Saturday, July 4, 2015

Vertical Jigging Striped Bass with Daddy Mac Lures


Several times every year I am invited to fish with the crew from Daddy Mac Lures. One trip I hadn't been able to make was vertical jigging for striped bass, until this year. I was invited to fish with Daddy Mac Lures co-owner Jack Houghton and his son Jack Jr. We planned to launch from Marshfield, Mass at 4am and travel across Cape Cod Bay to fish the infamous Race Point off of Provincetown, Mass.

When my alarm went off at 1:30 AM the thought, "What's wrong with you?" probably should have crossed my mind, but it didn't. I was too excited to fish with the DM crew because they never disappoint. I was equally excited to fish Race Point because it is such a well-known striper hotspot. I hit the road at 2 AM and arrived at Jack's house in Abington at 3:30. We headed to Marshfield to launch his boat and after a stop to catch some live mackerel, we headed across Cape Cod Bay toward Provincetown, or P-Town as most refer to it. We caught mackerel as a backup in case that's what the stripers were keyed in on, but our plan was to fish top water and vertical jig if we could.

Just a few of the boats at Race Point

After arriving at P-Town and figuring out where the fish were, thanks in part to some fellow Daddy Mac Lures pro staffers at Reel Deal Fishing Charters, we realized that we were in luck because the vertical jig bite was on. This was all confirmed when we made our way around The Race and saw the fleet of boats drifting in the same area. It didn't take long to find the fish, but they were eating sand eels and with the amount of sand eels for them to choose from, getting them to eat what we had was tough.
The future Capt. Jack Houghton Jr.
Mark my words!
The fish pick the winners and It didn't take long to figure out that they wanted the DM 3.5 Trophy Series in Blue Mackerel, followed closely by the 2.8 Elite Series in sand eel green. We started finding fish in around 100' of water, but as the day progressed the fished moved into around 70' of water. Drift of of the 70' depth and we'd drift off the fish. We had a good time and hooked into some nice fish. At the end of the day there were more missed fish than fish landed. Some days are just like that, you take what you are given. I did land my biggest striper of the season, and my biggest ever vertical jigging. I also got in an entire day's worth of vertical jigging with Jack who is one of the best vertical jig fishermen I know, which was invaluable. I'm a huge fan and if you want to find me on the water, you might want to look for me over deep water in my kayak vertical jigging for stripers.



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