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.

We really aint seeing too much here yet Scott, a few fish here and there, and while I did have a decent evening last night there really are no large numbers of fish around NJ yet. Hopefully soon, but not yet.

If I was the Rhody boys, I would not put your gear away anytime soon, same for the Montauk/LI fellas either.

you aren't alone A. I've been doing it over 20 years and I'm still stupid most of the time and I have a who's who list of moles. It is a long stretch and choosing the right spot is crucial most times. I got my first semi decent fish today after fishing every morning this week with 100's of casts and a lot of dinks while a mile away they had some real good action yesterday, where I was most of the earlier week. I stayed all the way till noon today when the birds finally sat down. There was way more bait than fish today. Birds are eating good. Except for the one Slingha murdered.:)

QUOTE=ProfessorM;719275]you aren't alone A. I've been doing it over 20 years and I'm still stupid most of the time and I have a who's who list of moles. It is a long stretch and choosing the right spot is crucial most times. I got my first semi decent fish today after fishing every morning this week with 100's of casts and a lot of dinks while a mile away they had some real good action yesterday, where I was most of the earlier week. I stayed all the way till noon today when the birds finally sat down. There was way more bait than fish today. Birds are eating good. Except for the one Slingha murdered.:)[/QUOTE]

Congrats Paul, you deserve a good one.:buds:

Thanks Peter. It was only semi nice but hell it was something that took drag and that hasn't happened to me since comm. season in the boat for pete's sake:uhuh:

Nice to see Paul slay on his own wood.

The Ditch's is fer Bi*ches!!

if i'm crossing the Charles, then

i'm already in a Rhody State of mind.
:uhuh: :uhuh: :bl: :bl: :bl: :uhuh: :uhuh:

i haven't seen many
 

of you SISSYS :love: lately on the canal.. thats good, the fish are still around but hard to figure out.:smash:depends on how much time you have. and who left fishing .i did see a group of guys on sun, but sh*t happened ...:fury:where r they days, nights, or tweens:confused: i'll never tell:wall:

Screw the Ditch, nuthin but a big river anyhew.

= clueless :confused:

I was there yesterday for the change and didn't make a cast but I heard it has been on tail end of west, if at all, last few days. Not giving up yet. I'll stick it out for next set of tides and if then it is dead I may be done with canal for this year. I'm talking plugging here.

I am just about done...pitiful! :wall::wall::wall::wall:

the pimple is going to pop very soon....winds r right so is the tides coming up .....ladies kissie kissie.......

They're going to operate on your brain!!!!!!! Thoughts and prayers to the OR team.

Threw eels there for 5 hours last night for one dink and one swing and miss. There was bait in there at dusk but didn't hear or see a fish break all night once the sun went down. Fished a few spots known to be productive fall spots. Only other person I saw was an SBer who I fish with now and again... nice fishing with you again Bob!:cheers:

spent 3 hours on the east end and not even a bump today:soon:

They're in NJ now, not alot of large, but lots of them :fishin: