80 fish in just under 3 hours of fishing this am, I'd post the spot, but then I'd have to kill you all:). There are still bass around these parts. No keepers, but on light gear and 4" baits, I had a ball. If I could have stuck it out another hour I'd have easily hit a 100, but the thumb was raw and bloody at that point and I'd had my fill anyway. Clammer, turn over you need all the beauty rest you can get, sorry you decided to sleep in due to the weather, it was rainy.......raining bass after bass after bass.

How much for me to keep the spot secret? :D Basstid...........

Hey ,I don't use conventional reels (yet) , but I saw something in OTW this month that may be of help. There is an article on tournament distance casting and the guy has a piece of latex tubing attached to the back of the reel for a thumb guard.Check out the picture in the article ..perhaps you could use it.

Dear Got Stripers,
Could you at least post the state, and maybe the town?
Thanks
Zac_S

Zac....your boat has been to the spot:D

Hasn't it GS, Zac bought my boat:cool:

Let me guess:

Cast....Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnk........ ...twitch..................twitch.WHAM:D

Pt Jude Joe, I think he means his thumb is raw and bloody from thumbing the bass' lips, not from a conventional reel.

Somewhere between the canal and the RI boarder, I'd say check any major harbors, river estuarys, anything inside holding bait will be holding stripers now. Next Month I'll move towards CT and the Thames, but not quite yet.

Bob they were there all day today to:D :D Dame birds kept trying to land on the boat and --hit all over it.

That's good news...

Short bass blitzing in Mattapoisett harbor at 1:00 pm today almost low tide- 11 fish in < 20 min. huge bait balls of 3 " herring.
1 oz kastmasters did the deed