I've learned a lot from folks on this site but sometimes I think I fish in a opposite universe than most people out here. Fishing mostly at night, from May - September, most of my spots are empty, come October there are crowds! I think there are more people fishing in the fall than any other time of the year. A few examples - I fish a "hole" in RI where there is plenty of public parking, come the fall, there are times I cannot even get in the lot. At some breachways, I've seen yahoos in jeans, mid-November, ice and snow on the ground, standing in the water casting! I never ran into anything like this all year, even in 80 degree weather!

So fall to me, means crowds!
I like the crisp air, not sweating while walking a mile to a spot, the ice on my eels lasts longer.

I love it all, it makes you get that "its great to be alive" feeling, everyday.

the only drawbacks are:
the headaches I get from sleep deprivation:lossinit:
The pressure that it puts on the wife and family:chatter :hs::lasso: :call:

The withdrawal that comes when it is really over and I need to get back to work and catch up on all that was put on hold.

For me it is over when the last scallop goes into the icy bucket

Fall is the best.

Already the War is raging with the other half and I just barely begun!

The crisp fresh mornings, empty boat ramps, Just the great outdoors curzing the sound wind in my hair (what I got left) I just love being on the water!

I hate that are summers are way to short!! I hate that after Oct we have 7 months of nothing!!

Look, this is gonna happen. Here is what you do. Give your wife a couple crisp $100 bills, kiss her, and tell her to treat herself to something nice, then tell her this will all be over in November and we will do something she wants to do then. She will stop giving you the evil eye when the tide is right and your headed out the door each night.

i love the clear crisp nights and the frosty mornings with some good sized surf to make them perfect. i love october because the leaves are changing color, the bass are feeding and hunting season starts in october.... time for venison stew and baked striper all in the same day. the bugs are gone ,most of the yahoos are gone too.