Get out your fishing rods, because the bass and blues are back on the cape and islands as of a few days ago. Reports of bass at the opening of Edgartown pond, and reports of bluefish off the cape.

That's one early bluefish

I don't know if that report is pure fact or fiction.:devil2: :devil2:

Wait till Clammer hears that the Bloooooos are back..:gorez: :gorez:

Those Blues must be wearing down jackets. Water temp at the Buzzards Bay probe is only 46 degrees. Got to be cooler than that at the "Vineyard".

THAT would be the earliest bluefish I've ever seen. I think we can safely say that's pure speculation. I have never ever seen bluefish under 53 degree water.

THAT would be the earliest bluefish I've ever seen. I think we can safely say that's pure speculation. I have never ever seen bluefish under 53 degree water.

DITTO!!!!

I live on the vineyard, work in a tackle shop and I haven't heard of any fish being caught yet on the vineyard, especially bluefish.

About 5 years ago I was catching blues on April 15th 2 weeks before I saw a bass. With the way this winter was so strange I could almost beleive it. I saw surface water temps in the low 50" on the Rutgers site yesterday - Who knows:huh:

Ten years ago a bunch of us were fishing Wasque for Schoolies in early May. At Sharks Landing when we mentioned we had caught a couple blues we were told by the guy that it was the first report he'd head of from the shore on Blues...

But someone has to be the first to get one, right?

I've caught blues in an undisclosed location all winter long.

I've caught blues in an undisclosed location all winter long.

Clammers house doesn't count...

This May will be year 12 of my annual fishing trip to "meet the blues" on MV. I always go the first full weekend of the month. On 9 of the past 12 years, the Blues have shown up within 2 days of that Sunday. Two years ago, a week befor my trip I was talking with Steve Morris (#^&#^&#^&#^&'s B&T) and I had a chat about this and he thought it was early, a week later he agreed as the blues showed up. I truely beleive their arrival has more to do with the Squid migration and the position of the Sun in the sky then water temps.

By the second week of May they (the blues) arrive thick at Poppy...they have to get there somehow and I've read that some populations winter offshore. In that context, it would not be insanely early to get them on the islands around now if they were coming in from offshore.

Still surprising, I would have thought tough to find even the very first blues before May 1 anywhere in New England waters.

I offer up a free six pack of lures to anyone who can show me a picture of a bluefish caught anywhere from Dartmouth to Gloucester from this past weekend to the end of next weekend. I don't care what you catch it on. Proof is in the picture. Boat or shore. Caught within 20 miles of land.

I offer up a free six pack of lures to anyone who can show me a picture of a bluefish caught anywhere from Dartmouth to Gloucester from this past weekend to the end of next weekend. I don't care what you catch it on. Proof is in the picture. Boat or shore. Caught within 20 miles of land.


Now that is putting your wood on the line,,,,,

I can't wait to see the pics of the fish with something other than the adjustable date on the photo,,,, Daily newspaper in picture maybe...???

I offer up a free six pack of lures to anyone who can show me a picture of a bluefish caught anywhere from Dartmouth to Gloucester from this past weekend to the end of next weekend. I don't care what you catch it on. Proof is in the picture. Boat or shore. Caught within 20 miles of land.
If I could only fish right now....:doh:

Why are you all talking about these f #$%^&*( fish already >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> isn,t bad enought when they are [really] >>>>>>>> HERE :liquify:

About 5 years ago I was catching blues on April 15th 2 weeks before I saw a bass. With the way this winter was so strange I could almost beleive it. I saw surface water temps in the low 50" on the Rutgers site yesterday - Who knows:huh:

Good point and I agree.

THE BLUES ARE RUNNIN!

Why are you all talking about these f #$%^&*( fish already >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> isn,t bad enought when they are [really] >>>>>>>> HERE :liquify:
:gorez: :gorez: :gorez: :gorez: :gorez: :soon:

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They're watching youuuuuuu
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Why are you all talking about these f #$%^&*( fish already >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> isn,t bad enought when they are [really] >>>>>>>> HERE :liquify:

FRESH fish Dave not power plant fish :hidin:

If I could only fish right now....:doh:

caught 4/18/07:

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too bad i was 726 miles too far south! yeah that's right, i drove all that way to catch a bluefish. :uhoh:

FRESH fish Dave not power plant fish :hidin:
Got me...:lasso: :bl:
No glow in the dark Blooooos????

Confirmed report of a bluefish caught in New Haven harbor, a few days ago.

Blues Smooes


I catch em in January ice fishing in the Artic..... caught these two as a double

Red fish Blue fish :humpty:

I had a few bloos a month ago.







In Florida :rotfl:

Just food for thought
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/commercialfishing/hist_quotas.htm

Look at privous years and you can tell when they come in. I still want to know why there are bluefish landed in January/ Febuary. I don't think people are commerically fishing them in holdover spots.:huh: In 05' there were 605lbs of fish landed the first week on January.

bluefish go into deep offshore water in the winter...they were probably scooped up by a dragger.

nice first post benny!! keep the news comin ill be over in just a few more weeks man!

okay, i went out yesterday to see what i could catch and i did manage to catch one small striper and have spoken with a couple of guys that have been catching small schoolies on the south shore, but definitely no blues. i'm waiting to hear about squid in edgartown.

I said the bass were back on the island..... and blues on the cape..... the blues often will go by the islands to the cape for a couple weeks or so, then come back to the islands.

Flyben - welcome to S-B, we can be a bit cantankerous at times ;)