Is it too early or bad karma to start a Bonito/ Albie thread? Every year I get more excited for their arrival, it's like a drug!

Nope, im geared up this year and start looking for every morning starting Monday

Last year was insane and hoping for the same
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I am looking forward to their arrival Last year had all bones saw not 1 albie not from a lack of trying .. I give and take intel on theses speedster willingly... :cheers2:

Just the opposite for me all Albies and not 1 bone.
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Is it too early or bad karma to start a Bonito/ Albie thread? Every year I get more excited for their arrival, it's like a drug!

Hell no!
Me too, I'm hooked big time :-)

Wayne, you still have my number?
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Wicked fun but it can be so frustrating when they are everywhere and you can't catch them
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I am looking forward to their arrival Last year had all bones saw not 1 albie not from a lack of trying .. I give and take intel on theses speedster willingly... :cheers2:

This year trips with me I hope Wayne,,,, we'll mix in some tog....

the stage is set!

Wicked fun but it can be so frustrating when they are everywhere and you can't catch them
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When the bite would shut down for us, we threw the epoxy jigs and that seemed to do the trick when they wouldn't touch anything else
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Just waiting to hear reports and calls to get down there...... :sled:

Im hoping to get my first ever albie this year. Watching videos of those things pulling drag really has my attention.
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Wayne, you still have my number?
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yes i do

This year trips with me I hope Wayne,,,, we'll mix in some tog....


Just let me know

Hell no!
Me too, I'm hooked big time :-)

Yeah, Ray, we should go this year. PM me.
Rick

Yeah, Ray, we should go this year. PM me.
Rick

LOL.. I did! You missed it !

All night, no moon, a lot less boats, a lot more rain, same no fish :-(

Ive been hunting.

haven't even heard a whisper of them yet........

Already got my gear ready.
Waiting for a report the boats are on them, then the shore hunt begins.

Ive been hunting.

Same here , maid a recon south side this am,,,, there's bait, not a ton of it but it's there....
Can't eat, can't sleep, something is wrong with me LOL

I'm running way south in the morning. I'll file a report.

I'm predicting a similar run to last year, at least in Buzzards Bay. The amount of bait so far is right up there with last season. Mostly small silversides, but I saw peanuts for the first time last Thursday. Bones first, then albies to finish the season. Any time....
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I got into some Spanish macks this morning but I'm about 600 miles south ;)

I'll be out friday participating in a staring contest with the ocean :)

I'm running way south in the morning. I'll file a report.
I didn't see any. Lots of rain bait around from Dutch to Point Jude

Theyre here.

Stopped in at SWE. Peter was waiting to give out the annual Sashimi award for the first one caught this am from a boat.

Theyre here.

You devil you

Theyre here.

How far out?
I read they were at ACK last week. Us shore bound guys don't have it so easy.

I got into some Spanish macks this morning but I'm about 600 miles south ;)

Doesn't count that far south

Shouldn't be long now, I hope
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vineyard sound has bones (according to FB blabbermouths)

Shore Albie weighed on vineyard, why it was weighed I don't know but good to see anyway
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Was out today birds all over but they were on the crab hatch with a lot of small bait under them but that was it

I was out today too. Saw one pod at like 7 am....I was soooooo close to my first bone of the season from mainland, but alas it popped off after one long run.

once the tide slacked out I saw nothing and went home.

I will be out again friday, hopefully with a little more success. almost there!

Correction: Albie was not shore caught, sorry
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Can't say for sure but coming around Monomy ,,, several tight 60 second blow ups all over the place, didn't look like Devils

looking good, and my Hogy's are due to be delivered any day now!

I was out this morning from 7 till 1130. No funny fish spotted, no funny fish hooked. had a couple little dink bass darting out of the rip to nail anything on top, that's about it.

Spent most of the day yesterday looking for them. Launched out of Westport.....went east to Mishaum point and west to Sakonnet point with no sightings of any bonito.
We did get into some good sized bluefish though.

spent some time camping on the water with my wife and pooch in the lower cape the past couple days. Not a sign of any bonito or albies, not even that much bait over there. had some blues early at sunrise each morning off the rocks, then listened to oversized schoolies hammering bait all night long in the bay 10 ft from my tent. Looked like lots of smaller mullet in the bay getting smashed. Not much bait out front to speak of, plenty of lazy birds sitting on the rocks...

SWE seems to have reported otherwise

SWE seems to have reported otherwise

Ya, just seen that,,,,
I like this thread,,, keep looking U's guys, I'll do the same tomorrow south side CC

Like a kid waiting for Santa LOL

SWE seems to have reported otherwise

Just keep repeating
"It's the internet; it's the internet; it's the . . ."

Someone found some already, not cape.
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Someone I know caught eight bones atbthe Hooter today.
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JUST GREAT!

I developed engine problem today,,, going to change out the vst filter and hope that does it...

Didn't see any either

Guppy, what kind of a motor are you running and what makes you think it's the vst? I wouldn't know where to the vst filter on my Yamaha
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I saw a pod of them crusing in soco yesterday. Bonito or albie i don't know. About 15' from shore blasting all the way out of the water. I took my 3000 casts with nothing but a rudderfish and a couple snappers.

Guppy, what kind of a motor are you running and what makes you think it's the vst? I wouldn't know where to the vst filter on my Yamaha
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Yeah, that's a little more than I am comfortable doing myself.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY2RFaahio4

I had never heard of a vst.... which is why I pay a mechanic to keep it in good order.

Holy crap, I am never going near my vst filter after watching that, i would f that up so bad!
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Theyve been in pretty thick for about a week now. Yesterday was like combat fishing.

Theyve been in pretty thick for about a week now. Yesterday was like combat fishing.

Geeees, I'm dying to get down there, tell them to wait

Yeah, that's a little more than I am comfortable doing myself.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY2RFaahio4

I had never heard of a vst.... which is why I pay a mechanic to keep it in good order.

I could f it up also, time will tell... LOL

I could f it up also, time will tell... LOL

It is not a big deal but be sure to have a new gasket as well, the old one will have stretched from ethanol and no longer fit once you remove it.

I have over 1200 hours on my Yami 115 4S. I run Yami ring free and Fuel Ox fuel conditioner. I change the 10 Micron fuel filter ever 50 hours. I don't know any thing about the filter you speak of. Should I be worried?

Get this boat stuff out of here :)

On a serious note, bonito and an albie landed today from shore

Got a bunch of species today from the rocks

Bass, blues, sea bass, scup, bonito and albie and the elusive Coney Island white fish plus a seagull and a tern

Bonito would pop up quick, small window to get into em

Pink hogy epoxy jig worked great.
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George, had all the parts in stock, planned on doing this last year and bailed out, thanks..

Paul, if it ain't broke, don't fix it :-), I think it's a 500 hr maintainance thingy,,, hoping it'll fix my problem... Oh! Don't go back to work, you been there, hey? :-)

Chris,,, sorry bout the boat stuff,,, congrats on that great day

nice! I'm reluctantly going to go out early tomorrow am at first light, I don't like fishing on the weekends but i can't fish at all this week so I'll go :fence:

Saw albies rolling on SW shoal yesterday while seabass fishing. Probably a sign they'll be inshore soon on schedule.
Wish they were bonito, however.

we scouted for funnies this morning. too many boats pushing them around - later in the week i'll have a real go at them. Chrissy, my 7 yr old, got a 10 pound bone though

Awesome!!!:uhuh:

we scouted for funnies this morning. too many boats pushing them around - later in the week i'll have a real go at them. Chrissy, my 7 yr old, got a 10 pound bone though

They both out fish u now don't they? Way to go Go Chris :-)

Excellent... I bet she was pumped

went out yesterday Family day only didn't see any but there is a ton of bait starting to dump out of the sakonnet river.. was going today in the boat but couldn't get anyone to go

we scouted for funnies this morning. too many boats pushing them around - later in the week i'll have a real go at them. Chrissy, my 7 yr old, got a 10 pound bone though

thats a thick one for sure

congrats that is a big bone!

my weekend fishing plans got scraped, spent sunday morning / first half of the day in newport with the wife and dog, saw the small boat armada chasing a small school of something, looked fishy to me...

I might sneak out tomorrow am if I can before work, my schedule sucks until like the 14th, can't fish much until then!

Went out Saturday morning with my son specifically targeting Bones & Albies. I'm proud to announce he broke his cherry twice - 1st of each caught. Caught 15+ between us and left them biting. Still working on the video.

Awesome shots!!!
Good for you guys...gettin' in on the action before this snot showed up

very nice figured they would put a feed on before the storm, any color or lure better than another

We found them trolling Yozuri crystal minnows then blind casted Epoxy Jigs in green & bone colors.

Woo Hoo !
What a day! Congrats

great job...my favorite pile of Rhody rocks was extremely disappointing for tunoids this weekend...

Nice job Mike
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Nice Moses.

We were out last Friday and saw nothing. Went about 40 miles in the boat.

How's the chocolate milk I mean ocean looking up there??? :af::af:

I took friday off, going to head out then with 2 of my friends and the pooch looking for fish.

I might try to get out early just myself, but it doesn't look good, work is in the way! thursday could be good! must go fish!!!:spin::spin:

Looks like you guys had a great time.....i hope to get a chance at catching some before they're gone

this storm is having a hard time leaving..... the dirty water is gonna last for a while

who knows what it'll be like when it clears up

Boats Up and running,,, now I wish I could swop out some of my worn out body parts,, bad knee, pinched nerve in my neck


And caught 1st Alby of the year during the test run...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_iOKiFhZt2E

http://youtu.be/_iOKiFhZt2E

reports of speedy green-backed fish blossomed from the "usual areas" in the last few days.......

the madness has begun

Brenton was rough yesterday AM. 4' with a shi$%y 2 foot chop on top of it. Live pogies on a 3 way with 4 oz of lead was the trick for Stripers. Had a really nice fish in the high 20s come unbuttoned right at the boat.
No Albies or Bones.
Better to have hooked and lost than not hooked at all.:hidin:

I went out yesterday morning with my younger brother to find some fish. It was his first time on my boat and first time saltwater fishing.
The water was filthy dirty and a little choppy. We sighted a few small pods here and there but no hookups until late in the day, when I finally made a cast into the middle of a pod and got one. A little later on my brother got a nice keeper striper...his first ever!
Best part for me was seeing him having such a good time.

I hooked and landed 5 today from shore and had a couple other blow ups. Got em all on a casting egg with a white red gill. They wouldn't touch any metal today and couldn't get the jumping minnow out far enough.

Had 5 great shots from shore on sunday and couldnt stick one. Fun though. havent chased these guys from shore in a while. Enjoyed the hunt.

I'm 3 for 3 so far from the shore with the fly rod :)

I have noticed the albies I've caught / seen caught so far are on the small side.

I'm hoping this full moon tide on friday brings in the motherload!

Gup they are in your neighborhood heavy. Hope you were out today.

I was out,,, about 40 miles to the SW,,, I'll check it out today, thanks

Found the motherload and crushed them this morning from the kayak. 10 on the flyrod, and at least 8 on the spinning rod, I stopped counting...

Got 2 pigs on the fly, probably around 10-12 lbs. took me 20 minutes to bring those guys in, I was sweating after that!!!! :but:

Time for a nap! :sleeps::sleeps::sleeps: my arms are shot!

We did good today from the sand, which was a nice change of pace, board shorts and flip flops.

Out fished the boat guys which is always nice

Albie snax on weighted owner hook, albie snax on the new Joe baggs jigheads, hogy epoxy jigs and the bigfish savage tadpole, rebel jumpin minnow all worked today.

Love seeing a few break away from the pod to chase down topwater and crush it.

Was a nice morning. Was back home by 10am
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Got into a great feed yesterday. Got em on the fly and topwater. They started on the smaller side and got bigger as the day went on.

Heres my buddy tight on the 3 wt.!!!! Sick fight, and landed.
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Me with a lunch break albie!
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Seen some Albies at block yesterday as the ferry was dropping off.Feeding right in front of Ballards Marina not 10' from the dock.
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Found the right color this morning by noon they wanted nothing to do with me,,, still great fun ;-)

Got into a great feed yesterday. Got em on the fly and topwater. They started on the smaller side and got bigger as the day went on.

Heres my buddy tight on the 3 wt.!!!! Sick fight, and landed.
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Me with a lunch break albie!
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earl with the 3 weight.......sweeeeet

Got on the board today. Hope the weather holds up and they stick around a bit.
Hit them from shore today and was planning yak tomorrow. Probably should have done it the other way around. Wind and surf are supposed to pick up tomorrow.

earl with the 3 weight.......sweeeeet

Sup Jim! Earl put the screws to him with the mini stick. It was pretty sick.

https://youtu.be/4J03Od-gg3M

https://youtu.be/4J03Od-gg3M

Awesome!!
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https://youtu.be/4J03Od-gg3M

Very cool video....Tandem hookup and in sync ....:claps:.

Nice vid! that's awesome, he will be hooked for life!

congrats everybody on funny fish! ALBEEEEEEEZ!!!! :)

I have issues I know. I'm ok with it :happy:

Sometimes these fish get fussy, when they do, (like yesterday for me, lots of boats there, about 6 other kayaks). I usually switch to a funky color called a tutti fruity, its either pink over chartreuse, or chartreuse over pink (which is what i like). my flies are simple, pattern doesn't matter, its just the color.

those 2 colors reflect a ton of UV light (or whatever companies use to die the materials that color), when I shine my UV flashlight on them (the one used for curing UV glue), they light up like a christmas tree. If you have one of those UV lights, shine it on various fly tying materials or even some lures and see the results.

it works for me, figured it might be worth mentioning!

the kid knows how to work a fish for sure!!

Sometimes these fish get fussy, when they do, (like yesterday for me, lots of boats there, about 6 other kayaks). I usually switch to a funky color called a tutti fruity, its either pink over chartreuse, or chartreuse over pink (which is what i like). my flies are simple, pattern doesn't matter, its just the color.

those 2 colors reflect a ton of UV light (or whatever companies use to die the materials that color), when I shine my UV flashlight on them (the one used for curing UV glue), they light up like a christmas tree. If you have one of those UV lights, shine it on various fly tying materials or even some lures and see the results.

it works for me, figured it might be worth mentioning!

I'll have to try that, just got one of those lights this week.

You can also use em to find dog pee on your carpets!
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Had an great day chasing them today with Niko. It was like an S-B reunion today! Lots of questionable characters out there today!
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Had an great day chasing them today with Niko. It was like an S-B reunion today! Lots of questionable characters out there today!
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I guess the word was out , I'd be at NPT boat show

I guess the word was out , I'd be at NPT boat show

That's why we all went today..
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Had an great day chasing them today with Niko. It was like an S-B reunion today! Lots of questionable characters out there today!
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Phew for a minute there I thought I was going to get lumped into that statement.
Much slower and way way more crowded today. Managed a few and felt very lucky I did.
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Phew for a minute there I thought I was going to get lumped into that statement.
Much slower and way way more crowded today. Managed a few and felt very lucky I did.
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You were lumped in there and I'm not excluding myself from the statement either!
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Got a late start with son and grnd kids (little kids) , gramps, what's this?,, why? , what's that?,, why ? Don't touch!

BSB, scup, blue and a dog... The scup is still swimming in the eel pen in the garage... LOL , what it's all about!:humpty::wave:

Very crowded in all the spots I checked out yesterday but Albies were there. Only a couple to the boat for a few hrs fishing. Covered quite some ground too. Fly guys seemed to be doing best at every spot with amount hooked/landed.

Have the week off anyone willing to get me dialed in on Best best areas to start please or have their mornings open PM me mid week fishing rocks

Had a great day on them yesterday , Wayne is coming with me today,,,, south side mid cape area
I hope they're still there.... :-)

Had a great day on them yesterday , Wayne is coming with me today,,,, south side mid cape area
I hope they're still there.... :-)

I will be in Hyannis early tomorrow morning. Do I have a shot from shore anywhere? Craigsville?

If I lived up that way, I would go talk a walk on that big breakwall. One of those spots Ive always wanted to go fish, but never made it that far east.

I figured I would share my favorite pic so far this year, my moochy dog doing what she does best. for me nothing beats a fly rod shore caught alby, they have no place to go but out, into my backing everytime!

I will be in Hyannis early tomorrow morning. Do I have a shot from shore anywhere? Craigsville?

Sorry Spin, I was long gone when u post,,,
I'm definitely the wrong guy to ask about that,,, :-) but
Ummm, if I had to pick a spot, the jetty at Kalmars beach on the right day, things slowed down today considerably
Good luck

I think Wayne has some seagull blood in him, he can see Alby sign 1/4 mile out,, no lie

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Even when he is laying down! Dun no how to fix that... Dah

There was a bunch Saturday at Craigville, but they werent taking anything we we offered them.

Son Chris from a marina in Greenwhich Bay down to PJ , skipped work early,,, first one for him... He's hooked :):) and laying down, I dun no
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Think this wind will effectively kill any good shot of getting them from shore? I've made a few trips this year and had a few shots but haven't landed one yet. Picky fish or dirty water when I've found them.
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I think Wayne has some seagull blood in him, he can see Alby sign 1/4 mile out,, no lie

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Even when he is laying down! Dun no how to fix that... Dah


Thanks for the great day of fishing and company.. I enjoy fishing new Areas

Think this wind will effectively kill any good shot of getting them from shore? I've made a few trips this year and had a few shots but haven't landed one yet. Picky fish or dirty water when I've found them.
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I went 4 for 6 yesterday just blind casting once the boat crowds thinned out, however I did put in about 6 hrs. all mine came on a white and tan fly.

wind today looks good. the storm wednesday into thursday looks crappy for the inshore albies, some strong winds coming...

Think this wind will effectively kill any good shot of getting them from shore? I've made a few trips this year and had a few shots but haven't landed one yet. Picky fish or dirty water when I've found them.
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perfect morning for it...dropping tide and wind cranking down the bay....found them from shore in good numbers where they haven't been so hopefully they are spreading out...got really picky when the sun got higher, eating tiny anchovies

hoping to give it a go tomorrow.

If I lived up that way, I would go talk a walk on that big breakwall. One of those spots Ive always wanted to go fish, but never made it that far east.

I figured I would share my favorite pic so far this year, my moochy dog doing what she does best. for me nothing beats a fly rod shore caught alby, they have no place to go but out, into my backing everytime! That is a Great pic !!!

hoping to give it a go tomorrow.

saw them in the bay every day that I was out last week and got tight all but one day.....sparse but they are around, always worth the effort and great with no boats around, hoping to sneak one or two more in this week before this potential storm...the water stayed nice and clear and clean through this blow :uhuh:

saw them in the bay every day that I was out last week and got tight all but one day.....sparse but they are around, always worth the effort and great with no boats around, hoping to sneak one or two more in this week before this potential storm...the water stayed nice and clear and clean through this blow :uhuh:

beautiful pic Scottw........ out of the ordinary.....