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- Book quotes:
- Striped bass mostly bite at night. Bluefish at sunrise and sunset.
- Most people fish the vineyard at the outgoing tide.
- During spring and fall beach associations and summer residents often leave their gates unlocked for fishermen.
- Parking: 222 Palmer Ave, Falmouth, MA
- hostel: http://capecod.hiusa.org/himv/index.php
- The Hostel is located at 525 Edgartown-West Tisbury Road.
- From Vineyard Haven, take State Rd to Old Country Rd and make a left onto Edgartown-West Tisbury. The hostel will be 3 driveways past the fire department on your left. Same directions by bike, except hop on the bike path on Old Country Road and keep an eye out for signs to Hostel.
- campground: https://campmv.com/
- Make ferry reservations ($80 each way)
- Meet and park in Woods Hole, MA
- Marine fishing regulations:
- Be sure to get a marine national registry permit (free, printable)
- Only needed if you don't have a NYS marine license
- www.countmyfish.noaa.gov
- Stuff to bring:
- Todo:
- Request Monday off
- Print stuff
- Thermometer
- Tide Chart
- "Dark night, dark lure; bright night, bright lure."
- "Squibnocket is one big bowl made by a series of smaller bowls. Big fish like to corner small fish in the bowls."
- "The water's too warm. They really start hitting when the water hits 54 degrees."
- The Gut (@ Cape Pogue)
- Fish everywhere, "I finally get a hard tug. I let the line go, slowly count to 10, and set the hook with a hard yank."
- If there're not biting one place, head somewhere else.
- Info taken from pdf: Martha's Vineyard Surfcasting PDF
- "It's not that one cannot get access to the good beaches, it's that one cannot get access to the good beaches without trekking serveral miles through either beach or woods".
- Organizations such as The Trustees of Reservation (thetrustees.org) and The Land Bank (thelandbank.org) own properties that are open to the public. Find these organizations on the Internet, research their properties, and consider membership.
- Squibnocket - Big surf!
- Menemsha
- Fish the white water. White water is a striped bass magnet. Try timing your casts so that your plug or eel is just following behind the wash.
- Pack light, take only what you need, and keep moving - fish different spots, unless you hit a spot that is producing.
- Look for anomolies - lonely boulder, change in contour, where dirty water meets clean.
- North shore - Better night/early morning - lots of private property, it's tough to get access. Lots of rought rocks and boulders, deep water, strong current. Good fishing, but difficult.
- Great Rock Bight in Chilmark (Land Bank see website for directions).
- Good daytime bluefishing closer to Tashmoo
- Because of the rocky terrain, lures will easily get hung up - boulder fields, mussel beds, rocky bottoms. Eels will outfish any other bait or lure.
- Chappaquiddick
- Tiny Island off the southeastern tip of Martha's Vineyard - on Time Ferry out of Edgartown.
- Lures: Hogy, Danny-style plug, or plastic swimmer like a bomber or a redfin.
- You usually want an incoming (east) tide with fishing East Beach (Dike Bridge, Jetties, Cape Poge Lighthouse, and the Gut)
- Southern Part of Chappy (Wasque Point, Northern Point, and the Cut) - Outgoing (west) tide.%
- Access Maps and info:
- www.thetrustees.org
- www.mvlandbank.com
- Tackle Shops:
- Larry's Tackle Shop, 258 Upper Main Street, Edgartown, MA 508-627-5088, larrystackle.com
- Dick's Bait and Tackle, 108 New York Ave, Oak Bluffs, MA 508-693-7669
- Coop's Bait and Tackle, 147 W. Tisbury Road, Edgartown, MA 508-627-3909, coopsbaitandtackle.com
- Shore Guides
- Matt Malowski, Livinit Guide Service, 508-274-0320
- Janet Messineo, 508-693-3360, vineyardsurfcaster.com
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