There here!!!! Not many but some as of this late :chased: morning.







Sorry we are gonna start being generic. If someone you know and trusts wants specifics use a pm or email.

:drool: :soon:

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Was at a run last week and saw none. P.M.





Sorry we are gonna start being generic. If someone you know and trusts wants specifics use a pm or email.

get outtta here... i checked yesterday and nada :huh:

I heard B.I. Jeff saw herring there weeks ago :smokin:

-spence

And the starting gun just went off for the poachers! :wave:

71 views 6 posts hmmmm

Sorry, I was loading my seine into the tanker truck, a stop for coffee and I'll be right there................... :devil2:

Joe and I were just there and we didn't see nada :huh:

I'm renting one of those pool filling trucks this year... :vamp:

Becareful.....It doesn't bother me, but I got beat bad for a similar thread last year. :smash: :smash:



:hidin:

I didn't say that the stream was BOILING with Herrring. I said there were a FEW. I was there about 10:30 AM this morning and there were 2 small groups of about 5 or 6 fish in each group. One group just below the bridge and one further down before the bend.

Friday afternoon on this road somewhere on the planet earth I seen a huge seagull blitz , looked like they were eating takeout from the local fish market.

I didn't say that the stream was BOILING with Herrring. I said there were a FEW. I was there about 10:30 AM this morning and there were 2 small groups of about 5 or 6 fish in each group. One group just below the bridge and one further down before the bend.

you'll be sorry!

keep the herring runs off the web!
i'm not even close to there, but i looked it up on mapquest and found the bridge, and the bend.
spot burned!! no doubt!!

:hidin: :lurk:

BREAK OUT THE GASOLINE!!!!!

I'd like to report this post to a moderator!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stop and Shop :beat:

:call:

I saw what looked to be a sea gull fest in Buttermilk Bay last Friday

can someone please post directions :huh:

Here's a picture from yesterday, the fish are certianly active.

-spence

Spence,

those herring are huge. Can't wait to fish a couple of thsoe babies. :bl:

oh PLEASE

where I posted is not accessible so cool ya panties

I seen a MAJOR blitz in the MacDonalds parking lot in .....

had to edit too specific sorry

For once will you people be generic. If you want to be an internet hero , then fine let everyone in the world know. This website was not created to pass along specific up to the minute information. It was formed so that people who enjoy this can get together, fish, meet some new people, fish with them at new spots, and learn new techniques. If you want to let your buddies know exact locations, call them on the phone, send them a pm, or send them an email. From now on anything with spot specific info will be deleted by me, as soon as I catch it. A copy will be saved for John, and if he wants to put it back up he will, but I would not count on it.

someone should make this a sticky

We don`t want to hear about it....f....g use plus and leave the poor bastages alone....in general info. is ok..... :devil2: :huh:

oh PLEASE where I posted is not accessible so cool ya panties


Scott I understand, and am not picking on you just goign to be even handed across the board from now on. By the way I am not wearing any :wave: :yak6:

plugs :bo:

You guys kill me. Everyone on the Planet Earth know about that herring Run. What are you gonna do, fish for Striper in 6" of water. The herring have been going there for 1000 years. Spot burner....Ha

EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

SPOTS

By the way I am not wearing any :wave: :yak6:

here we go....WOO HOO!!

I am reading AND posting so I dont get tagged as a lurker :)

I was supposed to get to RI this winter when no one was around to check out spots but was unable to :(

Maybe an early spring trip will help narrow down some areas when the girls come home.

The first spot burning thread of the season...

IT MUST BE SPRING !!! :bounce:

-spence

:hidin: the spot Nazi is on the prowl...

they grow them herrings big down there :devil: so big they eat striped bass for breakfast.

You definitely need to post, some people might think the "h" is silent..

here we go....WOO HOO!!

I am reading AND posting so I dont get tagged as a lurker :)

I was supposed to get to RI this winter when no one was around to check out spots but was unable to :(

Maybe an early spring trip will help narrow down some areas when the girls come home.

nice one! :btu:

Be nice now...save you evilness for real spot burners and lurKers.

Everyone on the Planet Earth know about the (*&*(^*&^*( run is.

the burning of a spot doesnt really have anything to do with catching fish whether it be 6 inches of water of 6 fathoms, its about placing "extra" (as in more than usual) pressue on a location.

You guys kill me. Everyone on the Planet Earth know about that herring Run. What are you gonna do, fish for Striper in 6" of water. The herring have been going there for 1000 years. Spot burner....Ha

Paul - This response from people is not directed at you specifically so don't get wound up on it. It's a classic tug of spot information warfare :hee: . Personally, I think there is WAY too much emphasis on spots from too many different sources, here included. Bait Shops trying to get the last dollar on their Fisherman Mag ads, Charters blabbing away, various online and print media - it's tooooo much. I just don't want to see this site as mainstream of pressure on "spots".

You have been fishing hard for a long time, right? How did you learn spots - betcha went out and learned them. Learned what made them tick. Learned from others close and not so close, in your circle and not. Met and fished with people in a club. Made many solo nighttime journeys. When you walked into Joe's Bait and he winked and said they blitzed beach X last night, 20 people might have heard. Now, Joe's Bait goes onto the Fisherman and says Joe, Tom, and Tony hammered fish to 30 pounds on Plug"Y" at Beach X and 500 people think about heading there.

I think it is about balance, and there is no balance in media today about spots. It's park here, walk there, and cast up over yonder. Yeh, I've been guilty of it too but I just can't see how spots can be sustainable over the long term....

OK - enough rambling on my part :eek:

Sorry if anyone offended in me mentioning the specific run I did. Thought the location was common knowledge being the largest run in state. I agree with your concern. From now on mum's :faga: the word. Paul

OK, I have been chastised and will post no more information about anything, anywhere, anyhow. From here on all my information will be kept in the vault. Except for the Striper run at Wood River.

I thought J plugs were the answer, but now I now it's the Y plug. Thanks John.
Salty you sell Y plugs? :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Massive herring run in progress at.......................................






















.........................................at the snow runoff puddle at the end of my driveway.

There are NO Herring in Rhode Island, Mass, or CT. All the herring are in the Hudson River. How's that for burning a spot...... :devil: :devil:

All the herring are in the Hudson River. How's that for burning a spot...... :devil: :devil: :btu: - Generalization - Goooood :rotfl:

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I'm debating this one: Piemma fishes xxxxxxxxx with live xxxxxxxx he gets from xxxxxxxx over by the xxxxxxx ....

John:
EXACTLY!!!!

We all need to fish BAD!!!!

John that would make things a heck of alot easier......

BTW I was'nt chastising one member on this board, I am chastising all of us. We all need to be alot more concientious of what we post.

By the way John, I like the way authors of specific posts can go back later and delete his or her entire post. You know, a few minutes later after posting a quick, retalitory response. I've used in twice in 24 hours.

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that ThrowingTimber's sig lists a Rhody herring run in it??

SEE :eyes: he's only got one post and chimed in on this thread.

1,350 views since last night. i bet it hits 4000 before it falls off the main page.
so,,, there goes your five to ten herring.
spot burned. :humpty:

Maybe it would be better if no one posted anything till the end of the season...then we could compare notes on how our seasons went :hang: :jester: johnny

John, please put this thread out of its misery. We all get it! the spot police are out in full force. By the way how does someone go about getting appointed to the spot police and does it come with a badge and revolver? Im looking for a second job. :jester:

john should issue evryone a flak vest and helmet

INCOMING!!!

Paul;
See what you started :hidin: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Give me a call if you are taking a ride this weekend....
B

Take it easy.... anyone with half a brain and a good map can locate almost every accessible herring that exists. THe runs tend to be spotty for the last 10 years, some years good, others not so.... The fact of the matter remains that if everyone followed the regs and only kept their limit, their would be plenty to go around in all those OBVIOUS runs. GS has been a mob scene for years, do a little research and you can find plenty of brooks and other runs ignored by the hordes. Have fun netting them, keepin them alive from the run to the truck, the truck to the hold, the hold to the livewell. If you fish from shore, add in the fun of keepin them alive in yer converted shore baitwell attched to the tether on yer moms stolen laundry basket..... They do make excellent fertilizer though when left in the 5 gallon a little too long. Throw a 6 inch storm shad and fish it correctly instead, itll catch more fish for way less effort.

Close the runs until they drop, let the breeders breed

Take it easy.... anyone with half a brain and a good map can locate almost every accessible herring that exists. THe runs tend to be spotty for the last 10 years, some years good, others not so.... The fact of the matter remains that if everyone followed the regs and only kept their limit, their would be plenty to go around in all those OBVIOUS runs. GS has been a mob scene for years, do a little research and you can find plenty of brooks and other runs ignored by the hordes. Have fun netting them, keepin them alive from the run to the truck, the truck to the hold, the hold to the livewell. If you fish from shore, add in the fun of keepin them alive in yer converted shore baitwell attched to the tether on yer moms stolen laundry basket..... They do make excellent fertilizer though when left in the 5 gallon a little too long. Throw a 6 inch storm shad and fish it correctly instead, itll catch more fish for way less effort.

Squiddler & M^2 - welcome to S-B.... Squiddler, first the "Spot" thing being talked here has a lot less due to Herring and Herring Runs as it does about fishing spots in general. The simple fact with spots in general is that there is a sheeeet load of pressure on them and we are slowly losing some of this access. That's all. There area a thousand places to read or talk about spots in reports, I just think there are way too many.

Yes, it is a contentious issue to talk or not to talk online about spots and reports. But I came to the conclusion a couple years ago that they are best left to a phone call or PM between friends or with an open ear at your local tackle shop. Not to be blabbered around by someone boasting on a site, drumming up biz for the local shop or charter, or even when someone is making a conciencious (sp?) effort to help out another angler. On the latter, a simple PM or e-mail works fine, or maybe even an invite to meet up with someone and take them fishing.

Close the runs until they drop, let the breeders breed yep... Sadly, those that take them for the roe will beyotch about it and say that if anglers took less than there would be better runs and more to take upstream...

Strpr3 - if its that ironic than he must have spelled it wrong - missing an "e"... BTW - welcome to S-B

Since I started this stupidness, I guess I would like to finish it. I really never considered the amount of feedback that would come from one little innocent post about a 1000 year old herring run.

The true fact of the matter is that the rec fishing guys take far less herring than the commercial lobster guys do using the herring for bait in their traps.

I know a run in Tiverton that has the lobster guys lined up everyday that it's legal, filling these big blue barrels with herring. Not 12 or 24 but hundreds.

The recreational fisherman is not responsible for the demise of the Herring any more than they are responsible for the lack of menhaden. I agree that the commercial guys have a god given right to earn a living but I think that everyone has over reacted to the posting of the herring run in North Kingston.

That being said, I apologize to anyone that was offended by my post a couple of days ago and I promise you, my 40 years fishing of knowledge will never see the light of day as a post again. :walk:

Your wish is my command.

I had to a couple more comments to Piemma's closing remarks. Increasing recently is a major concern that many of the river herring (alrewifes and bluebacks) are being collected in the pair trawlers targeting sea herring. Some reports point to the schools mixing or at least in close proximity. The finest commercial electronics in the world are not likely to differentiate between a river herring and a sea herring in massive schools of fish. This is something that is beginning to get a lot of attention and deserves a lot more.

OK - back to closed :)