7/19/04 Nantucket News from Capt. Lynne Heyer

It’s a gray day on the Grey Lady today. We had a nice rain last night. I think it’s going to be a slow start to my day. I will jump right into what’s happening.

Saturday morning, Joe Parisi fished the Jetties beach area and got into some nice schoolies in the morning. Yesterday, Joe and Burt got into some bigger fish over at the Horse Shed. If you aren’t familiar with the area, the Horse Shed is across from Brant Point. Horses were kept there in the whaling days to help pull ships into the harbor. That’s a shortened history lesson for the day.

I also have had good reports of big blues in the Gauls area of Great Point acres. There have been bass over there too, mostly in the pre-dawn or running the wash during the day.

I haven’t heard much from Eel Point this week. I’ve only heard that with the crappy weather that we had, the water was pretty churned up. The seas were pretty big too. Even the bonito didn’t like the bar this past week. Jeff said that the water temperature dropped four degrees. That will slow down the bones for a bit. If this weather improves, the bones will be back. They will be hungry and ready to be fed flies and lures. James was out there on Saturday and saw a couple bust, but didn’t see any caught. We need some sun and a little good weather, and everybody--including the fish--will be happy.

I almost forgot the best fishing story I heard this week. Two couples were out for the past week. The guys weren’t doing well at all striper fishing. The ladies went for a walk up the beach near Wauwinet with no rods and no plugs. They came back with a nice 34-inch bass. Seems some nice boat fisherman pulled up and asked the ladies if they would like to have fish for dinner. Whether someone was over limit or just being nice, it was a pretty good story.