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Posted by Capt. Willie at 6 September , 2011

After catching a 600lb Bluefin Tuna last year on their first Tuna trip, it was going to be hard to beat that. We had the kite bait in the water for maybe 10 minutes before hooking into the giant last year which both of them fought on stand up gear. This year, after catching a few blue sharks, we had a Tuna take the balloon bait around noon time. It took about 30 minutes for Luke and Ryan Stevens to reel it in. The fish was a little under 300lbs. One for the truck.

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Posted by Capt. Willie at 16 August , 2011

The High Hook shirts and sweatshirts featuring the new “High Hook” boat kite fishing for giant Bluefin Tuna can now be bought on the website by clicking here. The koozies and the new hats will be up soon.

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Posted by Capt. Willie at 15 August , 2011

Here are a couple pictures from the Jason Trulby Striped Bass trip the other week. We managed to catch around 10 fish with most of them being keepers. The fishing had slowed down a bit but it should pick up again with the commercial season ending.

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Posted by Capt. Willie at 14 July , 2011

Here is some quick footage of one of the keepers we caught last week. This one measured 81 inches and weighed around 300 pounds. The fish hit a pogie off of the kite during an afternoon bite on the southern edge of Peaked Hill sandbar. Enjoy the camera mount on the T-Top

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Posted by Capt. Willie at 10 July , 2011

On Saturday Morning we went out for a half day Striped Bass trip and had some pretty good success..We fished mainly in Durxbury and Kingston bays. All together we caught around 6 fish and four of them were around 37-38 inchers. Below are some pictures of the fish we caught.

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Posted by Capt. Willie at 30 June , 2011

Bill Mayo-Smith and his two sons came out for a half day of Striped Bass fishing trip on Monday. We were getting some good bites in the morning but with all the boat traffic a Sunday brings, the fishing died down around 9. Below is a picture of them with a few nice keepers they had caught.

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Posted by Capt. Willie at 25 June , 2011

Jack Murphy landed this 79 inch, just under 300 pound Bluefin Tuna on our trip last Thursday. We had hooked the fish on a pogie about 10 feet from the boat on a free swimmer. The bite was down near the golf ball behind P-Town. The fish took around 40 minutes to pull up.

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Posted by Capt. Willie at 24 June , 2011

Russ Pelham and his daughter landed some nice Striped Bass on our trip this week. The mackerel fishing was real slow. The only real way to get them was to spot them on the surface and drive right over them and get the lines full. We did that for about 30 minutes until we had the live well full. The Striped Bass bite was a little slow but we still managed around 10 keepers or so. I don’t plan on the Mackerel being here much longer as we might have to start chunk fishing or using live pogies.

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Posted by Capt. Willie at 19 June , 2011

On Thursday we landed a nice 300 pound Bluefin which we caught on a live Mackerel. We hooked the fish in the afternoon between the Southwest corner and Peaked Hill sand bar in about 180 feet of water. The fish are slowly making there way up to the corner

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Posted by Capt. Willie at 12 June , 2011

The Tuna have not really shown up at Stellwagen Bank yet this year. I have marked a few fish and seen a couple crash but that’s about it. Right now we are fishing down around Nauset and further to the South. After having a few fish miss the hook the day before we finally managed to hook one on Friday afternoon. The fish was 77 inches and weighed around 250lbs. I have been seeing some fish moving North around the Highlands area on the back side of the cape. It should be soon when those fish make it to the Bank. There is a ton of life out there with whales and seals everywhere feeding on the sand eels. Also, about ten minutes after we bled and gutted the tuna we had around an 18 foot Great White come up to the boat and do a circle around us. A little sketchy..

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