28. July 2011 by admin.

This week of fishing has been fantastic in Boston Harbor. There are lots of fish to be caught and there are some big ones out there. I have been on the water each day this week with charters and each day there have been schools of stripers all over the harbor. The fishing has been so good that even at noon today we were getting fish almost every cast on both topwater and underneath. This morning was one of the best days of fishing I have had in a while. With two good fisherman on board, we started the morning fishing the birds and busting fish and were doing pretty well. As the school moved onto the inner harbor, we stayed put and fished the shoreline and were not disappointed. We spent the next hour catching monster stripers one after the other in 5 feet of water. Another benefit was that not a single other boat was around us! The biggest was a 39” 25 lb hog that was tucked up in the rocks. A majority of the fish were over 30”. We moved from there to another island edge (even though there were schools of fish under birds not too far away) and again were rewarded with tremendous fishing without the other boats. Let’s hope the fishing stays like this for a while! See you on the water.

Tight lines

Captain Webb

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22. July 2011 by admin.

The July fishing season in

31. May 2011 by admin.

Late May has brought some great fishing. I was out most of the weekend with charters and we found some nice sized fish each day. In the morning, the fish have been feeding on pods of silversides. Once we found the fish, we stayed in the area and they would pop up for a quick blitz on the surface and then would be down. We would stay in the area and reliably they would pop up again nearby. As more boats moved in they became increasingly spooky, but being patient always paid off. Most of the fish were in the 26-34” range. Book your charter today!    

Tight Lines,  

  Captain Webb

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23. May 2011 by admin.

The fish have finally arrived. Despite the fog, the fishing was great this past weekend. I was on the water on Friday and Saturday and there were plentiful fish to be caught and most of them in the keeper size range. It is great to finall the stripers busting herring on the surface. The fish were gourging themselves on herring that was being pushed out of the rivers. They were spitting out nice sized herring as they got close to the boat. Book your charter today for some great spring fishing.

Capt. Webb

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25. April 2011 by admin.

The boat hits the water next weekend for the 2011 Season. Last season I caught my first fish in the Harbor on that weekend, so hoping to do the same next week. I have a few new rods and reels this year and some new fly designs. Looking forward to a terrific season. Book your charter today!

Had a great trip to Boca Grande this March. Lots of terrific redfish! Took the kayaks way into the back country and found some great water with tailing reds. Attached a few pictures from the trip.

 Tight Lines,

 Captain Webb

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29. November 2010 by admin.

Looking for that perfect gift? Book a charter today for the 2011 season and recieve 20% off. Gift certificates available! Send me an email or give me a call to book your 2011 charter today!

      Captain Webb

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14. November 2010 by admin.

Check out the video from the 2010 fishing season. What a great season it was! Thank you and looking forward to the 2011 fishing season.

              -Captain Webb 

2010Fishing Season from Webb Thompson on Vimeo.

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20. September 2010 by admin.

   School is back and I am back to my teaching and coaching job so my time on the water has been limited to the weekend. The fishing has not been the typical mid-September norm, but there are some big fish out there to be caught. I was out on the water both Saturday and Sunday with trips. On both days there were limited surface blitzes, but we found a few on both days. When not on a blitz, we fished structure and moving water was a key to hooking fish. There is plenty of bait, including balls of peanut bunker in the harbor, but in many of them, the fish have been limited. Saturday night I had a chance to fish myself with a friend of mine and on our way in got into a school of big fish. Although there was not much of a sign of surface action, we were marking fish and we hooked several nice fish before having to head in. My first fish took off right away and knew it was a good one.

     The boat will be in the water until October 16th so book your charter today as I have a few dates available for the upcoming weekends.

    Tight Lines,

Captain Webb

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16. August 2010 by admin.

       I returned from vacation a week ago to some amazing August fishing. I was out on the water most days this past week and weekend and each day, the fishing has been on fire. Huge pods of bait throughout the harbor have kept the stripers happy and feeding at all hours of the day. Although the outgoing tide has seemed to produced the most fish, they have been busting the surface at most tides. They have been in multiple areas throughout the harbor, so if one area becomes too crowded with boats (especially on the weekend), there is always another area that will be holding fish. The key is to be patient with the fish though. If they go down, they will be back. It is easy to try to move to another spot were you see birds, but if you stay put in your drift, you are guaranteed to hook more fish. As an example, on Sunday we stayed with one drift most of the morning and even though the birds had moved on, the fish were holding in this one area and we were hooking fish almost every cast without having to move very far. Throughout the week and the weekend, some big fish were being caught. The biggest was a 42" hog that was hooked on Friday morning. It is great to see this quality of fishing so late in the season. I hope that it continues. Let me know if you want to get out there!

     Tight lines,

Captain Webb

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22. July 2010 by admin.

7/20/20

I have been busy on the water over the past few weeks. Since the middle of last week, I have been on the water every day. The fishing has been fantastic and has only been getting better. Some great fish have been caught on both fly and spinning gear.

Monday and Tuesday 7/19/10- 7/20/10

The past two mornings I had a my parents and my Uncle on board for some fishing. Monday my Uncle and I spent a few hours fishing a few different rips and pulled some great fish out of each spot we fished. The fish were holding in the calm water at the top of each rip. Most casts in the correct spot brought a hit. This morning my parents joined us and the fishing was on FIRE. Huge schools of bass were all over the harbor and we spent three hours catching fish after fish. Not that anyone was counting, but my mom caught the most fish this morning. She was catching a fish on most casts and some of them were very sizable. My dad also hooked into some nice fish on fly.

We also found a few whales out there! (on a whale watch:)

Saturday and Sunday 7/17-7/18

The fishing this weekend was solid. Saturday morning and afternoon both produced some great fish. In the morning I had Graham Pallett and his godson on board. We had some terrific fishing. Each apot we fished produced fish. Graham was outfishing his godson until we drifted one of our last spots of the morning. The tide was at the tail end of the drop and we fished one of my favorite spots. Directly behind a large rock, a monster striper hit Grahams slug-go as he slowly moved it through 3 feet of water. He fought the fish to the boat and captain made the mistake of having it snap off as I grabbed the leader:) His god son made up for it by hooking an equally impressive fish on the next drift. This one we got into the boat and they took it home for the BBQ. Graham sounded like a great cook and had some good plans for this fish.

Saturday night also produced some great fish. Tonight we found fish way outside in a blitz and were able to hook into some nice fish right away. After that shut down, we made our way inside and found fish stacked up in a few rips. A few hours on the water produced some big fish.

Friday 7/16/10

What an amazing day on the water. I had Bert Parker and his two sons on board who were up from South Carolina. We found fish on a rip early in the morning and were able to hook into several of them.  After the fishing slowed a little, we made out way to another spot and found a huge school of fish busting the surface. It was an amazing blitz and at times had all three of them hooked up. Bert’s son Trey was able to hook not only his first striper on fly, but several of them! We had fun all morning and they were great fishermen and people. They obviously enjoyed the terrific fishing, but also just being on the water. This was one of the better blitzes I have seen all summer. Lots of bait in the harbor and the fish have found them.

Friday night I had a great fisherman from France. Although he did not speak much English, you could tell his excitement on his face as he hooked striper after striper in several locations. As we got outside the harbor, we say birds working and thought it was a giant blitz. As we began to fish, we quickly found out that it was actually a huge school of mackerel. We had a little fun with them for a while until we found better fishing in some moving water! A great night of fishing.

Thursday 7/16

We had a terrific morning on the water. There was thick fog out there, but we slowly made our way to a spot that has been holding fish in a rip on the outgoing tide. Roo and Phil were on the boat with me this morning and when we arrived, we quickly spotted through the fog, a giant school of fish busting the surface. We were on this school all morning with nice fish being caught. In each drift, we had fish busting on all sides of the boat. It was a truly amazing sight. Roo even hooked some keeper bass on fly. As the fog lifted and the tide slowed, we moved onto a new spot and were able to hook a few more fish. What a great morning.

I had my friend Mark and his son Jack on board this afternoon and we got into some great fish. I think Jack may have just outfished his father!!! They both were able to get some great fish and fun was had by all on the water.

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7. July 2010 by admin.

7/7/10

Last week there was some great fishing in the harbor. The herring blitzes were still going on and some great fish were being caught. This week, the hot weather has moved in and has made an impact on the fishing. Although there have been some small surface blitzes. most of the fish we are catching have been in the structure and rips. Don’t get me wrong, we are still catching plenty of fish, but we are just having to work a little harder to get them.

This past Monday morning, Rick Miller was able to hook into some nice stripers in both some shallow water structure and rips. His first cast in some rocks produced a monster strike that broke off. We saw it roll as it took and it was a big fish. Plenty of more fish were caught by him on Hogies. He tried fly late in the morning and had three follows but no takes. We had to head in before he was able to hook one on fly.  

Yesterday afternoon was a bit slower, but we worked hard in different areas to get some nice sized fish. We had some follows earlier, but the fish have been lazy in this hot weather. There is a lot of bait in the harbor over the past couple of days, although there have not yet been any fish under them. Hopefully as the weather cools the fishing will pick up.

Tight lines,

Captain Webb

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28. June 2010 by admin.

6/28/10

   The fishing in Boston Harbor has been great over the past few weeks. Weekdays have been best to avoid the crowds, but there are plenty of fish to be caught. Yesterday  (Sunday) at 5:00 am it was just me and one other boat on the fish, but at 6:00, there were 40 boats there… Glad to see so many people enjoying the weather and spectacular fishing, but if you want to avoid crowds, try a weekday.  I have been on the water almost every day for the past few weeks and have had some great charters. Most of my trips have been early morning and that has produced good numbers and sizable fish. Schools of stripers have been outside the inner harbor for a while now and are starting to make their way inside. Depending on the tide, we have also had great success finding rips and fish have been stacked up in many of them. My clients have had success with both fly and spinning rods, with the largest fish of the week being caught on fly. This past week also produced some great topwater action on both fly and spin. Yesterday, a crease fly produced mammoth  strikes from some big fish. On spinning gear, a pencil popper or the new badonkadonk worked wonders.

    I am looking forward to another great week of fishing. Get out there and FISH!!

Tight Lines,

Captain Webb

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17. June 2010 by admin.

6/17/10

   The fishing continues to be great. There have been schools of fish all over the harbor, at all times of the day. The tide has been more important. If you have moving water there is bound to be some surface action somewhere. I have been out a lot this week and have found fish on the surface each day in different spots. Some of the schools have been on the smaller side, and some with big fish. On spinning gear it’s a weighted slug-go, flies it’s a half and half. we will see how the fish respond to the heat of the weekend.

    I took Grouper out for her first fishing trip today! Found fish right away and they were on the smaller side, but fun. Grouper was not sure what to make of them but very interested! Also introduced her to lobster.

Capt. Webb

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16. June 2010 by admin.

June 15, 2010

The fishing had been great over the past week. A new waive of fish have found their way into the harbor. Find them and some moving water and enjoy. Most fish have been in the 26-30” range, but some real big fish are in the mix.

   Tight lines

          Capt. Webb

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9. June 2010 by admin.

June 9, 2010

There  are some big fish to be caught out there. The evening bite has been good as long as the tide is moving. I will be out there most of the coming weekend so will report again on Monday.

A few pictures of fish caught this week.

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7. June 2010 by admin.

      May was a solid month of fishing and June has started off just as strong. Whether it is top water blitzes, structure fishing, shallow water flats, or rips, the fishing has been strong. There is a lot of bait in the harbor and some BIG fish. When the fish are not on the surface, the outgoing tide has been the most productive for me. We have found moving water around structure and the fish have been stacked up!

      School finishes up this week and I will be on the water on a more consistent basis going forward. I hope to report more often in the next few weeks.

Hope to see you out on the water.

Tight Lines,

        Captain Webb

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21. May 2010 by admin.

      The fishing has been fantastic this week, especially in the evening and the falling tide. As the tide begins to drop, the fish have been gorging themselves on bait in several locations throughout the harbor. Last evening I had a couple of returning fishermen, Don and Jon, onboard and we fished from 5 until dark. We moved around a little during the high tide and found some good structure to fish with only one strike. But as the tide really began to move, we found the fish. A huge school of bass feeding on schools of silversides. We were lucky to have these fish all to ourselves for two hours. Because it was flat calm, the blitz was amazing to watch; seeing nice sized bass rolling on the surface was great to see. Sometimes it was just their shoulders that would break the surface, although a few launched clear out of the water. Don and Jon both were hooking fish on almost every cast on fly and spin. Jon caught his first striper on fly! As the sun set the fishing slowed and we decided to head in. It was a great few hours on the water!

         The fishing should continue to be terrific so make sure to book your charter today.

   Tight lines,

  Captain Webb

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8. May 2010 by admin.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

The fish are here not only in numbers, but in size. I was on the water last evening with Andy Henderson and his friend Doug. It was the first charter of the season and what a trip it was. We able were to get into a school of fish within the first hour on the water and we stayed on them until sunset. Each fish we brought to the boat seemed to be a copy of each other in the 26”-32” range.

Andy and Doug were getting the fish on rubber shad and a variety slug-gos. Andy had the magic touch with a 7” Slug-go in a new color. Each cast seemed to bring a nice fish to the surface to smash the slug-go. We found that as we saw the fish hit it once but miss, stopping the retrieve and giving it one twitch would bring a tremendous strike.

I hope that this fishing action continues. I will be on the water as much as I can over the next few days. Call today to book your charter.

Tight lines,

       Captain Webb

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2. May 2010 by admin.

May 1, 2010

Nervous Water was splashed yesterday. What a beautiful first day of the season. Not only was the weather perfect, but I caught the first striper of the season!! I launched at dead low in Weymouth and made my way back to Boston. As I came out of the channel, I saw a several birds working the surface. As I made my way over there, I saw what I had been dreaming about all winter. Nice sized stripers crashing bait all around! Although I had not brought a rod, I was able to find a old one in the forward hold and one lure. First cast, I hooked my first striper of the season!

It is great to see the fish already here. This is the first year I have seen fish in these numbers here so early. What a great start to the season!

I also got Grouper out for her first boat trip!

I am looking forward to a terrific 2010 season. The fish are here so book your charter today!

Tight lines,

Captain Webb 

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30. April 2010 by admin.

Nervous Water is on it’s way up from Florida and arrives tomorrow. I am hoping to launch her tomorrow morning and see if I can find any stripers this weekend! The weather should be perfect.

Meet the new first mate on Nervous Water!! Grouper! She will have her first trip on the water this weekend.

I am looking forward to a terrific fishing season. Call if you want to book a charter or have any questions.

Capt. Webb

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