Outdoors: Saltwater fishing picks up in region

For our region’s saltwater sportsmen, it’s time to get out the rods, jigs and poppers to celebrate. There’s more than trout and largemouth bass to cast to now.This week, menhaden arrived in Buzzards Bay, and at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, mackerel showed up, too, joining squid that are abundant from Falmouth to Hyannis. Those baitfish are attracting the first keepers of the season.Bigger, slower bass, weighed down by spawning duties, always […]