Riptide Report: May 19
With the mother lode of bass moving through the area, now is the time to fish hard and fish often. I was up this morning at 0430 after a couple hours sleep, hoping to get back on yesterday’s banner...
Riptide Report: May 18 (Part 2)
I rarely fish the Cape Cod Canal, so doing it twice in the same day is a truly exceptional event for me. After hammering the fish on the morning tide, I went home to get some much-needed sleep, since...
Riptide Report: May 18, 2011
As I was driving home from work early this morning, my route took me along the Cape Cod Canal, where I couldn’t help but notice a bunch of gulls working close to the water, fish crashing on top and...
Riptide Report: Friday, May 13
After the blow we are “fly”-ing high again! The wind this past week was pretty depressing, but there was light at the end of the tunnel. I knew that when the weather broke, the fish that wanted to come...
Riptide Report: May 12, 2011
Mother Nature sure hasn’t given us a break over the last week. Winds in excess of 30 knots seem to have been the rule. That’s not to say there weren’t any fish around, but getting out to them has...
Riptide Report: Friday, May 6, 2011
If you’re going to be wrong about when the fish will show up, it’s best if they show up early! This year I predicted that the big schools of surface-feeding bass in Buzzards Bay would arrive on May 7....
Riptide FishAlert: May 6, 2011
BoatingLocal headquarters received a call at 6:30 a.m. from Capt. Terry Nugent reporting big numbers of stripers in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The fishing was “on fire”, with most of the bass being taken on topwater plugs and light tackle....
Riptide Report: May 1, 2011
Today I started my Buzzards Bay recon for stripers. We’ve been hearing about a few fish here and a few fish there, but for the most part these are holdovers. The big push of fresh fish has yet to...
Story About Riptide Charters Wins First Prize
Thought you all might like to know that Martha’s Vineyard Times columnist Nelson Sigelman was awarded a prize for the story he wrote about my late-July tow of the Poco Loco while returning from the canyons last year. (My...
Ready, Set … Stripers!
Think it’s too early for migratory stripers? Think again! That’s the message Capt. Terry Nugent hoped to convey to members of the Buzzards Bay Anglers Club at their February meeting, even though the fishing season seemed eons away. “You...
Terry Nugent has been fishing the lakes, ponds and coastal waters from New England to Florida for over 30 years. In 1998 that experience was put to good use and Riptide Charters was born. As a professional guide, Terry is also the captain of the Navionics Tournament Team. With major Striped Bass tournament top 10 finishes to his name and several top 3 finishes in ASA and FLW events. Capt. Terry has proven successful with inshore species and offshore pelagics from the islands to the canyons. He has guided his sports to a Massachusetts Governors’ Cup and back to back 2006/2007 IGFA World Records for Thresher and Blue Shark.