Fall fishing so far
 

My guess is we have 4-5 weeks tops remaining in Mass and most of RI for the large 20 plus # fish . You can catch smalls :sleeps: <15# all year from shore, but these aren't the ones I'm inquiring about.
What are you seeing/experiencing so far on the big stuff from shore?

canal had some BIG fish the last two weeks or so...

It's still been deep in the night with eels for me. The canal and just outside of it have given me the best three weeks of fishing I have ever had.

I still think there are at least 2 to 3 good pushes of BIG fish through the canal remaining. Seems like there has been one amazing day a week followed by 2-3 very good days afterward. :fishin:

Mike...isnt it the same every year just like when they show in the spring?? or is it a bit different due to tropical storms and such? I find it is just about the same this year...maybe a bit early...I really dont have a good handle on things though...but after this blow it is balls to the wall for me, I need large...

The past couple of weeks have been non stop,my best season ever by far size wise.No doubt night time is the right time in the spot i'm fishing,last week fish turned on between 11pm-3am this week it's been 6pm-11pm. All at or just before the turn of the tide plugging. The best part,not many blues!:jump1:

This time last year I was looking high and low for fish with little to show. This year has been much more consistent. I've heard there's been some decent fish in the canal too. Seems like there's a good fall run going from the N.Shore all the way through RI right now.

As for spring fishing, its much more predictable IMO.

I've had a decent run in the surf since I pulled the boat early. Canal has been the most consistent place for me but I have been moving around in the Canal to find the big girls.

The last week has been great for numbers in SoCo but I haven't landed anything large - hooked up with what felt like a few nice ones but couldn't get them in. Seems like most of the fish I'm getting are in the low 30" range.

Did see a couple of fish taken over 30lbs.

Well we ran into some of these for two nights in a row at the beginning of this past week.

Mike,I've been fishing the PM & AM tides with good result so far,past three outings I've have landed close to 3 doz. bass from mid to upper 20# and a half doz.low 30-36# I also noticed there is plenty of mixed bait which will help hold the bass in place.
As most of us fish certain areas with preferred tides we have pretty much calculated how many more times out one has.Also our window can close quicker due to weather pushing the bait in & out of location.
I look forward to the closing season and what I can make of it.

BTW did you get yur phone fixed yet,it seems that it only allows incomming calls?

Boat fishing has not been that pleasant. Although I haven't been out at night much at all this fall. Maybe next weekend.

Best I could manage last night was 37#. Too bad it was so skinny.Last year's best night for size was late in October.

My Best Fish All time 46# 11/3/2000

boys it is not over till the fat lady sings
:laugha:

and shes still sitting on her fat arse in the audience

damn right she is
and she is eating popcorn waiting:lurk:

Sung the Blues this morning...

Best fall I have had. Many fish 25-35#s from the rocks early, early morning throwing snakes. Still waiting to break 40#. My buddy broke his personal best with a FAT 45" 37# this morning. We had 5 fish over 30#s. Fishing all this week until I collapse.

Have seen the binocular bunch show up at 7am waiting for the birds to work.....if they only knew what was taking place at 2am! Seems like everything is happening 3-4 feet below the surface showing no visible sign of large, but they are there.

Good luck to all.

-Fireman

started off slow for me but things broke this weekend, did ok in the surf last night, and then got out on a friends boat this morning and landed 2 fish around 40 inches, plus a couple blues, by the way Boston harbor was unreal this morning, falt calm and not another boat around, just foggy enough to keep the crowds in but not enough to hide the pogies

still very slow where i am... waiting for temps to drop.......

This is by far the best Fall run for me. We might be catching bass all the way up to Turkey Day this year :buds:

Bump.

Curious to hear what guys are seeing now. My best guess is we're in the bottom of the 7th inning right now.(For quantities of large, that is) A couple good pushes of large have made their way past us and we're seemingly in a lull. I'm still getting good quality fish, but the quantities are less than 2-3 weeks ago. My best two weeks of fishing last year was October 11-25th, but things don't seem to be setting up for a repeat as of yet.

On the north shore, it feels like we're getting a no hitter thrown at us....

This upcoming week should tell a lot in my fishing area. I have had good reports on lots of bait in the usual spots but fish are here one minute gone the next. Just got to be lucky not to pick the wrong area to be at.

Last 2 nights that I fished have been awful. We are between pushes and we need some "weather". A nice NE blow with a sharp front and a 30 degree drop in temps will light em up!!

:agree: No visible action,my spot is flat calm and quiet when i arrive but the fish are there!

dinks galore....there are good fish to my north though ...that fat lady is walking out on stage...

2-3 weeks of hard fishing left here on the south shore...hearing of lots of pogies still just north of Boston? They gotta move sometime! I do not think the big push has happened yet?! Its only the 12th??

Also have not seen the usual blitzes, no peanuts yet....its starting late I am telling you! Have not been alot of storms as in the past few years. A good blow would do it! Get them into motion!;)

Skunked today 3-7 am.RI in the bay.Pogies everywhere just having pogie party's nothing crashing the party all morning.They may be hugging the outflow pipes for the longhaul this winter.Big baits and nothing bothering them for about a week.

South Shore feels your pain .. without naming names other places have been having a stella year .. everyear is different but my old holes drying up has me concerned .. that didn't sound good ,,did it ? :hf1:

I've been eating a whole lot of humble pie.

This has been one of the best fall runs for size in Boston Harbor, at least in my lifetime. Out, are the mega blitzes with a gazzillion schoolies, occasional larger, hammering peanuts and other small forage all day long. In, are many adult bunker-poagies getting hammered by the common 20-30lb class fish, at times, all day long. Imagine that, common 20- 30lb class fish. Boaters, Kayakers have feasted, and even surf casters are getting in on the action. Along with great fishing comes everyone from every walk of life, paintball guns have been an option for protection.

Snag and drop, thanks Mullet Miller, has been the most productive for me for that class of fish. Chunks and Blue'd Chunks, have brought up the larger lazy azz hogs up too 47lbs. Guess they don't feel like chasing a fleeing, turbo poagie. Since the 1st week of September it's been great. Yesterday and today has been slow, that's not a bad run for this angler looking like a weirdo fishing out of a kayak. :jump1:

Well then, invite Eddy up there so the fish will come down this way. Thanks.

First big push of Blues today in plymouth/manomet area. Until this morning its been void of blues but plenty of large stripers 25-40 lbs. Lost a dozen snakes quick but was rewared with a 33lber around 7am. Tells me the water is still warm and we have another 2-3 weeks of good fishing on the SS and still time to get that 50!

Just when I thought I was going to get some sleep...............

Fireman

SAHARA DESERT


Hail Mary tonight!!!

Out on the boat today 3am to 11am fished Narragansett shoreline, Beavertail and Brenton reef. We had a well full of live bunker and a bucket full of eels. Not one single hit, nothing even chased a bunker except for a handful of blue bite offs. Saw some surface action and ignored it, thinking it was blues. Around 9am went looking for topwater action, found nothing. we went all over. last year at this time there were mile long blitzes everywhere I looked.

RiJimmy- Your comment... made me feel a lot better after fishing almost 6 hours last night for 1 lost fish... fished from middletown to jamestown... dead.

i feel your pain buddy

Are You the guy in the robalo snagging in shallow water yesterday am ? I couldn't buy a hit either.Sad when you can liveline 1 fish for hours without anything.We need a good storm and another push of fish.The Bay is a deadzone.:wall:

No, I was in a Hydrasport, we got bunker @ 3am, in tight in by some boat slips.
Im optomistic that the fishing will pick up. Im just suprised at the lack of blitzes. I have not seen one peanut bunker this year. Last year my boat looked like someone pasted it with peanut bunker chum. Blues and bass were spitting them up. I am wondering if last year's massive bluefish slaughter took its toll on the bunker population?