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Its terrible at the thames now .2 years ago I stopped fishing there, I still talk to some of the locals who still fish it all winter there has been 1 small school of small bass the laSt three years your lucky if you can catch 3 fish in a outing. I guess its been overfished.

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Originally Posted by Got Stripers (Post 1020418)

For years I'd break ice all winter to fish the Thames or even locally for holdovers after the season was done, so I really didn't have a down season. Since the decline of the striper schoolie stock, those days are now behind me, dropped the boat off to get winterized yesterday. Time for fall and winter golf, will shrink wrap the boat in a week or two after I get it back from my mechanic.

Anyone fish the Thames last year, is that fishery still viable in the winter, boy back in the day 50 fish was a slow day and my largest was a 42 lber on 10 lb flurocarbon:).

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Out on Cape Cod, I would fish until the water hit about 50 degrees, this year it's looking like the water temps will stay higher a little longer. In the Middle to Southern Chesapeake, the bigger fish will come through any time now, they will move slowly south as the water cools. The season will end on Dec 31, 2013 for me, unless you go down to NC.

Will fish the Ditch ,at least after Thanksgiving into beginning of Dec.Maybe not a lot of fish,but could hit a good keeper.