i got a call last night. my bud eric was fishing at a "udl" for keeper size schoolies yesterday when a school of blue fish 5to8lbs showed up to tear away at his gear,i guess it TIME :smash:

oooooo ~~ corn fertilizer at its very best
and i have a new post hole digger too....:drool:

My buddy got 1 last week. His 1st fish of the season:smash:

APRIL ????:wall:

so i go to 'ndl' this am .i c birds n bait as i wade out i c a school of bait coming right at me w/ fish busting behind them pushing the school .i make a short cast and snag 2 pogies on 1 trebble hook,the school was that thick.i let the pogies go and start casting behind the fleeing pogies ,only to catch the blue eye devils .....3 of them about 6-7lbs earlyest i can remember on cape ,but there was 3or4 big schools of pogies w/ crashing fish feedin on them........it was great watching it........

APRIL ????:wall:

That was my 1st reaction, Mike

WTF...:huh:

http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/scuppers/63387-unusually-warm-spring-causes-spike-local-water-temps.html

http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/scuppers/63166-unusually-warm-wet-spring-threat-menace.html

I have written it in the magazine for years...the first full weekend in May has been the first blues in the usual locations for...update form my log book...11 of the past 14 years...this year we know the growing season and nature are at least a week ahead...blues showing up now is not insane...just confirmation that the seasons is ahead of schedule by about a week

Hey PP:wave:

heard yesterday from an unimpeachable source, that they was here....

keep in mine 1 old saying thats true." when the lilacs blume the bass are domed" the lilacs r about a wk ahead of time this yr....

heard yesterday from an unimpeachable source, that they was here....

u mean i,m NOT A RE LIE ABLE source:confused:

ReelEcstacy: WhoDat

Karl: I'll confirm


Stiffy: Absolutely!!!!!

u mean i,m NOT A RE LIE ABLE source:confused:

of course you is... you just was the second i heard it from...and confirmed the facts...jack...

shad blow is my gage and it's a popping.....

thinkin of you the other day as a matter of fact...
saw a chromed out HD with a fellow of your ....uh...maturity..;) (age) and stature..
in the saddle...zooming along...kept seeing him as I was doing some recon...we seemed to be on a similar route...
hmmmmm????

Glad to hear my toothy friends are back. Its not that early anyhow it has happened before. I am surprised some environmentalcase has not started yelling GLOBAL WARMING :rotf2:.

yup ya gotta watch out fer dem environmentalers.

blues before the squid even show up? :smash:

They usually show down near South Cape beach/Cotuit first week of May, so only a few days early I guess.

Last night, Seamule and I ran into some 5 to 8 pounders on the cape. I fish this same spot the last week of April every year and have never caught a blue. At least my first fish was a little schoolie bass, so I got that out of the way. Then the blues took over. It was fun to be into good size fish that put up a fight at this time of year.

And JohnR, I'm gonna need you to send my son some more cocahoes. The blues did a little damage to the ones he got from you at the show.:grins: