So far it’s been a good year for funnies. We’ve been finding them in some odd places. We had a nice bite north of the cape but that seems to have dried up. The bonito have been huge this year. Monday we fished around MV and had sea bass blitzing with bluefish. Bonito were elusive but when the afternoon wind kicked up so did the Albie bite. There were good numbers of nice Spanish macks in the mix too. Bait balls everywhere. And we found a new productive fluke spot. Love this time of year

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I'm on a losing streak. Been covering a lot of eastern BB. Can't stand the boat circus on the sound side (although it has become awful over here as well). Barely saw a fish yesterday and did not see one today. Missed some chances with the flyrod Sat but that is about it for 7-8 days of trying since my first and only fish of the season so far.

I'm on a losing streak. Been covering a lot of eastern BB. Can't stand the boat circus on the sound side (although it has become awful over here as well). Barely saw a fish yesterday and did not see one today. Missed some chances with the flyrod Sat but that is about it for 7-8 days of trying since my first and only fish of the season so far.
Took some poking around yesterday in similar haunts but found them not til late in the day and only had a few good shots. Only one other boat around but I’m also batting .000
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Except for a lights out hooter trip... I’ve had shots at them south side CC but no connections,,,,, :-(

Sept. 3rd I consider the sweet spot out my back door,,,, fingers crossed ;)

Not sure your back yard gup but from my understanding your gonna be ok. Especially if it correlates with a possible sb event this weekend. Gonna try to get down if I can
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Guppy last 3 days. In your back yard to
Mine 😉
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Iam not done yet ... I'll try again tomorrow

talking about HOOTERS .they are working like crazy getting the Warwick one back up & bouncing ………..but the C-19 will cut this down also ><>

Not sure your back yard gup but from my understanding your gonna be ok. Especially if it correlates with a possible sb event this weekend. Gonna try to get down if I can
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South side Yarmouth.....

Mike (Freak) change day from Saturday to Monday and that’s beginning to look like a blow out... good news is it’s just starting....

If you come down I’ll probably be out there somewhere.....

Check your PMs

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Hoping to get into them tomorrow in RI, if not sea bass and possibly a tog or two. Was planning on trying in shore tog, but seems nobody is really stocking crabs just yet, so maybe next week.

Hoping to get into them tomorrow in RI, if not sea bass and possibly a tog or two. Was planning on trying in shore tog, but seems nobody is really stocking crabs just yet, so maybe next week.
Macos has crabs as well as Westport as of yest

Gup can find crabs anywhere.

Goddam Korea is to blame.
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bOB .,, gALE & I LIMITED OUT ON Monday .. I,m not catching crabs / just like last year . so we used Asians crabs ><>

I new I could get crabs at Maco’s, but I decided I’d rig up and hope for some albie action. If not it will be sea bass and tog, but I am really looking forward to a hard pulling tog and some fresh fish for diner.

Not happening this am (6am-1030am) for me yet again. Ran from Quissett to Hadleys to Nonamesset to Cedar Tree to West Chop to East Chop to VH back to Lamberts across to Tarpaulin to Lackeys back to Hadleys to a few miles north of Quissett and back to Quissett. Spent time at each place waiting. Passed other guys doing the same. Never saw a break and almost no birds working. Visibility was excellent. Checked from shore locally a few times this afternoon and evening. A small group of widely spread boats waiting off Nobska was the only suggestion of fish I witnessed. Other than west chop I didn't mark much bait either.

Gup can find crabs anywhere.

Goddam Korea is to blame.
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I’ll put the trap in this weekend...

Albies off the wall this morning,,,,, acres of then for 3 hrs on the middle of the incoming,,,, and rain like you read about, rained so hard my shrimp boots filled with water...... LOL

Half dozen fish for what seems like 100 casts..... I luv the fall... :-)

I’ll put the trap in this weekend...

Albies off the wall this morning,,,,, acres of then for 3 hrs on the middle of the incoming,,,, and rain like you read about, rained so hard my shrimp boots filled with water...... LOL

Half dozen fish for what seems like 100 casts..... I luv the fall... :-)

Your neck of the woods or mine? I have to wait till Saturday but I’m off next week.
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$$$$$$$$!!!
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talking about HOOTERS .they are working like crazy getting the Warwick one back up & bouncing ………..but the C-19 will cut this down also ><>



keep me posted, I will cumm, promise

Your neck of the woods or mine? I have to wait till Saturday but I’m off next week.
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Mine

Thank you.
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been planning to go to the block next weekend for a year , had to cancel due to covin:wall::wall:

Pulled a half dozen tog off Saconet light with plastic, most just short, but one bruiser that will be diner. Had to weed through a bunch of short sea bass to cull a couple keepers and was hoping to see Albert but not one feed anywhere. I’m about to call it just east of the harbor jetty and mark fish do I dropped my 4”split tail to the bottom and let out line to slowly drift and bounce bottom when suddenly albies pop right around me, so I crank in hard to possible switch to a light rod with epoxy jig, but no need as I’m hammered halfway back to the boat. Man I love the fight, pulled me around for what seemed like ten minutes.

Pulled a half dozen tog off Saconet light with plastic, most just short, but one bruiser that will be diner. Had to weed through a bunch of short sea bass to cull a couple keepers and was hoping to see Albert but not one feed anywhere. I’m about to call it just east of the harbor jetty and mark fish do I dropped my 4”split tail to the bottom and let out line to slowly drift and bounce bottom when suddenly albies pop right around me, so I crank in hard to possible switch to a light rod with epoxy jig, but no need as I’m hammered halfway back to the boat. Man I love the fight, pulled me around for what seemed like ten minutes.

Awesome, putting traps in this weekend, we go soon, hey?

Epic out there today. Lot of fish seem to be arriving.
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Awesome, putting traps in this weekend, we go soon, hey?

Always up for a boat ride. Edit this after I notice birds everywhere off white horse beach and I can see fish busting with binoculars. If I were 30 it would be a race to get down there, but getting up at 3 at my age zaps my desire for a double.

Sounds like lots of fun starting to happen. Very jealous. Please post pics!

Sounds like lots of fun starting to happen. Very jealous. Please post pics!

Fun for sure

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CR’d

Didn’t have to go as far as you this morning. Another double digit day.
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Didn’t have to go as far as you this morning. Another double digit day.
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Sweet....
I go further to get out of the mob

First time looking for them I was able to get one Bonito and 3 Albies. I probably had 25 hits I was not able to stick to fish. Very frustrating day
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First time looking for them I was able to get one Bonito and 3 Albies. I probably had 25 hits I was not able to stick to fish. Very frustrating day
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That's a great day . Wait till next time and they wont even hit your lure even while blitzing or in my case 3 50 mile trips back to back only to see 1 blow up , then read about everyone's success, :btu:

Didn’t have to go as far as you this morning. Another double digit day.
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What are they keying in on? Big profiles or smaller offerings and 10 will wear you out

I had them breaking all around me yesterday and a boat full of customers who couldn’t cast. I’d cast 1 rod and pass it off - tell them to reel fast, cast the next rod ... then went bottom fishing. The bait where I was yesterday was pretty big, 4” peanuts
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Tying patterns in the 3-4" range.Getting creamed! just barely keeping up with the phone calls.Some are using the flies as droppers and doubling up.Also,popper/droppers on both spinning and fly.

Silversides in some places anchovy’s at Others. Pretty much impossible to hook up on those fish.Keeps the nit wits busy though so you can slip off by yourself somewhere. Get out early and stay away from others will increase your limits.
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I had them breaking all around me yesterday and a boat full of customers who couldn’t cast. I’d cast 1 rod and pass it off - tell them to reel fast, cast the next rod ... then went bottom fishing. The bait where I was yesterday was pretty big, 4” peanuts
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That’s a bit frustrating when they can’t cast. Nice to take a charter out that knows how to handle the rods. Happens allot thou.
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I had them breaking all around me yesterday and a boat full of customers who couldn’t cast. I’d cast 1 rod and pass it off - tell them to reel fast, cast the next rod ... then went bottom fishing. The bait where I was yesterday was pretty big, 4” peanuts
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Mate time? Dom? :-)

Sunday was pretty awesome. They showed up in large numbers and weren’t very picky til the sun got high and bright then it shut off like a faucet. 0-4 with only one loss due to operator error. Found them early and were on a few pods before the cavalry showed up but all the boats around us worked well together for once. Didn’t have to run and gun just sit and let them pop up
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....Some are using the flies as droppers and doubling up.....


I can't even fathom that, not even sure I'd enjoy that if they didn't break each other off first...:confused:

it's been interesting chasing them this year...found them yesterday in glassy water lazily surface feeding on peanuts...they were spread out in small pods occasionally pushing bait to the surface..could have just sat there and watched them...when I've seen them while running around it's been typically just a quick roll and maybe a single fish leaping from the water, just enough time to get a cast in... then gone...hope the storms stay away for a while

great pic! nice fish!

On the way in in between blows came across a huge blowup, 4 casts produced 3 missed strikes and one bigy.....
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On the way in in between blows came across a huge blowup, 4 casts produced 3 missed strikes and one bigy.....
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Lobster bait?
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great green crab bait

All of the above... :-)

great green crab bait

That too.... It's time to start stockpiling them

Still batting zero in the Albie department not form a lack of trying

We ate one a few years ago, it’s not bad.
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I dunno Pete.... acquired taste for sure.
Last few years I've tried it a few different ways...

Pan-seared steaks...:hs:
Broiled/Baked in the oven w/crumbs...:rollem:
Grilled steaks....:huh:
Even deep-fried....:yak5:

My 80 yr. old dad insists he likes it.... but he's like "Mikey", he eats everything & anything, his generation was built on never refusing a meal as they were hard to come by...me, not so much...

Fried in butter and olive oil with onions peppers and garlic
It ain’t a whitefish
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It ain’t a whitefish....
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Whitefish lives Matter!!!


One of my elders suggested baking it in the oven and then storing it in a jar filled with olive oil and garlic. Refrigerate and eat like cold tuna??

I think Roberto Duran said it best..... "No Mas"

We ate one a few years ago, it’s not bad.
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I like the “cat’s won’t eat it “ phrase....
I cut a steak out of one once, put in frig overnight, then Came to my senses, stuck it in a bait bag for The pots... LOL

Well...
If they tasted like cod, there’d be none left.
It’s a good thing they taste like ass.

Well...
If they tasted like cod, there’d be none left.
It’s a good thing they taste like ass.

we were talking about this the other day...I like that they are elusive...I like that they move fast...I like that they are often picky...I like that they are a challenge....I like that they are perceived to not taste good(keep hearing mixed reviews)....if not they would just get slaughtered with the way they are pursued

Slow going out there yesterday. A few chances in one sheltered spot but too many boats on one small school ruined it. BB was wild (sustained 28 kts) on the ride home.
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Curious how you FF Chasers think water temps affect your FF fishing.
This morning on the ride home, water temp S. side Ch was 65.0 degrees. Tarpaulin Cove, water temp 67.1.

Incidentally, that is 3 to 5 degrees cooler than 4 days ago before these NE fronts.

There’s an echo in here! :-)

Wayne with a monster, he couldn’t get it to the boat we figured foul hooked,,, not
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Nice fish
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Nice to see someone catch something. I’m on a massive losing streak.
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We’ll change that tomorrow
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Met up the infamous Johnny saxatilis from the site over the vineyard and we fished a few days this week finally got my albie skunk off Thursday am
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Nice. Johnny knows👍
Missed a slam today by a Bluefish. Thanks to Numbskull for putting me on the fish
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Nice. Johnny knows👍
Missed a slam today by a Bluefish. Thanks to Numbskull for putting me on the fish
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We ran into a tin Thursday am and both hoped it would be you Paul. Hope everything has been treating you well tight lines
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Nice to see someone catch something. I’m on a massive losing streak.
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that broke my albie drought ,,, but Ray and I zero in the tuna game we went yesterday again this time to the bank .. in the blackest night I've ever ridden into
The morning look promising saw some whales macs on top dolphins and 100 other boats and Charlie never showed.. but we'll keep at it

We ran into a tin Thursday am and both hoped it would be you Paul. Hope everything has been treating you well tight lines
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No I was working. All good here likewise I hope.
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Plenty of fish still around but tough conditions today. Got several but can’t attach photos. The attach file box doesn’t seem to do anything. Anyone know what’s that about?

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Worked for me George,,, is it over 1 meg. , that’ll stop it