With the 2023 in the books, and your catches logged in the GotOne app, it’s time to take stock of another fun and memory-filled season of fishing… Congratulations on another eventful fishing season, Captain Mike. Your season kicked off on May 10 at the West End of the Canal, marking the beginning of your season fishing for striped bass in 54-degree water. May set a high bar for the season, boasting 12 landed bass. June brought you to Monomoy Rips, a spot that proved particularly rewarding with its successful catches of striped bass, totaling 32 for the month and marking the beginning of the summer fishing season. August took you to Nobska Point, where the season's first false albacore showed up. You landed 8 of the prized and hard-to-fool gamefish this month, highlighting your ability to attract and capture these elusive catches. September marked the highpoint of your 2023 albie season, with 22 landed fish. Your effective adaptation to the late-summer conditions was evident as you navigated the changing environment with expertise. The season wrapped up in October with a return to Woods Hole, where striped bass made a strong comeback. With 27 catches, you ended the season on a high note, adding to the year's fulfillment and satisfaction. Your total of 108 catches across a variety of species and habitats speaks volumes about your fishing journey. Reflecting on the season, it's clear that each expedition, each catch, and each moment on the water contributed to a year filled with memorable fishing adventures. Here's to the memories made and the excitement for the next season's possibilities!
2023 SEASON IN REVIEW Total trips: 22 Total Fish Caught: 126 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Striped Bass: 43 False Albacore: 31 Bluefin Tuna: 10 Fluke: 9 Tautog: 8 Weakfish: 6 Bluefish: 6 Atlantic Bonito: 5 Black Sea Bass: 5 Yellowfin Tuna: 3
Largest Fish by Species: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Atlantic Bonito: 22” Black Sea Bass: 26” Bluefin Tuna: 55” Bluefish: 27” False Albacore: 29” Fluke: 23” Striped Bass: 45” Tautog: 23” Weakfish: 26” Yellowfin Tuna: 47”
Best trip: When: September 14, 2023, Where: Cleveland Ledge Species: False Albacore Number of Fish Caught: 12
42-inch striped bass caught at Billingsgate on May 26, 2023
A nice fluke caught at Nantucket Shoals on June 01, 2023 on a slick calm spring day
A nice bass plucked from Monomoy Rips on June 12, 2023, on a day with 7 stripers boated
Bluefin tuna caught on light tackle at The Dump on June 30, 2023, measuring 44 inches
First false albacore of the season, caught at Nobska Point on August 17, 2023, on a day with 8 albies landed
Atlantic bonito at Monomoy Rips on September 07, 2023, on a day with 6 landed bones and bass
The weakfish showed up at Quissett Harbor on October 05, 2023, this one measuring a healthy 26 inches, on a day with 8 catches
A nice tautog caught at Woods Hole on a successful last trip of the season, on October 10, 2023