I'm days away from things blowing up in my area. Post some pics or stories here if you got em!!!

I'll start. Here is one from Valentines Day. It came with a box of chocolates!

Nice fish Mikey, here’s one I got on a BM 3oz Darter.

DO IT

Do boat fish count?

38#, 42"

Tman7, great face!! Nice fish too ;)

RappinMikey, Enfield already?

We kicked the season off with a trip to SW Florida. From shore we got a bunch of schoolie snook, sheepshead, trout and tons of catfish. Had 3 charters lined up but 2 got blown out. On the 3rd we got a 100 pound tarpon, some better snook, a spinner shark and 1 pelican. Chrissy my 11 yr old hooked up the tarpon so that was entertaining
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This morning in the rain..... it’s a start, hey?
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That’s encouraging ray
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Tman7, great face!! Nice fish too ;)

RappinMikey, Enfield already?

No, that was a Holdover from the Houssy in February (note the ice burg bottom right). But they are starting to trickle in to my river Spring spots now.

Do boat fish count?

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That is a heavy 42" fish. Nice work.

That is a heavy 42" fish. Nice work.

Prespawn Hudson river fish. As fat as I ever seen.

Do boat fish count?

38#, 42"

Did you get a boat? I remember your first boat fish. We had a good day! Feel free to blame me if you did take the plunge.

This morning in the rain..... it’s a start, hey?
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This pic from Guppy is usually followed by a dinner plate picture of fried calamari rings maybe next to a stuffy. Maybe that pic is coming tonight.
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Do boat fish count?

38#, 42"

WOW!!! A beauty!!!:happy::happy::happy::happy:

Fried calamari with banana peppers would be on the meal menu before my execution.
Yum !
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Did you get a boat? I remember your first boat fish. We had a good day! Feel free to blame me if you did take the plunge.

I did get a small boat but that was on a friends boat in Raritan bay NJ about 2 weeks ago. Caught on a 9" rubber shad.

Yes, when you and I went out we had a great day!

This pic from Guppy is usually followed by a dinner plate picture of fried calamari rings maybe next to a stuffy. Maybe that pic is coming tonight.
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Here ya go... last night...
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God that looks good!

Squidin is ovah...


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seems like the season is off to a great start...I warmed up on 2021 a bit south on some southern species....we landed tarpon, bonefish, redfish, jacks, snappers and sharks from the paddle boards, had a shot at a nice permit as well....the wind was brutal even by the standards of the locals in the middle keys but it's such an amazing fishing environment that you just deal with it and try to hide from it as best you can....hard to adjust to our current temps now and get motivated to chase stripers :rotf2:...this was a camping trip....through the month we only had 1 day with a little rain mid-day, had a couple of violent overnight storms that made things interesting...it's a great escape....added the new GoPro9 for this trip as well, great little tool for capturing things and easy editing on my phone to create quick 1 minute clips....amazing results when there is a lot of light and contrast and the subjects are near...not so good in low light and distance but still playing withy the settings and features...plus the underwater shots are fantastic

couple more...

With Wayne and Dangles today, not a ton of fish but a to of fun

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Boat looks great Ray.

Boat looks great Ray.

U need a boat... :-)

With Wayne and Dangles today, not a ton of fish but a to of fun

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Nice! Living vicariously through you guys for a month more....

Great report Scott! My days for doing the camping type trip are long in the past. That trip for now me would require a few more creature comforts... At least up to Cuttyhunk Fishing Club standards....:walk:

Ross I,ve thought about that alot lately .I woudn,t make it from the ferry to the dock .never mind anything else :fishin:

Ross I,ve thought about that alot lately .I woudn,t make it from the ferry to the dock .never mind anything else :fishin:
I will get us the golf cart, Mike! Bonnie would never refuse you......:blush:

I do want another trip out there... Give me a month to see what I have here for wheels.

Things are starting to heat up in the hood

Nice as always

Wow Mikey!! I’ve been waiting for that pic... now I know it’s started for sure... LOL
Awesome

Nice fish Mikey
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Here is a nice one from yesterday. I had a giant miss a pencil this morning. My heart is still racing.

Here is a nice one from yesterday. I had a giant miss a pencil this morning. My heart is still racing.

Awesome

Like the old days Mikey.

Super job Mikey!

Hey, looks like there's something out there anyway!

Lights out sea bass fishing today (VS).
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Lights out sea bass fishing today (VS).
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If I said

:nopics:

Is that bashing ?

BM

47" 35# on a pencil yesterday afternoon!!

Nice fish Mikey... it on here as well.. about 9 days early too..

Nice fish Mikey... it on here as well.. about 9 days early too..

Get em!!!!

47" 35# on a pencil yesterday afternoon!!

Nice to see they are out there. My herring run spots are dead beyond what I have ever seen. Gives me mojo to to keep at it.

That’s awesome Mikey! Who’s pencil?

Gibbs Canal Special.

Well, I hit the beach this morning for the first time this season, had an hour to kill. Crosswind. But, picked up 4 schoolies before heading home to get ready to play golf :) Nothing showing and no birds, but they are here.

Not big by old standards, but it was a pleasant surprise to catch one way up inside BB, while targeting sea bass. The last weakfish I caught was also on one of my 4" split tails off Westport maybe 15 years ago, looking forward to something new for dinner tomorrow night. Another kayaker said he also dropped one at the yak, so a few must have been up inside.

Hey Got Stripers! That looks like my Kayak! :) Used to catch them in Weekapaug all the time and great eating.

Not big by old standards, but it was a pleasant surprise to catch one way up inside BB, while targeting sea bass. The last weakfish I caught was also on one of my 4" split tails off Westport maybe 15 years ago, looking forward to something new for dinner tomorrow night. Another kayaker said he also dropped one at the yak, so a few must have been up inside.

that's awesome and a nice surprise when you get it to the boat and realize what you caught.....I used to get them in the Sakonnet but it was sporadic and usually Aug/Sept ....wish we had bigger populations...such pretty fish

Get em!!!!

did well for a couple of nights...the bulk of the nice ones has moved upriver towards the Lawrence dam ( I presume).. scratch fishing last night..alot of small stuff top water and on the long rod, bigger ones ( 6-10lbs) down deep on sluggos on jig heads.. damn water is 48 at high tide...I've been trailering the boat while I break in the new power head, glad I can leave it on the dock starting today..

did well for a couple of nights...the bulk of the nice ones has moved upriver towards the Lawrence dam ( I presume).. scratch fishing last night..alot of small stuff top water and on the long rod, bigger ones ( 6-10lbs) down deep on sluggos on jig heads.. damn water is 48 at high tide...I've been trailering the boat while I break in the new power head, glad I can leave it on the dock starting today..

The Princess Warrior!!!!

Bomba!!!
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About a week left of local fun. Then the commutes to find them begin.

1st catch of the season with Ray today 36in live pogie . the bay was full of boats no one catching that I saw . and of course A pogie Boat wiped out the only pogies in the area by 9am.. so I doubt the bass will stick around for long

1st catch of the season with Ray today 36in live pogie . the bay was full of boats no one catching that I saw . and of course A pogie Boat wiped out the only pogies in the area by 9am.. so I doubt the bass will stick around for long

And mine came unbuttoned...... SOaB.....
Thanks Bud

Gut hooked circle hook.... he might make it... :-(
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the 3 Pogie boat have basically cleaned out the bay North of the Mt hope bridge. Did get pogies, and paid for them in Bristol Harbor even that guy is struggling to find them . found some blues lost one bass in my go to spot and that was it.. from 4am to to noon still early but the bass move out by July 1st

Gut hooked circle hook.... he might make it... :-(
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I've noticed you do lit them run back to maryland before setting the hook ...:rotflmao::rotflmao::kewl:

wayne /the guys are using stingers .....I don,t know why .....no wants blues ..even for free :nailem:

I've noticed you do lit them run back to maryland before setting the hook ...:rotflmao::rotflmao::kewl:

Dam straight,,, either that or miss him.... basically don’t know what to do with those freaking hooks,,, tight drag too early lose um,,, wait and gut hook um...
that bloo missed the stinger! Geeesh

Changed things up today…. Forgot how much I enjoyed the sweet water…Striper Bob got one that dwarfed this one…. :-)

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Getting some nice ones in the bay. pic right side up on my pc. i flip it around and reupload, same way lol i dunno i miss photobucket for this site.

Getting some nice ones in the bay. pic right side up on my pc. i flip it around and reupload, same way lol i dunno i miss photobucket for this site.

Nice going out in am to see if I can find some slow start this season
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Getting some nice ones in the bay. pic right side up on my pc. i flip it around and reupload, same way lol i dunno i miss photobucket for this site.

Yup uploading pics on this site is bizarre. If I preview a pic and it’s rotated wrong, I have to delete it, open it in paint. There I rotate it, save it, then open it again to rotate back to the way it looked to start and by the way the exact way I uploaded it to start. I upload it to my post again and miraculously it’s correct, when nothing changed other than a back and forth in paint to change nothing, bizzarro world on here.

Yup uploading pics on this site is bizarre. If I preview a pic and it’s rotated wrong, I have to delete it, open it in paint. There I rotate it, save it, then open it again to rotate back to the way it looked to start and by the way the exact way I uploaded it to start. I upload it to my post again and miraculously it’s correct, when nothing changed other than a back and forth in paint to change nothing, bizzarro world on here.
It's just because John uses 1960's encoding :hihi:

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I know, picked him up wrong… dah
Slapped me in the face when he took off..

After one of the slowest Starts of a season in recent memory Finally got this nice 35in 20lber , he was kept and given to My neighbor As i do every year .. Seems the pogie boats have moved out and some pogies with bass escorts have started to be easier to find .. next week should get better if you can beat the wind

After one of the slowest Starts of a season in recent memory Finally got this nice 35in 20lber , he was kept and given to My neighbor As i do every year .. Seems the pogie boats have moved out and some pogies with bass escorts have started to be easier to find .. next week should get better if you can beat the wind

Spot burn! I know those rocks over your left shoulder…. :cheers2:

Latest start to target stripers for me, just a lot going on, putting in locally early am in Plymouth.

I started... now stopped. Plovers... eesh.

On Dangles sled…..
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Remember…. No bashing

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Gup! Very NICE ; )

Gup! Very NICE ; )

Thanks John

Left mid cape at 4 PM and got home at 4 AM…
I think they call that an half day trip…. LOL

Remember…. No bashing

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Those are really nice fish. Reminds me of 05 and 06 when I got the Sea Hunt and "He who cannot be mentioned" and I were crushing large on a daily basis. Problem was, we killed everything we caught.

When I saw the tide and sea forecast yesterday am, I knew it would be a good tog bite in the skinny water on the incoming. I love fishing freshwater bass spinning tackle for tog with plastic. It was a fish on every cast for a while, my usual 3/8 oz. kalin ultimate jig head and my olive or smoke 4” split tail. It’s amazing how aggressive tog are when those conditions line up, good running tide, some good swell to generate lots of white water, they are opportunistic and will readily hit plastic. Not sure I’d take a tippy kayak as close as I got today, but my PA14 is like a big surfboard, just rides right up and over them.

Was met at the dirt ramp by an EP officer, he measured my one keeper tog and then insisted on seeing my license. I’m sweating bullets in the midday sun and trying to find the picture I always take of the license, pain in the ass. Go harass the poachers on the bridge, no you have to find the only guy nuts enough to peddle out to fish the slop on Hens and Chickens ledge really?

the poachers and litterers are too much trouble....because I have spin and fly gear, shore and paddle board stuff I print a bunch of copies of my license at the beginning of the season, put them in little zip lock bags and shove them in all of my gear, can't always remember where I put them but I figure my odds are good for finding one if I need to present one:rotf2:

I always have my phone and picture of the license off my computer every season I purchase it, it just a little much in light of what I see every year for the guy to bust me for one legal tog.

I run a few copies & have them coated

1 i n the boat , 1 in the truck , 1 in the bag I take 95% of the time & one in my wallet

commercial in my pocket

WRT licenses its always a pain to show. Sometimes in your wallet or you left it on the boat and your on your buds boat that day

But

Alls it takes for the epo is to radio your name on and verify. Takes less than a minute. So as long as you got it. No need to have on your person as far as I see it. Big they don’t like that answer
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Thru the the anchor next to an EP boat yesterday and fillet these,,, didn’t say boo…

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Thru the the anchor next to an EP boat yesterday and fillet these,,, didn’t say boo…

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Nice job on fluke. BSB have been relatively easy, decent fluke are harder to find locally....

Nice job on fluke. BSB have been relatively easy, decent fluke are harder to find locally....

Ya, I was pleasantly surprised with the fluke,,, been meaning to try that area and it paid off,,,
That BSB in the pic is a wopper… :-)

WRT licenses its always a pain to show. Sometimes in your wallet or you left it on the boat and your on your buds boat that day

But

Alls it takes for the epo is to radio your name on and verify. Takes less than a minute. So as long as you got it. No need to have on your person as far as I see it. Big they don’t like that answer
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In this day and age, a Statie that pulls you over knows the status of your license, registration, insurance, and inspection before leaving the cruiser. All MSP cruisers, and indeed, most town police cruisers have a MDT on board, linked to a central data base. I suspect that the formality of "license and registration, please" is just to keep you there while they run a warrant check.

Changed things up today,,, plus a bonus found some wild high blues,,, going back for the blues this weekend,,

https://youtu.be/EWyb4FBtKJU

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I get the blues EVERY weekend when I think of what the striper fishing is like these days!
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I get the blues EVERY weekend when I think of what the striper fishing is like these days!
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Seem to be plenty boat fish up this way only very few over 24.. :-(

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I should have taken pictures of the School of Jacks 20-40lb jacks I found in hilton head! with 9 other people on a pontoon Boat with me driving and trying to cast wasn't fun . what was worse I could see them ignore plug after plug I threw at them.. then with my albie rod I had one take a white albie snack he was on for like a Min and broke the leader . by the time I got my heavier set up rigged with an albie snax I couldnt find them and time was up with the rental :realmad:

I should have taken pictures of the School of Jacks 20-40lb jacks I found in hilton head! with 9 other people on a pontoon Boat with me driving and trying to cast wasn't fun . what was worse I could see them ignore plug after plug I threw at them.. then with my albie rod I had one take a white albie snack he was on for like a Min and broke the leader . by the time I got my heavier set up rigged with an albie snax I couldnt find them and time was up with the rental :realmad:

All this sounds familiar…… :smash:

Finally got out in my Son's new ride, the boat is a sweet ride, to bad there weren't more fish around. We did pick up some schoolies and got into some decent bluefish feeding around the glades in Scituate, but no fish of any size. The only thing missing is a long shafted minkota riptide trolling motor and I'd call it perfect.

Cuddly nice . That’s a big blue
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Geeesh, poor guy looks like you…. ;-)

Sweet boat, GL

Geesh….memories.
Back in the day I did a lot of eel slinging at night around all those awesome rock ledges.
Bass were always stuffed with lobsters.
Seldom saw another soul too.
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Geesh….memories.
Back in the day I did a lot of eel slinging at night around all those awesome rock ledges.
Bass were always stuffed with lobsters.
Seldom saw another soul too.
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When I flipped from freshwater bass to stripers, I was fishing in a basstracker v17 ( very wet ) and Scituate was where I always launched. Fished a milk run of ledges up to outside of cohasset harbor and even up inside little harbor tide permitting. A slow day was 50 stripers with usually a keeper or two mixed in. Hence the name of my baits Ledge Runner Baits.

Spent allot of time over the last 27 years in the rocks too

Occasionally still some jumbo bass in those rocks but it just isn’t like it use to be

I fish the north river up to hull allot
Chunked allot. Bump troll live bait mostly now. The last many years lots of 25 to 32” fish but tough for large consistently

I catch some of my biggest up the river. Started to get ok this year then all the heavy rain put a damper on things.
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I remember one day I wanted to take one of my freshwater bass club members out but the mouth of the river was too nasty so I took him way up inside just above bridge st and we hammered big bass with 1oz rattle spots. He’d never caught a striper and his first was probably pushing 25lbs.

What a sweet ride!:btu:

ya sure not talking about Bob,s bass boat .out in the swells & waves .

what a fu ckin ass kicking :doh:

ya sure not talking about Bob,s bass boat .out in the swells & waves .

what a fu ckin ass kicking :doh:

I was pushing the envelope with the freshwater basstracker and the upgrade to the Lund was a bit safer, it wasn't until I upgraded to the McKee Craft 196CC I was drier and safer. Regardless of boat or kayak, I'm always in the white water wash, it's where I like to fish and those rock fish like it too.

Been working on a job so close to the water..... it has been a big distraction. Monday I watched as a boat....belonging to someone I know scour the area out in front of me. I couldnt tell if he was catching or chasing.... even with my binocculars. It was frustrating for me to have to be working on such a fine day.

So yesterday I called my nephew.....who has been on a list of people I have promised to take out on my boat...and he joined me. We had barely backed the boat away from the ramp and there were fish breaking on the surface all around us. I was driving in the river current and couldnt make a cast...but he did and immediatley hooked up with a schoolie striper. I was intent on getting out front so we headed out the mouth of the river and it wasnt long before we found birds working on bait. We both hooked up right away on some very good sized bluefish. Did a lot of cruising as I let my nephew take the helm....I know he was just enjoying the whole scene.


Later I caught two keeper BSB.....which surprised me as I was using a lure that only swims 3 feet deep. Was hoping to spot bonito or false albacore but saw none.

Been working on a job so close to the water..... it has been a big distraction. Monday I watched as a boat....belonging to someone I know scour the area out in front of me. I couldnt tell if he was catching or chasing.... even with my binocculars. It was frustrating for me to have to be working on such a fine day.

So yesterday I called my nephew.....who has been on a list of people I have promised to take out on my boat...and he joined me. We had barely backed the boat away from the ramp and there were fish breaking on the surface all around us. I was driving in the river current and couldnt make a cast...but he did and immediatley hooked up with a schoolie striper. I was intent on getting out front so we headed out the mouth of the river and it wasnt long before we found birds working on bait. We both hooked up right away on some very good sized bluefish. Did a lot of cruising as I let my nephew take the helm....I know he was just enjoying the whole scene.


Later I caught two keeper BSB.....which surprised me as I was using a lure that only swims 3 feet deep. Was hoping to spot bonito or false albacore but saw none.

great trip….

Set up a transit on the deck,,, great for checking out the beach traffic also…. ;-). Been there LOL

Transit works good.....I got a portable work support table to rest my binoculars on ;).....can see buildings on cutty.....and beyond to gay head cliffs when it's clear
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My son Dave finally put his new boat to good use and dad wasn’t invited😡

My son Dave finally put his new boat to good use and dad wasn’t invited😡

I guess the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree..

Streaker….

Grandkids fishin with grandad is the epitome of life… :-)

Matt’s at it again…

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Grandkids fishin with grandad is the epitome of life… :-)

Matt’s at it again…

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Good stuff 🙂
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Got back to the edge (been a couple of years). Glad to know the Valhalla Rising crew can still can find yellowfin (and albacore and mahi)...

well fed but still hungry

Nice fish guys……

Went out this Am tons of small bait 6 to 10 huge schools of Pogies all heading out to sea and all unmolested saw no feeding bass or blues other than that a perfect morning
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Fun morning with gather blues and schoolies. Chewed my plastic, but even half a bait was exploded on, its been years since I’ve seen blues of that size and lots of them.

Fun morning with gather blues and schoolies. Chewed my plastic, but even half a bait was exploded on, its been years since I’ve seen blues of that size and lots of them.

Nice love getting hooked up with big blues
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Nice love getting hooked up with big blues
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Damn near pulled out of the boat by a couple 12 lbers, when they get that big the fight and aerobatics are so good.

Tony on a fun fish

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Nice! Congrats to you and the crew.

Bucket list also completed on spinning gear wasn’t on the boat with ray . Was on mine . Same place . Both catching . They were on butter fish mine was stacked with them . It hit a 5 in epoxy jig . Was worried I only had a 50lb leader

Bucket list also completed on spinning gear wasn’t on the boat with ray . Was on mine . Same place . Both catching . They were on butter fish mine was stacked with them . It hit a 5 in epoxy jig . Was worried I only had a 50lb leader

We finally got it done…. LOL

Congrats you two

We finally got it done…. LOL

Yes we did ! cooked it up tonight on the Grill. It was good. But my taste buds prefer Fluke and my budget lol
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Awesome trip to Chappaquid#^&#^&#^&#^&.
9 days of no internet or cell phone access, pure bliss !
Relax and keeping it simple with a band of extraordinary urban anglers.

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Sometimes it’s not the fish we’re after.

I hope I can recreate some of those great memories had on those beaches.... Nice pics. One of the nicer places I have had the pleasure to cast from....

Nice looked fun
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That sounds and looks like heaven…..

good for u’s

Nice work Wayne and Guppy.

Makai: thanks for the pics. Beautiful. Glad you had a nice trip. Caught my first ever striper 25 years ago on the Vineyard with my father passing one rod with an atom popper back and forth…. and haven’t fished it since. I gotta get back out there… and score a rich broad who’ll keep me
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Beautiful pics! I fished Squibnocket today, no luck. Leaving tomorrow afternoon... Been very quiet fishing. On to RI next. Cheers.

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Looks like you christened that rod too. Good going.
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Looks like you christened that rod too. Good going.
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The rod is amazing. It’s like casting air. With all kinds of backbone.
Everyone who tried it wants one for Christmas 🎅

OK... what rod is it?

7’10” weapon jr by Century.
Ridiculously light and strong.
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Looks like you christened that rod too. Good going.
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Btw…
Fished with East End Lou and the Hess clan.
Lou sends his regards.
Great group, lots of fun.
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Sometimes it’s not the fish we’re after.

That’s awesome, any stripers?

That’s awesome, any stripers?

Some little ones to slot fish at night.
We mostly went for shore albies and blues by day.

Some serious erosion going on---is that Wasque?

Btw…
Fished with East End Lou and the Hess clan.
Lou sends his regards.
Great group, lots of fun.
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That’s great. Thanks.
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Yes the rod is such a pleasure. I beat the hell out of it this Albie season and it performed flawlessly. Your right like air.
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Some serious erosion going on---is that Wasque?

Yes it is.
Or was…
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You had to be mindful of the tide if you were walking from one side of the rip to the other to get to your vehicle. Wave would be right up to the "cliff" at times. Couple of multi-day runs of blues there. Some were beastly big.

Best I could do at 3 AM this morning ...

Must of been nice out there with this moon,, nice snag :-)

Best I could do at 3 AM this morning ...

Bummer. Saw your boat on the mooring this morning so I take it you weren’t at the usual spot.
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No fish bashing

No fish bashing




Well, that's fake. Unless there are 3 ' people in the band an d 8' people

Well, that's fake. Unless there are 3 ' people in the band an d 8' people



The picture could be fake the the message is definitely real !
Let’s go Brandon 👍
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The picture could be fake the the message is definitely real !
Let’s go Brandon 👍
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:laugha:

Best I could do at 3 AM this morning ...

Trophy squid right there.......any jerk can catch a bass.

Way to douche up a good thread Ronnie….
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Way to douche up a good thread Ronnie….
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😜 LMAO

Trophy squid right there.......any jerk can catch a bass.

YES

I didn’t know this was the new political forum
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I didn’t know this was the new political forum
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Never should be, that crap belongs elsewhere.

I didn’t know this was the new political forum
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FWIW, I saw a comment on another site stating that "this" place was getting toxic.... Sad state of affairs from what it used to be. I have to say I agree and lay the blame 99% on the Political Forum. Sorry to derail. I will start a different thread.

Never should be, that crap belongs elsewhere.

I would have deleted or hidden it, but I take my lead from John, and he seemed to be OK with it. Sometimes the best thing to do is just ignore it, unless it turns into an outright brawl.

[QUOTE=ProfessorM;1216257]Bummer. Saw your boat on the mooring this morning so I take it you weren’t at the usual spot.


10 PM Monday eve down here in Falmouth... Which beach should I fish tonight? I checked the tide tables; the current tables; the wind direction; the sea wave heights. Then Boom... thunder, lightning, pouring rain. And then I was totally skunked last night. I think I will just go to bed.

But but but. In German: aber aber. What if I can't sleep? What if I'm missing something somewhere? What if I'm dead next week? Etc. Oh God! I'm so totally addicted.
Amen.

[QUOTE=ProfessorM;1216257]Bummer. Saw your boat on the mooring this morning so I take it you weren’t at the usual spot.


10 PM Monday eve down here in Falmouth... Which beach should I fish tonight? I checked the tide tables; the current tables; the wind direction; the sea wave heights. Then Boom... thunder, lightning, pouring rain. And then I was totally skunked last night. I think I will just go to bed.

But but but. In German: aber aber. What if I can't sleep? What if I'm missing something somewhere? What if I'm dead next week? Etc. Oh God! I'm so totally addicted.
Amen.

Alan you are by far the hardest fishing fisherman there is and I know a lot of hard fisherman. Even at your age you would put the hardest fishing 30 year old to shame and probably have been that way for 50 years. It’s an honor to fish with you no matter what George says and even when your grumpy😊
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I had a friend and his son (15 or 16 y/o) out with my son (6 almost 7 y/o) over the weekend.

I woke my son up at 4:15am and managed to move him to where his fishing attire was located away from where his little brother was sleeping. I made him a cream cheese and jelly english muffin with a peeled clementine ready to go at his seat in the truck, which he ate and took a little nap before getting to the ramp. My other party was there ahead of me, which was great, and we launched in the dark after moving some rods around at adding lunch to the cooler.

Made a short run and started working a shoreline for bass with the doc and my son had a grey lady tackle 200 which could be a needle or a pencil depending on how it was worked. on the second drift my son's plug was knocked into the air, then followed in boat side without any luck. two more similar drifts happened with attempted strikes and no hook ups, I wish I had put a needle or loaded redfin on one of their rods if I had a second shot. I called it, and said time to tog.

So we shot over and anchored in one of my favorite places for tog, as an incoming tide has been best for me in this particular area. My son got to work immediately, he started cutting crabs and sending the legs and claws over the side. He devised a rating system for the crabs, which should be sent down first, the yellow kind, orange inside, stinky, juicy, and stinky and juicy. We managed a bunch of short fish and only added 3 to the box at 20", 18" & 16.5", & decided to have lunch early before moving. During our snack, a big flock of geese flew over head and I asked my son if he knew why one side of the "V" in the geese flocks was always longer? I told him, because there are more geese on that side. wahhhnt waaa waaaah. Anyways, we decided to get the flock out of there, and while doing so, I noticed a pile of fish on a 45'-50' breakline and decided to switch all the tog gear to vertical jigs. I asked my son to get the squid pack from the cooler, and he got to work. By the time I had the gear swapped out on 4 rods, he had the squid cut into strips and 4 drifts produced a bunch of BSB and decent scup. My son managed about 10 fish including two keeper scup and 1 keeper BSB which was the perfect pick-me-up we needed leading into my move to a spot I had picked out and never tried for the turn.

I sent the anchor down and kept it short on the rocky hump and we started all over again, chumming legs and dropping tog jigs down. After about 15-20 minutes the fish found the food trail and it was ON! we quickly went from our 3 to 9 and let a bunch others go over size, my son had one off the bottom a few turns and then it just smoked the drag and cut off on the reef below. We left them biting, but I had to call it a day.

I asked my son if he wanted to ride in the beanbag back, but he insisted on sitting next to me. That lasted for a 1/3 of the ride in before the tug on my arm, "Daddy, I think I'm going to fall asleep" he slept until about 15 mins before getting home, woke up and started laughing to himself, saying "I thought we were still fishing". I told him how proud I was of him for all the work he did on the boat, making the trip the best possible for everyone on the trip. No doubt he was the MVP.

Good detailed report there Linesider.
I made my last shore fishing trip of the season last saturday night ....plugged the inlet for a little while with no hits.....switched over to a dead eel, lit a small fire and waited ....my fishing partner pulled in a baby dogfish....he wasnt pleased at all. Little while later I had a fish on.....decent size bluefish. Cue the fat lady.

Great story Linesider! Kids are great!!

Matt u have yourself a lifetime fishing partner. Great job Dad.
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Cleaning out my files preparing for 2022... he's a few taken when I had an ice fishing buddy down from the mountains of new Hampshire... first ever striper... he WAS a small mouth fisherman...

I'll post more once I down load, resize and flip.. heres a few from 2021 ice fishing... I actually have many..

here ae a few of the better mornings lobster fishing... something about those early flat mornings that make the day special.. cooler full of bugs is nice too!

If I was younger .. & had money ..

catching your own lobsters & eels is awesome ><>

here ae a few of the better mornings lobster fishing... something about those early flat mornings that make the day special.. cooler full of bugs is nice too!

All great pics, even upside down…. :-)
Those bugs look great,,, my yr sucked

All great pics, even upside down…. :-)
Those bugs look great,,, my yr sucked

Your not alone, bug fishing was the worst I've seen in 30 years..I only gotta total of 27 keepers..
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Nice Joe.
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Was hoping for a picture of a bft,,,
Instead
This is me headed back to monomoy with my tail between my legs,,, cold, raw, sloppy…… launched too early I guess…. :-(

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I'm taking offers (time, not money ; ) ) if any of y'all want part management of the site .

Everyone always has solutions, but the solution is people need to post and people need to get together. I can't ignore my mortgage & kid's college paying job to do this one ; )

Nice Joe.
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Thanks Paul, you Bruce and Ibshould try and get out next year..
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Western LI Sound Albie and shore caught 31# from last night.

Western LI Sound Albie and shore caught 31# from last night.

Hey Paul your head is missing!
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Hey Paul your head is missing!
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I'm in disguise

Nice fish!
There were Albies between Weekapaug Point and Quonnie this morning for a couple hours. Never came in close enough to get a shot, but cool all the same. Dead to the east... (sorry, not meant to be a spot burn).

Western LI Sound Albie and shore caught 31# from last night.

Nice!
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Well played sir.
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Thanks Paul, you Bruce and Ibshould try and get out next year..
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Yes let’s do it. I’ll remind you
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I love Albies. Good going Paul S. I’m
Counting down the days already.
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One fish from last night.

Almost not worth uploading it having to send it from my phone to my computer to do it.

Thats a respectful catch Paul.
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One fish from last night.

Almost not worth uploading it having to send it from my phone to my computer to do it.

Nice and on my nemesis the Darter never caught a thing on one 😂
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One more from last night.

Most caught on rubber.

Nice and on my nemesis the Darter never caught a thing on one 😂
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That fish was actually caught on a SS Darter about 5 min. after I said one more cast.

That fish was actually caught on a SS Darter about 5 min. after I said one more cast.

No one slinging eels?
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No one slinging eels?
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Have to be able to cast a certain distance to reach the fish in this spot. Hard to do w/eels.

Have to be able to cast a certain distance to reach the fish in this spot. Hard to do w/eels.

I fish a spot like that if your 2 feet short No love :cheers:

smaller Bass from last night. Guys I know in the area all (mostly) did better than I. Was really dragging bottom. I think my jig head was too heavy with the moon phase and broke off on the bottom 2x in a place I've never seen anyone snag on the bottom. That is the only thing I can think off (other than they are better than me)?

Nice Paul, I will see you tomorrow if your out there.
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From this past weekend, it was cold at the ramp. Took a little bit for my son to get at it between a 5 am wakeup call and 30 degree air temp, the first pic is of him, half fighting the glare off the water and half being cold despite the layers of gear. 1 hot chocolate changed everything for the better and my first mate was back in the game. My brother Andy, who works for Tesla doing solar roof installs in CT wasn't sure if he'd have to work or not, was able to join us.

Nice Matt

1 fish from last night.

Lost a larger one about 20 min. later.

1 fish from last night.

Lost a larger one about 20 min. later.

Nice fish.

1 fish from last night.

Lost a larger one about 20 min. later.

thanks Paul, nice fish too!

Probably the last fin fish trip of 2021…
Beautiful day with questionable company… LOL thanks for coming Wayne ….

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Better filet job than I can ever do
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Thanks Ray was a pleasure as always.
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Better filet job than I can ever do
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I've seen Ray filet tog, come on Wayne step up and take credit for those skinny racks.

Having a good November Paul.
My shoulder is keeping me from venturing out. Figures, my legs are doing better, now this. Gotta love aging!!
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I've seen Ray filet tog, come on Wayne step up and take credit for those skinny racks.

I’ve come a long way bud !
U wait,,, next year fish fillet off….
Wayne doesn’t own a knife…. ;-)

This thread had a great opening by Rappin Mikey and his Striper pics. And a wonderful last page (so far) with PaulS's Striper pics. Spring through November covered.
Great season. Sigh.

smaller Bass from last night. Guys I know in the area all (mostly) did better than I. Was really dragging bottom. I think my jig head was too heavy with the moon phase and broke off on the bottom 2x in a place I've never seen anyone snag on the bottom. That is the only thing I can think off (other than they are better than me)?

Looks just like a Bomba Shad?? Is that what you were using?

Looks just like a Bomba Shad?? Is that what you were using?

From Zinger bait company. 11"

My surf season is showing signs that the end is near as far as big fish opportunities are concerned, but there are still some decent fish poking around here and there. I posted these pics on IG the other day but figured you guys would geta kick out of them as well. That is a JLH Skonrad with a Mustad 4/0 5x treble. I was more impressed with what the fish did to the lip than pissed off I lost her as it has been a very good season. I haven't had the numbers of years past but my big fish (30#+) total is up.

From Zinger bait company. 11"

Those things are great. Not everyday you get a lure named after you. My fishing buddies are so Jelly. I was very honored when Mike reached out to me to let me know he was doing this.

Toby it never surprises me anymore how fish can mutilate plugs. Lips are thin and not much pressure is needed to distort. 5X hooks are tougher than vmc. Still when the fish leverages its power and a possible jawbone purchase, even they're no match. Still a great chance to fight the beast!!
Maybe a 5/0 5x .
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First time I've seen a fish do that to a lip
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Those things are great. Not everyday you get a lure named after you. My fishing buddies are so Jelly. I was very honored when Mike reached out to me to let me know he was doing this.

I thought it was because it bombs. With an A. 😁
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Alan you are by far the hardest fishing fisherman there is and I know a lot of hard fisherman. Even at your age you would put the hardest fishing 30 year old to shame and probably have been that way for 50 years. It’s an honor to fish with you no matter what George says and even when your grumpy😊
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I can attest that Sauerkraut indeed has energy stores like no man! He's always on the beach before me and usually leaves it after I do... and it often pays off!

Took advantage of the warm weather on Thanksgiving and absolutely crushed the late inning fish on the 11" Bomba Shad by Zinger Baits. So cool that this lure is so productive.

Nice fish Mikey!

Too bad it wasn't named after you :p

Way to go Mikey!

Wow Mikey, apple don’t fall too far from the tree….

Awesome Mikey.

Awesome Mikey.

Nice fish Mike.
Fat lady warming up but still plenty of Blackfish around Sunday...
Water's getting chilly; 47 in the harbor, 51 out front.
No fish pics (nothing worth a photo, size-wise)...

from a past sweaty night this year, on a big wood darter.
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