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Haha,nice selection!
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Did a lot of walking on Cutty last nite for a few schoolies. going 35 mph in an open boat thru the middle of the night this late in the season did bring thoughts of the season winding down.
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Depends on where you are southern new england is still experiencing good fishing for quality fish . I believe around here there is at least a full month or more left it's just a matter of wanting to go out and freeze my but off to catch them.
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Looks like they are in CT and NY now.

I spent most of the day at state beach in Westerly yesterday. Nada.

Except for the occasional skate. :faga:

Still a beautiful day though.

I did see one seal there. Just one.

seals .saw then in the upper bay & right at the boat ramp in Gailee :nailem:

I hate to say it but up on the No. Shore in Mass I think it's over, we have one more weekend to drive on so I'm going fishing, but it just about broke my heart to dump $25.00 of sea worms into the surf

Saw some Albies breaching around there today. Too far out, tho. Bass and blues were gone. Scored a large blue a bit further east that was feeding on a pod of large bunker. I think it was the only blue in the ocean this morning. Fish acquaintance lost a good bass at the same spot earlier. Tough going for sure.

We are due for a November sea herring run. They seem to come in close every 5 years or so and provide fantastic November fishing, but does not look like this will be the year.

Lost my largest bass ever on Thanksgiving eve in SoCo. Not quitting til Dec 1 or so.

It's not over... they didn't leave... the water is still too warm and there is plenty of bait. Were just experiencing a commercial break... the show will be back on in a minute. Fish hard til december 1st at least.

Still peanuts in Gloucester harbor and on the Manchester beaches. Seems to be all horse macs in the harbor ( tons of fun on light tackle). Did have bass on the 24th so not giving up yet with all this bait present.
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I forget what i was going to say. Probably a lie

Had I known you were there; I would have come by and thrown political *OL themed insults at you :jump:

Pretty sure I saw an acre of bunker in the upper bay early this morning.

lol :hihi:

Yes I agree with all the bait around and the water being 55* it isn't over, but you'll have to be there when the fish travel by

You probably did

Well for me it's over.
Last night with perfect conditions, not a single fish or bite or any of the guys fishing the canal last night.

Once I saw the seal cruising the east end I called it a night...and a season.

Returned to the freshwater and will be prepping for the ice season to come.

Big fish this morning for one guy. I was at work. Still some around for the stubborn.
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So does that mean all the jobless who sleep on the couch at moms will be there today ?
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I did not bother. Those fish are long gone i would imagine. I looked down off bridge. There were a few more people but not a real lot.
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Lots of schoolies making their way west yesterday along the SoCo coast. Got some cool fotage on the GoPro, but saw nothing over keeper size. Do the big girlz follow the pack of shorties, or do the shorties follow the big girlz?

Still keeper bass, and huge bluefish, in central CT.

Will keep an eye on canal when I drive by and keep the rod in car. Have primarily switched to trout (and the long neglected to do list). 2 rainbows yesterday and 3 today. Pan fried one for lunch. Took my 84 year old uncle today and he got 3 too. Sweet. His Father in law, my wife's grandfather was a great fisherman and we done him proud today. Bill

I found some decent fish today down towards Cutty. Water is still @55 degrees and lots of bait including plenty of adult bunker around. I think there will be a final push of fish over this coming week....and longer for the RI guys.

It's that time in the season where the skunkins are frequent and in more recent years with a population shrinking it's even been more infrequent. if you can handle that as well as dealing with very cold nights its possible you can find a good bite maybe even a great bite but for myself iam not a fan of cold nights or the gaps in action ...even thou most years someone gets a super cow in the 11th month.
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The skunkins' are getting to be more common than the blitzes.
I haven't seen any big fish in the canal in quite some time.
That doesn't mean there aren't any fish, but they are so few and far between that it's like a glass of water to cure a drought!

Thankfully the freshwater fish haven't been decimated like the saltwater fish have. (just look at how many fish are off limit or have much stricter regulations and tell me!)

It's the 80's allover again only with laws without a backbone for enforcement!

far from over based on what Im seeing.

tons of peanuts and adult bunker still up in mount hope bay, daily blitzes but short lived.

bass and blues up and down the soco coast/beaches in RI, some sizable blues 13-15lbers, lots of bait around too. big pods of birds working 1/2 mile out with some huge breaks under em.

hoping the sea herring run again like in 2011, was fishing til mid december that year.

managed a couple bass and some blues after sunrise on a 2oz BM pencil, no birds working just blind casting into the white water. saw some keeper amd schoolies get caught by others as well.

Hey !
I've got the identical rod.
Fishes well.
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Usually the big girls are followed by schoolies and then a few really big girls at the very end.

He said "BM" huh huh

54 degrees surface temp, 50 degrees temp 40-60 ft down in Boston harbor yesterday for the scuba divers.
Far from over on the scallop beds.
They dove in 38-39 degrees 60-70ft down this time last year.
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Its over for me. Took all the stuff off the boat last weekend, now if I want to go fishing its going to have to be on a party boat.

After a call i got from my buddy yesterday it aint over. Blues to 15lbs and 6 bass between 22=27lbs. Heading south this weekend. Wish i lived closer to the shore. Last year around this time i had a really good day/night and that was after the wicked cold snap we had. Water is a lot warmer than last year i think.

It's tough right now
 

Took advantage of the conditions y'day and took a trip to SoCo. Ridiculous amounts of bait - large and small. Gannets, gulls, lots of whitewater, onshore southerly warm wind. Perfect conditions led to only 1 small keeper sized bass. Problem was there aren't many game fish under the bait from what I could see. Might be it for me. 150 days til they come back.

Its not over...

Cold? Uncomfortable? Hit or miss? Sure...
But not over.

When i was a young boy finally setting out for a night on the rocks with my father, i soon mentioned that it was cold .
I can still to this day hear his Words spoken to me in his tough, no-nonsense, heavy polish accent:
"Look!!! If you want to catch fish... Big fish... Then you can forget about comfort!!!"
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