8/11/04 Nantucket News from Capt. Lynne Heyer

I have lots of news, most good, and some not so good. The not so good news is that Great Point has been closed again. Rumor has it that there is some type of terns nesting up somewhere after marker #3.

The good news is that there are plenty of fish off of the east side of the beach prior to the Galls. Burt and Michael Bissanti fished up towards the Galls this morning and got a few blues and a bass.

Michael French told me that there are bass at the Horse Shed, First, Second and Third Points. He was demonstrating some equipment as he fished the harbor yesterday. He saw a bunch of fish, but did not hook any. He also saw a school of bass working Third Point hard. They quickly disappeared as a shark swam up. I guess if I saw a shark, I would run too. Dave Steston, our new employee, reported someone catching blues and bass at Quidnet off the shore.

Moving to the boat report, I had a customer tell me a couple of days ago that Great Point Rip was loaded with bass at low tide. He was in a small inflatable close to the beach, and the bass were scattering everywhere. He did not catch any. He couldn't get his fly down to them. I bet a sinking line might have done the trick.

Moving westward, Tim Griffin got a slam yesterday--bass at the Bath Tub, blues and bonito at the Bar. Congrats to Tim.

More congrats go out to Steve Livaditis for landing his first fish on fly, and it was a bonito. Steve and his buddy, Bill, recent father of triplets, had a great time with Capt. Jeff yesterday afternoon. They have created the Feather Slam, bonito, bluefish and tern.

Capt. Shawn had successful trips yesterday too. His morning trip with the Glynn family also got slams. Shawn reported 10 bonito, two bass and plenty of blues. His afternoon trip, the Clarks , also faired well. He says that they slayed the bonito and stopped counting the blues.

James Kilmartin got out of the store yesterday, and he also had a great trip out to the Bar. He landed five bonito on the fly, and younger brother Pete landed three on spinning equipment. Man, I got out on Sunday for a few hours, and I sure didn't have that kind of luck. I got skunked! I did however get to try out the new Panga that Madaket Marine has for sale. What a cool boat. Really different looking, but a dry boat, and it could float in a tea cup of water. After bouncing around on the Bonito Bar, we floated the flats, and I was very impressed. We didn't see many fish. It was late, but the few we did see were pretty good size. Unfortunately, we got skunked there too. It just wasn't a catching day for me. Oh well, it was nice to be out on the water, away from the shop for a couple hours.

-- Capt. Lynne