Fishing Reports

Fishing Reports and Updates Yankee Clipper and Yankee Star have been doing a mix of open boats and private charters. The half day fishing schedule primarily on the Yankee Star has picked up and the half day fishing has been fun with generally a mixed bag coming over the rail including keeper haddock. Full Day…

Saturday 5/30 was cancelled for weather Sunday 6/1 – Full Day on the Clipper – contended with a little left over weather from Sunday which also stirred up a few dogs fish, but not too bad. Good haddock bite with a mix of experience on board. Anglers that fished all day had 5-10 keepers. Monday 6/2 through Thursday 6/5 Mix of charters and open boats on the Yankee Clipper and the dogfish disappeared. The weather has been fantastic and looks good for days to come. Good haddock bite with some redfish mixed in and some days gave us a lot of cusk to top of the haddock. Monday – Wednesday had limits or very close too it each day with experienced anglers getting 12-15 keepers. Thursday was a little slower but still fish coming up every stop.

Excellent fishing and weather the past couple days. Wednesday 5/28 was steady with some high fish counts big cusk in the mix. Flurries of shorts but a lot of keepers. Marathon today 5/29 on the Yankee Clipper was fantastic with a lot of limits on board – double header haddock, pollock, and cusk in the…

Sunday 5/25 – Yankee Clipper had a full day and the Yankee Star had one of our first open boat half day trips for the year. Good haddock on the full day and the half day trip hit some good fish as well. Keeper haddock and lots of redfish on the Yankee Star half day….

Time to catch up on fish reports We fished Tuesday through Sunday last week, mix of open boats and private charters between the Yankee Star and Yankee Clipper plus some 6 pack action on the Yankee Pearl. Tuesday – Friday last week had an overall steady bite. Some days the bite lasted for a while…

Yankee Pearl – 6 pack charter this week We had a great group of friends who attend Brown University together out on the Yankee Pearl this week. The whole group of guys are veterans that all want onto school after their time in uniform. They got dialed into the fishing techniques like pros with little…

Tuesday 5/13 – Full Day on the Yankee Clipper First day out this week and the weather was great, marine conditions were better than forecasted. Gusts of wind never came in the morning. Slow bite in the morning, the first stop was on anchor and then we switched to drifting. The bite came in waves…

Update on Overnights and 18 hour trips The first two open boat overnight trips have been added to our schedule June 30/July 1st and July 28 / July 29. The price this year is $365 – a small decrease in price from last year. Yankee Fleet and its crew work hard to thoroughly prep the…

Wednesday 5/7 – Full Day on the Clipper Great weather and good fishing, we saw a lot less shorts today. Generally a steady bite all day; we made one stop on anchor and drifted the rest of the day. A few big redfish and cusk in the mix. Experienced and newer anglers on board. Many…

Saturday 5/3 – Full Day on the Clipper Took out a wonderful private charter group. The morning bite was slow, but when the tide changed to an incoming tide in the afternoon the bite really turned. Fished on the drift all afternoon with some quick resets and had fish all over the boat and the…