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Predatuna Sportfishing
12 Uncle Bob’s Way
S. Dennis, Massachusetts
02660
Phone Support:
(508) 648-8411
Email:
predatuna@msn.com
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In-Shore Charter fish
You may encounter these fish in-shore.
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Fluke/Flounder
Flounder are flatfish that live on the bottom of the
ocean. They spend a good deal of time half buried in the sand, and they travel
by undulating their entire body. They have flat, oblong bodies, with both eyes
on the upper side of the head. In order to help camouflage themselves, they have
a dark upper side and a white under side.
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Porgys/Scup
Scup are small silvery fish with prominent scales, a
rounded body that is relatively flat in thickness, which makes it an excellent
panfish. Scup live in coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean between Cape Cod and
Cape Hatteras . They travel in schools with the young coming close to land in
only a few feet of water while the larger fish prefer deeper waters five to six
miles from shore. Scup prefer smooth to rocky bottoms and feed on a variety of
crustaceans, young squid, fish fry, and whatever invertebrates are available.
Scup migrate in schools.
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Sea Bass
The black sea bass (Centropristis striata) is a
member of the family Serranidae, or true sea basses. Also known in the
Chesapeake Bay area as "black will," "chub," or simply sea
bass, they are year-round inhabitants of the mid-Atlantic region. These bass are
bluish-black fish as adults and brownish as juveniles and have scales with pale
blue or white centers.
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Blue fish
Bluefish are a migratory fish that live in the
Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to Florida. Bluefish get their name from the
bright bluish tint found on the sides of their body. Bluefish migrate north as
the ocean water temperature increases and are abundant off New York shores from
May through November. High quality locally harvested bluefish are widely
available in New York markets during the summer and fall, and bluefish harvested
in the southern Atlantic states is available in New York markets during the
colder months of the year.
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Striped Bass
Striped bass is a coastal fish species well known to
both sport anglers and commercial fishermen along the entire Atlantic coast of
the U.S. The striped bass gets its name from the characteristic dark stripes
that run horizontally along the fish's sides. Other common names used for
striped bass in different regions of the Atlantic coast include rockfish,
striper, and roller. Striped bass travel in schools and are most abundant in
coastal ocean waters, inshore bays, and coastal rivers. Striped bass are an
anadromous fish, which means that the adults migrate from ocean waters into
freshwater rivers to reproduce or spawn.
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Off-Shore Charter fish
You may encounter these fish off-shore.
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Sharks
You may encounter many different types of sharks,
ranging from "Dog fish/Sand sharks" to Mako sharks.
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Blue Fin Tuna
Blue fin tuna are deep blue on top, blending to
silver along their sides and belly. Their lack of additional dark markings helps
to differentiate them when young from bonito. These fish are built for speed,
having an efficient torpedo shaped body coupled with a lunate shaped tail fin.
Blue fin tuna can grow to an enormous size with the largest examples weighing
above 1,500 pounds and measuring close to 12 feet in length.
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Yellow Fin Tuna
Distinguishing the Yellow fin Tuna from the Blackfin
or Big eye is sometimes difficult as many visual features are similar. Finlets
of the Yellow fin are yellow, trimmed in black. Gold stripe along side. Light
underside usually shows spots and/or wavy lines.
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Cod fish
The cod was extremely important to the economic and
social growth of New England; it has been used as a Massachusetts state emblem.
Today the cod stocks have been greatly depleted off the coast of New England and
Newfoundland owing to over fishing, and restrictions on the catch have had to be
imposed. The European Union has also restricted cod fishing in the North Sea,
but it is unclear if the restrictions will be sufficient to preserve cod
populations. All cods are bottom-feeders with soft fins; the large ventral fins
are located under or in front of the pectorals rather than behind them as in
other fishes.
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Wolf fish
The Atlantic Wolf fish is a large bottom-dwelling
predatory marine fish. Adults can weigh almost 20 kilograms and reach a length
of 150 centimeters. The Atlantic Wolf fish has a heavy head, a blunt snout, its
profile is rounded, and it lacks pelvic fins. Like other Wolf fish, it has large
canine-like teeth in the front of its jaws with flattened, grinding teeth in
behind. The color of Atlantic Wolf fish varies with its surroundings, from slate
blue to dull olive green to purplish brown. Individuals of this species also
bare nine to thirteen darkly colored transverse bars on their bodies.
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