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Boston and Cape Cod Fishwire Reports for July 10

Boston and Cape Cod Fishwire Reports for July 10

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Boston…When the Going Gets Weird I’ll try not to spoil it for you.  Basically, there’s a lot of talk how the stripers aren’t turning up inshore.  Tons of bait, and it’s going unmolested about it’s business. The theories are many, but I question whether it’s a fundamental shift due to the declines in the cod that have allowed the stripers to take up residence as alpha dogs on Stellwagen.  At least until the bluefin really assert themselves. Cape Cod…The Haves…

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My Reel-Time Fishwire Reports are Up…

My Reel-Time Fishwire Reports are Up…

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Cape Cod Fishwire for July 3, 2008 Boston Fishwire for July 3, 2008 I’d sworn last September I was done writing the Reel-Time Fishwires (weekly fishing reports).  When NameMedia bought Reel-Time.com I realized that just wasn’t in the cards.  So I’m now finding the fun in the reports again.  A couple things I noted as I posted this week: The Fishwire management system is antiquated.  It was a nice try in 2001 when it was built, and frankly I hated…

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Reel-Time.com Acquired By NameMedia

Reel-Time.com Acquired By NameMedia

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In what has become an utterly bizarre turn of the tables, NameMedia Inc. has bought Reel-time.com – the site I have been working with since 1995 or 1996 as managing editor, head geek and general do-what-needs-to-be-done guy, is now owned by my current employer. It’s a great thing for Thorne Sparkman, who is now able to repay the investors in the site. David Churbuck (he blogs on this story here)  and I had been almost completely disengaged and had no…

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Where are the Herring?

Where are the Herring?

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The Cape Cod Chronicle reported over the weekend that the herring runs haven’t started yet, and people are worried. The runs in Harwich and Chatham are all but devoid of the silvery baitfish, as they have been around the state for the last eight years. Chatham Herring Warden Donald St. Pierre checks the run at Ryder’s Cove three times each day, and Tuesday morning, he saw only a few dozen fish. “It’s not a lot. I haven’t seen any schools,”…

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California Cancels Salmon Season

California Cancels Salmon Season

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Via Jim Forbes…and confirmed via the MercuryNews.com (not that Jim needs confirmation). Sad news indeed, and unfortunately news we’ll be hearing more often. In Massachusetts, from which I write, we’re wringing our hands over the past couple years of poor herring returns. As a striped bass fisherman, I worry about the herring, as they are a primary early season forage species for the stripers. It’s the sportsman’s paradox, that we must often restrict our sport, in order to improve our…

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