Striped Bass Duxbury Bay
On Tuesday June 26 at 5:30pm we headed over to Browns Bank to do some Striper fishing. I have been having a blast catching schoolies in the 22 to 27inch range there for the past few weeks trolling green shad niner rigs on lead core line down the bank in about 30ft of water. My brother was along for this trip and he’s a big advocate of trolling a tube and worm when targeting Stripers. I figure we troll the bank using his method and if it doesn’t produce we can always hook up the niner rigs later. The birds were working all over the place and for a while we were chasing the birds trying to get the lines right through the action but the bayis full of lobster buoys and after a few snag ups I quickly put a stop to the madness and returned to my 30ft ally along the bank. We trolled along the edge of Browns bank headed into the bay all the way to Bud Lite. One the first pass just as we approached the end of the run (the corner before turning into Plymouth harbor) the water gets deep. There is a nice drop off at the end of the run where the water goes from 25 to 60+ feet. On an incoming tide the fish bunch up the ridge there. This spot has consistently produced decent fish for me but I was soon to find out today would be exceptional. The sun was starting to set as we passed over the ridge when one of the tubes appeared to get caught on the bottom. Appeared being the key word because it was not on the bottom at all, it was attached to a 40lb Striper who was peeling line like a football tuna. This cow took 4 nice runs before we could get his beside the boat. He had a belly full of keeper sized flounder. I guess I’ll be using a tube and worm a little more often now.
