Haven't been out since Friday nite and I'm jonesing big time - anybody hittin' 'em? :huh::confused::huh:

I was gonna go out last nite but Mrs. Crafty is real sick :yak5: - I stayed home to make dinner for her - being a wop-a-gee (that's someone of Italo-Portuguese descent) I figured it was either soupas or sauce for a general analgesic. She's still in bed as of this AM, but appears none too worse for my gravy (sauce to youse guys who aren't Itralian) -

Anyway, I'm going out tonite at dusk, wanna play with my Surf Howdies a while before it gets dark so I can study the action - then hit ***** ****'*.

No spot burning, as usual - anybody doing anything? See any bait around? Haven't seen the rumored baby pogies yet, but I'm waiting :smokin:

Seen them babies at a spot east of me, west of you and north of where we fished a few weeks back... lotta blues. some bass... back two nights ago and nada... bait had moved..... probably out late night, maybe in newport, maybe West... not sure yet...

I was out yesterday afternoon. I saw massive amounts of bait, all about 2-3 inch little minnows. Tons of 5-10 lb blues blitzing all the bait , had a blue on every cast for a bit.

Bloooos - arggghhh - I gotta get Clamma down here for varmint control :hihi:

Crafty....:eek: :eek: ....Last night gave up fish from 12 - 27.....right around 6:30 or so...fish were breaking in the wash. Chasing bait :eek: ...yep bait. Right around the corner from the other place we never talked about on the day we forgot to have lunch together....Fill up the gas tank and take the drive if you want any action...it will be worth the ride. If you need directions.....buy a mass-Ho-map. :D

Observation: Water was very dirty, poppers were NOT the lure of choice. Swimmers were working but ....Water was very dirty. Happy Birthday

Thanks, Bloooo - I never understood all of that stuff you never posted :hihi:

i been fishing a a spot around duxbury/marshfield that has been giving me plenty of schoolies the last 2 times ive been there. goin back today/tonight , i think they are getting bigger. top water and rubber.:) havent had a bluefish yet either.

we hit *** *** ****** * and did well for a while that we hit **** island **** and got some nice black seabass.

do schoolies count? :rolleyes:

Boat trip over to MV & Nomans last weekend (saturday). 16 hrs fishing and one keeper bass to show for it. Loads of blues in the 10 - 18lb class, biggest I've ever caught.

Been doing some shore fishing down the Ditch and some along S Shore MA with only a few schoolies, no blues.

Just gotta keep trying.........

I got a few small schoolies 2-day
goin out tonite to get a few big ones

Originally posted by Eben
do schoolies count? :rolleyes: as long as they were caught from shore!

Originally posted by Eben
do schoolies count? :rolleyes:
sure they count, if you hit from the ladied tee off area when you play golf:laughs:

T-lap. - Yes from shore:D:

Browneye- at least these fish actually exist:mad:

I crushed the blues big time again today!! I had 4 hours of non-stop action. All slayed by my only popper i had, rockhounds squid popper. Caught 40+ blues and not a scratch on the plug:D ! I havent seen so much bait or blitzing sense october. Anyone wants some blues shoot me a pm.

don't be mad just cause you're a sucker

Originally posted by Eben
T-lap. - Yes from shore:D:

Browneye- at least these fish actually exist:mad:

Heading out right now Crafty.Gonna hit the spot.

Originally posted by blackeye
sure they count, if you hit from the ladied tee off area when you play golf:laughs:

Ouch :smash:

I'm jonesing bad here and I'm gonna head out in a few minutes - hopefully beat out the front coming thru -

I gots that old feelin' that some kinda somethin's gonna happen somewhere...:smokin:

I've been catching some good fish---teen- to- twenty-pound range, with all the fish hitting at dark, just after evening twilight. Then the fishing shuts down and I go home and get into bed.

Bluefish vs Storm Minnows

Okay, I had no idea how voracious Bluefish are. Ran into my first all out blitz today. Caught about twenty in about as many cast today. Massive feeding frenzy. Biggest one about 10 lb's
My Minnows got shredded in half ! Had to switch to a plug, just to save my wallet. They didn't break my 40 lb leader, but I changed it 3 times. Steel leaders on the shopping list.
What a trip !

@#$%^& BLUES ### @#$%^& WIND ++ @#$%^& BLUES< @#$%^&& WIND ? @#$%^& BLUES ?? @#$%^& WIND

:af: :nailem: :nailem: :crying: :crying:

Mmmmmm.....bloooofish.....:tooth:

Actually there's a lot of them around here too Mike - but they're the good ones, 3-5# -

Perfect smoker size.......

Unsmoked? Ya know, I'd rather eat a seagull :yak5:

Last Wednesday I caught a couple blues and a few bass... since then its been all blues and seaweed.

Do most of the bass leave or change their feeding pattern when the blues show-up? Is this an annual event?

If the bass are still here, whats the best way to target them (and limit the blues)?

Originally posted by Roseneath
Last Wednesday I caught a couple blues and a few bass... since then its been all blues and seaweed.

Do most of the bass leave or change their feeding pattern when the blues show-up? Is this an annual event?

If the bass are still here, whats the best way to target them (and limit the blues)?

you can't. when they are around, the bass are scared. if you feel bass are around, use clams.


chuck, last thursday, i caught many slammer blues, lost a fluke overboard, caught a small brown shark, and lost a few of my good lures to the blues, and many and lost 2 lbs scups. all for good fishing, man.

Went out last night, it was perfect - big tide with the full moon and a cloud cover to hide it - an increasing swell with the storm offshore, plenty of white-water and a coupla days of SW wind - aaahhh.....

Went to one of my favorite spots for a SW - absolutely textbook for that spot and got.....

POOP :wall:

Nada, nothing, zilch, zero, goose-egg - not as much as a freakin' sniff on eels, plugs and jigs. Had a racoon follow us out and hang around, must have gotten a whiff of the eels, that was pretty much it for wildlife, real thin in the bass department.

I'll tell ya, be real careful out there - this swell is gonna be a corker, it's pushing a lot of water up the coast already - the water was still rising an hour after high out front - I was standing on a rock 4' up from where I usually stand and was occasionally taking white-water to the knees -

We'll see what happens, I guess - early on the swell might produce in a large way - but 4 days of a big swell is probably just gonna blow everything hell-west and crooked baitwise just as it was starting to fall into place. Not to mention a butt-load of weed everywhere...

Saw Tony C. last nite and stopped at his camper to say hi - he's the guy who built and installed the fisherman's ladder at the point all on his own - I'm gonna be interested to see what chunks did overnite -

Took a long skinny fish last night on a habs. Kept it and broke a good pouring sweat getting the fish back to the truck. 29.8 pounds.

Originally posted by goosefish
Took a long skinny fish last night on a habs. Kept it and broke a good pouring sweat getting the fish back to the truck. 29.8 pounds. :fishslap:

Got into a bunch of schoolies yesterday morning. Was hoping there were some keepers mixed in but the biggest I got was about 25".

i love me some bloofish :D i dunno why u guys hate em so much i think they're tasty wish i was catchin em this well up in gloucester where i usually fish havent run into em yet =[

Ive been getting lots of cookie cutter 36" 20lb-ish stripers. The last couple I took home had lobsters in their bellies.
Theres too many blues in Rhody, so its been a good time to do some scouting for new spots. ;)

Originally posted by goosefish
Took a long skinny fish last night on a habs. Kept it and broke a good pouring sweat getting the fish back to the truck. 29.8 pounds.

Geez, John, sorry to hear you had to work up a sweat on that fish :rolleyes: - seriously :btu:

Damn, I've been skunked before but I think that's the first time I've ever been racooned :hihi:

Originally posted by goosefish
Took a long skinny fish last night on a habs. Kept it and broke a good pouring sweat getting the fish back to the truck. 29.8 pounds.

man i really shoulda followed you guys last night. :rolleyes:

after you left we found bait, and lots of it, but nothing underneath :confused:

Nice FISH goosefish.................................

JHabs, you would love this guy! i looked in his surf bag friday and saturday night. NOTHING but Habs needles staring back at me. no need for anything alse lately since they have been putting out so many nice fish. :kewl:

Again tonight the habs worked well for me---a 16 pounder, a 26 pounder and a 17" fluke. :)

Goosefish... You are an animal.:smash:

goosefish, :btu: :cheers: :happy:

Originally posted by goosefish
Again tonight the habs worked well for me---a 16 pounder, a 26 pounder and a 17" fluke. :) that's two fluke on needles this year for you. i can't even catch them on bait..... :smash:

My friend got his first 30lb this morning!! 42 inches

Got an 18# last nite fishing Up Yonder -

Got it on an eel but it sure looked like a Habs in the water...:hihi:

Crafty- hit across the end of that road like we discussed earlier. Wound up getting 3 4 pound bluefish on ONE spook. Didn't know WTH I had going on because at one point I saw stripes come out of the water, then I get close in and one blue comes unglued, so I only have two on, get the next one gone but the last one will need some whiskey on the gums for a few days...

Bluefish = Rats with Fins

Those rat bastages! Hey, where's Clamma when you need him...:hihi:

John, give me a shout later in the week - I may be able to get out on a work release if I keep my nose to the grindstone :rolleyes:

Yup...paintin' here boss, got my mind right now...no ma'am, I'll never stay out til 3 AM again chasin' fish...:smokin:

Two bass just after dark on Slug-go, not far from home.

The waves were incredible. A set of three waves came and washed over the rock I was standing on. I moved before the waves arrived, the odd thing is... these waves had no buisness being that big. Over another two hours, I never saw another set like'em.

I'm not sure if I fear or respect the ocean... probably both.

got a 32lb bass on a Habs needle tonight :humpty: Best part about it is that this puts me in 1st place for the Naragansett Fishing Clubs Jerry Sylvester Trophy :happy:

Sweet fish Eben

Duuuuuuuude.....nice one, Eben :)

This will go well with the Habmeister - I dunno, Eben, this could also make you Hab's Angler of the Year so far....

With sandeels back in numbers - even in Newport, which we haven't seen since probably the late 70's - it looks like Habs rules.

It must be good to be the King, Habs :cool:

Nice FISH Eben :thanks: for using HAB'S PLUGS :btu: :cheers: Thats a 4th place FISH........................

Eben, same area?
Great Job bud... had to do the dinner and movie thing last night... :smash: :af:
Congrats... first 30?

Nice Job Eben, so much for the hot summer doldrums!

nice fish Eben

Same general area Bryan--we each took fish in the low 30s.

Damn... I should have picked an argument just to get out of the house... Tonight...? NE be damned, I'll be there....

Originally posted by JHABS
Nice FISH Eben :thanks: for using HAB'S PLUGS :btu: :cheers: Thats a 4th place FISH........................

Haaaa-aaabs...the Habenero....the Habmeister....el grande artiste Americanoooooo...the Habinator....the boys, catchin' nice bass on the Habs...

Originally posted by RIROCKHOUND
Damn... I should have picked an argument just to get out of the house... Tonight...? NE be damned, I'll be there....

I think we caught them all... better see another movie Bry-
:D

Fat chance...
I'll be there...

Andy Lemar weighed it in for me at Maridee tackleshop this am for me... My weight was a little bit off... 32 1/2 lbs on a official scale:happy:

sweet fish eben!!

I think this thread should now be deleted. Habs work.

Nice Fish Glass Man!

Congrats bro

Nice fish Eeeeben! :D

nice fishes goosefish and Eben:D
send some a little North

You SoCo boys are smokin' 'em pretty good - I gotta get busy over here -

Of course, they are transplants... :tooth:

Eben:
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morning ditch :hihi:

evening ditch :hs: