Flyfishing Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Saltwater Flyfishing the Islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket offers plenty of shoreline opportunites as well as jumping off points for charter boats for white marlin, tunas and sharks. Access to the islands, is by ferry or small aicraft unless you are a boater. Martha's vineyard is within sight of the mainland of the Falmouth shoreline but Nantucket is twenty miles from the Hyannis ferry in Lewis Bay or Harwich or Chatham. Of the two, perhaps the Vineyard is the more popular fishing locale. Sharks too and the occasional spanish mackerel are found along the Vineyard.
Night fishing is popular and one way to avoid the crowded beaches during the day.
Flyfishing from a boat, charter or your own, allows you to take advantage of the near shore rocks and rips of the Vineyard. In addition, a further run offshore may reach sailfish and yellowfin tuna as was often the case in '98. More to come, as time allows . . . Check the Fishing Reports for up to the minute info and ask at the local Tackle Shops . This year you might even catch an IGFA Record .