Not seeing alot of threads/posts in regards to the fishing being awesome.....this forum reads like January! Who is catching? I know the boat guys are hammering off the Race......saw fish breaking all day yesterday along the drop off and the boats were feasting on large bass! :bc: This season and last are enough to drive a man to switch from surf to boat! :shocked: The amount of time I have spent fishing this season and I could surpass my combined catch with just one great outing! I might just hang it up until Fall! Aren't any of you guys concerned about the way the fishing has turned the past couple seasons? :huh:

Same here BF...been hitting my spots and trying some new ones....finding fish, just no large....keeper total is WAY lower than last year, and that was lower than the year before....not sure whats up. I'd love to hook up and fish sometime...let me know if your interested. Jay

It's the SEAL conspiracy..... They seem to know to stay in close to shore as a fisherman may help them with lunch. If they are out to far they may become lunch. Not that that would be a bad thing. :nailem:

Larry,

You must have faith my son... unfortunately this frustration, as you know, is part of the plight of being a surfcaster. For me, these two months force me to concentrate on just a few spots where I can reach deep water, one of them is the Canal, the others well... :faga:. We'll all pull through and be reaping the benefits of the fall run before we know it. :D

-Dave

Went to Rp this AM with my brother, Jim and received nary a tap. The Jig-it guys in the boats were hammering and I mean HAMMERING the bass. We got to watch. At dead low I could nearly cast to the boats, but nuttin'. Spoke to LIfishinVT, he said at dawn you have a 15 minute window, if you miss it( Ya we did) then you miss it. He didn't. He had a nice fish for his diligence. Tomorrow.... :poke:

Ahhhh Backbeach Jake! My brother from another Mother.......were the fish splashing on top like yesterday? They were on top for at least 4 hours yesterday......frustrating! :doh: Ja drive over any plovers? :ss:

Did I mention the pods of sand eels that were swimming by us in the wash???? Yet no fish following or feeding?

BigFish Larry Jointed Swimmer plugs catch fish!!!!!!!!!!! :hee: Got out of work at 6:00 A.M., hitched the boat and hit an undisclosed spot here on the MA South Shore (no not that spot Larry). Upon arrival at the first spot, I threw a chunk, the tied on a BigFish jointed swimmer and immediately laid into a 37" Bass. We took several more from dinks up to that 37" (nothing larger) until the bite shut down about an hour and a half later. We managed a few more small fish at a few other spots until calling it a day around 1:00.
I hope to have a pic of the fish with your plug hanging out of it's mouth for you Larry. Not my digi cam though. He say's he'll send it to me though. :cool: Thanks for that sweet piece of jointed wood Larry.
The only other plug I was hitting with was PNG's (Chris) pearl yellow Danny. Man that thing has a sexy swagger to it when it swims. :humpty: Props to PNG on that plug as well.
Overall, it's been a bit dismal for me this year between work and family time and trying to juggle fishing time. Nothing but schoolies from shore this year.

BigBo...thanks for putting a smile on my face. Glad you did well! Can't wait to see the pic! Is that 37 incher in the freezer? :drool:

:claps: If you can't be there, your plugs make a great proxy! :claps:

1/2 in the freezer and 1/2 going on the grill tonight. :wid: :buds:

I feel good for that Bob...thanks again! You got that right Fred...its a great feeling. Bob is a great guy and I know he deserved a good day! I am hungry now! :laughs:

:drool: nice

bigfish just by reading your post i can tell you what you are doing wrong.. :cool:

Do tell! :laughs:

:rude: Well I'll tell you Larry, if you get a copy of Frank Woolner's "Modern Saltwater Sportfishing", you will see a section of a chapter on tin boats in the surf and how 14 footers are perfect for this. Well since I have a boat ( 14 feet) in my possesion and it's ready to go, I will renew an old tradition this coming weekend when me and LaPorte push off from Hatches after trailering her out on the sand track and see how long those bass can withstand a juicy fresh sand eel three wayed along the bottom.

If I must go offshore I will. Arnold Laine, Woolner, Whitney and Ralph Gray did it all the time. If they did it so can I. Better than sitting on shore moaning and whining! :hihi: :wavey: :laughs:

Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

heres a hint- you could "see" fish breaking and you could "see" boats

He ain't making plugs wrong, that's for sure :tm: I was just telling Larry in a PM that the 37" fish slammed that swimmer on the second cast of the day. :rotf2:

Eben...I knew you were going there. I fish mucho at night and the return has been the same. Maybe you missed the part where a bunch of us fished all night Saturday night and not one of us had a bump? That has been the story around these parts. Flap....if I had a boat I would be in the rip at the Race! :hihi:

Actually what i was getting at is that I can tell you are not using my danny. :hihi: :nailem:

ive been having a hard time finding fish the last week and a half about. but im pretty sure i know where they will be the next few days, looking back at the last moon, wind, weather, in the log ive been keeping, i should get some fish the next few days.

jigged for about 3 hours last night, trying new spots for nada. its time to go back to areas that were working.

Eben...I knew you were going there. I fish mucho at night and the return has been the same. Maybe you missed the part where a bunch of us fished all night Saturday night and not one of us had a bump? That has been the story around these parts. Flap....if I had a boat I would be in the rip at the Race! :hihi:

you had a boat :huh: but you gave it away :laughs:


Flaptail, maybe I will follow you again :D
maybe I'll take BM with and throw him overboard if he doesn't catch anything :devil2:

you had a boat :huh: but you gave it away :laughs:


Flaptail, maybe I will follow you again :D
maybe I'll take BM with and throw him overboard if he doesn't catch anything :devil2:
ya no kiddin....we could launch right down the street from here and had tons of places to go :fishslap:

and you could catch sunfish all day :nailem:

Buy a kayak. Cheaper an mo fun! Best of bost worlds for me so far. Can catch em from the surf when I want, can catch em like a troll when I want.

I fished 12 hours today. My third time out this year.

Upper B bay loaded with fish with the usual early am bite.

EVERY cove in the Elizabeths we picked 1-2 nice fish out of all morning.

Middle Ground was on fire. 20 lb class fish mixed in with smaller chowing sandeels. Olive White and yellow/white worked pretty decent. Still lotsa looks and turn-offs. Never would have picked there to be fish there but wow just like May.

Larry maybe try chunkin :hihi:

I have been getting into a lot of fish around 8-10lbs nothing huge but plenty of them. I have always tried pluggin first but nothing. As soon as I put on the eels it is a fish almost every drift. What is more important not catching on plugs or trying something different and catching. I know you love your plugs and they are great :claps: but sometimes you need to acknowledge that you might have to try other techniques.

larry- i know of a guy with a boat who owes you a fishing trip :uhuh:

:hihi: I do chunk on occasion Tynan....you gotta do what you gotta do. I had some mack chunks out at the Race yesterday! :hidin:

Was ok!!!
Though MANY fish 32-33 3/4 inches!!!
Van, Tom, Leo & myself were out there all day!!!
7 year old Leo was up at 3:00 am ready to go this morning!!!

chunks???boats?? what's wrong with you Larry.....get back to eels at NITE ...you WILL get fish....as a matter of fact Im goin out now...I got myself all exicited...no eels though till I break 30# on a plug :wavey:

Tom had fun today!
so did Leo!!!

Larry,
I was hoping to put a smile on you're face!!!,
I put one of you're poppers on a spinning rod when the fish were going nuts on the sand eels, but I couldn't get a hook up!
We will back at it VERY early tomorrow in the am!!!

BF, catchin or not,ya gotta feel good when a guy gets a 37in fish on a Larry jointed swimmer..:hihi: :D

RR. that pic of Leo, doesn't get better then that.:D

:hihi: I do chunk on occasion Tynan....you gotta do what you gotta do. I had some mack chunks out at the Race yesterday! :hidin:


You chunked :err:

:kewl: RR. that pic of Leo, doesn't get better then that.:D


Thanks!!!
He's my pride and joy, as are all 3 of my kids!!!
He's only 7 now,
Anyone know what the youngest member of the 50 lb club is on record?
Thats what he and I are shooting for!!!

:kewl:


Thanks!!!
He's my pride and joy, as are all 3 of my kids!!!
He's only 7 now,
Anyone know what the youngest member of the 50 lb club is on record?
Thats what he and I are shooting for!!!

:kewl: :D

For the record Slingah....threw eels last Tuesday night with nary a bump....as you recall about 15 of us fished all nite Saturday, many with eels, and also nary a bump out of all of those people! Tells me no fish! :lurk:

:rude: Well I'll tell you Larry, if you get a copy of Frank Woolner's "Modern Saltwater Sportfishing", you will see a section of a chapter on tin boats in the surf and how 14 footers are perfect for this. Well since I have a boat ( 14 feet) in my possesion and it's ready to go, I will renew an old tradition this coming weekend when me and LaPorte push off from Hatches after trailering her out on the sand track and see how long those bass can withstand a juicy fresh sand eel three wayed along the bottom.

If I must go offshore I will. Arnold Laine, Woolner, Whitney and Ralph Gray did it all the time. If they did it so can I. Better than sitting on shore moaning and whining! :hihi: :wavey: :laughs:

Hopefully the weather will cooperate.
swine heathen im jumping in that boat

For the record Slingah....threw eels last Tuesday night with nary a bump....as you recall about 15 of us fished all nite Saturday, many with eels, and also nary a bump out of all of those people! Tells me no fish! :lurk:
give me a jointed plug and i will tell U where the fish are :hihi:

For the record Slingah....threw eels last Tuesday night with nary a bump....as you recall about 15 of us fished all nite Saturday, many with eels, and also nary a bump out of all of those people! Tells me no fish! :lurk:
screw the back....I mean local

It's been slow. I have had one 15 lb fish in the last week of fishing hard. Throwing Timber and I fish Point Jude light for 2 hours this morning and raised one fish.

Glad to see I am not missing all that much. Havent been out since Saturday AM because I have been oncall.

Being able to get broadband speed in the middle of Gansett or on the banks of the canal is fun for a little while... Then you realize its still work you have it for and it gets VERY heavy.

Oh well, Ill cope with it for the weekend. It can only get better.. It has to, because we wont be at work.

Sorry the bite has been slow for those of you who arent chained down.

I hear the sweet song of the canal calling to me....

I cannot believe this thread was started by Bigfish.

Why would you want to chunk and drift bait from a boat? Even if it does mean fish....you don't like boat and bait.

I like fishing from a boat - prefer it actually. So I plan to get a boat as soon as I sell/buy the house. and yes - I will be taking boating classes, have all of the proper safety gear and know how to use it.

Wow a die hard, opinionate, preachy, got to catch fish on my own, home made plugs, from the surf is finally starting to conceed - I love it.

Not conceeding IWK.....fishing the same as I always have....I have always floated chunks at the Race when things are slow....I won't chunk anywhere else though. :bl: 85% plugs.....14% eels....1% chunks! :jump:

what about the boat thing? :biglaugh: :bl2: :jump1: ;)

I never said anything about a boat other than..."its enough to drive a surf guy to buy a boat". :huh:

I cannot believe this thread was started by Bigfish.

Why would you want to chunk and drift bait from a boat? Even if it does mean fish....you don't like boat anyway!
Wow a die hard, opinionate, preachy, got to catch fish on my own, home made plugs, from the surf is finally starting to conceed - I love it.


:kewl:

Ron,

I figured you were fishing, but thought you would like that comment once you got to the thread. Actually, I had you in mind while I typed it.

-IWK

:doh:

Ron,

I figured you were fishing, but thought you would like that comment once you got to the thread. Actually, I had you in mind while I typed it.

-IWK

I fished all day again!!!
Even Notaro did some jiggin (and catching) on Beamie's boat today!!! :kewl:

nice picture.....boy that Notaro gets around

whats wrong fishin from a boat, i did both for a very long time.
best of both worlds

Gee BM.....if you're not catching....things are bad. I'm not catching cause the kid is working lots of OT and we can't hook-up on weekends.

nice picture.....boy that Notaro gets around
notaro gets an A for effort!

notaro gets an A for effort!


Yes he does!!!
But he got an F for catering today!!!
Joe, where were the hot dog/pastery creations from you're family's china town restaurant ?

:drool: :drool: :drool:

just left NB. between the cape and n.shore . maket has 60k lbs. to date most of them . from outer cape (SW)side and other seems to be glauster .rockport guys . i wish i could take pics. but then youall be chasin me around . :lurk:

Flap....if I had a boat I would be in the rip at the Race! :hihi:

WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH BF LARRY ?????

Ronnie - I am heading out with Beamie Sunday....can't friggin wait

Gee BM.....if you're not catching....things are bad. I'm not catching cause the kid is working lots of OT and we can't hook-up on weekends.
i got a mess on monday tue i got some wed 1 blue and a bass boil last night a bunch

Fish all night and maybe get one, it's all been happening from false dawn till about 7:30 am...making me nuts.BBJ , saw you and the VT guy weds. morning , blues were hitting the beach while you guys were chatting at the air station...wasn't sure if that was you or not...hoping for a MUCH better fall. :rollem: :) johnny "tRB"

'Twas me, good to meet ya! That's what this site is all about. Lordy it's gotta pick up soon.....

Yes he does!!!
But he got an F for catering today!!!
Joe, where were the hot dog/pastery creations from you're family's china town restaurant ?

:drool: :drool: :drool:

oh chit... lol. i bought a bag of ranch dorito and a packet of pepperoni. i forgot to buy hotdogs.

beamie, next time we head out, i will bring chinese pastries.


ron, if we see u on the water, get close to me and i will toss the hotdog to u, okay? im not lying.

larry, u said that wireline jigging isnt a prefered method by your standards. i think that u are just plain crazy. beamie, his friend, and i landed 20 bass in 15-30 lbs class. besides, its easier and more fun than chunking. i cant wait to do that again.

get close to me and i will toss the hotdog to u, okay? im not lying.

Joe, I didn't know you were light in the loafers :huh:


:laughs: :laughs:

Slingah is a hot dog tosser too CAL.....gotta keep their kind in front of you when fishing! :hihi:

lol

:laughs: Joe???wth???
:laughs:
lol CAL

Joe, I didn't know you were light in the loafers :huh:


:laughs: :laughs:


Gees, I didn't even consider that as an option has to how he was losing those spookster plugs. :hihi:

OMG, its a chinese pastry that RR likes so much.... :scream2:

Joseph, check this out.


http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=search&Q=&b=0&a=291_2336&shs=&ci=2171&ac=&Submit.x=13&Submit.y=10&Submit=Go

Theres spittle all over my monitor and once again everyone is looking at me and just waiting for me to tell them why............. :rotf3:

Slingah is a hot dog tosser too CAL.....gotta keep their kind in front of you when fishing! :hihi:


I thought Slingah was a hot dog catcher.... :bshake:
:rotf2:

Gees, I didn't even consider that as an option has to how he was losing those spookster plugs. :hihi:

He must have forgot to remove the hooks :shocked:

sheesh, damn you guys... :zup:

I caught fish.

on YOUR beach Larry, apparently while you were freshwater fishing :p

:laughs:

I caught fish.

on YOUR beach Larry, apparently while you were freshwater fishing :p
please tell me they were decent bruce

I am gonna bet they were bluefish? :hihi:

please tell me they were decent bruce

depends on your definition of decent. I took one home to eat, dragged it a mile and a half. I am stupid. I lost three plugs to fish, one in the upper 20's atleast, when the line broke, and 2 poppers came off my breakaway clips :huh: don't ask me how but it happened and it happened 2 casts and 2 fish in a row.
best I landed was maybe 18, one I kept went 14.

Yes ofcourse there were bluefish, but only a couple.

:hihi:

:laughs: :laughs:

That is too funny Dave! :laughs:

im sick of catching fish, i will sell You that spot for 5 plugs :hihi:

You will take me there and put me on fish for delivering your soft top! :hihi:

depends on your definition of decent. I took one home to eat, dragged it a mile and a half. I am stupid. I lost three plugs to fish, one in the upper 20's atleast, when the line broke, and 2 poppers came off my breakaway clips :huh: don't ask me how but it happened and it happened 2 casts and 2 fish in a row.
best I landed was maybe 18, one I kept went 14.

Yes ofcourse there were bluefish, but only a couple.
sounds decent to me slip sounds like fun....minus the lost plugs
Nice photo BM :laughs:

i should make him throw eels and watch me catch fish :laughs:
last night i said im tossing one up on the sand for viddles and mostly to bust his fishless nuts :laughs:
maybe if he got off the interblab and actually went fishing he would catch some thing.
Im crakin his nuts till i get top :behead:

No top 4 u! :hihi:

last night was cool a few others was around, dont like talkin bout fish but the pic kinda tells that I been
like i said last week you drive by them and go to places that you never been or dont think will have fish
some times they do. Im mental for a reason ya know.
any way they was eating a old school yellow and whit bomber I would time it with the waves along with fan casting. and would crawl the plug with minute small jerks less than a couple " and would have fish
some others where around but they left and didnt hook up into the night any way.
go phishin U freak of nature and shut Ya pie hole

BM---->Best Top (http://www.4softtops.com/soft_tops.asp)

Money well Spent... Had one on my old CJ, waaaay better than the jeep soft top.

Don't confuse him! :hihi:

i caught 4 mental midgets Big Fish
give me your plugs U dont catch nothin :gorez:
the pic was classic:D