Fishing Reports, News, And More

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…

Wednesday 4/30 – Full Day on the Yankee Clipper Overall steady, spent most of the day on anchor with a mix of experience on the boat. Fish at every stop, but never had an absolute feeding frenzy. Experienced anglers had 5+ keepers others just had a few, and some cusk and redfish in the mix….

Wednesday 4/23 – Full Day on the Yankee Clipper Consistent bite all day on drifts. A little slower than last week with shorts in the mix but everyone was getting bites. A mix of experienced and newer anglers on board, many people had 5+ fish and great weather. Thursday 4/24 – Marathon on the Clipper…

Yankee Clipper – 4/17 12 hour marathon The day started off with a great bite on anchor that lasted about 2 hours over two stops. The bite cooled off a little bit, but picked back up again in a drift. The fish were biting harder again in the afternoon but more shorts in the mix….

4/10 Marathon on the Yankee Clipper Great weather this time of year, and we drifted all day. The haddock bite improved from the weekend. The fishing was great all morning until the tide change, after the tide change the bite slowed but was still consistent throughout the day. Cusk, redfish, throwback cod, and shorts in…