Category Archives: Fishing

Club Meeting, Oct. 17, 2023: Trophy Bass at Night by Allan Butler

Club Meetings & Seminars, Fishing

Trophy Bass at Night
Freshwater Bass Fishing

by Allan Butler

If you want to catch the largest bass in any body of water, I will show you how!

For over 40 years Allan has been fishing and guiding for large and small-mouth bass from the Cape to Western Mass.

We will go over the best techniques to pull the biggest bass from any body of water and how to make the best use of your time on the water searching for that bass of a lifetime!

Are you tired of the crowds on the water, looking to up your freshwater bass game, and love the sound of a big fish hitting your topwater lure? Well, fishing at night will fill the bill!

Our monthly meetings are held at the Salisbury, MA Hilton Senior Center, (43 Lafayette Rd., Salisbury, MA). Admission is free to members and $5.00 for non-members.

Doors open at 6:30 pm. Our club business meeting starts at 7:15 pm and the speaker’s presentation starts around 8:00 pm.

Find driving directions and information here. The senior center is located behind the fire station, which is visible from the street.

Hilton Senior Center
43 Lafayette Rd
Salisbury, MA 01952

Senior Center Map

Many Thanks to Our Sponsors

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Club Meeting September 19, 2023: Stripers from the Rocks by Mike Toole

Club Meetings & Seminars, Events, Fishing

Stripers from the Rocks

by Mike Toole

Different terrains call for different techniques.
This presentation focuses on the following types of terrain:

– Shallow rocky/weedy conditions
– Tide focus on being able to get to a spot
– Discharges into the ocean as tide drops
– Areas that generate bigger surf
– Seasonal differences
– Focus on larger fish

Our monthly meetings are held at the Salisbury, MA Hilton Senior Center, (43 Lafayette Rd., Salisbury, MA). Admission is free to members and $5.00 for non-members.

Doors open at 6:30 pm. Our club business meeting starts at 7:15 pm and the speaker’s presentation starts around 8:00 pm.

Find driving directions and information here. The senior center is located behind the fire station, which is visible from the street.

Hilton Senior Center
43 Lafayette Rd
Salisbury, MA 01952

Senior Center Map

Many Thanks to Our Sponsors

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Striped Bass Stock Assessment Public Hearings: Oct. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

Conservation, Fishing, Legislation and Regulation

Come out to voice your opinion.  Recreational fishermen will be overlooked if they are not as vocal as the commercial fishermen.

October 1, 2019  at 7pm
Urban Forestry Center
45 Elwin Road
Portsmouth, N H
October 2, 2019 at 6 pm
Crowne Plaza Woburn
15 Middlesex Canal Park Drive
Woburn, MA
October 3, 2019 at 6pm
MA Maritime Academy, Admiral’s Hall
101 Academy Drive
Buzzards Bay, MA

To submit comments online:

Email: comments@asmfc.org
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Subject: Striped Bass Draft Addendum VI) 1050 North Highland Street Suite 200A-N, Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: (703) 842-0740
Fax: (703) 842-0741

DMF Contact:  Dr. Michael Armstrong  (978)282-0308, ext. 109

See the document for public comment here.  A few issues particularly relevant to recreational fishing (and PISC) are discussed below.

A statement from the document linked above:  the role of Recreational Catch & Release Fishing on Striped Bass Mortality:

Roughly 90% of annual Atlantic striped bass recreational catch is released alive, of which 9% are estimated to die as a result of being caught (referred to as “release mortality” or “dead releases”). Catch and release fishing has been perceived to have a minimal impact on the population, however a large component of annual striped bass mortality is attributed to release mortality – accounting for roughly 48% of total removals in 2017 (49% in 2018). The current recreational striped bass management program uses bag limits and size limits to limit the number of fish that are harvested. However, these measures are not designed to reduce fishing effort and subsequent release mortality. While the proposed measures herein result in lower overall removals, the majority of them also increase dead releases. In order to address dead releases, effort controls that are better designed to reduce the number of fishing trips that encounter striped bass should be considered (e.g., closed seasons).

Please attend and voice your opinion as to how to protect striped bass from overfishing.  The goal is to reduce overall catch + release mortality (both commercial and recreational) by roughly 20%.  This will be accomplished by changes to allowable keeper sizes.  One of the following options will be chosen.  Be present to voice your opinion about these choices.

Option 1:  No changes to recreational size limits or reductions in commercial catch quotas

Option 3:  No commercial fishing quota reductions and more recreational fishing limits.

Option2:  Choose among several suboptions as detailed below.

There will likely also be discussion of circle hooks and other gear restrictions.  Also note the reference to “closed seasons” in the excerpt above.

Come out to voice your opinion.  Recreational fishermen will be overlooked if they are not as vocal as the commercial fishermen.

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Fishing Trips: July 16 and August 20

Club Meetings & Seminars, Fishing, Fishing Trips

Our purpose is to be both an educational club and a social club.  Club fishing trips are social events and the best way to put into practice everything we talk about at our formal club meetings.  Come out and learn from fellow club members.

These trips are open to all club members (at no charge.)  Bring your own bait and lures.   Remember that all Junior trips (announced on the club forum and via email) are also open to all club members.  Juniors trips are not listed here.

July 16:  Tuesday evening club meeting at 7pm:  Fishing the Plum Island Beachfront.  Meet at Plum Island airport.  Directions.   

Aug. 20:  Tuesday evening club meeting at 7 pm:  Fishing the Plum Island Beachfront or perhaps the Wildlife Refuge.  Meet at Plum Island airport.  Directions.

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