a good choice too.

I think the Onset Chief is no longer around, I could be wrong though.

 

[MakoMike]

fisherdad wrote:
seven bs in ri is a good boat to pound porgies

Generally that's too early for Porgies in RI and I don't think Russ even starts to target them until October.

 

[laurelton]

Hyannis, MA Sea Swan

That's is a busy weekend! I'll be on the Sea Swan out of Hyannis a chartered trip from NYC May 23. I hear that the porgy run in that part of the country is incredible.

 

[anto7761]

Porgy Fishing

What are the limits on porgy fishing in MA?
I hear our regs our going to really bite this year in NYC !

 

[628852]

Limits

10 per day NOT SURE SIZE

Then 45 a day for a short season ((I THINK 45 DAYS))

Someone mentioned Onset Cheif - I used to fish with them but shortly after regs went from 100 to 60 to 25 The owner saw the writeing on the wall and closed shop WHAT A SHAME

 

[thewarrior]

Vikingfleet are scheduled to have both the star and the starship up there to handle the holiday rush...also you can certainly reserve your spots now and guarantee it.

 

[thewarrior]

With regard to limits it is 45 per man per day for party boats. Private boats are limited to 10.

Here is the link:

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/marinefisheriesnotices/2008/march_mfc_regulation_040308.htm

 

[willie864]

I hate to say this but its a terrible time to go porgy fishing on this weekend. If the weather is good the crowds are going to be horrible. Fishing to early to predict. My position stated if your going anyway and plan on going home during this period, for me there is no other choice but the viking fleet in new bedford, has to save you 2 hours travel time getting off the cape. Should easily limit out on porgies here as well as hyannis. I will be goint later in the week when the traffic eases off.

 

[funcatching]

willie864 wrote:
I hate to say this but its a terrible time to go porgy fishing on this weekend. If the weather is good the crowds are going to be horrible. Fishing to early to predict. My position stated if your going anyway and plan on going home during this period, for me there is no other choice but the viking fleet in new bedford, has to save you 2 hours travel time getting off the cape. Should easily limit out on porgies here as well as hyannis. I will be goint later in the week when the traffic eases off.

Hi Willie,
Agree, but it's more like a get-away vacation time for my family.

New Bedford boats fish different area from Hyannis boats, right? Which area is more productive, or about the same? I was on Onset Chief couple years ago, inside the bay was very slow pick then capt moved out to a deep water wreck and it was non-stop hot bite there.

 

[willie864]

If you fished the onset chief, the viking fishes the same waters. I think they catch better in Hyannis, but I never had a problem getting my limit in new bedford even when it was 100. Always got a few large seabass to go with the porgies, an 8lb black, as well as keeper stripers. I also think the motels in area may be more readily available. Either way you can't go wrong.

 

[funcatching]

Results of the 2 day fishing in Hyannis this past weekend

Wow, totally incredibile 2 day fishing!

Drove up to Hyannis Friday and fished on Helen-H 6 hour afternoon trip (full boat). Very short boat ride (15-20 minutes) and shallow using 4-5 oz sinker. Porgy bite was pretty consistent and some sea bass mixed in. There were times that I need to cast out to get bite but I got my limit by the end of the trip.

Saturday I went with my son on Hy-line 6 hour afternoon trip (Sea Swan, full boat also). Boat supplied clam (good salted one) and fresh squid. Short boat ride out, and the bite started out slow. Capt moved the boat to further out, right by where Helen-H, Angler and other fleet were. Then it's simply red-hot bite went on forever throughout the entire trip. We started with clam and soon switched over to just squid strip because of the hot bite. My son got tired reeling in big porgy and he even got a double-header sea bass. Based on Kil said, I tried a 3-hook sabiki rig with a 4oz diamond jig at bottom to see whether it worked. No bite on the rig until I put on squid strip, and I started catching left and right. Even got a triple-header by leaving the rod in rod-holder when helping out my son. So as tired as I was, I just casted out and stuck it in rod-holder until the rod tip bounced crazy to reel the fish in.

Overall it was a really fun fishing and vacation trip for me and my family. My wife got to walk around in main street and the Mall, and my son had his best fishing trip ever.

As far as the traffic goes, it was not bad between New Bedford and Hyannis, maybe we beat the traffic by arriving early (Friday morning) and leaving early (Sunday morning).

This post edited by funcatching 09:27 AM 05/27/2008

 

[willie864]

glad you had a great trip, and guess my prediction about traffic was off, but not the fishing.