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2014 RECREATIONAL FISHING GUIDE

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MarineFisheries Access Properties | 12 Your Permit Dollars Lobster Gear | 34 at Work | 10

Eelgrass | 13

Welcome Letter...... 2 Access Sites...... 25 General Information...... 4 Map of Massachusetts Reward for Bluefin Tuna Tags...... 5 Coastal Waters (North)...... 27 Get Your 2014 Saltwater Fishing Permit...... 6 Map of Massachusetts Become a Responsible Angler...... 6 Coastal Waters (South)...... 29 Popular Fishing Knots...... 9 DMF Website...... 29 Marine Fisheries Access Properties...... 12 Lobstering and Crabbing...... 30 Recreational Saltwater Bait & Tackle Shops...... 38 Fishing Regulations...... 16 Charter & Head Boats...... 41 Massachusetts Saltwater Game Fish Records...... 17 How to Measure Your Catch...... 17 On the Cover: Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby...... 18 An array of classically designed wooden plugs that can be used 2013 Massachusetts Saltwater to catch big fish in Massachusetts waters. Lures designed and Fishing Derby Winners...... 19 made by Afterhours Custom Plugs, Guppy Lures, Lemire’s Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Calendar...... 20 Plugworks, Christopher Groves Woodworks, and RV Plugs. Commonly Caught Species...... 21 Photo by Brian O’Connor Welcome Letter

Welcome to the Massachusetts recreational saltwater fishing experience!

Commonwealth of Massachusetts This Recreational Fishing Guide is provided by the Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Marine Fisheries (MarineFisheries). The Guide provides information to help you enjoy Executive Office of Energy and the Commonwealth’s saltwater fishing experience to the fullest. Environmental Affairs Secretary Richard K. Sullivan Jr. You will find information and regulations for the recreational harvest of marine finfish, lobsters, and crabs. We provide lists of Department of Fish and Game where to launch your boat, where to buy angling supplies, and Commissioner Mary B. Griffin should you decide to spend a day on a charter boat or headboat, we supply a list of permitted for-hire operations along the Mas- Division of Marine Fisheries sachusetts coast. We also include articles on some of the work Director Paul J. Diodati we’re doing to sustain our recreational fisheries and we provide Dr. Michael P. Armstrong, helpful hints to help conserve natural resources. Assistant Director for Recreational Fisheries Because Cape Cod is the geographic break between the warmer Mid-Atlantic waters and January 2014 the cold northern waters of the Gulf of Maine, Massachusetts offers a diversity of fishing experiences that’s hard to match. On the south side of the Cape, you can pursue species such as scup, black sea bass, summer flounder, false albacore, bluefish, and tautog, while in the Gulf of Maine you can target cod, haddock, mackerel, winter flounder, and pollock. Access to bigger game, such as bluefin tuna, is also plentiful from many of our ports. And of course, don’t forget the king of our fishery, the striped bass, which is abundant throughout our state waters.

Members of our staff are highly trained fishery professionals dedicated to the sustainability of our marine resources and this goes hand in hand with providing recreational anglers a Marine Fisheries rich and enjoyable fishing experience year after year. We conduct cutting-edge research on Advisory Commission: many of our key recreationally-caught species including striped bass, summer flounder, cod, and tautog in order to enhance our ability to manage these species effectively. Please Chairman feel free to take advantage of our expertise by calling or emailing us with your inquiries. Mark Amorello - Pembroke Proper contact information is provided on page 4 of this guide. Vice-Chairman We trust that you will enjoy your time spent saltwater fishing in Massachusetts. Surveys show that a major goal of anglers is not simply to catch fish, but to share the experience. So Vito Calomo - Gloucester don’t forget to enrich the occasion – bring friends and family! Bill Adler - Marshfield See you on the water! Chuck Casella - Georgetown Randy Sigler - Marblehead Joe Huckemeyer - W. Barnstable Ray Kane - Chatham Ed Nasser - New Bedford John Pappalardo - Chatham

Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Panel

Chairman Chuck Casella - Georgetown

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MASSACHUSETTS The Division of Marine Fisheries Saltwater The Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Marine Fisheries is responsible for the management of the Commonwealth’s living marine resources. The Division promotes and develops commercial and recreational fisheries through research, technical assistance, and the collec- tion of statistics. Biologists are assigned to regions of the state and interact with many federal, interstate, state, and local management agencies as well as private fisheries organizations. For further information contact your local Recreational Fisheries Biologists.

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DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES New Bedford, MA 02740 30 Emerson Avenue Boston. MA 02114 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME (508) 990-2860 Gloucester, MA 01930 (617) 626-1520 FAX: (508) 990-0449 (978) 282-0308 FAX: (617) 626-1509 FAX: (617) 727-3337 Paul Caruso Cape & Islands About this Guide John Boardman Matt Ayer This high-quality guide is offered to you by the S.Shore/S.Coast North Shore/Metro Boston Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries through its unique partnership with J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC. J.F. Griffin is an award winning publishing house that specializes in producing state fish & wildlife regulation books. J.F. Griffin supports MADMF’s staff in the design, layout and editing of the guides. They also manage the marketing and sales of adver- Office of Law tising to appropriate businesses within the book. The revenue generated through ad sales signifi- Enforcement cantly lowers production costs and generates sav- Environmental Police Officers are responsible for enforcing Massa- ings. These savings translate into additional funds chusetts fish and game laws includ- for other important fisheries and habitat programs. ing the commercial and recreational If you have any feedback or are interested in adver- harvest of living marine resources. In tising, please contact us at 413.884.1001 or online addition they also enforce the Com- at www.JFGriffin.com monwealth's boating and recreational vehicle laws and regulations. Fishing violations can be reported to the following number: Designers: Jon Gulley, Evelyn Haddad, Erin Murphy, Chris Sobolowski, Dane Fay Toll-Free Number: 1-800-632-8075

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Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 5 2014 Saltwater Fishing Permit Get Your Permit Fee for implementing projects that will enhance The fee for an individual fisherman (resident recreational saltwater fishing including: or non-resident) is $10 • Improvement of public access for recrea- 2014 tional saltwater fishermen How will the permit fee • Development and implementation of educa- Saltwater money be used? tion materials for the public All money from permit fees will be deposited • Other marine recreational fishing programs into a dedicated account and can only be used approved by the recreational fishing devel- Fishing Permit opment panel Today! To Obtain a 2014 Massachusetts Who Needs a Permit? • All fishermen age 16 or older that wish to en- Recreational Saltwater Fishing Permit: gage in the recreational activity of finfishing • Fishermen age 60 or over need a permit but Visit our website at: there is no charge www.mass.gov/marinefisheries Exemptions Call toll-free from 5am-5pm: The following individuals DO NOT need a 2014 permit: 1-866-703-1925 • Fishermen under 16 years of age For a list of permit vendor locations and • Fishermen who regardless of their age other- to view frequently asked questions, wise meet the definition of a disabled person please visit our website at: in M.G.L. c. 19C www.mass.gov/marinefisheries • Fishermen fishing on permitted for-hire ves- BUY YOUR sels (charter/head boat) For questions please email: LICENSE Reciprocity [email protected] • All permitted MA residents may fish in the or call: NOW! three neighboring coastal states (NH, RI, CT) Boston – (617) 626-1520 Scan this with your mobile device • Permitted fishermen from these three neigh- Gloucester – (978) 282-0308 x150 to buy a license today. boring coastal states may also fish in MA New Bedford – (508) 990-2860 x150 waters

Become a Responsible Angler

Being a saltwater angler isn’t just about fishing during your free time, Waste not. it’s about sustainably fishing. While you’re out on the water, doing what Catch a fish you weren’t targeting? Release it properly anyway! They you love best, keep in mind these simple tips for fishing responsibly: help maintain the ecosystem of the species you love to catch. Limit your bag, don’t bag your limit. Take photos, not trophies. Are you actually going to eat all those fish? How about take enough If you’re not planning on eating the fish, why kill it? Release mounts for a meal and release the rest for another day. look identical to the actual fish – especially if you submit a photo of the one you catch! – and last a lot longer. Attach ALL tackle to the main line. This helps prevent loss of tackle, which is costly to you and harmful No trash equals a happy ocean. to your target species! Bring a garbage bag with you for a trash bag whenever you go fishing. Bring a separate bag for used monofilament. This can be recycled! Use circle hooks. These, along with wide gap and barbless hooks, greatly reduce the Watch where you tread. chance of lethally wounding fish. This is especially important in Be mindful of the habitat around you. Stirring up silt, pulling eelgrass, catch and release. and even causing big splashes can stress fish enough to make them leave the area. Have a fair fight. Dragging out the fight time can stress fish, cranking fish in can hurt them. Be fair in your fight, to increase survival of released fish. MarineFisheries strongly recommends Release fish properly. If you can’t keep the fish in the water, wet your hands before handling. the use of circle hooks for Don’t use the gills or eyes as finger holds. Support under the belly of their proven ability to reduce large fish. Return fish to the water head first. If a hook is stuck, cut the mortality of released fish. line as close to the hook as possible.

6 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide Common Rigs Used for Three-Way Rig Bait Fishing

Three-Way Rig: Gets its name from using a three-way swivel and is useful for catching striped bass, tautog, winter flounder, and just about any other bottom-dwelling species. Various lengths (6-24 inches) can be used for the weighed leader which car- ries the bait down in the water column. The baited leader (12-36 inches) presents live or dead bait when stationary or drifting and can be used to slow-troll plugs or other lures. Fish-Finder Rig Fish-Finder Rig: A simple rig to set-up and tie that can be used when fishing for multiple species from shore. This rig allows for large pieces of bait to be presented and allows for the fish to ingest the bait before setting the hook. The weight on the slide swivel holds the line down but allows for the bait to be dropped back to fish such as striped bass, fluke, and many others. Article: Barotrauma Barotrauma: Feeling a little bloated?

Have you ever hooked a fish, reeled it to the Neither of these scenarios is particularly good surface, and gone to release it, only to watch for the health of the fish. However, if the fish is of the fish simply float away? You may have just legal size and the angler wants to take it home to witnessed the effects of barotrauma. eat, then it is not a big deal. On the other hand, Many fish have an organ called a swimblad- if the fish is of sublegal size or is not a desired der, a small, gas-filled sac that aides fish in con- species for the angler to retain, it will be released. trolling buoyancy. The organ works by holding a When released, the barotrauma-inflicted fish is volume of air, keeping the fish neutrally buoyant not able to swim downward and is left to float underwater. This means that the fish doesn’t have on the surface of the water. This is a problem. If to do extra work to keep from either sinking or we as anglers want all – or at least most – of our floating to the surface. The fish can (very slowly) released fish to live to grow bigger, than we have adjust the level of air as it swims into deeper or to figure out how to combat barotrauma. shallower water. However, the sudden change of On the West coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, depth that occurs when being hooked and sub- recreational anglers have found ways to offset sequently reeled to the surface, coupled with the barotrauma. Since 2008, anglers fishing in the drastic temperature change between the ocean Gulf of Mexico have been required to possess and floor and the surface, can cause the air in their use a “venting tool” to deflate the swimbladders swimbladder to expand at a rate that the fish can’t of Gulf reef fish when fishing in state waters. adjust for. The expanding air has to find a place These “tools” are simply hollow needles that are the fish once the desired depth is reached, and to go. Depending on the species of fish, the swim inserted through the body-wall of the fish and another is essentially a reverse hook that requires bladder may expand to a large size, displacing into the over-inflated swimbladder, thus allow- a slight tug on the line to allow the fish to slide internal organs. It may also rupture, sending gas ing the gas to escape before the fish is returned off. Another type of release device can be made into the body cavity, eyes, or muscle tissue. When to the water. Although effective at removing the at home using nothing more than a milk crate, this occurs, it is called barotrauma. extra air from the swimbladder, venting tools can lead weights, and piece of rope. The milk crate injure internal organs and potentially introduce is inverted on top of the fish and lowered by infection through the hole created while venting hand to the desired depth before being pulled and so their use is becoming less recommended. up, leaving the fish behind. An alternative to venting tools is a method In the Northwest Atlantic, barotrauma has not used on the West Coast which involves using been closely studied as it relates to recreational “release devices” to return fish to the water. If release mortality of fish. However, MarineFisher- a fish with barotrauma can return to a comfort- ies, with a grant from West Marine, has begun to able depth, the gas may dissipate naturally, and examine barotrauma. Focusing on Gulf of Maine the fish can regain normalcy. The devices work groundfish showing symptoms of barotrauma, by transporting fish exhibiting symptoms of MarineFisheries is examining the physical and barotrauma from the surface back to the depth behavioral responses of fish that are released us- at which they were hooked. There are several ing commercially available release devices. The different devices on the market ranging in price main goal is to find ways to have released fish from $6 to $50. Most of the devices can be used survive thus reducing unwanted and unneces- on a fishing rod and have a weight that sary mortality. The results from the study will pulls the fish back down while holding be used to design more species-specific projects onto the mouth area. They work in examining the long term effects of barotrauma several different ways with one on important recreational species and educate needing the weight to contact the recreational anglers about the existence, avail- sea-floor which releases the grip ability, and use of release devices. Check mass. on the fish’s lip, another device gov/marinefisheries and our twitter account (@ is pressure sensitive and releases MassDMF) for updates on this study.

Photo courtesy On The Water Photo courtesy On The Water

Examples of fish showing symptoms of barotrauma with stomachs and guts

Photo courtesy Capt. Bobby Rice 8 being pushed out of their mouths by the swim bladder. Popular Fishing Knots Illustrations c 2011 John E Sherry

These and more fishing knots are available on waterproof plastic cards at www.proknot.com Improved Clinch Knot Rapala Knot

The improved clinch knot has become one of the most popular The rapala knot is a popular method to tie a lure or fly to a line knots for tying terminal tackle connections. It is quick and easy such that it can move freely and unimpeded by the knot. to tie and is strong and reliable. The knot can be difficult to tie in lines in excess of 30 lb test. 1. Tie a loose overhand Five+ turns around the standing line is generally recommended, knot and feed the tag end through the eye four can be used in heavy line. This knot is not recommended and back through the with braided lines. overhand knot.

2. Make 3 turns around the standing line and bring tag end back through overhand 1. Thread end of the line through the eye of the hook, swivel or knot. lure. Double back and make five or more turns around the standing line. Bring the end of the line through the first loop formed behind the eye, then through the big loop. 3. Pass tag end through loop that is formed.

4. Moisten line. Pull on standing line while holding tag end to 2. Wet knot and pull slightly on the 3. Slide tight close knot. Pull on tag end to draw up coils. Pull on the against eye and both tag and stand- standing line to form knot with coils clip tag end. ing line to tighten pressed neatly together. knot down.

Blood Knot Dropper Loop Knot

Use this knot to join sections of leader or line together. It works This knot forms a loop anywhere on a line. Hooks or other tackle best with line of approximately equal diameter. can then be attached to the loop.

1. Form a loop in the line at the desired location. Pull line from one side of loop down and pass it through and around that side of loop. Make 5+ wraps around the loop, keeping a thumb or forefinger 1. Overlap ends of lines to be joined. Twist one around the other in the new opening making 5 turns. Bring tag end back between the two lines. which is formed. Repeat with other end, wrapping in opposite direction the same number of turns. 2. Press bottom of original loop up through new opening and hold with teeth. Wet knot with saliva and pull both ends in opposite directions.

3. Pull ends of line firmly 2. Slowly pull lines or leaders in opposite 3. Pull tight and until coils tighten and directions. Turns will wrap and gather. clip ends loop stands out from closely. line.

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 9 Article: Access Update

Construction of the Oak Your Permit Bluffs Pier. Pilings were hard to come by this year due to high demand in the wake of Hurricane Dollars at Work! Sandy last year.

MarineFisheries is continuing to utilize a internet. Using Google software, anglers can If you have further questions or related portion of your recreational saltwater fishing search interactive maps to access information concerns about the Public Trust Doctrine, permit fees to improve public access through- about boat ramps, tackle shops, and head- please contact MarineFisheries or the Office out the Commonwealth. The largest project boats. By simply zooming into a particular of Coastal Zone Management for additional for 2013 was the construction of a fishing pier area, icons can be clicked to see information information or assistance. at Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, built such as the address and phone number. These MarineFisheries is currently working, in partnership with the Department of Fish interactive maps are found within the Recrea- alongside the Office of Fishing and Boating and Game’s Office of Fishing and Boating tional Fishing section of our website. Access, with several municipalities to make Access. By law, all monies from the sale of It is important for anglers to know their the next public access project a reality. Keep recreational saltwater fishing permits are legal rights when it comes to accessing areas an eye on the MarineFisheries website and deposited into the state’s Marine Recreational to fish. When the Commonwealth, through twitter feed (@MassDMF) for updates as soon Fisheries Development Fund and 1/3 of the the Colonial Ordinances, transferred the land as they become available. annually appropriated amount must be spent between the mean high and the mean low on facilities or activities that improve public tide lines (known as the “intertidal zone” or access to recreational saltwater fishing. the “wet sand” area of the shoreline) to pri- The L shaped pier is approximately 320 feet vate ownership, it reserved to the public the long . It is located on the north end of Seaview right to fish, fowl and navigate (“Public Trust Avenue, making it a short walk from many Doctrine”). These reserved public trust rights island attractions and businesses – including allow members of the public, after legally three ferry services. Although the main pur- accessing the shoreline – to fish, fowl and pose of the pier is to give recreational anglers navigate in the intertidal zone. Landowners a safe and comfortable area to fish from, the must allow anglers to pass their private jetties pier will be accessible to everyone. and docks for this purpose, but it is important During construction, there were promis- to remember that the Public Trust Doctrine ing signs of things to come; many fish were does not confer a right on anglers to fish from seen underneath the pier, including striped these privately owned structures. The Mas- bass, black sea bass, and scup. The pier was sachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Manage- completed this past winter and will provide ment provides a more detailed explanation many great days of angling pleasure starting of the public’s rights along the shoreline at Spring 2014. http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/czm/pro- MarineFisheries has also developed new gram-areas/public-access-and-coast-guide/ MarineFisheries now has an interactive map showing public access tools that are available on the public-rights/. accessible salt water boat ramps in Massachusetts.

Photo by Capt. Corey Pietraszek Photo by Capt. Mel True Photo by Capt. Corey Pietraszek

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Marine Fisheries Access Properties

Approximately one-half of all saltwater recreational fishing trips take place from shore.

Unfortunately, this highly popular method of fishing is being threat- To guarantee that the public has access to shore based fishing op- ened by the rapidly accelerating loss of public access to coastal waters. portunities, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and the Much of this loss is the direct result of acquisition and development Department’s Office of Fishing and Boating Access (FBA) with help of coastal properties by private parties who then post their holdings from federal aid in Sport Fish Restoration funds, have made it a prior- against public access. In Massachusetts, colonial law granted private ity to find, acquire and provide access by way of land acquisition of ownership to the intertidal zone (the wet sand), but reserved the public easements and/or tidal property. rights of fishing, fowling and navigation. Although the public rights Currently there are ten MarineFisheries Properties and/or FBA were reserved for certain uses of the intertidal zone, it is often not properties or facilities providing anglers with access to shore fish- possible to enjoy those rights because access across private property ing locations: to the intertidal zone was never reserved.

Wareham River Fish Parker River Fishing Leland Beach, Edgartown: Pier, Wareham: Pier, Yarmouth: From Chappaquiddick Island ferry dock, From Rt. 6 South in Wareham turn left onto Off Main St. (Rt. 28). Parking available at site travel on Chappaquiddick Rd. until the road Main St. just after crossing the Wareham (managed by the town of Yarmouth). turns sharply to the right. Continue heading River. The pier is located on the river just straight on Dike Bridge Rd. Park before or below Tobey Hospital. There is a parking Bass River Fishing after bridge. The area is managed by the Trus- area on the property. Pier, Yarmouth: tees of Reservations therefore an entrance fee From Main St. turn onto South St. Go approxi- is required. If you want to drive your vehicle Craven’s Landing at Scortons mately 3⁄4 miles and fishing pier will be at end on the beach you will need an over sand vehi- Creek, Sandwich: of parking lot on left (at the mouth of Bass Riv- cle permit. Call the Trustees Superintendent’s From 6A in East Sandwich turn onto er). Parking available for boat ramp or fishing Office for details (508) 627-7689 Ploughed Neck Rd. At the end of Ploughed pier use. Town charges fee during certain time The beach is also accessible via the Wasque Neck Road, take a right onto North Shore of year (managed by the town of Yarmouth). Reservation entrance. Follow Chappaquid- Blvd. Take a right onto Holway Rd. Park dick Rd. to the end and then take a left onto only in designated spots. Note - parking Dogfish Bar, Aquinnah: Pocha Rd. Pocha Rd. takes you to the entrance area is flooded at high tide and 4WD/AWD From Vineyard Haven, take State Rd. towards to Wasque. is highly recommended due to soft sand in Gay Head past Menemsha and Squibnocket the parking area. Ponds. Take a right onto Lobsterville Rd. and Fore River Shorefishing then a left onto Lighthouse Rd. Then take a Area, Quincy: Popponesset Beach right onto Oxcart Rd., which parallels the From Sea St. take Palmer St. to Yardarm St. to Shorefishing Area, Mashpee: beach. Park alongside the road. right at Doane St. Parking at end of Doane St. From Mashpee Rotary (Rts. 28 & 151) take Great Neck Rd. to Daniel's Island Rd. to Great Rock Bight Shorefishing Broad Cove Shorefishing Wading Place Rd. Parking Limited at end Area, Chilmark: Area, Somerset: of Wading Place Rd. Off North Rd. in Chilmark (managed by the On the Taunton River. From Route 138 take Martha's Vineyard Land Bank). North St. east to Pleasant St. North on Pleas- ant St. to shorefishing area (managed by the town of Somerset). Parking at site.

12 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide Article: Eelgrass

Just as coral reefs are to tropical waters of 4% per year – that’s 1,866 acres of eelgrass lost and rainforests are to the Amazon, seagrass from 30 Massachusetts embayments. Eelgrass meadows are important to the New England The main threat to eelgrass is poor wa- coastline. They provide habitat and foraging ter quality, which reduces the light available grounds for marine animals, buffer the shore- to plants and in some cases results in a low An Important line from erosion, filter the water, and oxygen- oxygen, toxic environment in the sediments. ate the sediments. Eelgrass (Zostera marina), an Declining water quality in Massachusetts Habitat for underwater flowering perennial plant, is the is mostly due to nitrogen loading via septic predominant seagrass species in Massachu- tanks and fertilizers, and stormwater runoff Marine Species setts and can be found growing in many of our from impervious surfaces (i.e., buildings and bays, harbors, and open-water shelves. Eelgrass parking lots). Eelgrass damage and loss can beds can be dense meadows or patchy mosaics, also result from coastal construction projects, both providing critical refuge and habitat for such as dredging and dock building, common recreational and commercial fisheries species boating and fishing practices, such as anchor- including flounders, scallops, lobsters, tautog, ing, mooring chain scour, propellers running and black sea bass. Studies have found that fish in shallow water, and some bottom-tending abundance, biomass, and species richness rise fishing gears. with increasing eelgrass meadow complexity, Due to its importance as a fisheries habi- so more eelgrass may mean stronger fisheries, tat, MarineFisheries has been working to re- making eelgrass a highly valuable resource. store, monitor, and reduce impacts to eelgrass In fact, one study valued seagrass meadows, throughout Massachusetts waters. Since 2004, based on the ecosystem services they provide MarineFisheries has successfully restored sev- and their support of commercial and rec- en acres of eelgrass through transplants from reational fisheries species, at $50,000 (in 1994 healthy donor beds into areas deemed suitable USD) per acre, per year, globally. That’s close for restoration. Five acres planted around the to $100,000 per acre, per year in today’s dollars. Boston Harbor Islands from 2004 to 2007 have Despite their ecological value, seagrasses are expanded to encompass greater than 10 acres considered among the most threatened ecosys- in 2013. Because it takes 3 to 5 years for a suc- tems on earth. Researchers estimate a 7% mean cessfully transplanted eelgrass bed to grow annual rate of decline globally since 1990. Mas- and become functionally equivalent to natural sachusetts has had a long history of persistent eelgrass meadows, we will continue monitoring eelgrass meadows, however, from 1996 to 2006, our recently planted grass to ensure that the res- eelgrass has declined in the state at a mean rate toration sites are on a trajectory of development.

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American lobster finding shelter in a dense eelgrass Divers plant eelgrass disks in Salem Sound. meadow in Manchester outer harbor.

Despite these highlighted successes, many at- replacing lost habitat. For this reason, Marine- how changes in eelgrass meadows relate to tempts at planting fail, due mostly to poor site Fisheries is also focusing on ways to protect changes in our environment, including cli- selection – if eelgrass isn’t already growing and reduce impacts to eelgrass. Conventional mate and storm influence, as well as human somewhere due to site conditions, the site may boat moorings scour eelgrass and leave large impacts, including fishing gear interactions. not be amenable to transplant establishment. circular scars. Working with municipalities, To answer these questions, we gather high Restoration is time-consuming and costly MarineFisheries is helping to install and moni- resolution data at transects in a large eelgrass – ranging from $250,000 to $350,000 for site tor moorings that have a flexible, floating chain meadow along the Beverly coastline quarterly. selection, planting, monitoring, and where nec- that does not drag on the bottom. This monitoring program is part of a global essary, re-planting – and not always effective at We are also working to better understand seagrass monitoring network called Seagrass-

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16 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide Massachusetts Saltwater Fish Records Species Weight Location Date Angler

Albacore 65 lbs Canyons 8/23/03 Tommy Good Oceanographer Bigeye Tuna 231 lbs 8/28/10 Randy Parda Canyon Black Sea Bass 8 lbs 15 oz Buzzard's Bay 5/12/07 Aaron Costa Bluefish 27 lbs 4 oz Graves Light 9/11/82 Louis Gordon Marlene Bluefin Tuna 1228 lbs Cape Cod Bay 9/23/84 Goldstein Walter Martha’s Vineyard Blue Marlin 701 lbs Fishtails 7/26/92 You have arrived. Morrison Blue Shark 458 lbs 2 oz Jefferies Ledge 8/9/11 Ethan Lynch Bonito 13 lbs 8 oz New Bedford Dike 9/23/02 Eddie Gomez Cod 92 lbs Jeffreys Ledge 7/5/87 Robert Radzik Coho Salmon 18 lbs 8 oz North River 1/21/86 James Lewis MARTHA’S Gabe VINEYARD Cusk 34 lbs 4 oz Stellwagen Bank 7/15/90 Silvestrone Chamber of Commerce Veatch Dolphin 61 lbs 3 oz 8/8/09 Ty Warren Canyon False Donald 19 lbs 5 oz Edgartown 9/27/90 Albacore MacGillivray Joseph Fluke 21 lbs 8 oz Nomans Island 9/25/80 Czapiga 20 lbs Stellwagen Bank 1972 Don Rehnstrom Haddock Boston Joseph 20 lbs 8/3/74 Lightship Gelsomini Halibut 321 lbs Massachusetts Bay 7/21/65 Norman Cournoyer King 8 lbs 6 oz Lucas Shoals 9/27/08 Tim Broderick Mackerel Steve For information visit Mackerel 3 lbs 8 oz Hampton Shoal 10/9/94 Ostrander MVY.com or 508-693-0085 Mako Shark 1324 lbs Massachusetts Bay 7/27/99 Kevin Scola Pollock 48 lbs 2 oz Cashes Ledge 9/14/92 Sal Mocerino Porbeagle 495 lbs Off Vineyard 7/22/11 Jesse Siegel Scup 5 lbs 14 oz Nomans Island 10/17/83 Robert Pimental Spanish 8 lbs Vineyard Sound 10/8/11 Joe Canha Mackerel 73 lbs Quicks Hole 1913 Charles Church Striped Bass 73 lbs Sow and Pigs 1967 Charles Cinto Call us at 508.833.2996 or visit our 73 lbs Nauset Beach 11/3/81 Anton Stetzko website at CanalBaitandTackle.com Swordfish 646 lbs Nomans Island 1972 Albert Little Tautog 22 lbs 9 oz Gay Head 6/29/78 Michael Horsely Thresher 630 lbs Off Vineyard 7/23/11 Timothy Delude Wahoo 131 lbs 5 oz 2006 Kenneth Abbott Weakfish 18 lbs 12 oz Buzzards Bay 8/19/84 George Mahoney White Marlin 131 lbs Nantucket 7/30/82 Ted Nfatzger Winter 8 lbs 2 oz Georges Bank 7/12/96 Tom Hillebrand Flounder Bait & Tackle Wolffish 55 lbs Cape Cod Bay 6/19/00 Andrew Glovsky Custom Rods Yellowfin 187 lbs Nantucket 8/5/90 Mark Boujoukos Tuna Rod & Reel Repair

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 17 2014 Saltwater Fishing Derby Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby Sponsored by DMF

At the end of each derby year, trophies will be Eligible Minimum WT Eligible Minimum WT awarded to anglers who landed the heaviest Species (lbs) Species (lbs) fish in each species category. Winners will be Albacore 30 Mackerel 2 chosen in three divisions: men's, women's, and junior's (age fifteen and younger). In addition Bigeye Tuna 100 Mako 150 a "Skillful Skipper" award is presented to any Black Sea Bass 4 Pollock 12 charter/head boat captain who has three derby winning fish caught on their boat per year. Bluefish 12 Porbeagle Shark 150 The derby runs from January 1 through Bluefin Tuna 500 Scup 2 November 30 each year and is open to all age groups. Fish entered must be caught in a fair Blue Shark 300 Spanish Mackerel 4 and sporting manner on hook and line and Bonito 5 Striped Bass 35 must be measured and weighed at an official Cod 30 weigh station on a certified scale. Weighmas- Swordfish 150 ters can be found at most local marinas and Cusk 20 Tautog 8 tackle shops (see list beginning on page 38 Dolphin 15 or go to www.mass.gov/marinefisheries). We Thresher Shark 200 would also like to remind participants that any False Albacore 10 Wahoo 30 entry must be caught in state waters and/or Fluke 7 Weakfish 8 first landed in a Massachusetts port. Haddock 8 To enter, fill out an official affidavit from Winter Flounder 3 our website and have it certified at a weigh Halibut 50 station. Please write clearly and provide all King Mackerel 6 Yellowfin Tuna 50 information requested. Affidavits that are il- legible or incomplete cannot be accepted. Mail affidavits to: Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Special awards are offered for new state re- provided with a copy of the current list. When Derby, Quest Center, 1213 Purchase St. New cords. If your catch exceeds the weight listed applying for a new state record your affidavit Bedford, MA 02740. Entries must be received on the current list of Massachusetts Saltwa- must be accompanied by a clear photograph within 30 days of catch and be postmarked no ter Gamefish Records, you may qualify for a of your catch with your name, address and later than December 5th. special award. All weigh stations have been telephone number on the back.

Please Immediately Report Sightings of Entangled Marine Animals Call 1-800-900-3622 (Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies in MA, NH, and RI) or 1-877-775-6622 (NOAA). Sightings can also be reported to the Coast Guard on Channel 16.

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18 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 2013 Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby Winners Species Category Angler Weight Species Category Angler Weight Bigeye Tuna Junior Matt Sheehan 215 lbs Men Gary DeCosta 3 lbs 11 oz

Men Daniel DuBerger 6 lbs 4 oz Scup Women Diamond Ebeling 3 lbs 7 oz Black Sea Women Joyce Record 5 lbs 13 oz Bass Junior Braeden Giller 2 lbs 13 oz Junior Andrew Cravedi 5 lbs 5 oz Men Brian Nunes-Vais 6 lbs 11 oz Men Daniel Hiemer 19 lbs 11 oz Spanish Bluefish Women Chrissy Heard 5 lbs 10 oz Junior Elizabeth O’Brien 12 lbs 9 oz Mackerel Junior Landon Cormie 4 lbs 14 oz Men Robert Clay 11 lbs 8 oz Bonito Women Kristine O’Brien 9 lbs 1 oz Men Bob Roy Sr. 54 lbs 12 oz Junior Elizabeth O’Brien 9 lbs 1 oz Striped Bass Women Kathryn Shannon 40 lbs 3 oz

Dolphin Women Joanne Cameron 16 lbs Junior Chris Herndon 35 lbs 3 oz

Men Paul Sexton 10 lbs 14 oz Swordfish Men Douglas Bennett 219 lbs False Albacore Maryann Nunes- Women 10 lbs 12 oz Vais Men Jason Colby 14 lbs 12 oz Tautog Men Larry Beadsworth 9 lbs 6 oz Women Sarah Sheckels 9 lbs 12 oz Fluke Junior Molly Menton 9 lbs 6 oz Thresher Shark Junior Seth Spanhake 456 lbs

Men Mike Evensen 209 lbs Wahoo Junior Matt Sheehan 66 lbs Mako Shark Michael Winter Junior 150 lbs Men Jeff Kotkin 4 lbs 8 oz O’Shaughnessy Flounder Pollock Junior Matt Sheehan 15 lbs Men Kevin Sheehan 106 lbs 8 oz Porbeagle Yellowfin Tuna Men Clifton Joseph 254 lbs Shark Junior Matt Sheehan 103 lbs 4 oz

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Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Atlantic Cod

Black Sea Bass

Bluefin Tuna

Bluefish

Bonito

Cusk

False Albacore

Haddock

Mackerel

Pollock

Scup

Smelt

Striped Bass

Summer Flounder

Tautog

Winter Flounder

Use this saltwater fishing calendar as a general reference to the avail- Poor Good Best ability of the commonly targeted recreational finfish of Massachusetts.

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Striped Bass Bluefish Striped bass is our most sought-after species, providing great sport through Bluefish are usually ravenous and will strike at just about anything you give catch and release fishing and great eating when you catch a “keeper”. Striped them. Watch out for those teeth! They average around 3-7 lbs along the bass is one of the largest fish available to the nearshore angler. Fish range coast and tend to be larger just offshore in the rips. The juveniles, referred from 1 pound to over 60 pounds. to as “snappers,” can be found in the estuaries and are fun to catch with Location: Whole coast surf, inshore bars, reefs, tide-rips, bays and estuaries. light tackle. In all cases, they put up an excellent fight all the way to your boat or shore. Season: Mid April-October Baits and Lures: Seaworms, eels, squid, herring; jigs, plugs, spinners, spoons. Location: Whole coast surf, inshore bars, tide rips, bays and estuaries. Methods and Tackle: Casting from shore, boat-trolling, light to heavy tackle. Season: June-mid October Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 35 lbs Baits and Lures: All small bait fish, jigs, spoons, plugs, spinners, flies. Methods and Tackle: Casting from shore or boat (you may want to use a wire leader) with spin and fly fishing gear, trolling. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 12 lbs

Black Sea Bass Scup The migratory black sea bass is a tasty fish arriving in our near shore waters A party boat staple, scup are easy and fun to catch. Scup are very good in the late spring. These fish also have a peculiar life cycle - the majority begin eating though be careful of the many bones. life as females and then change to males at around three years of age. Location: South side of Cape Cod and along coast to Rhode Island Location: South side of Cape Cod, Buzzards Bay to Rhode Island border Season: May-October and a few are found in Cape Cod Bay. Fish for them around bottom structure such as reefs, rocks, and wrecks. Baits and Lures: Clams, strips of squid, seaworms. Season: May-September Methods and Tackle: Light- to medium-weight tackle, drift-fishing, jetties, piers, bridges. Baits and Lures: Cut squid, clams, green crabs. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weights: 2 lbs Methods and Tackle: Bottom fish from a boat. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 4 lbs

Tautog Weakfish (Squeteague) “Tog”, “white chin” and “black fish” are all common nicknames for this fish. The weakfish looks like a large trout and is found in Massachusetts waters Tautog are very slow growing compared to most fish and do not migrate far during the summer months. Often found feeding alongside striped bass. from where they originate but move inshore in the spring and offshore in the Location: Southern Massachusetts sandbars, deep water drop offs, chan- winter. nels, bays and estuaries Location: Whole coast, rocky bottoms inshore, bays, harbors, jetties, break- Season: Late June-September waters. Baits and Lures: Shrimp, seaworms, tinker mackerel, eels, strips of squid; Season: April-November artificial lures (bright plastic shrimp, worms, bucktails, Baits and Lures: Crabs, clams, all shellfish. tubes, jigs, sand eel imitations) Methods and Tackle: Still-fishing from boat or shore, medium action spin- Methods and Tackle: Still-fishing, drifting, chumming, casting from shore ning or conventional rod, 20-30 lb test line. or boat, trolling; light to medium tackle. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 8 lbs Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 8 lbs

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 21 Commonly Caught Species

Winter Flounder Summer Flounder (Fluke) The winter flounder (black back) provides good fishing during the cold weath- Fighting ability and fine flavor highlight this flatfish. The upper surface of er months. They are very accessible and provide the angler with thick fillets the summer flounder head faces left. They also have prominent teeth to as- to take home. sist with their aggressive predatory behavior. Larger fluke are referred to as Location: Whole coast, tidal streams, shallow bays, estuaries. “doormats”. Target sandy or muddy bottom along with fast moving rips that contain debris and bait fish. Season: May-February Location: South side of Cape Cod, Islands, Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay. Baits and Lures: Sandworms, bloodworms, clams, strips of squid. Season: May-September Methods and Tackle: Chum pot (crushed clams), still-fishing from boats, piers, jetties, bridges, breakwaters; light tackle Baits and Lures: Minnows, squid strips, clams, shrimp; spinners, jigs. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 3 lbs Methods and Tackle: Drift-fishing, troll, chum, still fish, casting. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 7 lbs

Mackerel Tunas: Bluefin (top) and Yellowfin (below) Mackerel are fast swimmers and voracious feeders, which offers the angler All the tunas are very swift swimmers, provide a thrilling and sometimes many options for catching them. They are also an important food fish for many backbreaking fight and are literally hot blooded. The giant bluefin tuna is other species of fish and marine mammals. the biggest and most lucrative of the tunas in our waters and thus creates Location: Whole coast, deep water to shallow bays, beaches, jetties, canal, much competition amongst fishermen. Yellowfin are commonly caught in bridges. near offshore waters as are albacore. Season: May-September Location: Offshore east of North Shore, Cape Cod Bay, East of Cape Cod, South of Islands offshore in Canyons Baits and Lures: Small bait fish, crab, clams, seaworms, squid strips, jigs, spoons, flies. Season: Late June-October Methods and Tackle: Trolling, jigging, casting from shore or boat: light Baits and Lures: Bait fish used with chum slick; plastic squids, multi-squid tackle. rigs, daisy chains, jigs, artificial lures Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 2 lbs Methods and Tackle: Trolling, chunk baits with chum; medium to heavy tackle Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: Yellowfin tuna 50 lbs, bluefin tuna 500 lbs

Bonito False Albacore (Little Tunny) Sharpen your reflexes because these small tunas are fast and fun to catch. False albacore are very similar to bonito - fast, fun and sometimes a bit Watch for feeding schools where there will be jumpers. For a quick identifica- tricky to catch. However, unlike bonito, they make poor table fare. tion, look for dark bands running the length of the fish above the lateral line and a silvery belly. Location: Mostly warmer waters of the south side of Cape Cod and the Islands. Location: Southern Cape Cod and the Islands, rarely north of Cape Cod. Season: Late July-October Season: Late July-October Baits and Lures: Same as for bonito Baits and Lures: Strip baits, squid, small jigs, spoons, plugs, flies. Methods and Tackle: Same as for bonito Methods and Tackle: Spinning gear, bait casting, light boat rods, trolling, Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 10 lbs fly fishing. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 5 lbs

22 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide Cod Haddock Cod are the deepwater treasures of Massachusetts. They are the number one Haddock is a member of the cod family and is a delicious fish for the dinner fish sought after by party boats North of Cape Cod. table. The black lateral line distinguishes it from the cod and pollock. Location: Whole coast, deepwater, inshore while water is cold. Location: Whole coast, cool waters, prefer depths of 140-450 ft., also prefers Season: Year round. shell/sand, smooth rock or gravel bottom. Baits and Lures: Sea worms, clams, mackerel, strips of all fish, crabs, jigs. Season: May-November Methods and Tackle: Bait-fishing from shore and boats, fishing from boats Baits and Lures: Seaworms, clams using medium to stiff boat rod, conventional reel and Methods and Tackle: Still-fishing from a boat, medium action rod at least 50 lb test line. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weights: 8 lbs Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 30 lbs

Pollock Cusk The pollock is more available to the angler than its codfish relative. These ag- Like the cod, the cusk is a cool water fish and is found on hard, rough bottom gressive fighters offer the thrills of a bluefish and the flesh of a cod. habitat. Look for the continuous dorsal fin to assist with identification. Location: Whole coast with more north of Plymouth. Inshore (breakwaters Location: Rocky ledges/hard bottom, moderately deep waters and other structures) and offshore depending on the water tem- (more than 75 feet). peratures. Inshore, pollock tend to be smaller than those offshore. Season: Year round. Season: May-October with the best runs in May, October Baits and Lures: Same as cod. Baits and Lures: Same as cod, plus metal lures with a strip of squid. Methods and Tackle: Same as cod. Methods and Tackle: Still-fishing, casting, trolling. For deep water use same set up as for cod. Lighter spinning gear can be used Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 20 lbs for inshore fishing. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weights: 12 lbs

Halibut Wolffish (Ocean Catfish) This is the largest of the Atlantic flatfishes, which if you do happen to hook Wolfish are distinguished by their large size, pronounced molar and canine one, can be very challenging to reel up from deep water. teeth, and the lack of ventral fins. They do not school and prefer hard bottom, not mud, in deep waters. Location: Whole coast, cool and deep waters, preferred bottom type is sand, gravel or clay not soft mud or rock. Location: Whole coast, deep water, incidental to cod fishing. Season: Year round Possession Prohibited Baits and Lures: Seaworms, clams, strips of fish, sandlance, jigs. Methods and Tackle: Fishing from a boat with medium to stiff rod. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weight: 50 lbs

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 23 Commonly Caught Species

Smelt Sharks: Blue (bottom) and Mako (top) This small anadromous fish is a seasonal favorite along the coast. They’re ac- Blue and mako sharks are common to our offshore waters and are sought cessible prior to the spawning runs up coastal streams during the late winter after by recreational anglers. Makos are the more aggressive of the two fish and early spring. and will put up an exciting fight. Venture with an experienced shark angler to prevent unexpected surprises and make sure you bleed and ice the shark Location: Whole coast, estuaries, the mouths of coastal rivers and within flesh immediately. Anglers are encouraged to release sharks not intended for coastal rivers. consumption. Season: September-February Location: South of the Islands, East of Cape Cod, off North shore including Baits and Lures: Blood worms, sand worms, grass shrimp, small local bait fish Cape Cod Bay. Methods and tackle: Ice fishing, shore fishing - keep bait moving slowly up Season: June-October and down within the school; light tackle, hand line. Baits and Lures: Chumming and baited hooks (preferably oily fish) Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weights: not an eligible species. Methods and Tackle: Trolling, drifting; medium to heavy tackle, wire leader. Mass. Saltwater Fishing Derby Minimum Weights: Blue shark 300 lbs; Mako shark 150 lbs Herring of Massachusetts

Dorsal fin at A variety of herring frequent MA coastal and midlength estuarine waters and can be confusing to identify. River herring (alewife and blueback herring) Teeth on roof of and American shad are generally seen during mouth Narrow spring spawning runs. Menhaden and Atlantic body herring may appear in our estuaries during coastal migration in the summer or early fall. Atlantic herring

Dorsal fin forward of midlength Eye diameter greater than May have a snout length line of spots Large mouth Deep body No teeth on roof of Upper jaw Largest in the mouth close to herring family Alewife rear edge of eye American shad

Dorsal fin forward of midlength Eye diameter less Series of random, than snout length Scaleless head = 1 smaller dark spots ⁄3 of body length

No teeth on roof of mouth Blueback herring Atlantic menhaden

Note: The harvest and possession of river herring (Alewife and Bluebacks) is prohibited in Massachusetts.

24 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide Access Sites

Note: Use of some ramps requires a fee or a parking sticker that may be purchased in advance. Some town parking facilities are limited to town residents only (RO) and noted where applicable. Fish and Game Office of Fishing and Boating Access (FBA) current or future facilities are italicized. * indicates a shore fishing area. For more information visit the FBA website at:www.mass.gov/dfwele/pab/index.htm Condition Condition Jetties Jetties Usable Usable Ramp Ramp Piers Piers Tide Tide Site Site Location Location

NORTH SHORE: Nahant Salisbury Town Wharf • Paved All State Beach 3 • Paved All Saugus Amesbury Fishermen’s Outlet • Paved All Town Landing Merrimac St. • Paved All Winthrop (RO) Shirley Street • Paved All Newbury Boston Newbury Town Landing (RO) • Paved All 1 1 Newburyport Castle Island Cashman Park • Paved All Charlestown Navy Yd. at Pier 4 1 Merri-Mar Yacht Basin • Paved All Puopolo Park Ferry Landing • Paved All Charles River Res. 1 Water Street • Cartop ⁄2 Commercial Street 1 Rowley Dorchester Perley’s Marina • Paved All Rainbow Park, Commercial St. Ipswich SOUTH SHORE: Town Landing, East Street • Paved All Quincy 1 • Paved All Water Street Town River Marine • Paved All Essex 666 Southern Artery Essex Marina, Dodge Street • Paved All 1 Bay’s Water Marine • Paved ⁄2 Pike’s Marina, Main Street • Paved All Rockport 128 Bayview Avenue 1 Granite Pier 1 • Paved All Sea Avenue • Paved ⁄2 Gloucester Fore River, Doane St.* Dunfugin Landing • Paved All Weymouth 1 Corliss Landing • Paved ⁄2 Back River • Paved All 1 Lanes Cove • Paved ⁄2 Hingham Long Wharf • Paved All Iron Horse Station, Route 3A • Paved All Manchester Hull Town Hall • Paved All “A” St. Marine 1 • Paved All Beverly Goulds Boat Shop • Paved All River Street • Paved All Pemberton Point 1 • Paved All Water Street • Paved All Priscilla Sails • Paved All Danvers Cohasset Popes Landing • Paved All 1 Parker Avenue • Paved ⁄2 Salem Scituate Kernwood Bridge • Paved All Cole Parkway • Paved All Winter Island • Paved All Driftway Recreation Area • Gravel All Willows 1 North River Marine • Paved All Marblehead Scituate Harbor 1 3 • Paved All 1 Causeway • Paved ⁄2 Marshfield 1 Riverhead Beach • Paved ⁄2 Brick Kiln Road (canoe only) • Gravel All Lynn Green Harbor Marina • Paved All DCR Pier/Route 1A 1 Humarock, Ferry Street (RO) • Gravel All Lynn Municipal Ramp, • Paved All Humarock Marine • Paved All Blossom St. Mary’s Livery • Paved All DCR Playground • Paved All Town Pier, Green Harbor • Paved All Seaport Landing Marina 1 Union Street (canoe only) • Gravel All

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 25 Access Sites Condition Condition Jetties Jetties Usable Usable Ramp Ramp Piers Piers Tide Tide Site Site Location Location

Duxbury CAPE COD: Bourne Bay Marine Corp. • Paved All Barlow’s Landing • Paved All Mattakeeset Ct. 2 • Paved All Bourne Marina • Paved All Kingston Canal at Electric Avenue (RO) • Paved All 1 Town Landing, River Street • Paved ⁄2 Hen Cove • Paved All Plymouth Monument Beach • Paved All Taylor Avenue (4-WD only) • Sand All Red Brook Harbor • Paved All Town Wharf 1 1 • Paved All Falmouth Wareham Childs River, Off Rte. 28 • Paved All Fishing Pier, Route 6 2 Falmouth Inner Harbor 1 • Paved All East Boulevard, Onset • Paved All Great Pond, Harrington St. 1 • Paved All • Paved All Maco’s, Rt. 6-28 Green Pond, • Paved All Oak St., Tempest Knob • Paved All Menauhant Road 1 Route 195 Eastbound rest area • Paved ⁄2 Megansett Harbor, • Paved All Mattapoisett County Road Short Wharf, Water Street 2 • Paved All Waquoit Bay, Seapit Road • Paved All

1 Town Landing, • Gravel ⁄2 West Falmouth Harbor, • Paved All Matt Neck Road Old Dock Road Wild Harbor, Old Silver Beach • Paved All Fairhaven Great Harbor, Woods Hole 1 1 • Paved All Pease Park, Middle Street • Paved All Sandwich Hoppy’s Landing • Paved All Canal Basin • Paved All

Seaview Avenue, • Paved All Canal-East End 2 1 Craven’s Landing Sand ⁄2 Sconticut Neck Scusset Beach State Park 1 New Bedford Mashpee East Rodney French Daniels Island Rd. • Paved All Boulevard, H Street 2 1 • Paved All Great Neck Road, Ockway Bay • Paved All West Rodney French Mashpee Neck Road • Paved All Boulevard 4 • Paved All Poponesset Beach, Wading Dartmouth Place Rd.* Padanaram • Paved All South Cape Beach 1 Westport Barnstable

1 Gooseberry Island • Paved ⁄2 Barnstable Harbor, Blish Point • Paved All Rte. 88 Bridge • Paved All Barnstable Harbor (RO) • Paved All

3 Fall River Bay Street Osterville (RO) • Paved ⁄4

1 Brownell Street 1 • Paved All Bridge Street, Osterville(RO) • Sand ⁄2

1 Freetown East Bay Road Osterville (RO) • Paved ⁄2

1 Water Street, Assonet • Paved ⁄2 Haywood Rd.(RO) • Paved All Swansea Lewis Bay Road Hyannis • Paved All Cole River, Ocean Grove Ave. • Paved All Ocean View Ave Cotuit (RO) • Sand All

Somerset 1 Old Shore Road, • Sand ⁄2 1 Brayton Point Rd. • Paved ⁄2 Ropes Beach (RO) 1 Broad Cove, Pleasant Street* • Car top ⁄2 Prince Cove (RO) • Paved All

Somerset Village 1 Scudder Lane (RO) • Sand ⁄2

1 Waterfront Park, Main St. • Paved All Iyanough Rd., Hyannisport (RO) 1 • Sand ⁄2

26 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide Massachusetts – State – Private Coastal Waters – Municipal Salisbury to Marshfield

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1 Bay View Street • Paved ⁄2 Pamet Harbor • Paved All

1 Centre Street, Bass Hole • Paved ⁄2 Provincetown 1 1 • Paved ⁄2 Follins Pond Road • Sand ⁄2 West End Parking Lot, High Bank Road* 1 • Paved All Commercial Street

3 MARTHA’S VINEYARD: New Hampshire Ave. • Paved ⁄4

1 Chilmark Pleasant St. Beach • Paved ⁄2 Great Rock Bight, North Road* Sea Gull Beach • Paved All Nashaquitsa Pond, South Road • Paved All Parkers River, Rt. 28 1 Menemsha 1 1 Smugglers Beach, 1 1 • Paved All Edgartown South Street East Beach, Cape Poge* 1 • Cartop All Dennis State Road 1 Cold Storage Rd. 1 • Paved All Memorial Wharf 1 Follins Pond • Paved All Edgartown Great Pond, • Sand All Horsefoot Cove • Paved All Wilson Landing

3 Sesuit Neck Road • Paved All Katama Bay, • Paved ⁄4 Uncle Freeman’s Way • Paved All Edgartown Bay Road Harwich Eel Pond, • Paved All Allens Harbor 1 • Paved All Pease’s Point Way Herring River • Paved All Aquinnah Round Cove • Paved All Menemsha Creek, 1 • Paved All Saquatucket Harbor • Paved All Lobsterville Beach Chatham Dogfish Bar* Barn Hill Rd. • Paved All Oak Bluffs

3 State Road 3 • Paved All Bridge Street • Paved ⁄4

3 Beach Road 1 Crows Pond • Paved ⁄4 Harbor, East Chop Drive • Paved All Mitchell River Bridge Pecoy Point, Pulpit Rock Road • Cartop All Oyster River • Sand All Tisbury Ryder’s Cove • Paved All Lagoon Pond, Beach Road • Paved All Orleans Tashmoo Pond, Lake Avenue 1 • Paved All Arey’s Pond • Paved All NANTUCKET: Cove Road • Paved All Jackson Point • Paved All Goose Hummock Shop • Paved All Madaket Harbor, H Street • Paved All Herring Brook Way • Paved All Nantucket Harbor • Paved All Meeting House Pond, • Paved All River Road (RO) Do you want to know where Mill Pond • Paved All to go fishing or boating? Paw Wah Pond • Paved All Public Access to the Waters of Massachusetts is now available. This 146 page map booklet will Quanset Road • Paved All show and tell you information about current Rock Harbor 1 • Paved All public sites. Send $8.00, payable by check to: Eastham

1 Rock Harbor 1 • Paved ⁄2 Office of Fishing & Boating Access

1 Department of Fish and Game Hemenway Road • Paved ⁄2 1440 Soldiers Field Road 1 Rt. 6 Town Cove • Paved ⁄2 Brighton, MA 02135 Wellfleet For more information call: (617) 727-1843 Town Pier 1 • Paved All

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Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 29 Recreational Lobstering and Crabbing Recreational Lobster/Crabbing Permit

town of Massachusetts and Where can I get a permit? Who can get one? 3. Own more than $5,000 in real estate within You can purchase a Recreational Lobster/Crab- U.S. Citizens and residents Massachusetts as determined by tax records. bing Permit at any MA Division of Marine of Massachusetts Fisheries business office. Parental consent is needed if the child is Non-U.S. Citizens who are residents under 17 years old. of Massachusetts shall: If you are a Massachusetts resident Provide a copy of applicant’s alien registration you may purchase/renew your U.S. Citizens and non-residents receipt card issued by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Recreational Lobster/Crabbing of Massachusetts who: Immigration and Naturalization Service. Permit online* *(certain restrictions apply) 1. Temporarily reside in any coastal city or Please log onto: www.mass.gov/marinefish- town of Massachusetts and What does it cost? eries and follow the step by step instructions 2. Own more than $5,000 in real estate within $40 for residents of Massachusetts. for purchasing a Recreational Lobster/Crab- Massachusetts as determined by tax records. $60 for all non-residents. bing Permit.

Non-U.S. Citizens who are not residents Can I sell my lobsters? How many lobsters and of Massachusetts shall: No. A Recreational Lobster/Crabbing Permit crabs can I take? 1. Provide a copy of the alien registration re- DOES NOT allow you to sell your catch. You There is a limit of 15 lobsters per day per ceipt card issued by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, must obtain a Commercial Lobster/Crabbing permit, and all lobsters must meet the legal Immigration and Naturalization Service to Permit if you wish to sell your catch. requirements. There is a limit of 25 blue crabs the applicant and per day and a limit of 50 crabs per day total for 2. Temporarily reside in any coastal city or all edible crab species combined. Who can use the permit? A Recreational Lobster/Crabbing Permit au- thorizes the holder and members of the holder’s immediate family, residing in the same NH residence, to fish for and take lobsters and edible crabs using up to 10 pots. The immedi- Massachusetts Recreational Lobster Areas ate family is defined as thespouse, parents, children, grandparents, brothers and sisters of the holder. Gulf of Maine This permit may be endorsed for diving for the permit holder only. Other family members Outer Cape Cod may purchase additional permits for diving. Only ONE Recreational Lobster/Crabbing Southern New England permit endorsed for 10 pots is allowed per fam- Closed – Outer and Inner ily/household. New Bedford Harbor Can I dive and use pots with this permit? When you purchase your Recreational Lob- Location Latitude Longitude A 3 Mile-Line N 42˚ 06.92’ W 70˚ 16.64’ ster/Crabbing Permit you must specify if you B Race Point Buoy subject to change want it endorsed for the use of 10 pots or for C Wood End Buoy subject to change diving. Your permit can be endorsed for both D Shoreline N 42˚ 01.32’ W 70˚ 05.26’ MA practices if you prefer. A B Where can traps be set? No buoyed traps may be set in the Cape Cod D C Canal. New Bedford Harbor is closed to lobster harvest north of a line from Ricketson’s Point (Dartmouth) to Wilbur Point (Fairhaven). RI Cape Cod Canal is part of Is reporting required? Gulf of Maine Area Annual catch reports are required of all Rec- reational Lobster/Crabbing Permit holders. These forms are provided by Division of Ma- rine Fisheries (MarineFisheries) at the time of renewal. Renewal licenses will not be issued until a catch report has been filed. Do I need the permit if I intend to take only crabs by hand or dipnet? 10 Miles o No, you are exempt.

30 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide Recreational Regulations Working to Recreational Lobster Regulations maintain a Gulf of Maine Recreational Lobster Area

1 sustainable Minimum Size 3 ⁄4" Maximum Size 5" resource V-Notched See www.mass.gov/marinefisheries in the marine Females – for current regulations. Definitions ecosystem. Trap Limit 10 Traps 8 Otis Place · Scituate, MA

15 3 781.545.6984 One rectangular vent 1 ⁄16" x 5 ⁄4" Escape Vent 7 or two circular vents of 2 ⁄16" in diameter Bag Limit 15 per day Outer Cape Cod Recreational Lobster Area

3 Minimum Size 3 ⁄8" Maximum Size — V-Notched See www.mass.gov/marinefisheries Females – for current regulations. Definitions Trap Limit 10 Traps

3 One rectangular vent 2" x 5 ⁄4" Escape Vent 5 For more information on becoming or two circular vents of 2 ⁄8" in diameter a member or to BUY lobsters Bag Limit 15 per day DIRECT from a lobsterman... Southern New England Recreational Lobster Area

3 Minimum Size 3 ⁄8" Visit lobstermen.com

1 Maximum Size 5 ⁄4" V-Notched Illegal to harvest female with notch or indenta- Thank you for your 1 Females – tion in base of flipper at least ⁄8" deep with or Definitions without setal hairs continued support! Trap Limit 10 Traps

3 One rectangular vent 2" x 5 ⁄4" Escape Vent 5 or two circular vents of 2 ⁄8" in diameter Bag Limit 15 per day

Taking Lobster at Night is Prohibited 1 1 Lobster may only be harvested from ⁄2 hour before sunrise to ⁄2 hour Crab Idenification after sunset. Egg-Bearing Females It is unlawful to possess or land any lobster: 1. that is egg-bearing, 2. from which eggs have been removed, or 3. that has come in contact with any substance capable of removing lobster eggs.

Recreational Crab Regulations Other Edible Crabs Blue Crab Rock Crab Species Blue Crab (excludes Green Crabs) 5" shell width Minimum Size None (spine to spine) Egg-bearers cannot be taken; 25 crabs/day; 50 crabs total per day no permit required (including up to 25 blue) Other Regulations unless using traps – other regulations or SCUBA; are the same as for closed season is blue crab Jan. 1 – Apr. 30, inclusive Jonah Crab Green Crab

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 31 Recreational Lobstering and Crabbing

How to Measure a Lobster All About Lobster The Rules What are they? Lobsters must be measured with a special gauge to make sure that they are “keepers.” Lobsters are ten-legged (decapod) crus- The carapace length is measured from the rear of the eye socket to the rear of the carapace on taceans. a line parallel to the center line of the bodyshell . The American lobster is the only spe- All lobsters measuring less than the minimum legal carapace length, or larger than the cies of clawed lobster in the Northwestern maximum legal carapace length, must be immediately returned to the waters from which taken. Atlantic region. All lobsters must be measured immediately. Mutilation Where are they? The American lobster is distributed It shall be unlawful to possess any lobster, or part thereof, which is mutilated in a manner throughout the Northwest Atlantic from which makes accurate measurement impossible. the Straights of Bell Isle, Newfoundland Note: A common error made by novices is to measure over the rostrum or horn located to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. above the eye socket. Make certain that your gauge is in the extreme rear of the eye socket They are most abundant in coastal zones and below the horn. at depths of less than 150 ft. (~50 m). The greatest abundance of lobster occurs within the Gulf of Maine — from mid- coast Maine to southwest Nova Scotia. Growth American lobster is a long-lived species known to reach more than 40 lbs. (18 kg). Age is unknown because all hard parts are shed and replaced at molting (shedding), leaving no accreting material for age determination. In Massachusetts, shedding typically occurs between June and October. Lobsters at minimum legal size are generally considered to be between 5 and 7 years of age based on hatchery ob- servations. Maximum age is generally Correct Lobster Measurement The gauge is placed in the rear of the eye considered to be between 30 and 40 years. socket. Biology Fertilized eggs are carried on the female abdomen for a 9 to 12 month period of Is it Male or Female? development prior to hatching. In order to determine the sex of a lobster, you must look at the first pair of appendages under Female lobsters carry between 1,000 the tail, called swimmerets. They are positioned near the base of the last pair of walking legs. and >100,000 eggs depending on the size The first pair of swimmerets are hard in the male, and soft and feathery in the female. of the female. Hatching typically occurs over a 4 month period from May through Sep- Female Male tember. In Massachusetts we typically see peak hatching from late-June through early-July. Egg-bearing Females It is unlawful for any fisherman to take or possess any egg-bearing female lobster or female lobster with the egg mass removed, at any time. The 1st pair of The 1st pair of swimmerets on swimmerets on females are soft males are hard When eggs are extruded they are dark green and the female is called a Female Male “green egger.”

As eggs develop and approach hatching time they turn brown to reddish brown and the female is called a “brown egger.”

32 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide V-Notching Regulations What is a V-Notch? Which Flipper is Notched? A “v-notch” is a mark on the tail flipper of a fe- The tail flipper immediately to the right of the male lobster that was put there by a commercial middle flipper, when the lobster is examined lobsterman as a means to identify and protect a with the underside of the lobster down and its tail known breeder in the population from harvest. is toward the person making the determination. Commercial lobstermen make a v-notch Recreational Lobster/Crab Permit holders in the tail flippers of egg-bearing female are not required to v-notch egg-bearing female V-Notch lobsters they encounter while fishing. The lobsters. v-notch remains in the female’s flipper after she has hatched her eggs which protects her from Mutilation harvest through additional molts. It is illegal to possess any female lobster in Setal Hairs which the v-notch flipper is mutilated in a man- V-Notching History ner which could hide, obscure, or obliterate The practice of v-notching, as a means of pro- such a mark. tecting local broodstock, originated in Maine and dates back to the early 1900s. Below: Newly v-notched lobster and additional pictures of the v-notched lobster before and after it underwent two successive molts. Note that changes occurred even before the lobster molted.

After Notching Prior to 1st Molt After 1st Molt After 2nd Molt

SCUBA Regulations for Recreational Lobster/Crabbing

Permits and Conditions Taking of blue crabs and other edible crabs Dipping - the use of a dip net. A Recreational Lobster/Crabbing Permit is prohibited from January 1 through April 30. Dragging - the use of mobile or hauled nets endorsed for diving is required of all indi- There is a limit of 25 blue crabs per day. or dredges. viduals who recreationally dive for lobsters There is a combined limit of 50 edible crabs Snaring - the use of poles with loops. in coastal waters. (blue, Jonah and rock) per day. Allowed: Harvesting of lobster by hand, or No permit is required for the taking of the use of an angled “tickle stick,” which is a edible crabs (including blue crabs) for use by Gear Requirements straight or slightly bent stick used to agitate immediate family if diving, dip-netting or Every diver or group of divers, while swim- a lobster into coming out of its hole. using “star” traps , provided that the num- ming on or below the surface of the waters ber of blue crabs does not exceed twenty-five of the Commonwealth, is required by Mas- Common Questions (25) in one day, and fifty (50) total in one day sachusetts General Law to display a dive flag. I have a 10-pot Recreational permit, is it for all edible crabs, and that no 6-sided pots Flag must be at least 12" X 15" in area of red automatically endorsed for diving? or traps are used. background with a white diagonal stripe. No. You must specify that you would like your The dive flag must be displayed on a boat permit to be endorsed for diving. There is no extra Gear Marking or surface float. charge for this. Divers must display their assigned permit It must extend at least 3 feet from the surface Does everyone in my dive group need a number upon their tank and dive flag or a of the water. permit for taking lobster? floating marker (upright single panel at least Divers shall remain in an area within 100 Yes. Each individual diver who intends to 12" x 12", white background, black numerals at feet of such displayed diver’s flag while at or take lobster or crabs needs an individual permit. least 3" high, ½" in thickness or width of line near the surface of the water. If diving in a group, each individuals permit on both sides of the marker). A group of divers number must be displayed on their tanks and may use only one floating marker listing the Methods of Taking Lobsters on the surface floatation. permit number of EACH diver in the group. and Crabs Does my diving permit cover the im- Not Allowed: Massachusetts General Laws mediate members of my family as well? Catch Limits prohibits the taking of lobsters by spearing, No, diver permits are for the individual diver There is a limit of 15 lobsters per day per dipping, or dragging. only. permit, and all lobsters must meet the le- Spearing – the use of a spear gun, pole spear, or gal requirements. Divers are required to any other object that may be used to pierce the measure all lobsters in possession prior to shell of the lobster as a means of harvest. surfacing.

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 33 Gear All About Gear

Definitions How many traps can I set? • All buoys, pots, traps, cars, dive markers and Single pots: individual lobster pots The Massachusetts Recreational Lobster Per- air tanks must be marked with the licensee’s Pot trawls: a series of single pots tied together mit allows for 10 traps ONLY. 5-digit permit number. and buoyed at both ends. • The permit number must be burned or cut into 1 1 East end: the part of the pot trawl extending Can I use “star” traps? the surface at least ⁄2" deep x ⁄8" thick. from 01º through 180º magnetic. Open, collapsible wire traps, hauled by hand, • In the case of non-wooden traps, said num- West end: the part of a pot trawl extending from such as the “star” trap, cannot be used to catch bers shall be burned or cut into a wooden 181º through 00º magnetic. lobsters, but are legal for edible crabs. lath or plate made of durable synthetic mate- Groundline: the line connecting pots on a pot rial, which shall be permanently secured to trawl. Can someone else pull my traps? the inside of the trap. Buoy line: lines connecting pots to surface Any immediate family member that resides in • Recreational permit holders must also add buoys. your household may pull your traps for you. the letter “N” preceding their 5-digit permit Sinking line: the line that has a specific gravity number, followed by a (-) with a single digit equal to or greater than that of Trawls vs. Single Pots from 0 to 9, indicating the sequential pot seawater, 1.03, and does not float A Recreational Lobster/Crabbing Permit al- number in the series that the permit holder up in the water column. lows for the use of pot trawls or single pots. is fishing. (This gear-marking requirement Weak link: a breakable section or device that Traditionally, Recreational Lobster Permit negates the need for trap tags for recrea- will part when subjected to speci- holders prefer to use single pots. tional lobster permit holders.) fied poundage of pull pressure • Existing gear can be marked with the new and, after parting, will result in a Permit Number/Gear Markings permit number and the former permit num- knotless end, no thicker than the Recreational Lobster Permit Holders must use ber crossed out. diameter of the line, the so-called the last 5 digits of their Customer ID number, “bitter end” to prevent lodging in located in the upper right hand corner of the whale baleen. permit, to mark gear.

Gear Construction Requirements Restrictions Ghost Panel Escape Vent It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt Ghost panels are designed to create an opening Escapes vents are required in order to allow to take lobsters or crabs by use of pots or traps to allow the escapement of lobsters within 12 sub-legal lobsters and other non-targeted spe- without said pots or traps having the follow- months after a trap has been abandoned or lost. cies to escape lobster/crab traps. ing features: It is required that one or more rectangular • Ghost Panel and an Escape Vent Ghost panel specifications: escape vents or openings, or two or more un- It is also unlawful for any lobster/crab trap • The opening covered by the panel must be obstructed round openings, be placed in the 3 3 to exceed a volume of 22,950 cubic inches. rectangular and measure at least 3 ⁄4" by 3 ⁄4" parlor section of the trap. • It must be located in the outer parlor section If your traps have two parlors, BOTH must of the trap and in a position which allows an be vented. unobstructed exit of lobsters from the trap. Recreational fishermen fishing in the • The panel must be constructed of, or fas- Gulf of Maine Recreational Lobster/Crab- tened to the trap with, one of the following bing Area: Rectangular escape vents must be 15 3 materials: wood lath; cotton, hemp, sisal or at least 1 ⁄16" by 5 ⁄4" or two circular vents must 3 7 jute twine not greater than ⁄16" in diameter; measure at least 2 ⁄16" in diameter. or non-stainless, uncoated ferrous metal not 3 greater than ⁄32" in diameter. Anatomy of a Lobster Trap Minimum Requirements Single pots - Single pots shall each be marked 1. Entrance Head: Mesh opening with a single 7" x 7" or 5" x 11" where lobsters enter the trap. buoy. Sticks are optional, but if used, shall not have a flag at- 2. Kitchen: This is where the bait tached. bag is placed to attract lobsters Pot trawls - The east end of a pot trawl shall into the trap. 4 be marked with a double buoy, 2 3 consisting of any combination of 3. Parlor Head or Funnel: Lob- two 7" x 7" or 5" x 11" buoys and sters use this mesh netting as one or more three foot sticks (so a means out of the kitchen, the two buoys can be side-by-side assuming it’s a way out of the or stacked). The west end of a pot trap. 5 trawl shall be marked with a single 1 7" x 7" or 5" x 11" buoy with a three 4. Parlor: Area where the lob- foot stick and a flag. sters end up after leaving the kitchen and traveling up the Buoy Colors funnel. Most of the catch will Each applicant for a Recreational Lobster Per- be found in this part of the trap. mit can choose up to three colors for the desired color scheme of their buoys. All buoys 5. Escape Vent/Ghost Panel: Opening of designated size that allows sub-legal lobsters to used by the permit holder must be marked escape the trap. The biodegradable materials used to attach the escape vent panel will with that specific color scheme. allow the “ghost panel” to open if the trap has been lost or abandoned. This prevents the trap from continuing to fish after it has been lost or abandoned.

Recreational fishermen fishing in the Outer and upon breakdown of the degradable materials, will must be located in the parlor section of the trap. It 3 Cape Cod or Southern New England Recrea- create an opening for egress of lobsters at least 3 ⁄4 by has been observed, however, that certain orientations 3 tional Lobster Areas: Rectangular escape vents 3 ⁄4". work better than others (see below). 3 must measure at least 2" by 5 ⁄4" or two circular Can the door of the trap be considered a ghost If I use wood traps do I need a ghost panel? 5 vents must measure at least 2 ⁄8" in diameter. panel? Traps constructed entirely or partially of Yes. The door of the trap may serve as the ghost wood shall be considered to be in compliance if Gear Questions panel if fastened to the trap with: wood lath, cotton, constructed of wood lath to the extent that de- 3 Can the escape vent be used as the ghost hemp, sisal or jute twine not greater than ⁄16" in terioration of wooden component(s) will result 3 panel? diameter; or non-stainless, uncoated ferrous metal in an unobstructed opening at least 3 ⁄32" by 3 3 Yes. The escape vent may serve as a ghost panel if in- not greater than ⁄32" diameter. 3 ⁄32". corporated into a panel constructed of, or attached to the Do escape vents and ghost panels need to be Why are there rectangular and circular vent trap with: wood lath, cotton, hemp, sisal or jute twine attached in a specific orientation? options? 3 not greater than ⁄16" in diameter; or non-stainless, un- No. Escape vents and ghost panels need to provide Circular vents retain crabs better than rectan- 3 coated ferrous metal not greater than ⁄32" in diameter, an unobstructed means for escape for lobsters and gular vents.

Escape Vent and Ghost Panel Placement • Note: These examples are meant to be used as suggestions for escape vent and ghost panel placement in lobster traps. It is NOT required that escape vents and ghost panels be positioned in any way, except to provide an “unobstructed” means for escape by sub-legal lobsters.

A B C D E More Effective Placement Less Effective Placement In In Allowing Escapement Allowing Escapement of Sublegal Lobsters of Sublegal Lobsters

• Less effective locations for escape vent panels include the inside of a trap and the upper panel and door.

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Whale-Related Gear Rules Definitions Single: one pot with a single buoy line Year Round: attached. Massachusetts state waters are important 3. Vertical buoy lines must be made of sinking 1 Double: two pot string of traps with a sin- habitat for endangered large whale species, line, except the bottom ⁄3 portion, which gle buoy line attached. including the humpback whale and North may be floating line if desired. Atlantic right whale. Entanglement in fishing Twin orange markers: a pair of identical gear is a major cause of injury and mortality 4. All gear must have a 4 inch red marker mid- orange flag-like strips of material that are for large whales. MarineFisheries requires the way on the buoy line. See photo. clearly visible and attached to the buoy use of modified fishing gear in order to reduce stick or high flyer. the risk of whale entanglement and identify Triple: three pot string of traps with a sin- entangling gear. gle buoy line attached. Sinking line: a line that has a specific The following restrictions apply to all Swivel gravity greater than that of seawater, 1.03, recreational pots set on a year round basis. Weak and does not float up in the water column. Links 1. All buoys must be outfitted with a 600-pound Weak Link: breakable section or device weak link. See photo. that will part when subjected to speci- fied poundage of pull pressure and after 2. If fishing pot trawls, sinking groundline parting, will result in a knot-less end, no must be used between all traps. thicker than the diameter of the line, the Images: NOAAImages: Fisheries Service so-called “bitter end,” to prevent lodging in whale baleen. For more details please see http:// www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publica- Hog Ring tions/weaklink.pdf Weak Link Abandon or dispose of at sea: to leave fixed gear in the water without hauling it Buoy Line Marking Weak Links at least every 30 days or in prohibited areas By marking the rope, that gear can be identified Weak links allow the buoy to part away from during prohibited periods. to a certain area and fishery, if it is taken off the buoy line in the event that a whale encoun- an entangled whale. ters your gear.

Seasonal: January 1 – May 15 Cape Cod Bay Critical During the period of January 1st to 2. Double or triple pot trawls must May 15th, the following restrictions have only 1 buoy line. Habitat Gear Rules apply to all gear in the CCB Critical a. It is unlawful to fish double or Habitat Area. triple pot trawls with more than one vertical buoy line attached. Cape Cod Bay Critical Habitat N 42˚ 12’ N 42˚ 12’ 1. The use of single pots is prohib- W 70˚ 30’ W 70˚ 15’ Massachusetts state waters ited. Fishermen may use either 3. All trawls must have twin orange

N 42˚ 04.8’ multiple pot trawls consisting markers or flags on each buoy.See W 70˚ 10’ of four pots or more or may set definition above. Cape Cod Bay doubles or triples. MA Right Whale Critical Habitat a. Multiple pot trawls shall con- 4. All trawls must have 500 pound sist of four pots or more with weak links on each buoy. N 41˚ 46.8’ W 70˚ 30’ vertical buoy lines on the first See details above. and last pot of the trawl. 5. All trawls must have a 4 inch red marker midway on each buoy

Nautical Miles line. See details above.

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most May 16 – December 31 endangered large whales in the world. Cape Cod The following restrictions apply to all 3. Vertical buoy lines must be made Bay (CCB) is federally-designated as Critical gear in the CCB Critical Habitat Area of sinking line, except the bottom 1 Habitat for the species. Right whales return to on a year-round basis. ⁄3 portion, which may be floating line if desired. this area each winter and spring to feed on the 1. All buoys must be outfitted with abundant zooplankton in the bay. To reduce the a 600-pound weak link. 4. All gear must have a 4 inch red risk of entanglement in fishing gear in this impor- See details above. marker midway on the buoy line. tant habitat, MarineFisheries requires compliance See details above. with strict seasonal gear restrictions during the 2. If fishing pot trawls, sinking time the whales are present. groundline must be used between all traps.

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40 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide JILLY (34’) Directory – Charter & Head Boats THOMAS LUKEGORD...... (978) 235-5411 JODY J (34’) KNOCKOUT (42’) MICHAEL JOYCE...... (978) 479-0143 North Shore PAUL PENDER...... (781) 240-1622 AMANDA MARIE (35’) PAIR OF JACKS (42’) MATTHEW S PARISI JR...... (508) 783-0171 BEVERLY JOHN DONEGAN...... (617) 522-3300 BOUNTY HUNTER (35’) HOOK’D AGAIN (23’) SECOND WIND (42’) WILLIAM MONTE...... (978) 827-8004 JUDD BERMAN...... (978) 500-0536 CHARLES DISTEFANO...... (781) 727-2172 KAYMAN TOO (35’) MOLLY JEAN (23’) BELLE (50’) KEVIN TWOMBLY...... (508) 577-0541 PETER YUKINS...... (978) 500-5927 CHARLIE GIBBONS...... (617) 233-8990 SWEET DREAM III (35’) NOTHINS EASY (23’) BRUCE SWEET...... (617) 803-1197 DANVERS MARK VONA...... (781) 392-5262 THE LADY D (35’) FISHY BUSINESS (25’) FORREEL (24’) NICHOLAS DANIKAS...... (508) 284-2909 EMANUEL PEREIRA...... (978) 479-0495 RAOUL BLOMBERG...... (978) 273-1944 WESTERN EDGE (35’) KNOT GUILTY (26’) DETAILS II (25’) EUGENE MONDELLO...... (978) 879-9505 PAUL POTASH...... (978) 697-0013 PAUL NORTON...... (978) 670-8877 TUNA HUNTER (36’) WHIPLASH (27’) KODIAK (46’) GARY CANNELL...... (978) 407-1351 MARK KOOSKALIS...... (978) 479-8648 KYLE CRANNEY...... (603) 608-9546 CONNEMARA BAY (37’) RIPTIDE II (28’) ESSEX KEVIN O’MALEY...... (978) 283-0197 DAVID PELLETIER...... (617) 513-5830 HUNTRESS (37’) FAT TUNA (37’) STRIPER (18’) SCOTT PRENTISS...... (978) 766-3185 ERIC G NELSON...... (978) 985-6201 BOB COOK...... (978) 473-9110 SANDY B (37’) SEA ANCHOR (42’) SEA OTTER (19’) BRUCE BORNSTEIN...... (978) 729-2575 BARRY RICHARDS...... (978) 335-5125 THERESE SAUVAGEAU...... (978) 921-5485 TUNA.COM (38’) KINGFISHER (20’) DAVID CARRARO...... (412) 759-3584 BOSTON KALIL BOGHDAN...... (978) 407-7901 LISA & JAKE (40’) B-FAST (20’) REEL THRILLS TOO (25’) KEVIN TWOMBLY...... (508) 577-0541 MICHAEL BARTLETT...... (781) 293-6402 EDWARD MARSHALL...... (978) 768-1114 YANKEE (40’) KARAVI (20’) JAN WAALEWYN...... (508) 846-8862 VAN CHRISTIE...... (617) 898-8944 GLOUCESTER LABOR IN VAIN (42’) LANDFISH (20’) ODON (19’) DOUG GERMAIN...... (978) 317-4067 GEORGE WHITEHEAD...... (617) 240-5000 DAVID MOCERI...... (978) 335-2017 LADY J (42’) NERVOUS WATER (20’) NIGHT SHIFT (20’) DAVID JEWELL...... (978) 290-1359 WEBSTER THOMPSON...... (617) 899-9065 ALVIN WILLIAMS...... (978) 281-1977 CAPE AN DIVER II (44’) FISH HAWK (21’) NITSY (20’) DAVID STILLMAN...... (978) 281-8082 JOHN DOMINGS...... (781) 224-3295 JOHN PIRIE...... (978) 468-1316 ANNE ROWE (45’) FISH TALES (23’) GEOMETRICS (21’) DONALD LOWE...... (978) 283-2046 ENRICO LAFRATTA...... (617) 479-6367 PHILLIP LAIDLAW...... (978) 283-8893 BLACK PEARL (46’) THE 4 SULLS (23’) PUFFIN (21’) RICHARD APRANS...... (978) 546-6043 BERNARD OSULIVAN...... (781) 706-1653 LAURA BYARD...... (978) 821-0732 LADY SEA (72’) HATUNAMATATA (25’) PAVILION (22’) MICHAEL MANN...... (978) 559-1978 ARTHUR DELLO RUSSO...... (617) 242-3164 VITO DEMETRI...... (978) 855-6014 VALKYRIE (26’) JOHN H BRYMER (23’) IPSWICH WALTER PETERSON...... (781) 963-8235 SCOTT WILLIAMS...... (978) 281-8992 LUCKY STRIKE (28’) FIRST LIGHT (24’) JAMES BRENNAN...... (781) 789-4092 DEREK SPINGLER...... (978) 948-7004 MISS LYDIA (28’) NASTY GALE (24’) GORDON SMITH...... (978) 779-6359 DANIEL CAHOON...... (508) 574-1222 The fi nest in fl y and light tackle fi shing on the North Shore! FISHING FENZY (29’) NO NAME (YAMKOVOY) (25’) SCOTT CAMPBELL...... (617) 275-6670 PAUL YAMKOVOY...... (978) 760-2356 Come get tight with Greasy Beaks! KNOT II BAD (29’) PATRIOT WAVE (25’) JESSE J FITZPATRICK...... (781) 953-1648 LOUIS BIONDO JR...... (978) 865-4344 FISHBUCKET (32’) MISS MOLLY (26’) MICHAEL DELZINGO...... (339) 368-1346 ROGER BRISSON...... (978) 290-1822 LABRADOR (32’) MORNING TAUK (26’) DONALD CAMPBELL...... (508) 498-4716 WILLIAM STEADMAN...... (617) 529-1986 LINDA ROSE (32’) WINDOG (26’) CHARLES DISTEFANO...... (781) 461-8706 SCOTT PRENTISS...... (978) 853-6713 (541)868-6356 SUSAN C (32’) REEL EZ (28’) greasybeaksfl yfi shing.com ALAN CREECH...... (781) 982-9836 JAMES R PIRAINO...... (978) 423-9819 ENDURANCE (33’) ROUGH NECK (28’) STEPHEN DRISCOLL...... (978) 927-2993 NICHOLAS DANIKAS...... (508) 284-2909 GREASY BEAKS (23’) ELIOT JENKINS...... (541) 868-6356 REEL PURSUIT (34’) T-SEA (28’) PAUL DIGGINS...... (617) 922-3474 TOM CIULLA...... (781) 820-7000 ENSIGN PULVER (25’) ROBERT PULVER...... (978) 273-3066 GENEVIEVE (36’) ORCA (29’) MICHAEL DOWD...... (617) 592-3047 JOHN PIRIE...... (978) 468-1314 LYNN SKIPADORY (36’) DAY BREAKER (31’) NO NAME (BACIGALUPO ) (24’) CHARLES DISTEFANO...... (781) 461-8706 FRANCIS MARCOUX...... (508) 873-8339 THOMAS BACIGALUPO...... (781) 718-5831 VIPER (37’) EASTERN POINT (31’) BAD INFLUENCE (36’) ROBERT AVILA...... (978) 683-3046 THOMAS EVANS...... (978) 304-1799 TOM SCANLON...... (781) 595-1131 BLUE MOON II (38’) C W W (33’) JAMES MALONEY...... (617) 828-4095 KENNETH MARSHALL...... (781) 389-7246

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 41 ONE SMALL STEP (24’) Directory – Charter & Head Boats ANTHONY SANTOSUS...... (978) 337-9934 THE FOX (22’) MANCHESTER LIVY JOE (24’) FRED CHRISTIAN...... (978) 306-3749 JACK GOLINI...... (781) 246-0141 GRAY GHOST (22’) MISTIE C (27’) SALISBURY DANIEL GRAY...... (978) 882-2643 CHARLES CROCKER...... (978) 420-2112 MARIA ROSE (25’) ROCK ON (23’) AHI (28’) PAUL PIRAINO...... (617) 803-6315 RICHARD BURGESS...... (508) 284-3287 JAMES COMOSA...... (978) 618-1090 NO DOUBT (25’) FULMAR (26’) MARIA (29’) GARY MORIN...... (978) 502-6929 TIMOTHY M BRADY...... (617) 733-3365 DANIEL WILSON...... (978) 462-9764 FISHFINDER (35’) KNOTT BAD II (26’) FISHY BIZNESS II (30’) FRANCIS OCONNOR...... (978) 463-9479 JOHN OBRIEN...... (508) 479-6112 ED CLOUTIER...... (978) 957-6841 SUNDANCE II (55’) MARBLEHEAD REEL EASY (30’) THOMAS GRADY...... (978) 465-7495 EDWARD S FONTES...... (978) 476-7187 CHALLENGER (59’) CUTTAIL (23’) JOSEPH GRADY...... (978) 465-7495 WILLIAM DANFORTH...... (781) 249-9480 SCHOOLS OUT (30’) MATTHEW ABEL...... (978) 815-6404 NO NAME (MONTELLO) (20’) KEEPER (23’) ALAN MONTELLO...... (978) 363-5786 SCOTT EDWARDS...... (781) 962-6897 HARPOONIST (31’) DAVID AUGER...... (603) 508-0486 PISCATOLOGY (23’) ON THE FLY (24’) DENNIS GRANSEWICZ...... (978) 874-5512 JAMES SIGLER...... (617) 459-1798 SUNDANCE (31’) MARK DOYLE...... (978) 346-0686 SHEADY LADY (26’) WINTHROP MARK RYAN...... (781) 631-3572 KELLY ANN (35’) MAURO DIBACCO...... (978) 618-5893 FLYING FISH (20’) TALISMAN (28’) NORMAN HYETT...... (617) 909-0912 STEPHEN CHAISSON...... (781) 910-5493 ATLANTIS (37’) NORMANBOUCHER...... (617) 513-5764 LITTLE Z (25’) PERMANENCE (34’) JAY DAMBROSIO...... (781) 286-5920 WILLIAM RYNKOWSKI...... (781) 254-5359 ERICA LEE II (48’) ROBERT YEOMANS...... (978) 462-8859 THE VERONICA (28’) ALURE (50’) ROY KRATMAN...... (978) 821-7676 MARK RYAN...... (781) 631-3572 CAPTAINS LADY III (106’) CHRISTOPHER CHAROS...... (800) 423-1333 ARIEL (30’) MEDFORD ABBY O (32’) CHRIS SWEENEY...... (617) 287-5405 STEPHEN OSTRANDER...... (781) 760-2460 FISH HUNTER (30’) MAGGIE MAE (21’) MICHAEL HYLAND...... (508) 320-5376 JOHN JANDREAU...... (857) 523-0435 AYE TO AYE (30’) STEPHEN DUTILY...... (508) 633-4618 KARMA (31’) MICHAEL J (25’) ERNEST SORDILLO...... (617) 771-4508 PAUL G. HOWARD...... (978) 833-1796 FIN ADDICT (23’) WILLIAM JARMAN...... (978) 360-4346 C J VICTORIA (32’) NEWBURY HOGG TIDE (25’) ROBERT SAVINO...... (617) 283-5801 PAUL HOGG...... (978) 360-6963 LEADING STAR (25’) BAS AKWARDS (25’) LEO STEVENS...... (978) 463-3220 IDA MARY (30’) CLINTON RODERICK...... (617) 721-7163 THOMAS SAWYER...... (603) 560-7653 UNWIND (27’) CITY SLICKER (32’) KEVIN CAMPBELL...... (617) 699-2227 ISLAND GIRL (30’) JOHN WALLACE...... (617) 797-0000 CRAIG POIRIER...... (978) 360-4998 DOMENICA (26’) NEWBURYPORT LITTLEFISH (39’) PAUL CUOCO...... (339) 933-1816 VINCENT MANZI...... (978) 837-9165 FISH TALES (31’) NO NAME (GOODHART) (22’) JOSEPH DORSI...... (617) 549-2439 JAMES GOODHART...... (978) 463-7755 GOT ONE (26’) OBSESSED (25’) PAUL LEARY...... (617) 590-0404 PETER MURRAY...... (978) 510-1081 MIKEYFINN (25’) REEL ONE (21’) GEORGE FW BOESEL...... (617) 480-2261 WAYNE GOODWIN...... (978) 452-8865 SECOND CHANCE (28’) DANIEL R HARRIS...... (617) 548-2319 South Shore SECOND SOURCE (42’) ASHLAND Captain Jack I. Golini DANIEL L GAUVIN...... (617) 571-1590 PATTI WAGON (28’) 1.781.246.0141 SHE BER III (33’) HAROLD HIGGINS...... (508) 881-7842 www.jackcharters.com DAVID HANLON...... (508) 958-2524 UNREEL (31’) BUZZARDS BAY SHANI SIMPSON/BRUCE SIMPSON....(603) 898-6085 RECORD SEA KER (28’) ROCKPORT RICHARD RECORD...... (774) 696-0042 MADNIK (30’) ROCK RUNNER (19’) JONATHAN FREED...... (508) 889-7043 EDMUND MONTELLO...... (508) 395-5871 MATADOR (20’) COHASSET ALLAN D SMITH...... (978) 810-0900 FILI (20’) BROKEN ARROW (28’) CHRIS DELIGIANNIDIS...... (714) 259-4464 DOUGLAS OPIE...... (978) 423-3938 PETERS OUT (21’) ISLANDER (37’) PETER FLAHERTY...... (781) 383-2035 ROBERT BELOFF...... (978) 852-1731 QUEEN MAUREEN II (23’) REEL TIME III (21’) NEW HORIZONS (44’) ROBERT THOMPSON...... (781) 834-9489 CAPT CHARLES CRUE...... (508) 641-6021 ROBERT BELOFF...... (978) 546-7442 DARTMOUTH EZ HOOK (22’) SALEM ROBERT BUMP...... (978) 337-3293 WATCH OUT (21’) SUMMER JOB (23’) OFF DUTY (22’) EH KITTREDGE...... (508) 998-7965 SCOTT MAGUIRE...... (978) 465-2307 JOSEPH DUNN...... (978) 804-8153

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(508) 746-4558 WILLIAM HENDERSON...... (781) 214-0794 ERIC MORROW...... (508) 748-3474 BANK TANK (38’) FIRSTLIGHT (42’) MISS ELAINE (36’) BRYAN EWING...... (781) 844-9499 CHAD MAHONEY...... (617) 680-6593 BRYON FALTUS...... (508) 728-8832 BLACK ROSE (25’) CAPTAIN LEROY V (60’) RICHARD ANTONINO...... (508) 269-1882 HUMAROCK BRYON FALTUS...... (508) 728-8832 BREAKER (42’) REBECCA LEE (27’) NICE DAY TOO (62’) RODGER BALLOU...... (617) 448-2069 RICHARD FOLEY...... (508) 259-0359 TE-MING CHEN...... (646) 251-5101 CECELIA MARIE (23’) CAPT LEROY III (65’) MARION PATRICK SARD...... (857) 222-9277 BRYON FALTUS...... (508) 728-8832 ESCAPADES (33’) FAITH (22’) VIKING SUPERSTAR (120’) TOM SMITH...... (508) 528-0801 JOSEPH LECLAIR...... (774) 763-2675 STEVEN FORSBERG...... (631) 668-5700 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 43 – Charter & Head Boats WEYMOUTH Directory DRAGGIN FLY (21’) WILLIAM SMITH...... (781) 293-7444 FLYIN FIN (30’) THOMAS LUNDY...... 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(508) 889-3118 JASON COLBY...... (617) 755-3740 DOMENIC MAZZOCCO...... (781) 424-7305 GAELIC WAKE (26’) ALTERNATIVE (27’) ALCAZAR (35’) HENRY OSHAUGHNESSY...... (508) 776-4034 WILLIAM BRYANT...... (617) 633-6738 MICHAEL ONEILL...... (617) 529-1776 DIABLO (28’) AVE MARIAII (29’) ELIZABETH MARIE (32’) KEVIN MALONE...... (508) 733-4357 MICHAEL BOUSALEH...... (617) 909-2125 ROBERT GREEN...... (781) 864-7154 SEACURE (28’) LOW BUDGET (42’) FOR-2-NA (35’) CHARLES RICHMOND...... (508) 428-5083 DANIEL MORRELL...... (617) 438-9103 GREGORY SEARS...... (781) 545-6516 SEAQUESTOR II (28’) NO NAME (DINGA) (26’) FORTUNA (32’) WILLIAM KORKUCH...... (508) 362-2100 JOHN DINGA...... (617) 645-0971 GREGORY SEARS...... (781) 545-6516 LIBERTY (30’) OUTER LIMITS II (36’) MISS BEHAVIN (27’) KEITH E LANE...... (508) 846-4575 FRANK DUGGAN...... (781) 767-5090 STEVEN GUSTAFSON...... (781) 267-6904 AQUARIUS (35’) RAIDER NATION 2 (28’) POWER PLAY (31’) JEFFREY KADESH...... (781) 603-9081 RONALD MUNAFO...... (508) 326-9287 ROY EVENSEN...... (781) 696-0876 CLAM NECK FISH (35’) SALTINE3 (30’) QUALITY TIME (32’) WILLIAM CHAPMAN...... (508) 428-5108 CHRISTOPHER ORLANDO...... (617) 842-6511 STEVEN JAMES...... (781) 834-2899 ESCAPE (35’) SEA DUCK (20’) TOP SHELF (38’) ROBERT BETTI...... (508) 776-0350 MIKE NEE...... (978) 376-3250 JAMES GILPIN...... (866) 962-5136 DRIFTER (36’) SCITUATE SWANSEA JUSTIN ZACEK...... (774) 836-7292 LUCKY LADYII (37’) FARACHER (21’) JOHN CARTY...... (508) 362-1249 STEVEN ABDOW...... (508) 542-1477 781-545-6516 LADY J (38’) WAREHAM PHILIP CALIRI...... (508) 317-0016 MASS BAY GUIDES ANGLER (75’) DONE DEAL (35’) JASON ALGER...... (508) 790-0660 Tuna • Shark • Cod • Striped Bass GEORGE KAVGIC...... (508) 944-8893 SHOOTING STAR (25’) BOURNE WILL FESSENDEN...... (508) 331-1874 KATIE G II (17’) WHATS LEFT (30’) DAVE PEROS...... (508) 274-9619 MIKE CASEY...... (508) 958-3653 KATIE G (18’) WESTPORT DAVE PEROS...... (508) 274-9619 PESKY POLE (23’) MY IRISH WALTZ (23’) JOHN CURRY...... (508) 209-7741 JOHN AYLWARD...... (508) 272-8719 INSPECTOR (25’) OCEAN LIFE (34’) CHRISTOPHER GORDON...... (508) 380-8601 GORDAN WOOLLAM...... (508) 636-8428 THE KIDS MONEY (26’) BANSHEE (28’) ROBERT MCCAREY...... (508) 317-6790 DONALD BERUBE...... (508) 304-5830 FINATIC (27’) SALTY DOG (27’) LEIGHTON HARRINGTON...... (508) 759-7762 DONALD SHAW...... (508) 636-3903

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide www.MassBayGuides.com BAD KITTY TOO (28’) ALICIA ANN (28’) PICCOLO OCEANO (35’) SAM LINCOLN...... (281) 667-7680 JOHN C FERNANDES...... (508) 245-0114 KEITH GATTOZZI...... (508) 902-7603 LIVELINER (28’) PRIME RATE (35’) CHATHAM RUSSELL PETERSON...... (508) 945-5470 SCOTT GRAF...... (508) 280-5724 SUMMER’S LEASE (28’) SALT SHAKER (36’) CAPE COD SPORTFISHING AT ITS FINEST! CAPT SHANE QUENNEVILLE...... (774) 212-0016 DANIEL HANNON...... (508) 221-5593 Choose CHATHAM for excitement, REINA MARIE (31’) FIRST LIGHT (37’) beauty and value! THEODORE LIENZA...... (508) 237-8076 JEFFREY PERRY...... (508) 360-3475 SEAHABIT (31’) ANNIE B (42’) DANIEL CAMBRIA...... (617) 549-1212 MICHAEL BOLDUC...... (508) 394-9499 KITTIWAKE (32’) ALBATROSS (52’) KENNETH ELDERIDGE...... (508) 237-1619 CHARLES CARROLL...... (508) 863-2533 MARILYN S (34’) BRUCE PETERS...... (508) 237-0399 EASTHAM HEADHUNTER (35’) BHOOKEND (25’) (508) 280-3559 ROBERT MILLR...... (508) 430-2312 ERIC NEWHOUSE...... (413) 427-9551 www.fishpiercharters.com MAGIC (36’) HIGHLANDER (26’) MICHAEL ABDOW...... (508) 737-3367 PETER MACKENZIE...... (508) 240-4456 TAMMY ROSE (38’) NO NAME (DILLON ) (27’) ERIC STEWART...... (508) 240-0778 MATTHEW DILLON...... (774) 207-0659 LITTLE RASCAL (42’) MAR (30’) JAMES PECHIE...... (508) 410-9112 EDWARD CESTARO...... (508) 255-9205 Guided Fishing Adventures STAR FISH (52’) ROXY (35’) FIRST LINE FISHING BENJAMIN A SHILLING...... (508) 945-6804 THOMAS F HAYES...... (508) 255-5605 FAIR LADY (40’) 210 Orleans Road COTUIT CHARLES CATALDO...... (508) 274-4353 Chatham, MA 02650 OUTLAW (23’) 508.208.2265 TODD FEDELE...... (508) 420-1543 FALMOUTH firstlinefishing.com TY ONE ON (30’) TY ANDERSON...... (508) 423-5126

MARQUESA (18’) DENNIS DAN W MARINI...... (508) 364-1940 FALMOUTH HARBOR N0 NAME (PERRY) (20’) NOTHING YET (20’) JEFFREY PERRY...... (508) 360-3475 PAUL SCHEFFLER...... (508) 255-8005 SUSIE J II (22’) SURE THING (20’) DAVID JUREWICZ...... (617) 417-5992 WILLIAM RAYE...... (508) 432-7856 TIGGER TOO (22’) TOP ROD (20’) ROBERT JOYCE...... (508) 367-0755 JOSEPH FITZBACK...... (508) 945-2256 SEA DOG (24’) LOB STAR (21’) PAUL SPEAR...... (508) 269-3003 EDWARD GREES...... (508) 945-0096 STRIPERS R US (24’) NOTHIN BETTER (21’) DAVID BOIS...... (508) 737-5865 WILLIAM RAYE...... (508) 432-7850 BAD INFLUENCE (25’) SORCERER (21’) JEFF VIAMARI...... (413) 478-2300 Family Fishing Fun on the Calm Waters of DAVID RUDDOCK...... (508) 776-6577 WIND SWEPTII (25’) Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Sound NORA DORA (22’) ROBERT TOLLEY...... (774) 836-6545 THOMAS BRODERICK...... (617) 320-3007 WINDSWEPT (25’) Sportﬁ shing & Deep Sea Fishing BRANDIELLEN (23’) ROBERT TOLLEY...... (774) 836-6545 DALE TRIPP...... (508) 945-2227 INTRUDER TEAM (26’) NO NAME (BEES) (23’) DAVID EATON...... (781) 589-4223 Patriot Boats 800-734-0088 JEFFREY BEES...... (508) 320-6923 LADY LINDA (26’) PatriotPartyBoats.com SORRY CHARLIE (23’) GEORGE DOUCETTE...... (617) 365-6314 RICHARD PERRY...... (508) 432-6184 HAWK (28’) PRIORITY 1 (24’) DENNIS LANZETTA...... (508) 473-9994 SUSAN JEAN (22’) DREW DOWNING...... (802) 598-7897 JOHN CHRISTIAN...... (508) 548-6901 MARGAREE (29’) MAGIC FINGERS (25’) THOMAS CROWDIS...... (774) 454-3170 OPTIMISM (23’) KURT GOTTSCHALL...... (860) 460-0153 MICHAEL NETTO...... (774) 392-3146 2ND2NUN (31’) REEL LUCKY (25’) DAVID LONG...... (508) 694-6392 ROSIE K (23’) RALPH SILVESTER...... (508) 945-4971 WILLIAM KILLEN...... (774) 521-6391 FIRST MATE (31’) CAROLINA (26’) RANDY BLACK...... (508) 737-7943 MOJO (25’) GREGORY WIESEL...... (508) 237-0785 MITCH MILLS...... (508) 400-7999 GREY DOLPHIN (31’) CHAISING TAIL (26’) JOHN CICCARIELLO...... (508) 277-4352 OBADIAH (26’) ROBERT MAIZAKA...... (774) 836-5585 STEPHEN PAE...... (508) 540-2895 STICK THIS (31’) DOUBLED UP (26’) MATTHEW MULLER...... (774) 836-6667 DUNWURKIN (27’) STEPHEN HOWELL...... (508) 756-7634 JOHN A KELLEY JR...... (303) 250-7775 GET REEL (32’) JONES (26’) JAMES JOHN AULD...... (508) 482-9615 ENTERPRISE (27’) DANIEL MARINI...... (508) 364-1940 STEPHEN KIRK...... (978) 944-2771 WHALE TALES (33’) SHEARWATER (26’) PETER KORTEN...... (860) 748-6516 NORREASTERS (27’) JOHN CLOTHIER...... (508) 237-7210 PAUL A FONTAINE...... (508) 481-6711 REMEDY (34’) SUNDANCE (26’) JEFFERY HEIGHTON...... (508) 877-1624 BLUE FIN (28’) ROBERT FISH...... (508) 237-2628 BRIAN COURVILLE...... (508) 292-3244 JANINE B (35’) TERESITA (26’) WAYNE BERGERON...... (508) 385-4404 ADELINA (31’) JOSEPH FITZBACK...... (508) 945-2256 PATRICK OBRIEN...... (617) 721-4269

Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 45 JANINA (26’) Directory – Charter & Head Boats JOHN GRESKA...... (508) 509-5628

ISLANDER (31’) SHANTI (31’) ONSET CHARLES LAMBERT...... (508) 847-6025 ROBERT HALLOZA...... (508) 246-0022 PERFECT MIX (25’) LEE-MARIE (31’) STRIPER (31’) JOSEPH LEBLANC...... (508) 326-3175 DONALD OLIVER...... (508) 548-9498 ROBERT LUCE...... (508) 432-4025 LADY K (50’) MACHACA (31’) ARLIE X (33’) CHRISTOPHER WHITTON...... (508) 295-9402 WILLIAM HATCH...... (508) 360-4613 TOM SZADO...... (508) 430-2454 TORMENTA (31’) FISHTALE (33’) ORLEANS WILLIAM HATCH...... (508) 360-4613 MORTON TERRY...... (508) 432-3783 FULLTHROTTLE (25’) OBSESSION (32’) JAIL BREAK (33’) GLENN WILCOX...... (508) 737-6161 LUKE CANTELLA...... (508) 208-0149 SEAMUS MULDOON...... (508) 237-3962 HELEN B (25’) HANDSHAKE (36’) SUE Z (33’) CHRIS VIPRINO...... (508) 264-9747 ERIC STAPELFELD...... (617) 755-1847 THOMAS TRAINA...... (508) 432-3294 FLYING MIST (35’) MINUTE MAN (40’) CAPT’N & TONAIRE (35’) JOHN MEAD...... (508) 255-8121 JAMES TIETJE...... (508) 548-2626 ARTUR BROSNAN...... (508) 246-6691 MAR-T-SEA II (35’) MULBERRY CANYON (40’) MAGELLAN (35’) MARTIN D CEPKAUSKAS...... (508) 360-4392 JOHN GALVIN...... (781) 603-2247 FRANK GREINER...... (508) 237-9823 OSPREY (35’) GOTTA DO (42’) WHOLE HOG (35’) DON VIPRRINO...... (774) 207-0608 JOHN KAMATARIS...... (508) 509-5631 JEFFREY ROBERT FORESMAN...... (617) 877-5035 HO BO (36’) CASTAFARI (45’) HAYWIRE (36’) ANDREW NAPOLITANO...... (508) 246-0166 DAMON SACOO...... (508) 221-5136 CHRIS PISTEL...... (508) 246-0980 EMPRESS (39’) TUNACIOUS (45’) BUSHWHACKER (38’) DONALD FINLAY...... (508) 255-0018 WILLIAM MANTHORNE...... (617) 921-3058 SHAWN DELUDE...... (508) 255-1419 TERRY II (42’) PATRIOT TOO (47’) REEL ATTITUDE (41’) DONALD WALWER...... (508) 255-2406 DICKSON SMITH...... (508) 548-2626 EDWARD CARREIRO...... (508) 947-5227 COLUMBIA (43’) ISLANDER (53’) CAP N KID (50’) MARC COSTA...... (508) 255-1111 JAMES TIETJE...... (508) 548-2626 CARL SCHOOTE...... (508) 430-0066 LIBERTY (46’) VENTURE INN II (62’) YANKEE (65’) MARTIN COSTA...... (508) 240-1613 WALBRIDGE WRIGHT...... (508) 419-6085 CLEMENT KACERGIS...... (508) 432-2520 DRAGONFLY (23’) MIKE BOSLEY...... (774) 212-0712 HARWICH HYANNIS HINDSIGHT (42’) OUT CAST 11 (25’) BASS ACKWARDS (23’) BRETT WILSON...... (305) 481-1291 THOMAS GOULD...... (508) 432-3651 GARY BROWN...... (774) 874-7171 JENNIFER ANN (27’) ROCCUS (25’) CASTAWAY (29’) DOUGLAS BROWN...... (508) 237-4915 KEVIN HARNOIS...... (774) 218-0062 TIMOTHY...... (508) 364-2573 LUAU (35’) BLUEGRASS (26’) LILLY J (29’) JOHN SHAKLIKS...... (508) 255-4527 THOMAS PELLEGRINO...... (774) 722-1444 MYLES DALEY...... (508) 648-8411 QUICK PICK (33’) SHANNON SEA (26’) STRAY CAT (31’) PATRICK MOLONEY...... (508) 221-0633 MARK HALEY...... (774) 353-6132 RON MURPHY...... (508) 364-8192 ROCKIN ROBIN (27’) TRIPLEPLAY (31’) DUCKMOBILE 5 (35’) GLEN SOUTHWICK...... (774) 722-0974 MARC HAUSER...... (508) 889-8965 CAPE COD TOURS...... (508) 790-2111 TUNA FEVER (26’) LORI ANN (35’) THE HOOK UP! ERIC STEWART...... (508) 240-0778 HARWICH PORT DORWIN ALLEN...... (508) 364-7830 PREDATUNA II (35’) OSTERVILLE The BEST CHARTER FISHING on DENNIS CHAPRALES...... (508) 648-8411 ATS A KEEPA (30’) Cape Cod and the Islands! ROSEY S (36’) BARRY FRASER...... (508) 367-2283 LESLIE SHWOM...... (508) 775-8517 PROVINCETOWN FISH HAWK (38’) JOSEPH WEINBERG...... (508) 790-0660 DREAM CATCHER (26’) FISHTALE BRANDON CZYOSKI...... (508) 360-5394 MONOMOY (48’) SPORTFISHING JOSEPH HUCKEMEYER...... (508) 790-0660 LISA ZEE (28’) RUSSELL ZAWADUK...... (508) 241-3469 SEA SWAN (55’) OUR 22ND SEASON! GLENN LUDVIGSON...... (508) 790-0696 GINNY G (34’) STRIPERS • BLUES • TUNA DAVID GIBSON...... (508) 246-3656 SEA QUEEN II (62’) GERALD POYANT...... (508) 790-0696 CEE JAY (48’) VAUGHN CABRAL...... (508) 487-4330 508-432-3783 to book your trip! HELEN H (100’) fi [email protected] JOSEPH HUCKEMEYER...... (508) 790-0660 BETH ANN (35’) RICHARD WOOD...... (508) 487-0034 TALECHASER (28’) fi shtalesportfi shing.com SCOTT BLAZIS...... (508) 737-6579 DETAILS (16’) FRANCIS SANTOS...... (508) 237-0783 MASHPEE EMMALYNN (27’) SEADUCED (19’) ROBERT SCHNITZER...... (845) 224-4616 ROBERT BRIGGS...... (508) 246-4304 ISLAND GIRL (17’) CHARLES LAMBERT...... (508) 847-6025 HARBOR ROSE (40’) TAKE IT EZ (21’) MICHAEL PELLETIER...... (508) 864-5293 ROLAND BISKI...... (508) 241-8669 OUTCAST JR. (18’) WARREN MARSHALL...... (508) 612-4293 KUPALA (27’) BLUE MOON (23’) CHAD AVELLAR...... (508) 444-2732 SHANE QUENNEVILLE...... (774) 212-0016 WHO AH! (22’) ROSS GOSLIN...... (508) 280-6582 SCULLY JOE (21’) SEA HOOK (24’) JAMES MEADS...... (508) 487-2809 EARL LEGEYT...... (508) 775-4089 NORTHERN BELLE (23’) RONALD SIGN...... (774) 313-0218 JACKAL (28’) SEAN BURKE...... (774) 487-0612 OUTCAST (23’) WARREN MARSHALL...... (508) 612-4293

46 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide SANDWICH RETRIEVER (28’) DAVID STAMATIS...... (781) 706-0145 R & J OUTFITTERS Affordable trophy whitetail hunts in N.W. Missouri YARMOUTH ALYDAR (23’) ALEXANDER GOUNARIS...... (508) 958-9730 ALI J (24’) CHRISTIAN HAYES...... (774) 836-5544 GOLDEN HOURS (31’) ALBERT KELLER...... (508) 362-3038 C-DAWGS (38’) Stripers ROBERT A JENCKS...... (508) 478-7050 176 B&C Giant Bluefin Tuna LINDSY LIZ (34’) RAYMOND RANSOM...... (508) 737-3162 5-Day, Fully Guided, Fair Chase Hunts Hard Fighting Bluefish STEELTIME (25’) with Lodging start at only $1,700.00! MICHAEL WOLINSKY...... (617) 347-5768 Stellwagen Bank Cod Thousands of private acres. No trophy fees or hidden charges. The Islands Sandwich Marina YES YOU CAN! 25 Ed Moffit Drive, Sandwich AQUINNAH Ray: 786-319-1367 John: 786-394-3536 TOMAHAWK (30’) 508-566-3830 WILL VANDERHOOP...... (508) 645-3201 www.randjoutfitters.com [email protected] THE INTIMIDATOR (31’) laurajay.com BRIAN VANDERHOOP...... (508) 645-9278 CHILMARK FISH HAWK (21’) MARY SEA (31’) DONALD HOLWAY...... (508) 888-1557 JONATHAN BOYD...... (508) 645-3778 CAPE STAR (25’) FEMME FATALE (32’) CULLEN LUNDHOLM...... (508) 789-6379 JENN CLARCKE...... (508) 776-7286 The Soap that Lathers in Saltwater! LAURA JAY (31’) SHEARWATER (34’) DONALD CIANCIOLO...... (508) 888-4033 PAUL MCDONALD...... (508) 274-7096 SARAH K (38’) Only $5.50 per bar! FRANK KRISTY...... (508) 888-9017 CUTTYHUNK Boaters • Fishermen • Divers FISH FINDER (23’) LISA G (23’) CULLEN LUNDHOLM...... (508) 784-6379 RUSSELL WRIGHT...... (508) 965-7362 Campers • Kayakers • Windsurfers Homes with Hard Water RACHEL M (34’) WAHINI (23’) ROY MCKENZIE...... (508) 477-2976 JAY BORGES...... (508) 999-1263 Lakeville, MA TRURO DORSAL JR (27’) CHARLES TILTON...... (508) 992-8181 TACKLEBUDDYSOAP.COM TIDE ME OVER (21’) GEORGE DRISCOLL...... (508) 572-0860 EDGARTOWN JIGGED UP II (26’) MICHAEL WISNIEWSKI...... (774) 200-1180 KAIMI ROSE (26’) JOSH ZACHARIAS...... (508) 255-4304 The Island’s Full-service, REEL DEAL II (26’) ROBERT RICE...... (508) 487-3767 Family Marina SCHOONEY (24’) ERIC MOREA...... (508) 274-7963 “Voted one of the Best of the Vineyard Fishing WELLFLEET Charter Captains” www.madaketmarine.com CLINTON D (24’) – MARTHA’S VINEYARD MAGAZINE We do it all – Boat, motor, trailer and JERRE AUSTIN...... (508) 349-3348 generator sales & service; Dockage, Edgartown Harbor, Capt. Ed Jerome DON GATO (24’) valet, moorings and storage, Ship’s Store, DAN CATALDO...... (781) 740-4728 Martha’s Vineyard 508-326-2031 Fuel Dock etc… CLOSE ENOUGH (25’) RAMON RUSTIA...... (508) 349-0066 www.wayfarercharters.com 20 N. Cambridge St. Nantucket, MA (508) 228-1163 WEST ARROW I (26’) JOHN FITZERALD...... (508) 349-9227 CAGA FREGO (20’) ERIK FARRISH...... (508) 939-3242 D-TAILS (29’) DAVID STAMATIS...... (781) 706-0145 BECCA (23’) ROBERT COAD...... (508) 627-9857 ERIN H (35’) ROBERT HUSSEY...... (508) 349-9663 MOONCUSSER II (23’) RUSSEL LAWRENCE...... (508) 415-1540 NAVIATOR (60’) RICHARD MERRILL...... (508) 349-6003 CAY LEE (26’) CHARLES ASHMUN...... (508) 627-2128 JAC’S MATE (35’) GEORGE MINISTERI...... (508) 255-2970 HOB KNOB (27’) DEREK AVAKIAN...... (508) 627-9510 MOLLY SUE (25’) KEVIN COAKLEY...... (508) 349-0951 CLEAN SWEEP (30’) DANIEL GILKES...... (508) 627-3909 POLE DANCER (23’) JOSHUA ETSTEN...... (617) 512-4326 SHORT FUSE (30’) STEVEV PURCELL...... (508) 627-5088 Knowledge. Integrity. Service. Boats & Yachts, Commercial Marine Insurance—All Types All Lines of Insurance since 1915 Massachusetts Recreational Saltwater Guide 781.335.1589 | aebarnes.com LAUREN C (35’) Directory – Charter & Head Boats SCOTT MCDOWELL...... (508) 645-2993 LUCKY STRIKE (31’) WAYFARER (32’) TISBURY JOSEPH MARINO...... (781) 696-3099 EDWARD JEROME...... (508) 326-2031 LUCYANNA (28’) TENACIOUS (34’) CHARLES FINNERTY...... (508) 560-2277 EDMUND SMITH...... (508) 274-1660 MAUREEN ANN (25’) Dinner Belle Charters KEVIN SLATTERY...... (401) 556-0505 GOSNOLD Captain John Hoy MEDITARANIAN SON (20’) NO NAME (18’) TED DIMACOPOULOS...... (508) 400-1611 JOHN PAUL HUNTER...... (508) 789-3250 MENACE OF DENNIS (29’) LINESIDER (29’) Specializing in MATTHEW NEWMAN...... (617) 331-8887 GEORGE ISABEL...... (508) 971-1388 MISS BRIDGETTE (34’) MICHAEL KING...... (508) 317-5928 MARTHAS VINEYARD Bottom Fishing NAUSET (28’) DECEIVER (18’) JOE FRANCIS...... (508) 246-1811 JOHN BURROWS...... (801) 652-9614 Tautog | Black Sea Bass | Cod | Fluke | Shellfishing NEPTUNE (16’) MENEMSHA Stripers | Blues | & all the other usual suspects. BOB PACCIA...... (508) 697-6253 NO NAME (BROOKS) (25’) PHOENIX II (25’) 508.696.9088 | USCG 50 Ton License JEREMIAH BROOKS...... (401) 824-6440 THOMAS LANGMAN...... (508) 645-9721 NO NAME(NELSON) (26’) NANTUCKET MARK NELSON...... (508) 394-5877 FISHSTICKS (26’) NOELLE NICOLE (20’) ROCCUS (18’) KURT FREUND...... (508) 645-2832 NICHOLAS WARBURTON...... (774) 563-0181 TOM MLECZKO...... (508) 228-4225 DINNER BELLE (30’) OCEAN RUNNER (36’) JABB (23’) JOHN HOY...... (508) 696-9088 RICHARD FLANNERY...... (771) 229-6580 TOM MLECZKO...... (508) 228-4225 GREYFIN (26’) ON TIME (31’) LILY (23’) DAVID HEARN...... (508) 693-0324 DEMETRIOS KOUTALAKIS...... (617) 721-7886 HAROLD HERRICK...... (508) 325-1575 PHILLY LOU TWO (29’) SQUID HOUND (23’) VINEYARD HAVEN PHILIP MOORE...... (508) 922-6909 WILLIAM TOELSTEDT...... (917) 584-5270 CAPAWOCK (21’) REEL DEAL (23’) TIGHT LINES (25’) PHILIP CRONIN...... (617) 448-2030 ROBERT RICE...... (508) 487-3767 MATTHEW REINEMO...... (508) 221-4272 RELENTLESS (31’) WESTWIND (25’) DAVE WALDRIP...... (781) 871-2113 ROBERT RANK...... (508) 221-5367 (NO HOMEPORT) In State SEAHAWK (29’) GANNET (26’) JOSEPH HUCKEMEYER...... (508) 790-0660 PETER O’BRIEN...... (508) 332-8546 CAROLINA (19’) JOSEPH WEINBERG...... (508) 790-0660 SILLYFOX (28’) HERBERT T (26’) JOSEPH CIFUNI...... (978) 289-8061 FRED TONKIN...... (508) 228-6655 ANNALEE (22’) ANNETTE CINGLE...... (508) 524-3982 STRIKER (21’) PRISCILLA J (29’) VICTOR LEPAGE...... (617) 834-6987 TOM MLECZKO...... (508) 228-4225 BAY RUNNER (24’) BRIAN FLANNERY...... (774) 229-6578 WESTMOOR ONE (28’) PURPLE WATER (29’) SEAN PERRY...... (508) 221-1987 TOM MLECZKO...... (508) 228-4225 SANDPIPER (26’) WILLARD BOULTER...... (781) 389-4548 HOOKED UP (32’) DALE WAINE...... (508) 221-1115 KATERINA (28’) DIMITRIOS KARAKATSANIS...... (781) 589-5242 Out of State TASMANIAN DEVIL (32’) DAVID GANNON JR...... (508) 776-8160 NO NAME (VAN HEERDEN ) (29’) SOUND ADVICE (23’) QUENTIN VAN HEERDEN...... (617) 590-3998 EARL J SCHOFIELD...... (860) 568-0326 JUST DO IT TOO (34’) MARC GENTHNER...... (508) 228-7448 KATIE B (31’) A TO Z (35’) GORDON CAMPBELL...... (508) 685-2501 SCOTT CAPWELL...... (401) 487-7274 ALBACORE (35’) ROBERT DECOSTA...... (508) 325-1920 3 FORTY 3 (20’) AHI (34’) EVERETT LARSON...... (774) 696-0122 SHAWN DAVIS...... (305) 510-1873 ALTHEA K (35’) PETER KAIZER...... (508) 325-2167 ANNIE P (23’) FIN DEEP (23’) WILLIAM CHALKEY...... (804) 347-2353 BRIAN PATTERSON...... (401) 396-9464 GIULIA (35’) BRUCE BEEBE...... (508) 325-3125 DESTINY (36’) MAHI HOO (26’) PAUL UNANGST...... (781) 837-6205 DOMENIC PETRARCA...... (401) 862-0358 STARR FISH (35’) JAMES STARR...... (508) 221-0298 DONE DEAL (36’) NO NAME (21’) JEFFREY CANHA...... (508) 737-5717 RENE LETOURNEAU...... (401) 359-3625 TOPSPIN (36’) KARSTEN REINEMO...... (508) 221-4272 FORTUNA (30’) PLAYED FOR IT (26’) KERRY DANIELS...... (781) 760-1508 NEAL VITULLO...... (401) 451-2198 MONOMOY (38’) JOSH ELDRIDGE...... (508) 778-6867 GINA MARIE (42’) SQUARETAIL (26’) ROBERT PERIMIAN...... (978) 204-5200 SHAWN BRISTOW...... (203) 962-8867 ABSOLUTE (40’) BRIAN BORGESON...... (508) 325-4000 GOF STRYPER (21’) XXX BASS (31’) ALAN HASTBACKA...... (508) 680-6317 RICHARD WILSON...... (401) 265-7364 OAK BLUFFS GOLDEN GIRL (35’) KENNETH ROTH...... (781) 834-1738 MY BROTHER (38’) HARVEY RUSSELL...... (774) 836-7465 ISABELLA H (35’) JOSEPH HUCKEMEYER...... (508) 790-0660 SKIPPER (42’) JOHN POTTER...... (508) 693-1238 KELLY ANN (35’) KEITH BAKER...... (508) 295-0051 BOYLERMAKER (24’) JAMES BOYLE...... (508) 922-1749 KERNEL (27’) DANIEL COMEAU...... (508) 430-2310 N/A (16’) JAMES BOYLE III...... (508) 922-1749

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