anything close to the beach near the Hill or all boat fish?

Yup - I'm going out tomorrow.

at times- the guys on the rocks didn't seem interested in throwing at them.... but if you were properly equipped, they were in range periodically.

NOTE- a friend was there today and had none.......

situation normal, thanks for the info

Two words...
 

Much better... I left the dock at 6:30 as the incoming tide made it's last push.. water temp was 65 at the top of the tide... storms to the north and south made me decide to stay close to home...I turned out to be a good choice..
I fished a section of the river I call the swirl.. this stretch of river runs tight to the marsh... numerous creeks and back waters feed into the river here... this time of year large ( and small ) bass will gather in the mouth of the creeks as they enter the main river thus creating numerous eddies or "swirls" they pick off passing herring and shad drops as the tumble bye... I notices the dinner plate sized swirls indication there were at least little guy's in attendance. Picking off "rain bait" as it drifted bye.. not wanting to play in the kiddie pool I wrangled on of the largest eels in the bucket... this thing was half as fat and equally as long as my arm...it landed with a loud splash when it hit the water... 2 turns of the handle and it got thumped... I set the hook and finally.. a fish that could pull some drag... the scenario played out 9 times until the tide was half way down... all the fish were in the 18 - 22 lb range not giants but at least respectable... these fish were rust brown with yellow bellies and quite chubby... obviously living up river somewhere where there was plenty of food...

nice- I love the "thump" ya get when fishing eels.... and you just know theres a fish on the end of your line!

absolutely...and when the water is only 4' deep...there's no where to go but up!

albie reports from the last 2 days are chaotic at best...... here for an hour then gone, only to pop up at some other spot they weren't before. looks like you find 'em where ya find 'em

Incredible amounts of bait around, both macks and pogies. Bass, not so much.... the few I found were small and took the macks. Pogies were released after swimming unmolested. Fog lifted around the shoreline for a , but was 1/4 mile vis. for most of the morning. Ran the gauntlet around some boulders at lower end of tide to try to find larger fish but it got too skinny and I had to get out of there.... Outside of hrbor there were several boats casting flys and plugs into schools of pogies:hs: Trying to appreciate smaller fish but really wonder where the larger fish are....... I knew I should have blown off work and gone south for albies last week....:fishslap:

" I knew I should have blown off work and gone south for albies last week...."

Me too, arrgghh !!
Working really cramps my style.
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Well after a 6 yr layover( f'n kids) was convinced to finally make a return to my island aka cutty last nite
And it was no bueno.
Biggest water i ever attempted to fish. Hawaii pipeline giant. Miracle we didnt get seriously hurt. Sounded like a freight train speedin by and a 747 goin over head at the same time. Rattled your soul. Not the triumphant return i was anticipating but still nice to kiss my old magic stone and catch some flip flops and not gettin eatin by a shark
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been beating on albies pretty good for the last 2 weeks. the fog today made it a little challenging and the "hot spot" had 38 kayaks plus the regular weekend boat crowd. its been pretty fun though - I've had a chance to put a bunch of guys on their first albies. one day we ended up with 60+, it was pretty wild

I hated crowds when I had a boat, can't imagine sitting in my yak with that many others, can see tangled lines and short tempers.

the albie crowd is pretty well mannered compared to the bass crowd, I only saw 1 guy acting like a #^&#^&#^&#^& in the last 2 weeks

At PJ. Now haven't seen an albie or marked any bait fog still thick 6 ft rollers hope thing change with the tide
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Wayne, you are a wild man. Fog was just too think for these old bones to run.

Was it me.
Very well behaved I must say. God were they tough to fool this morning. I got one and felt lucky.
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Fog made me turn around Before I went 200 yards last night
..maybe I'll change my screen name to puss in boots. ..try again tonight.
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Been a tough year for big fish up our way. ..I haven't broken 30lb yet this season. ..if I don't. .. it will be the first time since 1976 that I don't get at least 1...
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Made a quick run out at 11,,,, dead and not much bait,,, I hope it isn't over :-(

Left PJ at Noon with no change in the fog a bigger incoming Swell (low tide ) back to Newport total skunk.. Was expecting fish to put on a feed bag with the coming Low pressure i was wrong :confused:

wdmso- I ran down to the Sakonnet river looking for some blues this morning. The fog wasn't good but I made it and found some blues but once it began to clear the albies showed up in the river above Fogland. They were really fussy keying in on the pnutz and there is a lot of bait around for them to chose from.
Ron

you're on the non #^&#^&#^&#^& list. its a short list

Only Paul's allowed on that list.
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Says who?
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Says me, the prof and piemma. The rest of you, especially skippy, are on the other list
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Went out for an hour at dusk - big water - scary water. Managed a half dozen on bucktails. Plenty in the white water just tough to find a perch where I wouldn't get killed. Back home watching more football. Stay safe or stay inside the bays.

that was my 1st choice Newport was my 2nd .. all ways go with your 1st choice

That's pretty interesting Joe. What do you attribute that to? Are water temps in line with previous years? Bait seems to be in many places but not fish. Do you think it's just a lack of fish? Or are conditions different keeping them out?

everything is in line to be "average" Water temps have been good.. certainly no lack of bait... there have been a few exceptional fish around.. those that have been caught have been caught by those that fish every day or camp on the beach for an entire week fishing around the clock..I applaud their dedication... but there are no big pods of them...I have not fished as hard as I have in the past... partly due to the lack of fish...partly due to local weather conditions versus the tides timing .. maybe mostly because I'm just plain getting old and need more sleep than I used to and my bones hurt.. 5 years ago I'd hammer 4 nights in a row regardless of the outcome...and still be to work on time in the morning. Sometimes straight out of the boat. That being said...each season for the last few years there's been less and less quality fish in spots that have historically held them...that area I fished in my last report ALWAYS had at least one jumbo hiding somewhere if you stick it out when the tidal conditions are "right"... I've taken 6 of my 18 fish over 50 from that location. This season it just hasn't been the case.. I can't find them in them in the marshes ...on the flats or out on the beach of even in the rocks. There just are not a lot of them around my area. There are large schools of pogies out on the beach...unmolested.. nothing that I can see has changed except for the lack of fish.... striped bass are cyclical in the numbers migrating to certain areas...so it may just be part of that cycle.. one that has lasted for me anyway... for 40 years...last night that place I fished last week was devoid of life, the school of fish I ran into a few nights ago is gone...if the wind and fog doesn't get me tonight( it made my life miserable last night) ..I'll be back hoping that a tide change will bring in some fish...if my years on the water have taught me nothing else.. every thing can turn on one tide..

so I guess the short answer is.. a combination of lack of quality fish ( there are all the micro to 26" bass you want catch) and lack of effort on my part = a down season.

Ron they were at that spot today and Farther North by the Island and tight lipped for sure took 3hr and all my tackle .. total match the hatch
luckly found 2 of the smallest Storm shads I didn't know I had.. 1st cast fish on unusable for a 2nd cast used the last one same outcome .. then back to trying everything .. left happy but frustrated

Big bluefish in the river,lots of smaller keeper bass underneath.Really hoping for an albie as its the only location I've ever caught one.Loving the jobsite I'm on...great access and no one else.

Always cool to get back to a favorite spot you haven't been able to get to for awhile... Sounds like it was crazy but you had fun...
BTW, how are the waves locally, pretty sure I saw you headed that way today 330ish?
I'm not going fishing, just curious.
Probably going to head down for a look tomorrow..
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Either that or you were going to get eels...
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Was able to get on some larger fish than the schoolies that have been around all season. I think the fall has begun in earnest.....

Went out yesterday morning in the boat to look for albies. No trouble finding them. Problem was getting them to bite... threw almost everything I had at them. Had a few hits but landed none.....several other boats around and didn't see anyone catching.

Headed back to the ramp to get home in time to watch the Patriots. After the game went out to fish from shore for stripers, with much better results. Went home tired but very happy.
I love fall fishing and will try to get out there as many nights as I can.

from what I've seen the last few days the fishing is better than before the storm, the water remained clear and the bait is still thick....hope it stays like this for a bit...

Agreed, peanuts popping up in all areas of Cape Ann and fish of all sizes on them. Even saw some mackerel flying out of the water and gannets dive-bombing, sure signs that the run is on. Hope it is a long one....

Saturday nothing in the river but rats on the incoming. ..Monday night..less rats than Saturday. ..last nights...crickets. ..other than the ocasional sturgeon jump...the only sound was the surf crashing on the beach a mile away. ..
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