S-B at the Derby
 

Mr Sandman scored a couple bluefish yesterday. Boat and Boat flyrod divisions. Nice going Jim.

BasicPatrick hit the daily board with a shore bluefish on his first full day on island.

still looks very very very slow :wall:
no bones or albies from the beach , small bass from boats.
Bass from shore avg 20lbs in the hot spot, :biglaugh: like opening day fishing for two hrs :smash:
mini bass on north shore
I have a friend fishing the rips off Chatham yesterday found zero stripers :confused: only one other boat all day :fury: we need a wind /weather change
or bait :rotf2: or less seals

Good to see some of us on the board. I was there with my wife 14th to 21st. Fish were not cooperating.
Done derbys with basic before - right now he is a fishing machine.:ss:
Wish i was still there instead of here at work. :smash:

Wait till Saturday
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Frank hope you and Mike have fun ! Hope he is doing well.

Pete, anyone who doesn't believe the striper population is dwindling should read your report.

a nice surf striper was caught at Squibby last night.... pic is on Derby site

Don't judge everything by the weigh in...lots of fish are released or not weighed in. There are fish around. Bass and blues are being caught every night. Albies are being caught but they are not big. I had 8 or 9 one day and left them. Most are 24-25" and are in small schools. No acres of fish like last couple years, tiny pods of fish pop here and there, it is annoying. I got one decent fish on the first day and tossed it back...I should have weighed it in. I am going to target them today and maybe tomorrow. I really only tried for bass one evening from the boat and 2 night from the beach so far.15#ers are the biggest fish I caught so far. Next week I will look for bass with some effort.

I try to go for a couple hours every day but I have not been fishing all that hard. My back is still stopping me from doing all nighters in the surf or fishing 12 hour days on the boat.

Yesterday I fished the boat for a couple hours and got a couple bones in the sound. One went 8.5. Not big but it helps my team. (Pilothouse of pain). Played with a small school of albies but they had lockjaw. Back at the dock by noon. Today and tomorrow I will try for an albie that is greater than 25"


The middle of the day for me has been slow fishing. If you fish mornings and dusk and nights you will be OK. That 19# blue was a monster and there have been a few bass around 30# caught recently. It is shaping up. Bonito from the shore is a luck event at this point. My advice is if you catch one...run down and buy a powerball ticket the same day.

The shore scene is more challenging but if you put in your time you should do fine. Fishing at high noon on a sunny beach day is generally not the best time for surfcasting, it never has been.

Best of luck to you!

SurfPirate scored a bluefish.....

I found more fish than fishermen last night, which is a bit odd for this time of year and where I was, but they where on small bait and I had made the wrong decision to go very large before I left the house. Fish just hanging in the current and rolling in the waves gulping down food washed their way while I watched. I could just about reach out and pet 'em. Fly gear was a very long walk away back in the car all safe and sound. Probably change that whole scene tonight, if you know what I mean. Especially since I am seeing no shore fly rod weigh-ins at all.

Good luck at Robotics Boss!

you generally can't catch them when they are feeding on that krill. I suggest hand grenades and a dip net.

Not on board yet, but on MV since noon 10/4. Will be here till 10/15 with Tina as we are between our sold Southie house and our end of October Pocasset house. 10 days of the Derby, then surf challenge in RI, then Tri state in RI. Living the dream, looking for fish, so far 2 shut outs here in last 24 hours. But always optimistic.
Bill
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Could that be Mrs Sandman leading the women's boat bluefish weekly?

:hidin:
indeed

Fished a few of the well known spots this past weekend. Found plenty of bait, but nothing eating it. Definitely a beautiful place- would be fun to go with an OSV permit and spend a week or so cruising around. Expensive though!!!

Depends on what you mean by expensive. I rent a house with 6 guys on Chappy and it runs us $180-200/man minus food/beverages. The OSV sticker is another $180, which in my case is divided by 3 = $60/man. So in the grand scheme of things, it's not so expensive. It just depends on how you do it.

I've never had much luck on bigger albies when the big schools are around. The one big one I ever caught was a rogue. I was coming in from Paradise towards east beach and noticed a really nice rip. Just happened to be at the right place during that tide. I circled back around, put out the rods and trolled through it. Bamm!

Maybe the bigger albies like to hunt alone and prefer the washing machine where they can use their size to their advantage.

The schools are a lot of fun though if you want some action!

Congrats to "Swimmer" for his daily All Tackle Bluefish!! Way to go Frank!!:buds:

Yea Frank
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