24 Sep Larry’s report…………..9/24/11
Local fisherman (and legend in his own mind), Larry Ogden, hit the beach this morning down the refuge and walked the beach casting metal lures. Larry fished from about 7 am through the high tide and into the start of the out-going. He reported that there were a lot of terns diving and working in close picking up some bait fish. He thought maybe sandeels or blue back herring, (boat guys are reporting fields of the little herring so our guess it them). He also stated that there were Ganets further out close to the surface but he didn’t see any diving, which is a shame because the are something to watch!. Larry also stated that he saw some guys throwing small surface plugs and they were catcing some blues and he also saw a bait fisherman reel in a striper further down the beach. His best guess was that it was 24″-30″. Although Larry didn’t manage to catch anything much himself he did mange to pick up this prize on the beach(literally!):
Kay says that she believes it is a Lookdown (or a Moonfish), but we are not 100% sure. Any other weigh-ins on this liitle guy? Looks like he should of been in the movie Finding Nemo with that mug!
Note: he also has had a liitle run in with something that tried to take a chomp out of him………see the teeth marks. He was 2″ long.
Aubrey
Posted at 18:02h, 24 SeptemberBass are mixed in with the blues.
Mike
Posted at 19:38h, 24 SeptemberWent fishing by the Amelia Earhart Dam in Somerville Saturday from 8:30-11:30am. Had two hits and landed one 32″ striper (didn’t have my scale on me but estimated weight of 12 pounds). It was nice to pick up a striper as it had been nothing but blues for me for the past month or so.
Tanya Leveille
Posted at 21:41h, 24 SeptemberIs this a hachett Fish?? Looks like it could be. Here is a link of what this hachett fish looks like, it looks similar to me.. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hachett+fish&view=detail&id=DB02DE8C2CD414ED2DEAF432F3B05D59A1DF32E6&first=61&qpvt=hachett+fish&FORM=IDFRIR
Andy Robertson
Posted at 07:53h, 25 SeptemberLooks like a Butter Fish to me (some folks call ’em Dollar fish)- and thanks for fixing my son’s reel so quickly!
Cheyenne
Posted at 08:49h, 27 SeptemberPretty sure its a “Lookdown fish” (http://www.google.com/imgres?q=lookdown+fish+massachusetts&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1920&bih=887&tbm=isch&tbnid=oS-lIfVXXTKtaM:&imgrefurl=http://planktonforums.org/viewtopic.php%3Ff%3D26%26t%3D4120&docid=1Hi7dTv5Q3YWgM&itg=1&w=640&h=480&ei=DtSBTqHSKYnw0gGq4uGZAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1433&vpy=579&dur=2221&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=133&ty=142&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=243&start=0&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:30,s:0)
pink hat
Posted at 16:42h, 27 SeptemberIts called a Look down fish
Bill
Posted at 06:59h, 29 SeptemberIt is a lookdown fish ! AKA Moonfish but Lookdown fish are a little different.
Lookdown fish are found from canada south along sandy or muddy bottoms.