Seeing Slow Eddie's post made me sad...
nice fish though Buzz!

Post #6 , Herby! :biglaugh: LOL

http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=83299

Nice one Buzz

we've been finding them in the Sakonnet River for the last three years, they seem to have increased in numbers each year...hopefully reestablishing themselves...such a great fish

Luckily we see them quite often down here. Especially since the bass have passed us by, yet again. 7lbs. Father's Day.

This is an all time great photo.
Never lose it. Congrats

That's the ABSOLUTE best...
For me personally, there are only a few things better than me catching a personal best or having a stellar day of fishing .....
TOP 1: Seeing the enjoyment on my son's face when he's doing ANYTHING fishing related.
Strong 2nd: Putting my 74yr old dad on fish that he could have never imagined catching.

#$@% EVERYTHING else....:uhuh:


GREAT PHOTO Scott...

Being a LIer, they used to be happy accidents when I would go snapper fishing nearly 20 years ago. But to this day, they stay cyclical (as said above) and you have to literally FOCUS on catching them for a day if you really wanted a hook up. I remember banging away on them hard using a 1/2 oz. red and white bucktail in the great south bay all those years ago.

I really miss them, put up a great fight and such a gorgeous fish (delicious as well). If I had known they would've been this rare, I would have taken pictures.

For those who want to see an interesting video, John Skinner accidentally hooked into a few and was fortunate enough to have his video camera handy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rgTaDrBLwc

here are two that were caught today .

We have been getting a few the last few years ..

2 -3 years ago we actual targeted them marked them in the middle water column & though it could be rat blues ........... turned out to be a bunch of 12' to 17" squet .

we moved off them because we didn,t know the regs on them at the time ><><

That is cool Mike. I need to catch me one of those. I'll bet they are right down the street from me in Osterville. Need to find the time.
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I,ve been catching them off & on the last ten years in my minnow traps ........ But seeing that have suddendly dissappeared the last two years .I didn,t even set them this year ;;

Geez Mike,I am jealous of that catch!!!
Nice angling.

Lees river 2009 13-1/2lb on a whole unweighted squid pitched off a jetty into a worm hatch at night. That was my last and I used to catch a couple a season until then. Haven't seen one since. I remember watching my dad back in the 70s catch a ton in coles river on clams and worms we would dig for him.

That's some good eating in that cooler.

&&&&&&&&& we are on the way back ><>><:fishin:

Weakies
 

Caught one during the tropical storm last June on Cutty. More have shown in Western CT rivers this spring, some nice ones. Maybe a come back?

Interesting to see if they come back. Have not caught one in many years.

There are a few spots in narr bay that have been consistently producing squeteage last year and this. i've only got them on bait, never jig or plug.

Growing up along the shores of Western LI Sound ... some of the old timers would tell stories of coming across schools of big tiderunners on top in the 1960s and early 70s ... the last one I have seen up close was the early to mid 80s on whole pogie.

growing up on the Li's SS we didn't see weaks till the early 70's, if you want to catch them you had to head to the peconics.inthe early 70's the GSB had quite a few weaks, mostly 2 to 4 lbs,catching 50 to 60 on an early morning tide was not unusual. by the late 70's the numbers were down some but the sizes were big.12 to 15 lbs were common,always had a rod with a pink saltly dog when pulling the clam rake.i think the last one i caught was in 81

I've gotten about a dozen or so this year. Seven of them in one phenomenal outing around memorial day.

Mr. Vogt
....Shhhhhh
:rotf2:

In the late 40s and early 50s we caught all we wanted all summer off Westport CT on sandworms they were about 12 inches or so, next one I saw was at Rye NY about 25 inches a month ago. I guess we did them in.