Bluefin tuna remain red-hot - The Boston Globe

1. September always brings a renewal of fishing excitement to our waterfront, and this year is no exception. Except to say that along with the new dedication of striped bass to their feeding habits -- especially with so much peanut bunker around these days -- and the coming of new bluefish, the red-hot fishery for football bluefin tuna has drawn in just about everyone who has a boat capable of fishing 5 miles offshore.
2. Area A: Good bass catches in Saco Bay and the river mouth, down along Southern Maine to Kittery. Isle of Shoals has some excellent bluefishing mixed with the bass. Fishing the ledges holds very strong with cod and market haddock still good fare. Football tuna is the game just offshore from the Gulf of Maine through Massachusetts Bay. Tuna is hot off Plum Island, and the stripers and bluefish are feeding on bait along the beach.
3. Area B: Some large bass catches from Baker Island to Peaches Point. Nahant to the outer harbor islands has been productive water, and a 48-inch bass was caught off Winthrop this week. Other catches at Spectacle, Georges, and Deer Island. Plenty of bait in the inner harbor -- especially small herring and peanut bunker -- makes Boston Harbor a place to wet your line and follow the boats already out there. Some of the action has returned to the surface.
4. Area C: The bluefin craze has come close to shore, as anglers are fishing for them within 4 miles of the Scituate beaches. Also some good bluefish action along the cliffs and in the North River mouth. Fish there long enough and you'll find a mix of everything. Also, pursue the feeding stripers right up to the South River confluence. Again, from this shore across to Stellwagen, the football fishing is tremendous. Plenty of bass action in Duxbury Bay, along with bluefish, which are hitting right up to the Powder Point Bridge.
5. Area D: The Canal has its moments, with plenty of traffic. The fishing is generally better around the west end and into upper Buzzards Bay, where from the Buttermilk Bay side to Pocasset and Hog Island Channel the fishing has been steady. Plenty of action in middle bay around Clevelands and along the Elizabeth Islands, especially Robinsons Hole. Cuttyhunk produces big stripers at night, as does the water from Gay Head to Nomans. Around the other side, Sunken Meadow is strong in Nantucket Sound with bass and bluefish. Wasque is worth fishing again, despite the swell.
6. Area E: Tuna fishing ongoing off Chatham with some big stripers being boated off Monomoy, with some good action in the rips. You'll find a few fluke still biting in the Bass River, and the Falmouth beaches have some good bluefishing, right out into the Sound and across to the Vineyard. Along the State Beach shore, from East Chop to Edgartown, the bonito fishing is still pretty hot.
7. Area F: Still a lot of swell off the north-facing beaches, with weeds making the fishing tough. Inside Cape Cod Bay, good fishing from Billingsgate along Truro to Provincetown Harbor. [org pub Boston Globe by Tony Chamberlain]