So, who when will the First Keeper of S-B
 

The first Keeper, S-B Member, Shore Caught, of 2015?

When?

For NY/NJ
For CT
For RI
For MA
For North

Last week a sb member got one 34" Was posted on FB. Was caught in RI
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Fresh run or winter over?
Winter over fish (legal) have already been caught in RI.

Not me
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This a Shore site only ???
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holdover in south county, you probably know the spot

There is a website called noreast.com dedicated to boaters and charters were you would fell more welcomed.
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should this question be phrased differently....

as in when is the first 34 " catch and release via shore?

There is a "boat Fishing" forum here...we don't have a "Surf Fishing" forum?

Surf fishing is 80% of the people and is the main forum

I realize that.........:happy: Just mentioned it for the benefit of others.

Title says "Striper Talk"
Not Surf Striper Talk or Boat Striper Talk
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it must be politically correct monday heh heh

Where's AL Sharpton & Jesse Jackson when I need them....
:-p
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Open surf of RI during first week of May by someone other than me.

We also have an under utilized forum called Grumpy old so and so's that should get way more traffic.
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Not a member here yet but active on the SOCO yak community, and not shore caught so it doesn't count for this thread but figured I'd share to get itch going...

I'll assume winter over fish. RI had a Marine Biologist John O'Brien (now retired) who did his masters thesis on Rhody's winter over population in the salt ponds. He gave our club a presentation about the topic back in the 1980s - it was really an eye opener at the amount of bass (and size) that he took in his nets.

Quite a few years back, my friend Tony Paliotti caught a 36# bass in Potters Pond on March 12th. Biggest holdover I have heard of although Nebe had some monsters one year in a canoe in another pond.

My largest hold over was 42 lbs in February, but that was a freak, usually 20 lbers were frequent catches.

Wow!

I always wondered what makes some fish hold over to endure the bitter cold water, while (i've always assumed) the majority to southern waters for the winter.

10lb test flurocarbon too, Thames River monster and not much of a fight at that temperature.

30.5" Boston Shore, daiwa sp minnow.






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Nice!

18 LBS >>> ON A CHROME METAL JIG :call:

L2F - works for me - your friend goes up on the front page - great shot. Almost looks like Ice Fishing if you could in a yak. :btu:

Or RonTalk for that matter :fury:

Dude - what's up!

wholeheartedly agree as i am Grumpy most of the time
unless i miraculously have escaped to go fishing...
by escape i mean
my body is actually running on all four cylinders... :rtfm:

Hey John! Not much man. Just doing my plumbing, getting the yaks ready, and trying to get down to Florida for a quick kayak trip this week. How are you? Have a great season dude!

How does one discern between holdovers and returning fish? I would think even holdovers might retain sea lice.