All Trips Will Depart from Bridge Marina in Salisbury, MA

179 Bridge Rd Salisbury, MA 01952

• Please arrive 10 - 15 minutes before your departure time for a quick tour of the boat and a short safety speech. Within 10 minutes of launching, we will be exiting the Merrimack River and entering Ipswich Bay where our adventure will begin

• Capt. has final say on all weather cancellations. Safety is the top priority. Trip can be rescheduled or deposit will be returned

• Please feel free to share pictures and videos of your day on our Facebook Page and Instagram

What to Bring

• Sunglasses

• Sunscreen

• Food/Drink

• Small cooler for your fillets (keep in your car)

• Appropriate attire for the weather -- Bring coat/sweatshirt as it can be cooler on the water than on land

• Non-black soled shoes

• Hat

• NO Drugs including Marijuana

Inshore Fishing (4 hr and 6 hr)

Striped Bass and Bluefish

Our most popular fishing trip! Perfect for anyone from the die-hard striper fishermen to a family on vacation with no fishing experience. Bring your friends, family, or kids and this trip will exceed expectations! Stripers are our primary target from May - October on the inshore grounds. The majority of our trips start with getting live bait. From May - June, we typically use live mackerel. These little pocket rockets are a blast to catch in their own right! Once we fill up the livewell, we will bring them back into the Merrimack River and either drift, troll, or Spot Lock the “livies” to hungry stripers.

As the season wears into July and August, we will continue to follow the fish and start to switch our baits. Since 2017, pogies have invaded Ipswich Bay in massive, unfathomable quantities. This is BIG STRIPER fishing with big baits. We will “Snag and Drop”, troll, or Spot Lock our pogies in anticipation of huge striped bass. We can still fish with mackerel this time of year and be super productive as well. July gives us the best options of either a few , really large stripers or many smaller fish in the 24 - 35 inch range.

Recently, we have not seen as many bluefish near the Merrimack River; however. the 2019 season showed promise in mid September with a couple of good weeks of bluefishing.

Offshore Fishing - Groundfish (Haddock) and Shark Charters

In April and May, come join Team Manolin as we head offshore for some of the best haddock fishing in the world. We will start out charter out of the Merrimack River and head towards the historic Jeffrey’s Ledge to fill your cooler up with haddock fillets so fresh you could slap it! Other species we encounter are the small but very tasty Acadian Redfish, pollack, and everyone’s favorite chowder fish, the cusk. Depending on the most current regulations, we may even get to keep a few cod for the table. These trips are only available on weekends from Mid- April - May before we shift our focus onto the inshore scene.

Luckily, once mid-July hits we are back to our offshore charters to target sharks. We have been seeing some great numbers of sharks the past few years where double digits are the norm. The most common species is the blue shark which can range anywhere from 100 - 480 pounds! We also always have opportunities to get the rare mako, thresher, or porbeagle. Shark fishing is a complete adrenaline rush and will have you hooked! Oh, and a bonus that we catch plenty of Haddock while we wait for the big guys to show up!