FLY AND LIGHT TACKLE FISHING
Captain Shawn Bristow

What to Bring

What to bring on your charter? Nantucket island is located 25 miles offshore from Cape Cod MA. The weather out here can be very unpredictable. Please find below a list of suggested items to bring with you on your charter with Capt. Shawn

Sunscreen
Hat and Sunglasses
Overcoat/rain slicker
Comfortable shoes
Camera

Please bring any of your personal saltwater fishing equipment along. Capt. Shawn does provide top of the line equipment from Shimano, gLoomis, Lamiglas, Thomas and Thomas, Sage, and Tibor reels to name a few. Capt. Shawn also provides water, if you would like to bring your own drinks and food please do, there is a cooler on board.

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About Capt. Shawn

Welcome to Squaretailoutfiiters.com the internet home of Capt. Shawn Bristow. Capt. Shawn is the owner of Squaretail Outfitters, a fly and light tackle charter fishing guide service based on Nantucket Island.

Capt. Shawn fishes Nantucket’s unique rips and shoals, both inshore and offshore, searching for Striped Bass, Bluefish, Bonito, False Albacore and Tunas. Capt. Shawn operates his 26ft Regulator out of Madaket Marine on Nantucket’s west end.

Fishing on Nantucket

Capt. Shawn offers a variety of light tackle fishing on Nantucket. Spend your day chasing striped bass and bluefish in the rips and shoals of Nantucket’s West-end or try your hand at the atlantic bonita and false albacore. When the opportunity presents itself Squaretail Outfitters ventures offshore with light spin and fly rods to pursue school bluefin tuna, skipjack tuna and dolphin.

Directions to Madaket Marine and the Squaretail

Leave town headed east on Cliff Road. Follow Cliff Road until it intersects with Madaket Road (intersection with a yield sign). Turn right onto Madaket Road (Eel Point Road will be directly on your right when you get onto Madaket Road). Continue on Madaket Road, past the dump on left, past Long Pond twice, road bares right after pond, continue another mile through a lose s-turn, prepare to make a right hand turn. On the right after the s-turn is South Cambridge Street, with a Madaket Marine sign. Turn right and follow road to marina. If coming early in the morning please park by the buldings; if fishing mid-morning or afternoon, park on the grass to the right as you enter.