Not a Spot or Report Thread - but how have your June areas been doing when compared to last year or the past few years?

Now being in the second week of July I'm wondering if a slow (for most) June is readying people for a rough July. What do you think?

I'm unqualified to answer as I missed most of June :wall:

please kill me

however.. in the past.. july has been better for me than june...

so crossin the old fingers for friday.

June was a good month, much better than last year and a tad better than 04... July has started with a bang....

not so good of a month fishin from the shore on the vineyard, but the boating around the vineyard hasnt been bad with several bass in the 20 pound range taken. either way, i still give more time from the shore than from the boat.

It's been a rough month and getting worse daily.

A terrible June seems to be giving way to an at least decent July. We'll see what the rest of the month brings.

June was OK. I wouldn't call it terrible. July sucks so far for me

SURF - I'd defeinitely say June sucked my left one. July has been SLIGHTLY better, but a few fish doesn't make a trend by any means.

Probably the worst June/early July on the Canal in my memory :hs:

Yesterday I sat at MMA, and walked from the RR bridge to the Bourne and back. I didn't see a single cormorant. Bait would seem to be non-existent, although a few terns were picking microscopic sized bait off the surface out in the middle off the control center.

Alot of 20# class fish around the vineyard off the boat. Southside surf fishing was terrible. And yes, the canal sucked worse than any other june I can remember.

all along the shore in Gansatt the same story bad bad bad year :smash:

Haven't caught a striper the last 6-8 times out....serios suckage going on here.

Gonna be hitting the Sweet water the next couple of days up in NH....better get something....I'll take sunny's on a scooby doo rod right about now

a slow june, but the fish are out there somewhere.... and i think i might just know where that is :uhuh:

Trout fishing has been good
I think I'm going to Maine this wknd striper fishing so one can only hope.

I'm glad to know that the fishing's sucked. I was thinking I forgot how to do it.

when the going gets tough ... the tough go bottom fishing. :bl2:

I'm unqualified to answer as I missed most of June :wall:

Me too, but got out sat nite in my usual neighborhood and it was slow. That being said, there are always fish to be caught. Will make some adjustments and get dialed in before too long I'm sure.

I did OK considering the fact that I haven't put in a ton of time. Lot of small fish this year.

all along the shore in Gansatt the same story bad bad bad year :smash:

Have you been fishing at night its been good.

My daytime spots have been loaded with people so I haven't fished them in about 4 weeks. Nighttime spots have been pretty good and should be getting real good.

Heaven, I'm in heaven...

Narragansett Bay is LOADED with Pogies. The big girls have moved South but if you don't mind a long boat ride and some searching around there's plenty of 25 to 35# fish to be had.
I am having the best year of my life. June was unbelievable and July has been the same with the excepting that it's a longer ride to find big fish.

BTW, had a couple of my old friends from the surf on the boat last Thursday. I asked them if boat fish still didn't count as they slid a 47" bass over the side to swim away. Just a lot of smiles!!!!

I am going to have to befriend a RI guy next year. They allow guys from mass to fish RI don't they?? It is only a small boat.

I did not catch a single a Bass in the Boston harbor from the shore (various locations) in June. However, went out early 7/4, landed 3 Keepers on squid in 1 hours time (Grilled 1). Have not been out since, lots of work related stuff and my girlfriend complains I spend to many friday and saturday nights fishing.

looking foward to the weekend with the moon gone


june was a good month

july usually is a better month for me

go find deep water

june stunk for me but i didnt get out as much as i normally do

looking foward to the weekend with the moon gone


june was a good month

july usually is a better month for me

go find deep water

Jim, can I come and fish with you this weekend?:huh:

Worst ever... thought it would be my best ever.. earliest keeper for me .. 3 of them May 5th ... should have quit then .. pretty dismal .. boat fishing and eel fishing.... desperate .. I have a plan for this weekend .. hopefully turn it around .

Been a little off but mostly due to the lack of effort. Morn9ing topwater off the rocks has been picking up as of late...

June was awfull July just started so it is hard to say one nice fish the other night so I'am HOPING things will get better in July it ussally does. The fish aren't moving much so if you find a nice school they should be around for the summer.Like Jim said fish deep with eels.

Jim, can I come and fish with you this weekend?:huh:

slip
your welcome anytime buddy

tell me when your coming down

as long as you teach me how to fish the ditch

boston,boat,pogies, its been awsome for me. especially early mornings before work.

Blowing up a spot can be helpful when seals are around. Seal decoys I call em. Wait for someone to get sealed, then cast. Most of the times the other seals that are around will follow the seal that got a hooked fish for scraps giving one a short window of nonsealatunity. I think I saw them sharing last week. A bow could knock a lot of those buggers out quietly.:liquify:

been a great july so far had two tagged schoolys on monday , yellow new jersy labled tags

sucky sucky

Fewer fish and smaller size each of the last three years....

june was good for me lots of keepers and schoolies, its been slow for me lately, now that were in july, hopefully i can still find the fish though. all my fishing is done on shore.

It's been pretty good in NJ..

June was great. July so far has been tough. All the bait a bass could eat. Fishing 40' depths and the skinny, and resorted to fishing a lighted dock for Micro's to remember what it's like to get a little tug. Like others said, hopefully the new moon period this weekend will set things straight. Strange brown film on the water the last couple of weeks, poagies don't seem to mind.

SLOW fished 4 days this past weekend nothing.

Its been slow in Milan, barbera, chianti classico, and tuscan steaks mainly.

S#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g donkey junk...
Awesome water, fog etc this week..
schoolies and bluefish.....

im with tagger.....caught a few decent fish in may and nada since then. Fishing the last two weeks haven't even gotten a keeper.

Is it too late to join the i suck club?

I got Tuna fever and stopped thinking about bass, but word is SLOW.
Hopefully that just means a push of big fish is right around the corner.

sucky sucky


Goose,

We need a couple high 40's out of you for team s-b.:musc: Things are gonna start getting tight real soon.Keep hunting, you'll get them.:btu:

I'll go along with everyone else and say that June sucked. So far july has been good. I think I usually do better in july than june though (n. shore ma). got my two best fish of the year last night on consecutive casts. hopefully the trend will continue. we finally seam to be falling into a regular summer weather pattern.

Do you guys think that the reemergence of pogies and the concentration of bass on them is responsible for the crappy june most of us had, or the unstable weather, etc. ? just curious to here some theories.

I don't think i caught a single fish over 26 in. I also only fished about 5 times:nailem: , but i put my time and hit productive spots at productive tides in those 5 nights. Moving and then going away for 2 weeks really put a damper on my fishing. haven't even wet a line in july yet...hopefully that will change this weekend. Going to try to scout some new spots in the tiverton area.

Have not been out much, but did my traditional spring trip to the Outer Cape in early June and the fishing was better than it has been on our previous spring trips in several years. Average numbers but well above average size.

May and most of june was excellent,so far july has been slow but i'm hoping to turn things around this weekend.:btu:

Been doing some chunking in Hull, MA in the Village. I heard some decent 25# bass from the area but not on my line!
I've seen a lot of skates and dogfish coming in on clams, my only fish in the last 3 trips was a 4# bluefish. Still searching...