havent seen any herring at the runs around here......anyone been out?
was thinkin of hittin some places this weekend//early next week as the weather looks to be good. need to wet a line its been 2 long

I know I have heard some reports or two but not sure myself, I know there have been down the Prov River for hold overs but the hours I have spent there I walked away skunked :smokin:

Im catchin, but its from a boat........Big Tasty Tog, and really nice holdover stripeees :D

Hear no evil, see no evil. :faga: I've seen lots of herrloss.

Mikey soundem like chris L.
Best not to stoke the fires to early.
Still cold out...
Rick :fishslap:

There have been reports of schoolies in Peconic Bay, Long Island , only 50 or so miles from western R.I. This Tuesday will be 74deg out so they should be showing...

:err: i really just need to cast, reel in, repeat for a few hours or i may go crazy :err:

From a freshwater perspective, I've had some fun these past couple of weeks with my son. Some bass, pickerel and trout.

Saltwater is another story. I've tried a few local rivers with no luck but it sure was nice getting out there in your waders and taking a few casts. Going to try again this weekend but will be heading much farther south to concentrate on some rivers and salt ponds.

just holdovers but lots of em and my buddy lucked into a LARGE the other night good fish for anytime of year size it was cool

10 or 11 fish total last night, 27 to 33 inches, it really slowed down.. :smokin:

so far i have put in 20 minutes of serious fishing (not plugtesting) and came up with 3 schoolies. Schoolies on a 10 ft surfrod arent too exciting :laughs:

Anyone catching anything on the Jersey Shore yet? I haven't been out...working on the boat. Hoping to get on the water next weekend.

I have been catchign raibow trouts and yellow perch and sunfish. When do largies and smallies show up? I want to catch them. They are thrilling to catch, but not as good as stripers. It calms my mind because I have been Thai boxing and studying. I need to get out and kick back soon.

Joe, they're there all the time. They don't go anywhere :fishslap:

trouts or stripers. chris? how is thing going in your local waters? wanna hook up soon?

Joe, haven't hit the salt yet, and with working 70 hours next week I won't have the energy next weekend either. We can probably hit one of my spring spots the following weekend though if you want.

Joe, haven't hit the salt yet, and with working 70 hours next week I won't have the energy next weekend either. We can probably hit one of my spring spots the following weekend though if you want.
sure, which weekend is that? i could do on 24th or 22nd.

Fished every day this past week and averaged about 5 fish a trip, with seven being the highest amount, all 12-15". Even got a two for one deal yesterday.

All I can say is :faga:

I've just thawed out! My fishing gear is still stowed. This AM at 5 I crawled up in the space, grabbed the herring net and bucket and boots and nabbed a pail of herring. It was great to hear the sound of the running water and socialize with the guys at 5:30am.

Most bass this time of year are small. If you go ultra light and fish the rivers it can be fun but I will not hit the surf till 50 deg water. (couple more weeks I figure)

In the meantime,I have enough yard work and boat projects to get done now so I don't have to do these when they actually show up.

Any reports of Macs or cephalopods?

Today Jr.& myself left M&D's I told Mike I'm gonna make 2 casts @ my spot
Jr. stayed in the truck to watch the gear . 1st cast a 17" striped one next cast 21" fish ,I'm calling Jr. he comes down and nails another one all and all
for 15 min. of fishing 6 fish total .
Can't wait till tomorrow shake down cruise on the boat with rods hitting another great schoolie spot.
Link Sr. :cool:

Today Jr.& myself left M&D's I told Mike I'm gonna make 2 casts @ my spot
Jr. stayed in the truck to watch the gear . 1st cast a 17" striped one next cast 21" fish ,I'm calling Jr. he comes down and nails another one all and all
for 15 min. of fishing 6 fish total .
Can't wait till tomorrow shake down cruise on the boat with rods hitting another great schoolie spot.
Link Sr. :cool:

Boat fish dont count :rotf2:

Got my first 20#er of the year friday night along with many other nice fish :musc:

Wow I haven't even put line on my reels yet

wasn't on the boat today if your nice to me PNG and at M&d's around 4PM tomorrow you can go for the shake down and fish the spot
link sr
ps i'll be down there sometime tomorrow@ mikes PM me 4 my cell # were gonna hook up .
I gotta get that first keeper 2 mikes

We put our boat in and I took my son out for a few hours this morning, I think I threw everything in our box at them but nothing after a few hours. We fished Providence River and made run into the Barrington & Warren River.
I did mark fish though so I promised my son another try at his 1st bass tomorrow.

Wish us luck !

First time out with my fishin buddy yesterday. He caught a schoolie, I got skunked..yeah yeah, I know..boat fish dont count...

:happy:

:faga:

:humpty:

Got to the water around sunset and caught a good dozen or so in less than 40 minutes last night.

Finally rid myself of the skunk last night after work. Fished an outgoing tide at a favorite river of mine and caught quite a few schoolies between 14-20 inches. Boy did that feel nice.......

Making my first trip out this saturday..I cant wait based on the reports here. :uhuh:

Last night was a good night.Several small fellas.