Captain Randy Sigler brings over 30 years of recreational and commercial fishing, guiding, and teaching experience. Captain Randy, and a hand-picked crew of experienced, local guides, work together to create a safe, fun and truly memorable program.
We set up boats with groups of four to five kids. We try to group them by similar age, and certainly honor any requests to be together (friends, brothers, etc.). Once the kids are in a group, they rotate boats each day, so they typically spend time with me (Randy), as well as my partner Pete, and/or our other guides. We have boats leaving from Marblehead for every session, and most weeks from Tuck’s Point in Manchester Harbor.
A typical day has us fishing for bait to start the trip, then live bait fishing for bass and bluefish, and then checking a few lobster traps on the way in. Some days we’ll head further out bottom fishing, and occasionally we’ll head offshore tuna and/or shark fishing. The fishing is generally really good two or three days, good one or two days, and fair one or two days. Even on the "fair" days, we find plenty of ways to have fun.
We try to release most of the fish that we catch, typically keeping just one or two each day. We ideally finish each day with a little biology session (A.K.A. Blood ‘N Guts) at the dock. We fillet a fish or two, see what it ate, investigate its internal anatomy, etc. For some kids, this is the best part of the day, and also provides for a nice dinner. To be sure, this is a "Fishing" program, not a "Fish Market" program. Each student will typically bring fish home once or twice during the week.
Kids sign up for a week-long session ... Either mornings (8:00 - 11:00) or afternoons (12:00 - 3:00). Some kids, who are really into fishing, will the full day session … which may be a “double” session, meaning both morning and afternoon for the week, or full days leaving at 8:00 and returning at 2:30.
In terms of the fishing action, there isn't really a "better" time ... The afternoons typically fish as well or better than the mornings, but people seem to prefer the morning sessions … So it's more about what works best for you.
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The Ultimate Kids Fishing Camp
1 Peabody Ln, Marblehead, MA 01945
Phone: 617-459-1798
Email: randy@striper.com
Website: http://www.striper.com/our-program
