I try to put in more time this time of the year as we all do! Its time for me to freeze enough striper so I can make my famous "Striper Chowdah" 4 or 5 times over the winter! Nothing like it on a cold, snowy winters day! Anyway....how are you finding the fishing is my question? My own experience tells me its just heating up...the next few weeks should be good! I do remember all the disappointed souls who fish the canal last Fall it seemed like the fish took the long way home around the Cape? Seems same this year?? September is over and they have not shown in great, epic numbers? I hope that changes soon.......so how are you folks doing?:fishin:

It has been a slow and dissapointing fall up here in Maine. Haven't seen any large in quite a few weeks. Hoping for one more push of fish as some years it's decent in early October.
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Hard to find but the once or twice a week that i get out away from the kiddos has been pretty epic.......so far.....hopefully only gonna get better. Still a week left of good tides and hopefully crowds will thin out during week
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This will be the week we remember fondly when sitting around the hot stove this winter. I can just feel it in my nuggets.
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I've been lazy and mostly boat fished which has been decent.

This will be the week we remember fondly when sitting around the hot stove this winter. I can just feel it in my nuggets.
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You're married and have kids. Your nuggets should have fallen off by now. That's probably what you're feeling.

My nuggets liked last week.

If the last two weeks are any sign of the fall run it's going to be great.

Lots of bait around, spearing, mullet and even some big pogies.

Day time blitzes for the after work bite.

Toughest part is choosing when to go. The false dawn into daybreak is getting real good while the late night bite is slowing down.

Hoping it continues to built and I'm fishing in Soco til mid/late December like in 2011
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If it wasn't for numbskull my fishing would be mediocre at best so far. Hopefully this upcoming week will reverse that.
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I'll let you know how it's going if I catch a fish this fall. So far 3 trips, 3 skunks. But I did catch fish in the summer.
I hope things turn around for me this week, if not, I'll have to try different places.

crappy, I only have the time to fish at night, and so far no fish in the past few weeks. I also hate the cold, so it's been harder to justify not staying in the basement and getting things ready for an all out plug war this winter with my lathe!

fished hard the past 3 days on the vineyard ... both yak daytime fishing and surfcasting at night. Decent Albie blitzs off Edgartown lighthouse every morning ... went 1 landed for 3 hookups on friday morning off the yak. Skunked off Squibby on Thursday afternoon off the yak and thursday night off Lobsterville beach. Yak fished Menemsha to Brickyard on Friday on caught. blues and 1 albie in the afternoon. walked same area at night on Friday night and found a few stripers up to 30" on lobsta darter. Yak fished sat out pof Menemsha off Gayhead and found blitzs at the point area on rainbait. A few small skiffs and me and 2-3 surfcasters had a blast for about 90 minutes catching 28-32" bass.... Plenty of blues around as well.

I'll let you know how it's going if I catch a fish this fall. So far 3 trips, 3 skunks. But I did catch fish in the summer.
I hope things turn around for me this week, if not, I'll have to try different places.
Slip..don't bother coming by me. Never seen anything like it

I'll let you know how it's going if I catch a fish this fall. So far 3 trips, 3 skunks. But I did catch fish in the summer.
I hope things turn around for me this week, if not, I'll have to try different places.

hopefully I will be calling you this upcoming week to tell you it's on.

Nothing from the shore at dusk worth mentioning for weeks. But have only been at dusk to about 8:30 or 9pm. Boat has been poor for past five weeks, but has just begun to pick up last weekend and yesterday. Live macks. Have to chunk/chum if macks are too big to get them eating. I put the boat really tight to the rocks, and the swell and surge lately has put me close a few times. But that is where they are. Had my second largest fish of the season yesterday that I couldn't revive... Besides two small lobsters, it had a stone in its gut about 1.75 inches around! Someone once told me they will eat stones to help keep themselves lower in the water column. Any thoughts on that? Cod have shown up inshore. Got eight keepers today. Was a little dicey getting out to the Ledge in that fog this morning though....
Lobster guys are still getting eggers, so I think everything is late this year.

I was out near you today, Ross. Sloooooow going there until about 10 AM.

You should have slid closer south. Had macks all over while codfishing and good bass in the rocks before tide bottomed out. I didn't bass fish, but got the cell and radio reports.

No complaints on my end...
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Haven't had much time (see Backbeaches nuggets) but managed a decent one last time out.
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hopefully I will be calling you this upcoming week to tell you it's on.
you know I don't want to know after the fact ;), I'll be fishing by tomorrow night or wed. AM hopefully


Z, :( sorry it's so bad down your way, I hope some fish swim by soon for you. We have had some pushes of fish go thru already but nothing like the past. I just hope this fall is not like last fall

Up until Friday night pretty slow for larger fish - but 30 minutes doesn't make the Fall. Just small bass otherwise, very few bluefish.
DZ

Last 2 weekends I concentrated on the S. Shore. Got a buddy who lives near the beach. Still and hour drive for me. Last weekend I threw everything at them, topwater, plugs, rubber, nada. For sh^ts and giggles I tossed on a white bucktail and started catching shorts. Was the only lure they'd hit (old reliable). Went back this past weekend with a few more bucktails on hand just in case. 3rd cast and I hook up with a short....as well as every other cast after that. Thinking there must be a bigger fish in the mix. Gave a bucktail to my buddy who caught an 18 lb fish within 10 casts. It was his best fish this year from shore....after being skunked 5+ times before yesterday.
I continued to catch a few more shorts, but once the sun came out the bite shut off. I kinda wished I had some clams to chunk. Might make another trip there....make a tog trip, then concentrate in So Co after that. I'll fish till Halloween then pack it in.
I was very surprised to not see any bluefish where we were.

so far small fish for me. time to get serious and do whatever it takes. hoping to hook up with some old friends this fall...

Sadly it has been worse than dead up at the tip of the Cape, beach or boat. Bait - sand eels and mackerel- are all over the place, but no fish, either bass or blues, are under or in the bait.

Only bright spot for the last 10 days or so was at night, near one of the lighthouses up here, people getting bass up to mid-twenty pound range, but that has slowed down now. Amazingly, we could never find those fish the next day from the boat, shallow nor deep.

Still no tuna bite at Peaked Hill, although did get a report of a sighting of them over that way. Most tuna getting caught over by the SW corner.

Sooooo, just hoping and wishing that it's still going to happen, but getting a bit discouraged and not sure it will.

There has been NO NO fall run this year in Gloucester MA north or south. Ipswich bay, No fish off shore, no fish at all for the last 3 weeks ( well a few but schoolies and one or two 32" fish a day ) enjoy the fall run because the full month of September has been devoid of fish where they normally pool up for the run south... This is the saddest thing you could ever watch. The water is still 60 so maybe? but oct 18 is the late cut off point for fish in this area.

all is well!

oh? whats a bluefish? 3 all summer.

you know I don't want to know after the fact ;), I'll be fishing by tomorrow night or wed. AM hopefully


Z, :( sorry it's so bad down your way, I hope some fish swim by soon for you. We have had some pushes of fish go thru already but nothing like the past. I just hope this fall is not like last fall
Slip..i trade my left nut for the last fall right now, as awful as it was :)
I'd say I am getting skunked about 80% of time in September, regardless if I try back bays, Montauk or up front
yup, that bad

Your not the only one getting getting skunked tide after tide.
I thought I was losing my touch :)
Kinda scary to see just dinks coming down with out any blues too.
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I HAVE NOT CAUGHT A SINGLE BLUEFISH ALL SEASON....FIRST TIME EVER!:smash:

gee...and there are those who claim that our fisheries are in great shape.

There has been NO NO fall run this year in Gloucester MA north or south. Ipswich bay, No fish off shore, no fish at all for the last 3 weeks ( well a few but schoolies and one or two 32" fish a day ) enjoy the fall run because the full month of September has been devoid of fish where they normally pool up for the run south... This is the saddest thing you could ever watch. The water is still 60 so maybe? but oct 18 is the late cut off point for fish in this area.

all is well!

oh? whats a bluefish? 3 all summer.

Moc, you still throwing the Micah sand eel? I have one that hasn't seen any action. Just curious if it's been working this year for you?

My nuggets didn't fail me, at least for one night. :lama:

9/29 turned out to be a barnburner for my brother and I with about 25 fish beached between us and many were 20# class and up. Last two fish of the night were on a double header. My brother's fish was 49" and well built, which he put back. My guess is it was a low 40# class fish, which dwarfed the 35# or so fish I released.

Went back 5 more trips this past week but all we could find were small ones each trip. :huh: I should have just quit for the year after that night.

It's almost over....

Had 10 bonito yesterday in an hour and a half. The action has been constant for over a week now. Good size bass have been mixed in too. Haven't seen this amount of bait in years. Hoping some albies make a late apearance to close it out.
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... edited, but still meant what I said.

it's sucked worse than any other year.

Last night at the east end was dead, I mean COMPLETELY DEAD!
My closest catch last night was catching another guys line that decided to start fishing 10 feet down current from my drift. :smash:

I still have a couple of days planned fo somefishing, and I plan on mixing it up to see which produces better:fresh or salt?

I'm just glad someone is catching something.

Worst two new moons in Sept and Oct for me. Lots of fire in the water might have contributed to it.

It's been a desert. I've spent literally hours in the water the past three weeks and have seen very few bass. One decent fish at the Lighthouse before this wind set in. A lot of blackfish though. Some triggers. A few big fluke. Scup and more scup and loads of little black sea bass.

PLease don't drive and fish the Great Island Bridge. It'd be a huge waste of your time. Though some decent killifish and sticklebacks, maybe some snapper blues.

If this is a joke, your sense of humor needs to be recalibrated...

If its true and you really cant seem to "get away from the big bass", the crowds you are sending there now will certainly keep you away from them.

Great job, either way.

I apologize. I was kidding.

Slip..i trade my left nut for the last fall right now, as awful as it was :)
I'd say I am getting skunked about 80% of time in September, regardless if I try back bays, Montauk or up front
yup, that bad

For what it's worth I fish East Shinnecock and it has been dead as far as bass are concerned (inlet and the beach). Cocktail bluefish and that's about it.

As far as I know..no Fall run this year...

Well, I fish those areas you mentioned allot because I live close by and know how to fish them. Those area's just like most in RI have been terrible this fall with the exception of a couple days a few weeks ago. This has been the worst fall run that I have ever been part of in 15 or so years.
The problem now is tons of people will now be in said spots, whether there is fish there or not. You should never even joke about fishing spots being hot or cold. These places will be packed this weekend and you will be pissed when you can't get a spot.The few fish that might be there we wont even get a chance at them. Thanks allot!

OK I deleted the post.

I don't think guys will be there. But I understand.

My fall has been horrible. At this point I'm not even sure I can blame it on the company I keep. The few days I knew where to be and at what time I couldn't be. Overall it has been an exercise in failure. One of these days I'm gonna figure this sh!t out.

The problem now is tons of people will now be in said spots, whether there is fish there or not. You should never even joke about fishing spots being hot or cold. These places will be packed this weekend and you will be pissed when you can't get a spot.The few fish that might be there we wont even get a chance at them. Thanks allot!

Spoken like guy who fishes by day in front of DEM parking lots. :rollem:

:hidin:

Numbskull,since my head is in ahole,i would love to borrow your high horse so i could look down on others like you do.

please, some of your responses are less than welcoming.

I'm not telling till December..:hs:

This has been a very productive fall,the best I've had in years.
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they may not be welcoming,but i don't look down on others because of how they fish,when they fish or if their views differ from mine end of story.

Spoken like guy who fishes by day in front of DEM parking lots. :rollem:

Well you are very much mistaking, not that I need to explain myself to you! But if you must know I start fishing at dusk and finish a little after dawn every weekend, if I didnt have to work 45 hours a week I would be fishing more. Not that there is anything wrong with fishing easy spots in the daylight. You dont even know me so watch what you say. If you would like to say hello in person I could pm you exactly were I will be this Friday night.
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Lets hit the reset button here... Starting to look a lot like another site right now. Sarcasm can be lost on the Internet and is most likely responsible for a few of these posts... Bad fishing has made a hot button into a bunch of people.

Deep breaths everyone...
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I just got in from fishing down to the west. One small blue, one small bass. A nice night to be out.

Lets hit the reset button here... Starting to look a lot like another site right now. Sarcasm can be lost on the Internet and is most likely responsible for a few of these posts... Bad fishing has made a hot button into a bunch of people.

Deep breaths everyone...
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Your right!!!! This is gayer than Facebook, the political forum, the govt shutdown and Rosie O'Donnell shy peeenis fighting with Ellen DeGeneres.
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Still not as queer as SOL.
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Still not as queer as SOL.
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This whole thread has gotten queer. Except for 5/0's post. That post is gay. But it's gay in a happy way, not gay in a meet at the route 3 rest area sort of way.
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they may not be welcoming,but i don't look down on others because of how they fish,when they fish or if their views differ from mine end of story.

Well you are very much mistaking, not that I need to explain myself to you! But if you must know I start fishing at dusk and finish a little after dawn every weekend, if I didnt have to work 45 hours a week I would be fishing more. Not that there is anything wrong with fishing easy spots in the daylight. You dont even know me so watch what you say. If you would like to say hello in person I could pm you exactly were I will be this Friday night.
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Twofish.

I objected to you piling on top of goosefish (whom I don't know but like his humor), after someone else had already objected to his obviously sarcastic post and after he had deleted and then apologized for it. That seemed totally unnecessary so I zinged you for it, which was also totally unnecessary, but at least helped lifishvt's self-image.

I am sorry and good luck Fri night, I won't be joining you, but thanks for the invite.

My fall run has stunk. Am I missing something? I thought with the recent furlough from the govt shutdown, I'd be able to go out and fish hard. I only have 1 blue that threw the hook half way in ,since my new govt sanctioned non payed vacation was imposed on me. At least the house has never been cleaner and I'm finishing plugs.
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I don't know why all the RI people just don't make the ride to the canal. Perhaps a sword fight between Numby and LIFishVT can be arranged for entertainment. Followed by a towel snapping contest emceed by Fishbones.

A post from Sea Dangles?Man has this thread hit rock bottom.
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Except for 5/0's post. That post is gay.
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No good deed goes un punished,but on a side note your just jealous because all you can catch is crabs in P town.
Pole smoker!
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No good deed goes un punished,but on a side note your just jealous because all you can catch is crabs in P town.
Pole smoker!
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The pole smoking was just that one time down in P-town. And if memory serves me, you didn't seem too upset then. And for the record, they weren't crabs. They were sand fleas.
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No good deed goes un punished,but on a side note your just jealous because all you can catch is crabs in P town.
Pole smoker!
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And we've recovered... phew

The pole smoking was just that one time down in P-town. And if memory serves me, you didn't seem too upset then. And for the record, they weren't crabs. They were sand fleas.
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You just made me spit out the last of my coffee Lmfao!!!
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And we've recovered... phew

Don't read into it so hard, it's just a little banter.
Plus this site won't turn into one of those swartz fighting so called fishing sites.
May the Swartz be with you.
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Doing pretty well at Block with stripers (usually get my two, nothing huge), but the kicker is the sea bass fishing this fall. Lots of shorts, but enough keepers to bring home and make a blackened fish sandwich or two (or five).

Maybe they should have two seperate posts.
One asking how your fall season has been out on the boat and one asking how it's been from the shore.

That way we can eliminate a lot of needless bragging and complaining between the various fishing magnates. :biglaugh:

Seriously though, two seperate posts would keep the perspectives in line since you couldn't confuse a boat brag with a shore brag.

Maybe they should have two seperate posts.
One asking how your fall season has been out on the boat and one asking how it's been from the shore.

That way we can eliminate a lot of needless bragging and complaining between the various fishing magnates. :biglaugh:

Seriously though, two seperate posts would keep the perspectives in line since you couldn't confuse a boat brag with a shore brag.

you better include kayaers, wet suiters and skishers in there too... or anyone that wades a bar,cut or mussel shoal.. or crawls out on a jetty or even drives a buggy over the sand... because we all fish the same water the boat is a vehicle to bring me to the fish..just like a beach buggy.. or your car to the destination.. so unless you are standing on tera firma .. no fish you land counts so it seems...I fish water SHALLOWER than most surfmen .. I fish from a boat so the government and prissy land owners can't tell me where and when I can fish... 6 miles of prime fish habitat is closed on plum island right now... because of the shut down and furlows.. every spring.. the same grounds are closed so we can have fuzzy plover chicks... so instead of whining and crying about it... 40 years ago, I had the insight to know how things worked and LEARNED to fish from a boat.. and contrary to popular belief.. the fish just dont just jump in.. you actualy have to find them... and present to them something they want to kill and or eat...if posting sucess ( when asked) is bragging.. I then appolgise... it wont happen again.. ever.

Don't read into it so hard, it's just a little banter.
Plus this site won't turn into one of those swartz fighting so called fishing sites.
May the Swartz be with you.
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I was being serious when I said we recovered, the banter was/is never the problem: the beetching was. Your post was part of the thread recovering back to the former. Not reading into it at all


... and also with you

this thread is awesome.

I eating popcorn like Terrell Owens right now
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this thread is awesome.

Just like the bite that has been going on.
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Im off for about 2 weeks cant wait :)

Its a little early for purse fights no?

I haven't seen a real surface feed since 2007.

I'll be Numbskull's Angelo Dundee the cut man.

This has gone askew but entertaining except for the personal findings about fishbones.

I haven't seen a real surface feed since 2007.
I saw a real good one yesterday morning. Today it was tiny fish city. We need some bigger bait.

I'll be Numbskull's Angelo Dundee the cut man.

This has gone askew but entertaining except for the personal findings about fishbones.

Don't believe everything you read about me. Especially if I'm the one who wrote it, lol.
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This whole mess is Larry's fault.

Don't ever recall seeing someone get under Joe's skin.... I hope he doesn't really stop posting about his catches. This place is better having him as a regular contributor IMO.......

Don't ever recall seeing someone get under Joe's skin.... I hope he doesn't really stop posting about his catches. This place is better having him as a regular contributor IMO.......

Exactly.

Knowing some one else is catching fish always helps motivate me to get off myass.

Keep setting the bar high, Joe, the vast majority of us enjoy and appreciate it.

And for you RI guys, here is some motivation from today that should be at your feet in the next several days.

Joe I enjoy your pics and stories. Wish I had that drive again you madman.

Nice hat George.
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This years Has been poor I usually do better late sept early oct
but it hasn't happened and not from a lack of trying .. but it wasn't a bad season overall. its just not a memorable one

nice plug fish. That last pic does the fish have that old creekchub lure in it's mouth?

Joe would never stop posting, I hope.