Newport, Ri - 2009 Squid Season

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CApt.Dom [url="http://www.coastalcharterssportfishing.com/"]http://www.coastalcharterssportfishing.com/[/url] report of Hyannis squid posted on NBSSPORTFISHING.com

Well, I finally made it up to Hyannis, after a lackluster start to the squid run, I felt the catch reports were decent enough to warrant charging people to fish.



Friday was an amazing day on the water, got out on the grounds by 6:30 am, one anchor drop at 6:45am, and that was the extent of my deck skills till I pulled the hook at 3 PM and headed to the barn, which this week happens to be Hyannis Marina. Gorgeous day, and the squid just kept hitting the buckets, all day, non stop. My guys filled 2 120 quart coolers and half a 70 quart, around 375-400 pounds total, all jigged up one or two at a time.



I then expected to really put the mustard on them at night, but went to the same area only to find a lifeless bottom, with only a few small pockets of squid on the screen, it was a lot of work in the dark, and of course the weather man screwed the pooch yet again. 5-10 decreasing to Light and variable overnight was a steady 12-15 out of the south, with heavy moon tide keeping the boat laying all messed up, we got pounded around for only around 100 pieces total for the boat in 5 hours or so. back to the dock around 1am, and now starting to feel like a squid zombie again, a familiar feeling for me in early May with the Newport night bite usually good. Now Im into squid day and night with the Hyannis day bite being good, I should be completely zombified by Friday.



Todays trip was difficult fishing in poor conditions, but with alot of anchor dropping(maybe 25-30 drops) and moving around, we were able to find small pockets of fish and put some good numbers up with a slow pick from 6:30 am to 2:30 PM. My guys left with 2 full buckets, around 100 pounds of prime tasty squids.



No trip tonight or tommorrow with the weather, but back at it next week doubled up most days.





This is NOT like the FF reports!



I was fishing around the abutttmnets 33E & 35E in approx. 23-27 ft of water.