Fishing Cape Ann

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Fishing here in Gloucester,Mass. has been "FANTASTIC". The commercial striped bass fishing here is soon to be closed with 950,000lbs. allotted to the fishery this year and we will once again be recreational fishermen.

Bluefish are in great abundance along our shore. These fish give an angler a great fight on light tackle.

The Giant Bluefin Tuna season is underway off of our coast, with a few fish being caught in the 300lb. class, the days of catching the thousand pound plus fish are over. If you want to go broke, go tuna fishing for a living. Regardless of what you hear or read of big prices for these fish the average price is around $4.00 per lb. We have a good football size fishery here with fish in the 40-80lb. class taken on light tackle. When catching these fish on light tackle the fight could last an hour or two.
 
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