Buzzards Bay is a rich, varied inshore fishery. Its rocky shorelines, reefs and rips hold striped bass and bluefish through the season, false albacore arrive in the fall, and the same rocky structure gives up tautog and scup.
The ground
Fish the rocks, reefs, rips and current edges throughout the bay. In fall, the harbor mouths and open water hold albies chasing bay anchovies and silversides.
How to fish it
Bass and blues on soft plastics, jigs and topwater around the structure; albies on small fast metals and light spinning gear in the fall; tog on crabs over the rocks. A true multi-species bay.
Tip In the fall, Buzzards Bay is albie country. Watch the harbor mouths and open water for fast, splashy feeds on bay anchovies, and keep a light spinning rod with a small metal or epoxy jig rigged and ready.