It’s not often that an angler is pleased that a certain baitfish is less numerous, but that is the case with Captain Mark Rowell of Legit Fish Charters. Halfbeaks have by and large high-tailed it out of town, so no longer are bluefin tuna on Stellwagen Bank obsessing over these speedsters at the expense of fishermen trying to catch Charlie with other offerings! Normality has returned to Stellwagen Bank and fishermen are catching tuna again with live whiting, mackerel and herring. The tip of the week from the skipper: leave the bait acquisition until you actually hit the bank. The bite is often best at daybreak, and too many waste valuable time jigging up mackerel or herring inshore. Additionally, there are monster mackerel on Stellwagen (Rowell refers to them as mega-macks!) which will get noticed a lot more quickly than a tinker on the line. Scituate Harbor continues to hold big schools of peanut bunker and bass of mixed sizes blasting them.