High Hook Blog

Video of 800 pound Bluefin Tuna being unloaded from High Hook

Capt. Willie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:13:51 +0000

Here is a video of a Bluefin Tuna being unloaded which was caught onboard High Hook this Fall in Massachusetts bay. I was fishing live whiting in a chum line for only about 30 minutes before I hooked up. I was fishing alone that day and had to call someone over to jump on the boat once i realized the size of it.

Capt.Willie Woodruff with the owner of Savage Arms

Another keeper Bluefin Tuna caught on the Stevens trip

Capt. Willie — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:48:08 +0000

After catching a 600lb Bluefin Tuna last year on their first Tuna trip, it was going to be hard to beat that. We had the kite bait in the water for maybe 10 minutes before hooking into the giant last year which both of them fought on stand up gear. This year, after catching a few blue sharks, we had a Tuna take the balloon bait around noon time. It took about 30 minutes for Luke and Ryan Stevens to reel it in. The fish was a little under 300lbs. One for the truck.

Ryan Steves with a Tuna just under 300lbs

New High Hook Shirts are available on the website

Capt. Willie — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:29:01 +0000

The High Hook shirts and sweatshirts featuring the new “High Hook” boat kite fishing for giant Bluefin Tuna can now be bought on the website by clicking here. The koozies and the new hats will be up soon.

Jason Trulby Striped Bass trip in Duxbury Bay

Capt. Willie — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:03:23 +0000

Here are a couple pictures from the Jason Trulby Striped Bass trip the other week. We managed to catch around 10 fish with most of them being keepers. The fishing had slowed down a bit but it should pick up again with the commercial season ending.

Footage of an 81 inch Bluefin Tuna caught last week

Capt. Willie — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:06:53 +0000

Here is some quick footage of one of the keepers we caught last week. This one measured 81 inches and weighed around 300 pounds. The fish hit a pogie off of the kite during an afternoon bite on the southern edge of Peaked Hill sandbar. Enjoy the camera mount on the T-Top

Casey Roberts Striped Bass trip in Duxbury Bay 7/9/11

Capt. Willie — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:23:02 +0000

On Saturday Morning we went out for a half day Striped Bass trip and had some pretty good success..We fished mainly in Durxbury and Kingston bays. All together we caught around 6 fish and four of them were around 37-38 inchers. Below are some pictures of the fish we caught.

A 38 inch Striped Bass which hit a live pogie

A fat 38 inch Striped Bass which we released back into the bay

Bill Mayo-Smith and sons Striped Bass trip

Capt. Willie — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Bill Mayo-Smith and his two sons came out for a half day of Striped Bass fishing trip on Monday. We were getting some good bites in the morning but with all the boat traffic a Sunday brings, the fishing died down around 9. Below is a picture of them with a few nice keepers they had caught.

A few Keeper sized Striped Bass taken out of Duxbury Bay

Jack Murphy catches a 79inch Bluefin on 6/17/11

Capt. Willie — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:01:16 +0000

Jack Murphy landed this 79 inch, just under 300 pound Bluefin Tuna on our trip last Thursday. We had hooked the fish on a pogie about 10 feet from the boat on a free swimmer. The bite was down near the golf ball behind P-Town. The fish took around 40 minutes to pull up.

Jack Murphy with a 79 inch Bluefin he caught on board the HIgh Hook

Live bait fishing

Pelham trip lands some nice Striped Bass 6/20/11

Capt. Willie — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:27:49 +0000

Russ Pelham and his daughter landed some nice Striped Bass on our trip this week. The mackerel fishing was real slow. The only real way to get them was to spot them on the surface and drive right over them and get the lines full. We did that for about 30 minutes until we had the live well full. The Striped Bass bite was a little slow but we still managed around 10 keepers or so. I don’t plan on the Mackerel being here much longer as we might have to start chunk fishing or using live pogies.

83 inch 300 pound Bluefin Tuna caught on Thursday

Capt. Willie — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:08:33 +0000

On Thursday we landed a nice 300 pound Bluefin which we caught on a live Mackerel. We hooked the fish in the afternoon between the Southwest corner and Peaked Hill sand bar in about 180 feet of water. The fish are slowly making there way up to the corner

Tight with a 300 pound 83 inch tuna

300 pound Tuna on the deck of the High Hook