wtf killum all
 

say n think what u want..:fury:. as far as keeping 2 fish 25to30lbs anyone is eather a glory seeker, or a bass pig that kill and hordes... a late season cow that has 1000000s of ripe eggs that will never get a chance to spawn is a sin.. why not keep the 10 to 20 lbers and let the big ones go..its the look what i caught, aint i great thing.skip would keep every fish he catches for showoff look at me .let thebig females full of eggs go....i will say no more about this subject again:wall:.....stick it up your kazoo....btw

Dave, how many large bass have you sold in your day? I remember a night back in 78' when Old Harbor gave you a check for 1000 lbs + of large in one night. Which is still the greatest night of fishing I know of by anybody on this site or anywhere else for that matter. Up until last year you still had a commercial bass license did you not?

I think your going thru the change or something. You need some starlight on your face. Call me. :uhuh:

Glass House, meet Stone.

hay flap.... i donated all my bass money to the pedaphile priest fund. lond before they got caught...u girls r a bunch of dill holes if u take me serious!!!!! u bunch of "jamoks"

Oh.... the what do priests and tuna have in common thing? Isn't it something to do with little cans or something to that effect?

Anyway, it's "jamokes" with an "e", I think "jamoks" was a race of space creatures from Star Wars.

'Luv You Stiffy!
 

Only you can say it like I feel it is...and get away with it. I've watched Skip kill everything 28.1" and over all summer long from his perch. He always has an excuse. Point blank I asked him what the hell he was going to do with all the meat, while Numbskull was enabling the situation by carrying out the fish. I confess I carried out a few for him also, until I gradually learned he always has an excuse.

BTW: re the three car accident that Skip and Numby caused on Friday morning: the first car stopped and was trying to make a left turn. The second car was oogling the fish as Numby stepped out of the woods and was trying to look between the cars. The third car driver was either blind or was texting because he just absolutely demoished himself into the second car. Another reason not to kill a great fish at that age.

I don't think an excuse is necessary to kill fish over 28".They make great fertilizer as well as a tasty meal.This thread jumped the shark when the kill was posted.I hope the old codger kills whatever makes him happy.Sauerkraut,I expect to see your shadow this week.

Skip has helped me a lot and, more than the fishing, is a major reason I've enjoyed my infrequent forays to the canal. I'm sorry this thread ended up critical of him. I had meant the post to honor him and inspire others to fish. I'd carry his fish again.

I hate the Ditch

Skip is a great guy and he is well within his rights and the law so cut him a break!

yes, I stayed in tonight because you posted this:uhuh:

I hate the canal too

Stand Corrected
 

Sorry, too strong. A few hrs. earlier, I fielded a phone call from brother Don in N.J., about a lifelong surf friend who is selling his legally caught bass out of his trunk to the Green Cards and Para Illegals at his retirement place of work. Guess I'm just bummed by my bad fishing, and anybody I feel threatens it further.

If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

Well thats not right! My only point Alan was he is within his rights....I also do not agree with keeping everything you catch! I only keep a few myself each season!:drool:

Slots??
 

I am new to this board and relatively new to surf casting. I have enjoyed my stay so far. Spent one night at the canal last weekend--caught three small fish (all released) and left with a smile.

What are your thoughts about a slot limit, for example, in an attempt to conserve the big egg filled cows, we limit the keepers to those under 36 or 38 inches and above 48 inches. This method is used commonly in freshwater management. I guess if you could allow 30 pounders up to say 45 pounders to continue to reproduce instead of harvesting those fish you'd have a better hatch. Killing a 28" bass does not have the same effect on the future population that killing a large female does. Of course I would be hard pressed to release a 45lb fish or even a 35 lb fish as I've not caught one that large. Sigh...

Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for your thoughts.

ab

Welcome to the site.
Search on "slot limits" and you'll find an earful.
I suspect people may be reluctant to rehash all that, however.

:confused:Leave Skip alone. I would be more than happy to help him carry his fish too.

Not much, nothing, happening last nite for me with an eelskin conrad. Didn't run into many either which was surprising with such a nice nite, except for the cold. Home by 11 with frozen feet.

AG - welcome to S-B.

I'm up for a slot limit. In fact, I'm up for a 30% reduction all across the board; Recreational, R&R Comm, and the trap boys.

Cutting the Rec take 30% will ease a lot of fish, cutting the comm 30% will stop a lot of whining :rotf2:

Seriously, we have Amendment 6 that is supposed to kick in with a big drop in the fishery so if that happens, sure hope we see it. Otherwise, I'd be OK with a 30% reduction anyway. Still gotta protect the forage fish though.

Hey, maybe Obama can come out with forage redistribution too. I'd support that.

One pogie for you, one for him, 4 for the guvmint, one for you, one for...

Am I crazy or, with the post DaveS put up about the Block and how good it was, did these fish go by already????

I suspect the fish getting hammered on BI right now are the southern mass that only got as far as the south shore of Cutty this year (and accounted for the great late summer fishery they had). The northern mass of fish has partially gone past, but I hope there are still more in CCB (the post from PI was encouraging) or off the outer cape yet to go. It is the southern mass (or the tail end of the spring migration) that I think used to summer off the outer cape, but now hang up in the triangle between BI, Narragansett, and Squibnocket these days. Those fish are long gone for us.

WOW! Interesting and well thought out theory.

Barren wasteland down there this morning. End to end and didn't see anyone catching

Well I will say one thing to add fuel to this thread... Yesterday M was lit up like fireworks on the 4th of July...I watched a guy drag a nice 40 lber off the beach. The surf was about 10' and the water looked like chocolate milk...but man was there birds workin sandeels like no tomorrow. Didn't even fish just walked out and looked for a few because I was very time pressed.

And numby I think you are spot on. I think the run is very much on time this year based on what I'm seeing and hearing from all the shops. I think alot of the fish are long gone down south. I think they started moving a month or more ago cuz that's when Jersey started seeing fish on the beaches.

Alot of my spots in western CT that produced well in September are totally dead. It seemed like the fish were moving hard in the last half of Sept, and that body of fish is gone. That being said, Rhody and Eastern CT are starting to heat up quite a bit. Hope they move my way...

Its just begun here in Plymouth. We have beached our 4 biggest of the year the past 5 days. ALL these fish (all of which were 40+lbs) were mixed in much smaller fish....16"-40".
Water is still super warm. Its definetly not over by any means.

If you tell yourself its over, well, it is, because you convinced yourself of that and probably wont fish.

He said Dill hole:rotf2:

thats right
 

get ready u bunch of wingnuts:confused: cause its gonna happen again.all the conditions r there .but i know most of u panzies won,t fish this next run of big fish ,cause its to cold and wet to go lookin for fish...dont worry when it starts again i,ll let u know:wall: ' when its over'

Davey :pop:

paul ....start early pre lite west tide ,fish the middle spots.... or look for me ...2 30+lbers so far .....pm me for info.....

Skip said goodbye 'til Spring!
 

Today at his perch. Then we both trotted (yes, he can still give himself a stress test on site if there is a potential fish to be had) east for about 30 poles following the birds. We spent a lot of time and a lot of casts. Including my tiny fish, I only saw about four others similar taken until I quit at 9:30 AM.

We were hoping the Canal season would close with a BANG. Another 48 hours of easterly winds already firing now may kill the opportunity.

I can't figure this moody Ditch out; but I have only been trying for this my second year.